Toning? How about some "dirty" toning? o_O [IMG]
Many good responses above. Generalizations about dealers aren't very useful, but I choose not to be a victim and attempt to spend my money...
Edit: oops, I see that the questions have already been answered.
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Man, Vic, why do you assume that "elders" are clueless regarding dealers? Why do you assume that "elders" tolerate rude dealers? Not sure if I'm...
I'm bumping up this 5 year old thread of mine to see if it is worth any further commentary. What say you?
Nice pics C-B-D! (and coin)
Tom - tell the story of where you found it?
http://www.earlycoppers.com/ Tom Reynolds is a well known and respected early copper dealer. If you see his table at a show, you will be amazed...
http://www.earlycoppercoins.com/ An early copper dealer who offers coins that tend to be on the lower end of the grading scale as well as...
He might also speak with Dixon Noonan Webb: http://www.dnw.co.uk/
Tying up $950 (even setting aside having to ship/insure returns, coin getting lost/stolen in mail, etc.) of my money on a questionable coin would...
:happy:Or else go to a coin show
Me too Rusty as I look at close ups of both the eBay and heritage pics. But then again, I try to look at coins on approval without committing...
VV - I'd wager that since your new coin was tru-viewed, it was reholdered from an older PCGS slab and thus it's red designation wasn't revisited....
I'm glad you're not placing a value anymore on whether a coin shows up in CoinFacts. Good. And, as you likely understand, not all coins are...
VV - did you look at the view by grade button for XF examples?
BTW - not sure about putting too much into the fact that there is a picture of the coin on CoinFacts. Aren't all tru-view pics taken by PCGS...
Congratulations! Great coins come from many places and you might have obtained a great deal and coin! Bravo! Assuming you have a return option,...
Thank you, Rusty. Your thread is a good one to learn more about doubling types and it gives me the opportunity to post pics of my favorite coin!...
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