This old David Hall Numismatic Investment Group Morgan does look a bit undergraded. Too bad it has a small fingerprint on it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Pre-PC...841160?hash=item2f034d0148:g:TM8AAOSwcgNZD7Ck
I'm not bidding on it so I don't mind. I'm sorry if you were. It was too beautiful for me not to share.
I wouldn't worry about it. I know @jwitten had no horse in that race (and frankly his interests are so esoteric, relatively speaking, that I'd probably make an exception to the rule for him), but not posting coins at auction when a "friend" (we're online, remember) might be bidding on it is as much an act of screwing the seller as it is helping the friend. And you might know the seller online, too. This coin will sell for at least twice the current bid, and I bet the buyer will write the check with glee. Don't forget, in those days the grades described as "Gem" started at 65. 66 fits the designation, too, and that's a $3k+ coin. Don't be afraid to post coins at auction. If the potential buyer wants it kept on the downlow, perhaps they should not be shopping on the largest auction venue on the planet....
There was an auction going off yesterday I REALLY wanted... and I was the only bidder! Whoo hoo! It might be a guess the grade when it arrives. If it had been posted there MIGHT have been a competing bid.
I am more a buyer than a seller, and appreciate the sentiment behind this. I just_can't be fully onboard with the idea, though. The guy in the mirror likes me less when I advocate such things. Sometimes I hate that guy.
Yeah, but you wake up and still see yourself in the mirror........that's what really counts. What counts, too, is liking the guy in the mirror.
Looks crazy undergraded...however with those burnt in fingerprints that coin will never see a 66 or higher in PCGS or NGC plastic...at least that's how it's supposed to be
Not to mention the collectible market of the hall group items. Completely agree I think the seller will be very pleased when that auction is said and done
