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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
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he said he would give me a full refund if something was wrong. I figured if you guys think it would grade decent enough I would get it and send it in to have it authenticated. also I am trying to see if he will send me better picks of it
Edited by daviscfad
07/31/2010 5:20 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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since the pictures are not very good, you will not be able to tell if its not all scratched up,,,if its a friend you can settle on some general price range and confirm it when in hand...fair for you and him..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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why is the S more valuable than the Philadelphia minted one? I mean mintage is 3 times more on the S
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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any coin with less mintage is worth more in general, with the exception of if the year with more mintage has fewer surviving coins in the market place..
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Greysheet Bid on this coin is $3,000 in XF40 so it's a valuable piece. I can barely make out the mintmark in the photo.
Looks genuine but looks possibly cleaned as well. It's a tough call on value from those images.
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Pillar of the Community
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so should I snatch it for 800?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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so should I snatch it for 800?
Yes. Even if it's cleaned it should net grade no worse than VF20 and this date "Greysheets" at $1300 in VF20. Now if it comes back AU50 and problem-free, you've got a $6,000 coin but one less friend!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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he is a gold dealer, not in to numismatics. A collector friend of his brought him 12 pieces the other day.
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Valued Member
United States
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Need better pics to be able to comment accurately. Coin looks original and the wear looks like at least VF, maybe better. Have you looked at it under a microscope for hairlines? That would be a matter to consider prior to purchasing. If you have an original coin worth $3,000, I'm not sure that hairlines would bring it all the way down to $800, but they will bring the value down. My only other comment would be to "be a little bit cautious". If he's a gold dealer, he knows very well what the value of this coin is even though he may say he doesn't know or doesn't care. For those guys, it's all about the money.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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well he didnt say he didnt know the value. and if its cleaned I can get a full refund. so I am going to take a stab at it.
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New Member
Switzerland
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You said he is your friend and he would give you a full refund. I would take it and if I did not like it then I would send it back.
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Pillar of the Community
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yeah I bought it I figured I cant loose. if its cleaned I can send it back. if it grades vf-30 I am sitting sweet
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks cleaned to me and worn to about VF-35 or EF-40. Still probably worth $800 easy. I'd go for it!
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should be here next week. I try to post better photo when it gets here
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for those who were following this thread it graded ef-40 at anacs. very satisfied
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Posted 07/31/2010 5:21 pm
