Sometimes I laugh, sometimes i want to cry. Luckily, i didn't waste too much money. If i remember correctly, these were part of a lot advertised as containing $10,000 worth of coins. I paid ~$80.00 for 5 coins or so. 1 PCGS and the rest ANI. Zoom in on Kennedy's hair. I'm pretty sure someone put a cigar out on his head. Go ahead, Laugh. And then post your embarrassing off-brand TPG purchases.
I must say we have all gotten screwed on a coin before, as Rusty "Rzage" once told me, you'd be lying if you didn't. It looks like a good learning experience. I got ripped on a MS Mercury Dime once, I waaay overpaid, but never did it again.
I can't post them as they were all sold, but I had a bunch of Morgans in Accugrade holders that weren't worth the printing on the label. Anything slabbed by Crapugrade was a joke.
We all did. I would agree with Rusty in that anyone who is a collector who says they have never been ripped off either are a liar or are not wise enough yet to know how they were ripped off. We all take our lumps. I believe this is part of the reason some of us older collectors come to CT, to try to minimize those losses for some beginners.
I can honestly say I have never been ripped off from buying a slab. Since I have only bought a dozen, from NGC and PCGS. I chose to get ripped off by making terrible, impulse buys on raw coins when I first started collecting. I learned my lesson VERY quickly thankfully. Here was one of those ripoffs, ugh:
Yep - can't post them as mentioned. I cleaned out my collection. And $80 is a cheap lesson - wait till you get a $500 lesson. I see lots of things I want to buy, but now I can resist the urge. And in some cases I at least now understand what I am getting into in some cases. I know I still run the risk in some cases and will probably still make some mistakes - but fewer and cheaper I hope.
I have to honestly say I have not got ripped off yet. But part of that reason was because I was googling and lurking here before I made any purchase. There are no basement TPGs in my collection and thankfully the dealer I buy from is a honest guy.
Well I just found that receipt for the original auction. I can't believe I was so dumb as recently as 2006! I was SHOCKED when I saw I actually wasted $180! I got probably $30 worth of coins and NONE of them I wanted. Dumb, dumb, dumb. So my education cost me an extra $100, but I still learned it well.
I dont know anything about that series, but that coin is just not pretty. Color is very strange, not Chocolate like I imagine it should be. Thanks for sharing the pain!
