My take is that eBay seller protection has you covered up to $750 without a signature, unless of course the box get trashed enough to drop its...
Not to mention the million-dollar cent-on-dime... :rolleyes:
You'd think, with eBay policies so heavily weighted in favor of the buyer, that every seller would be getting ripped off regularly. And yet,...
After all, they certainly didn't get to their present state of preservation by having people paw over them...
[ATTACH] What's your point?
First, I'm not arguing that a coin shop must only buy and sell locally. As I understand it, dealers were trading with each other electronically...
I see one particular value -- people walking in to sell coins they've inherited or lost interest in (or, let's be honest, stolen). If there isn't...
Error collectors are only interested in things that happen before or while the coin is actually being struck. Anything that happens after it comes...
I think I'd go with "delicate sea-green patina", as in "don't touch it because it'll stick to your finger".
This seller just started piecing out what looks like a fairly extensive dime collection: coins us Mercury Dimes. KEY 1921 and 1921-D He's listed...
Could be. I reserve most of my anger for the manufacturer/marketer producing the things. Look at the "Certificate of Authenticity". It's...
A Liberty Bell with the Queen's head on it? o_O
2018 Cook Island $5.00 1/10 oz .24 Pure Gold Statue Of Liberty Sealed Coin YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE COOK ISLANDS 2018 S.O.L. $5 .24 Gold 1/10 oz COIN...
Why not just buy your own slab-style coin holders for a buck apiece?
Thanks for the tips, everyone. @Paddy54, that second half you posted is the "small-9" variety of the overdate, right? Mine appears to be the...
...and then listed it on eBay. :rolleyes: It does make me happy to see that NGC will actually put "DAMAGED TO RESEMBLE ERROR" on a body tag....
After watching the video, I see why you're saying AU. I especially noticed the difference in reflectivity on the eagle's leg. I still don't know...
Thanks, Paddy! Even though these are both problem coins, I'm going to study their detail levels a bit more and try to figure out "what they would...
1832: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This one still has quite a bit of luster around the peripheral devices, but it's definitely been cleaned; those...
1819/18(?): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Yes, that's a deep gouge on the obverse, and yes, it's got an old cleaning, but not a terrible...
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