"Detailed" ... like a car dealership

I always thought Gem BU meant MS65.

 

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I agree, this particular dealer is known as a crook 'round here. I DID get my education from him, buying problem coins when i 1st started collecting (for retail prices) later to find out that i got taken to the cleanerz

 

Pretty sure we've all been through that. I got taken by a coin shop once, too. Traded about 20 circulated Morgans for a Good Capped Bust Dime and a VG Capped half dime. Back when I didn't know what anything was except that it was "cool". Ugh.

 

Well, I'm sure those coins were in rolls at some point....

 

Can't stand it when a listing for a Merc says "almost full bands", or 90 percent full bands. It either is or isn't FB.

 

I have a coin that says FSB on the holder.... but it's not.

 

Especially in situations where that designation means a drastic difference in price- Like a 1953-s Franklin almosssst FBL!!!!

 

Right, and i could see if he only used that term once in a blue moon. As if he cracked the fresh original roll open personally.
The thing is, he uses that to describe every single silver dollar that would/could grade @ or above MS63. Since Morgans werent issued in rolls, theres no way that every single one he got was ACTUALLY from an original roll. The probability is 0.00001 %

 

L@@K! it costs less than a large pizza!

 

HAAAAAAAAAAAhahahaha I love that seller.

 

Can't say as I've ever seen that one. Most of my coins cost as much as 2-20 large pizzas at least.

 

Your pizzas just aren't large enough.

 

I know exactly what you mean, one time, I almost got scammed into buying a 1916-d Mercury with "Almost legible mint mark"