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<p>[QUOTE="mark_h, post: 167413, member: 3726"]shatsi,</p><p><br /></p><p>I stay away from all auctions for IHC where the coin does not look natural, has fuzzy pictures(typically HGCS and ANI auctions) or I can not grade the coin. Might be one of the reason I do not win many auctions. Even your pictures would be a "skip me" in my book. I did get a couple of questionable common date coins that when I looked real close they matched what was in the auction - but because of the photos I could not really see the nicks and wear. I do not know what you paid for it, but if you got it cheap enough I would still keep it. I did manage to win some coins advertised at MS, which I though were AU and paid about XF dollars for(not recently though). I won't post the names of some of the sellers I question - I know one has been mentioned on this board before. But I have used Harlan Berk to buy from - the funny thing is I see raw and graded coins go for more than I could buy from a dealer and I think on Berks website I get good pictures(oh yeah - I think a few of the coins are way overpriced, but just my opinion). Just my lincoln cent worth.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just gotta love IHC!!! Oh - I also recommend the Richard Snow red book on IHC. In the back in talks about some of the fakes out there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mark_h, post: 167413, member: 3726"]shatsi, I stay away from all auctions for IHC where the coin does not look natural, has fuzzy pictures(typically HGCS and ANI auctions) or I can not grade the coin. Might be one of the reason I do not win many auctions. Even your pictures would be a "skip me" in my book. I did get a couple of questionable common date coins that when I looked real close they matched what was in the auction - but because of the photos I could not really see the nicks and wear. I do not know what you paid for it, but if you got it cheap enough I would still keep it. I did manage to win some coins advertised at MS, which I though were AU and paid about XF dollars for(not recently though). I won't post the names of some of the sellers I question - I know one has been mentioned on this board before. But I have used Harlan Berk to buy from - the funny thing is I see raw and graded coins go for more than I could buy from a dealer and I think on Berks website I get good pictures(oh yeah - I think a few of the coins are way overpriced, but just my opinion). Just my lincoln cent worth.:) Just gotta love IHC!!! Oh - I also recommend the Richard Snow red book on IHC. In the back in talks about some of the fakes out there.[/QUOTE]
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