Did I get duped? Please Help

photographing a coin in a flip shows how shiny the vinyl is, not the coin.
take it out and take a better pic. try not to have a glare from the light.
They may not be the best but I bet they look better out of the flip.
Thats not true of all coins but those are worth another look.
I was going to say $33 is not much of a loss but you know what?
When you or I only have so much we can put to coins, $33 is real money.

 

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Ya I don't know what they did to the ike. All I do know is I am never buying from them again. As for the kennedy the small nicks on the face are on the coin, other than that its pretty good, but does it appear polished/dipped to anyone? Im trying to figure out what to scrap or keep that I've bought from this company.

again thankyou everyone, and im sorry for posting so many pics, im kinda just annoyed at the whole situation with them.

 

$33 for 3 of those buffaloes? It does seem to good to be true. If it looks like its too good to be true, It probably isn't.

 

Skyline sells high AU coins in almost every case. look at their morgan or walker prices. can they really sell BU coins for 1/3 less than everybody else? Paul Sims is another. i bought from both about 8-9 years ago but learned real quick and returned the items.

 

Benne! No worries about posting..post away! That's what everyone is here for.

I understand you are annoyed. There are thousands of their customers who have no clue what they bought. And really man, this was not an expensive lesson to learn. With the influx of Chinese fake coins and slabs, it could be a lot worse. Do what you can about getting a refund on those buffs though. If not, life goes on.

When it comes to Ike dollars and Kennedy halves: Buy actual mint sets in original government packaging. Honestly, they wouldn't be much more then if you bought them by themselves. The Kennedy mint sets and special mint sets (64, 65, 66, and 67) don't sell for much more then melt. The Ike mint sets are pretty inexpensive as well. You can really find some stunners in there.

Of course, always ask your bank tellers if they have any Ikes or Kennedy halves. You would be surprised what you can end up with. They will say no 30 times, and then one day..Bam, you can do some nice cherry picking! You can also order boxes of Kennedy dollars (most banks will do this for you if you are a customer).

-greg

 

I just don't understand why they would polish a common date buffalo nickel. The coin itself is borderline au/ unc. So why ruin a good coin by polishing it

 

Thanks for the tip. Getting mint sets is a good idea. For the kennedys I have now I might just sell them for melt and start fresh with kennedys so I know I have a natural coin.

 

Well, it's exactly the same reason they polish coins to put in those framed sets. Their target market are not experienced collectors. They make them all "shiny" and people will buy them. In this case, the play the odds with their customers. For every one customer who realizes they are polished, 99 more just think they are shiny and pretty. Helluva business plan. They have the added benefit of not having a feedback system like ebay.

I am always hopeful that potential buyers will search gogole and end up in a thread just like this.

I'll throw out some keywordss for google: skyline skyline coins skyline bad

 

I wanted to show you some real life examples of current pricing on the mint sets.

Here, a 1964 P & D mint set sold for $51(includes shipping).
This set contains about $44 in silver melt. So for $7 over melt, you get some very nice uncirculated silver coins, not to mention the 2 nickels and 2 cents.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-US-P-D...74?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item35b88d6636

You get the idea.

 

I think I picked up the 65, 66, 67 special mint sets for about $9 each set about 6 months ago.

 

Do you open the sets to make your collection of specific coin?

 

A lot of people will have an opinion either way. I personally enjoy albums. So I purchased all of the albums and tore open every proof and mint set and put the coins in their new home. Some might say keeping them in the original package is better. I only find that to be true if you plan on reselling them in the future. What's the fun in that? Plus, mint and proof sets will not be rising in value anytime soon.

I don't know what your budget is, but I saved some cash and purchased large runs of mint sets. Lots of savings doing it that way.

Here is an example. 1971-1979 mint sets for $76. Thats $8.40 a pop. Keeping in mind they each have roughly $3.50 in face value. Look at all those tasty Ikes!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-1979-Complete-Run-Lot-18-US-Mint-Sets-Philadelphia-Denver-P-D-/280805047980?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item416148feac

 

Thanks for the link, thats not a bad deal

 

I believe we all make mistakes at ties. Most if not all of us collectors made similar mistakes when we first started. I would say that what you paid for them is a good price for a lesson learned and knowledge recorded that you won't forget. So your purchase is really priceless.

BTW, I too buy albums and open every mint package I get to complete sets.