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The rim is just about as silver as the rest of the coin, but it is definitely AT. Here is the seller's picture. There is no way that coin has that much red on it today. It is apparently still changing. I hope it has stopped because I like it the way it is.

 

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Here is a nice example of an extremely unpopular series of designs. Several hundred of these have been graded by PCGS and NGC to date, and there are 10 "P" mint Garfield $1 graded MS68 so far, none graded higher.

Am I the only person who thinks most of these Presidential $1 designs have creepy zombie-eyes?

 

From the 'bay.

 

Yes, because of the early date woody and how your photos look. Way to go friend.

 

That is one nice coin H8!

 

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Is that a 1956-D Shadow D in Lincoln coat??????

 

I just bought this last night. A bargain basement coin, but I liked the color.

 

I am sorry, but you are going to have to use your best imagination. What I can say is that there is nothing I can detect either on the coin not in my picture. What was there when the seller took his pictures, I do not know.

 

Ok. it just maybe a spot in the toning I see???
:kewl:

 

I bought a second 1909 VDB. I just couldn't resist this. The color was great and the price was reasonable at $120 + bp. I love it when old copper starts turning green. The color of this coin ALMOST reminds me of some of the colorful Matte Proof Lincolns I've seen, of course the surface is nowhere near as nice (then again this was much cheaper).

 

What a gorgeous VDB! I'm going to have to watch a little closer.

 

Stunning, WingedLiberty!

 

I think that was the '09 VDB that sold in Goldberg today, right?? I saw that one in lot viewing yesterday and thought it looked alright. The color is much more subtle than some of the monster toned VDBs that are out there, but still an attractive example. That said, I thought it would sell for more than $120 though, congrats.

 

yes, my winning bid was $120 ... then the auction house adds a 15% buyers premium (i guess that is profit that goes to keep the auction house afloat?) ... and of course shipping. Not exactly sure what the total total will be ... maybe around $143 or so? I was very happy with that price. I find the buyers premium charge sort of unusual. With ebay coins the seller pays the premium as fees subtracted from the winning bid. With auction houses, they charge the premium to the buyer (or perhaps they charge both the seller and the buyer? Not sure about that).

 

Buyers premiums blow. I hate paying them.

 

Yes they charge the seller a fee also but it is generally less than the buyers fee.

 

yes, i totally agree. it's way too easy to forget about the added 15% after the dust settles. it's really sort of sneaky since you are bidding X ... then the auction house says ... Winning Bid was X ... But then when they charge your credit card a week later it's X + 15% + shipping. It's not that big a deal with a low priced coin like this (where the b.p. was $18). But if you buy something for $4000, a 15% buyers premium adds $600 to the total (ouch). I wish the auction houses would add the 15% on the fly while you are bidding so it's not so easy to forget what something really is costing you (but I am sure the auction houses don't do that because they realize that the prices wouldn't get so high).

 

I always factor it in. I like HA.com because they tell you what the total is with premium before you confirm your bid. Tougher to figure it out on, for example, Teletrade.

 

Speaking of Goldberg Auctions, did anybody catch this stunning PCGS MS67 Walking Liberty Half that fired off today. I wanted to buy it, but the price got too high. It ended up selling for $1,800 + 15%. Talk about a breathtaking coin though! PCGS lists this date and grade at $925. So with the coin selling for $2,070, it had a 2.24x toning premium. Too rich for my blood, but definitely drool-worthy.

 

Here are some morgans i purchased 5 of them all BU.