Does anyone have any stories or pictures of expensive coins that were somehow ruined. Please share your expriences, or pictures (even if they are from ebay and you can prove damage)
just found this auction. 1914D wheat cent Nice hole! http://cgi.ebay.com/1914-D-Lincoln-...dual?hash=item2302ba30a5&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
1895 Morgan with removed mintmark. If not messed with it would be worth several hundred dollars. The real thing without a mintmark would have been a proof and worth several thousand. As is it's a piece of stuff.
I rather think it's a fake coin. No 1895 Morgan that isn't a Proof has ever been seen. But it is supposed to exist.
About 2 weeks ago on Coast to Coast (a night time radio show) George Noory (the host) told how his dad had a large valuable Indian Head Cent collection, and how he cleaned all of the coins with steel wool. He pointed out to listeners that they should never clean old coins.
Some sucker paid over $100 for that roach! I guess ebay is a great place to sell less than desirables.
Well, I'd never pay that for that coin, but it's a key date, and at least a hole filler, for a MAJOR hole, if you have the scratch to waste. Personally, I'd save up for a decent example before buying that, but a couple grand for a MS example is a lot of money... Joe
My great-grandmother was born in 1893. Her family was fairly wealthy and, as my grandmother tells it, she wanted a coin to wear on a necklace from her birth year. Instead of gold, they took an 1893 Morgan and drilled a hole in the top of it. The hole is right where the mintmark would be. I know the ways to spot a genuine 1893-S and this was thankfully not it. I haven't researched any further...no point. Just sad knowing that any Morgans from that year were higher in value than most. I have it now...makes a good conversation piece. Dark toning...XF.
