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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 4169515, member: 73165&quot;]I recently made my second purchase from Mike, a nicely toned 1901 Barber half in an ANACS soap bar slab graded MS-62:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1074271[/ATTACH]</p><p>This purchase has an interesting story behind it.&nbsp; I had been eyeing it for some time on <a href="https://www.toughcoins.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.toughcoins.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.toughcoins.com</a> for my type set, but hadn&#039;t gotten around to pulling the trigger.&nbsp; One day, it popped up as &quot;sold,&quot; so I mentally just wrote this coin off as one that got away.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quite some time after that (I don&#039;t recall exactly how long, maybe a year or even 2), I see it popped back up on the site.&nbsp; I asked Mike if this was the same coin I had seen, and he told me it was.&nbsp; He had sold it to someone who asked him if he thought the coin would sticker at CAC, to which he said he believed it would.&nbsp; Unfortunately, neither the buyer nor Mike at the time considered that ANACS slabs were not eligible for CAC.&nbsp; So, of course, Mike bought it back for the original sale price, which just shows you how well he stands behind his product and his word.</p><p><br /></p><p>After I became the proud owner of the coin, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gtg-1901-barber-half.354561/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gtg-1901-barber-half.354561/">I posted a GTG</a>, where the consensus was that it was significantly undergraded (guesses centered around MS63-64; I think this coin is an easy 63).&nbsp; If ANACS slabs were eligible for CAC, I have no doubt this one would sticker. </p><p><br /></p><p>The price was $800, which, looking at recent sales for this date, would be a solid MS-63 price.&nbsp; Warren Buffett has said &quot;It&#039;s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.&quot; In the context of coins, I agree with this 100%: it is far better to buy a great coin at a fair price than a fair coin at a great price. Mike doesn&#039;t sell &quot;fair&quot; coins, but he does sell great coins at fair prices.&nbsp; That&#039;s why I&#039;m sure my second purchase from Mike is not going to be my last.&nbsp; In fact, there are a few coins on the site right now that are on my radar already.... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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