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New Member
Ireland
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Paid $370 for this coin, thought it looked absolutely fantastic with its wonderful toning. It's the most I've ever spent on a coin and I'm wondering if it was a smart purchase? What would you grade? Thanks again so much in advance!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice coin, it looks tooled, cleaned & toned! XF-45 AU details.Price about where it should be.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18706 Posts |
AU50 details. do you have the coin in hand? this company is not the most reputable to deal with so hopefully there are no surprises when it arrives
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2125 Posts |
Ok Bust half masters, is this Overton-108 or O-108a? AU-50. Marks to the left of the date are some cool mint made die lines. Was that what you thought was the tooling Chase007 or was it the marks near the chin in the field. Obverse rim ding at 10:30 doesn't distract but perhaps it will look worse in hand? Love the color. Post more pics when you receive it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1959 Posts |
It is obviously a beautiful coin in this photo. I would be skeptical of all sales from this company. They are masters of hiding problems on coins with their photography. Not saying all of their coins have issues, just saying you should be careful.
Edited by jpbone
11/28/2017 1:02 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Definitely.  to the CCF! |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
with those recommendations. Carefully examine the coin upon receipt and return it immediately if it's different from these pictures. If the coin looks like this photo you did okay. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
I say cleaned and retoned.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Couple of hard obverse rim hits at K7 & K10, toning is ok, but there is funny business going on left of the date and in the field to the right of the 2nd star.
I'd only buy it with an ironclad return policy if it was a loser in-hand.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Too good to be true. Watch out.
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11/28/2017 9:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1353 Posts |
Wait until you get coin in hand.....this company has some problems with exact coins and pix.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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New Member
 Ireland
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Hey guys, I somewhat ironically made this bid on a plane and immediately regretted it, but due to unbelievably slow (and unbelievably expensive) wifi, I could not retract it. I had based part of my decision on the title (my mistake) as the picture wasn't loading fully. It read "Choice AU++" which, as is immediately clear, this coin is not. So I have made the somewhat d*ck move and asked to cancel the transaction, explaining all this to the seller. I don't have a massive budget so I want to be 100% confident in a coin before purchasing. Additionally, I live abroad so I wanted to save the seller the time and fees that return shipping would cost (it seemed there was going to be a good chance I was going to return it). Thanks again so much for your input, especially that the seller is not reputable-- I thought he was as reputable as you get with all the positive reviews.
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11/29/2017 10:44 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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au53
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Hope this cancelation works out. Keep us informed.
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New Member
Ireland
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Order successfully cancelled, thanks again guys so much for all the input.
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