Posted 09/14/2011 03:22 am
When the picture popped up on my screen I immediately said "EESH! Yeah, that's a LITTLE harsh!" It's coming from Vietnam and the seller indicates "scratches and nicks at some point", implying, I guess, that he didn't do it. Looked like a pretty nice coin at one time, taking for granted that it's actually a coin and not a fancy slug of some base metal. It looks real to me but, then again, if I see something flying around in my bedroom at night it looks to me like the tooth fairy waitin' for me to drop "just one more?"
And she's out of her mind because I paid a lotta money for some of these!
On the other hand, I have a '78s that I bought from my local dealer as an EF, and it has EF detail (almost bordering on AU) but looks like it was cleaned at one point but not harshly. Very few hairlines and such, but you can tell that it was, at least, rubbed - and is re-toning nicely. And it looks WAAAAY better than that poor thing.
When will people learn; 'clean' is one thing, 'Brillo pad' is another, and never the 'twain shall meet!
Steve
And she's out of her mind because I paid a lotta money for some of these!
On the other hand, I have a '78s that I bought from my local dealer as an EF, and it has EF detail (almost bordering on AU) but looks like it was cleaned at one point but not harshly. Very few hairlines and such, but you can tell that it was, at least, rubbed - and is re-toning nicely. And it looks WAAAAY better than that poor thing.
When will people learn; 'clean' is one thing, 'Brillo pad' is another, and never the 'twain shall meet!
Steve
. Looks like the old CD-ROM that I keep on my computer desk and use for a coaster.
