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Pillar of the Community
United States
959 Posts |
This looks to be a beautiful coin, but I see some light obverse scratches to the left of the figure on the obverse and around the arrow points on the reverse. Comments? This dealer has some super high end coins on his site.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2282 Posts |
Stay away from these sellers like the plague.
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
959 Posts |
OK then. Thanks for the heads-up. Advice taken. That said, what's up with all those small scratches, especially around the reverse arrow points?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1517 Posts |
Scratches are probably from cleaning, but hard to say with these very doctored photos. Definitely avoid this seller.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
646 Posts |
As others have said, stay away from sellers like these. They know exactly what they're doing when they take images that don't properly show the coins luster, hits in the fields, etc..
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18684 Posts |
good eyes can see some big issues with the surfaces that are being hidden. particularly left obv field and the area around the arrows on the rev. who knows what else. these photos are meant to deceive someone
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Very unnatural-looking pics.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1776 Posts |
Another vote for "stay away from these sellers like the plague."
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Pillar of the Community
United States
959 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
959 Posts |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18684 Posts |
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Sold for $585. someone got ripped off  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I bought from this seller. S/he honored the return promptly so no harm for me. I hope everyone who doesn't get what they were shown online asks for a return but sadly many won't and that's their unfortunate business model.
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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Pillar of the Community
United States
959 Posts |
I actually keep a list of sellers who seem to purposely photograph to deceive. It gets longer all the time, unfortunately. I poked around on Etsy a while back out of curiosity and didn't hang around - looked like the Wild West with all the repro coins designed to look real. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I actually keep a list of sellers who seem to purposely photograph to deceive this is quite common especially to hide signs of cleaning or damage. new collectors unaware of how to determine cleaned/damaged coins are getting ripped off every day. it drives me crazy r |
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Posted 07/14/2023 07:26 am
