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New Member
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I want to hear your opinion , its either I made a fantastic deal or I'm day dreaming . Got on ebay 1881 O 1D . Graded by SGS as MS66 . got it for $66 ... Is it to good to be true ? it is to my understanding the value of the coin it much higher . Red Book talke about thousands but it looks over valued there |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
809 Posts |
Never heard of SGS...I think its worth like 65 dollars...so yes I think you got a good deal.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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SGS overgrades their coins by so many points.
your coin is probably between MS 61 to 63, and possibly cleaned.
it could even be down to an ICAU.
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New Member
 United States
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I thought it most likely over graded .. was hoping that its MS63-65 AU will suck ... even with that I think I did ok with the 1D VAM no ? |
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New Member
United States
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By the way how do you recognized if the coin have been cleaned/dipped and etc?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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We need pics to determine what's what.
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Moderator
 United States
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It's a fantastic deal *if* it's actually a Mint State coin, but an SGS slab is cause for panic. SGS does not need coins to be Mint State to call them "MS66."
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I also hope its wasn't SGS that called it a 1D, they don't know one VAM from another. I have shown a 1878 in one of their slabs that has it listed as a MS-67 VAM-79 and it is nowhere near a VAM-79. The only reason they haven't sold it yet is because they are asking what a real MS-66 VAM-79 would sell for but if it was reasonably priced someone would have gotten taken for a ride very fast. I have contacted the seller and got the "I didn't grade the coin" story and I am selling it for what SGS says it is no matter what you say. The seller is the guy that has 100% of SGS coins in his inventory. Anyway, if SGS se's one detail that is close to a high dollar VAM they automatically say it is that VAM on the label (in the VAM-79 case it was a broken nostril, but didn't really match the VAM-79 nostril) |
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Pillar of the Community
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Adam, how can you say that with no pics?  Edited by smokeriderdon
07/02/2011 11:38 pm
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New Member
United States
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Ohhh well worse I got scrap overpriced silver. I will post some pics when ill get this one and another 1900 I got. Maybe I will be lucky Pics from ebay  Edited by Tinofet
07/03/2011 12:26 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i was just hypothesizing about what it could be, I never was certain.
but I can say that its not MS-66 even without pics.
and I do believe, from the pics, that its an ICAU.
but dont trust me, I'm not certain from the pics given.
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New Member
United States
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What do you mean byICAU ?
I know IU grading, but don't know what is ICAU?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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sorry, improperly cleaned AU
so, AU details
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New Member
United States
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Please tell me how did you recognized it as cleans coin.
I am trying to figure out how I can identify it
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i am no where near an expert, and its even harder to tell from those abysmal pics, but the connection between the hair and the cheek seems to "flashy"
if you can get better pics when you get the coin, it will probably turn out as an original coin, but with a LOT of hairlines.
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United States
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I ran down the original auction. Based on the images provided there, it's almost certainly not a 1D. The obverse image, although small, is clear enough so that it should show the characteristic crinkling around the eye; I don't see it. It could conceivably be a Mint State coin, though - the images in this thread don't preclude the possibility. If so, it's not a huge loss.
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Posted 07/02/2011 6:08 pm
