Posted 06/13/2006 08:20 am
Well this is not my coin to submit. I just wanted to get some pics of some counterfeits for my website.
My thinking was the same if they did alter a 08-S. There are no scratches on the surface around the last digit like there are with the 1940's Lincoln cents modified into a teen.
I am personally not a fan of slabs. I just make sure I know the key before I buy it. I will only buy a key in person, not across ebay or anything like that. I also only buy from people I know... ones that will take a coin back if there is a problem. Pretty hard to do sometimes, but I've got 4 dealers like that. One of them will take any coin back (within a reasonable amount of time) even if I just decide I do not want it... since he gives me very good deals and could make more money sellling it to someone else. I've yet to return one though.
So... not sure what the deal may be with this coin. After looking at it through the scope, it was too late to get ahold of him so I will try here shortly and see if I can find out why he thought this was bad.
Jordan
My thinking was the same if they did alter a 08-S. There are no scratches on the surface around the last digit like there are with the 1940's Lincoln cents modified into a teen.
I am personally not a fan of slabs. I just make sure I know the key before I buy it. I will only buy a key in person, not across ebay or anything like that. I also only buy from people I know... ones that will take a coin back if there is a problem. Pretty hard to do sometimes, but I've got 4 dealers like that. One of them will take any coin back (within a reasonable amount of time) even if I just decide I do not want it... since he gives me very good deals and could make more money sellling it to someone else. I've yet to return one though.
So... not sure what the deal may be with this coin. After looking at it through the scope, it was too late to get ahold of him so I will try here shortly and see if I can find out why he thought this was bad.
Jordan
