Why would anyone do this?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Vertigo, Nov 20, 2022.

  1. Vertigo

    Vertigo Did someone say bust?

    So this seller has 30 listings for cleaned low grade Columbian exposition half dollars. Why would anyone send these in? They were obviously cleaned. Didn't need pcgs to tell them that did they really? Turnaround times are high because of things like this? Really, pcgs should have body bagged these...

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  3. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    Columbians are easy to find. Who wants a fine details example. Even to fill a spot.
     
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  4. Vertigo

    Vertigo Did someone say bust?

    Exactly my thoughts. 22 to grade them.
     
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  5. potty dollar 1878

    potty dollar 1878 Well-Known Member

    Plastic buyers (only):):).
     
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  6. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else Supporter

    And of course, waiting out there are the multitude of unknowledgeables who read that and in their brains it translates to
    "Wow, saves me the job of cleaning it and look, it has been officially declared to have very good details"
     
  7. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    Why would a plastic buyer want one?
    When they can buy an MS60 for the same price?
     
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  8. potty dollar 1878

    potty dollar 1878 Well-Known Member

    Because some people just don't know any better.Its like those that think a parking lot coin is $100 and they've hit the jackpot!!!.
     
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  9. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    They likely got a hoard of them, and submitted them in bulk with zero pre-screening. I believe that dealers can submit anything over 100 coins for a bulk submission, and the fees are significantly cheaper. You get a couple of MS, couple of AU, you're doing ok, and the rest just get dumped.
     
  10. Insider

    Insider Talent on loan from...

    I have been told by several dealers who send in "crap" that it only sells quickly if it is slabbed. I have heard there is one service out west that slabs very large submissions of low value coins for $6.
     
  11. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    I always assume it was special to someone. Like their grandad gave it to them or something. Then eventually folks pass away and estates get split up and settled. Idk… that’s a brand spanking new holder though. Clearly not the case here.
     
  12. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    You can also sometimes attribute this to someone with no knowledge seeing that PCGS coins sell for more.
     
  13. Vertigo

    Vertigo Did someone say bust?

    And there's literally 30 of these. Low grade, details, cleaned
     
  14. okbustchaser

    okbustchaser I may be old but I still appreciate a pretty bust Supporter

    But, but, but, people keep telling me that coins have to be slabbed for them to be sold for the highest amounts.:confused:







    ;)
     
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  15. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    Considering the first question a new poster will ask us is if he should slab his coin and 99 out of 100 times our answer is no…… So granddad passes. He had a thing for Colombian halves.. The family members that inherit them don’t know any better so they clean and submit them not knowing they ruined the coin and dropped a bunch of cash on submissions that they won’t recover….. Every time I go to a coin show I buy slabbed cheap coins to bring back for grandkids. I surmise it happens all the time.
     
  16. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    I found and posted one in junk silver I had for a long time a few months ago on CT and it looked better than what PCGS graded.
     
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  17. baseball21

    baseball21 Well-Known Member

    No they shouldnt have. Why should whatever customer get treated differently than anyone else who submitted a cleaned coin?
     
  18. KSorbo

    KSorbo Well-Known Member

    Completed eBay listings show a couple of AU details PCGS Colombians auctioning in the $16-$21 range plus 5 bucks shipping. The seller is probably banking on someone being dumb enough to pay even more for a BIN. For a bulk submission it may be a money maker. Still seems like a waste to me.
     
  19. Vertigo

    Vertigo Did someone say bust?

    Well idk if you have heard but Albanese is only going to slab details coins in the new CAC grading service IF he feels they are collectible. I'll be interested to see how coins like this get treated if they got sent there. I'm sure he wouldn't deem these collectible.
     
  20. Vertigo

    Vertigo Did someone say bust?

    I wonder how many days we're spent on that one sub Screenshot_20221121-034327_My Account.jpg
     
  21. Vertigo

    Vertigo Did someone say bust?

    So I just couldn't take it anymore. I messaged the seller asking how these ended up going to pcgs. If he answers I'll post it!
     
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