C'mon John... Susan cuts a handsome figure.
Here's a really OLD thread covering the same subject... and let it be known that I haven't a clue about the OP's coin....
And thank goodness you do... otherwise most the junk on my flea market table would remain unsold! ;) But you're right Lucy... I've sold more...
Women collect dolls, lladro, Hummels, depression glass... stuff like that. To think a female would even consider collecting coins is borderline...
We talked about ioffer.com a few days ago... it's rated at the bottom of the barrel: http://www.cointalk.com/t203215/
You won't get an arguement from me my friend. Truer words were never spoken. Collecting coins was fun back then, long before big business...
I set up a table at the local flea market. I sell Ikes (three for five dollars), Presidential, Sacs and Susan B.'s for a buck and a half, and...
This subject has been discussed many times in the past... here's just one thread that presents a few different viewpoints:...
Seems that way, if eBay is any indication. Had the coin come in a 63, probably looking at $500 plus. At least that's what they're being listed for.
So the concenus is VG8, cleaned (but not harshly) with rim nicks. Question... if graded, would this end up in a "details" holder?
I thought "Dellers Darkener" had a monoply in the coin darkening market. "Tanfastic" sounds like something you use at the beach.
True... but posting a few photos without explanation or comparison photos of true doubled dies is counterproductive to someone trying to learn the...
Well, I do know that Ioffer is consistently ranked at the bottom of the Sellers Choice surveys. They offer little in the way of buyer or seller...
Absolutely correct. With buyer protection, you have zero risk of buying a coin through eBay. However, must sellers of fakes are betting that...
Now I'm not sure... couldn't you get a scan or a better photo?
Of course, eBay is still a large perpetrator in the fake coin market; and now with the elimination of the "replica" category, the fakes are...
Yep, just a hammer job. Image is dime reverse mirrored and incuse.
Of course there's a market. I buy them all the time "to make my collection more perfect".
Probably a LOT less (less than a dozen), but if you do a search on CT for "1965 silver quarter", then the 2,000 figure is way low, lol.
Most fakes have legitimate numbers.
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