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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1189673, member: 24633"]MAKECENTS,</p><p> </p><p>What doesn't "make cents" to me is why you would buy any coin without having any idea of the grade, value or whether it has been cleaned. I'm not trying to give you a hard time, but I see so many newcomers buying coins in just this fashion who then ask others to tell them about it after the fact. This is a surefire method for wasting money. You should read the book before you buy the coin. What if the coin had been priced at $175. Would you have purchased it if you could afford it? Please explain your reasoning, yea or nay.</p><p> </p><p>With that said, I don't see that there is any indication this coin has been improperly cleaned. Maybe I'm blind, but I don't see any hairlines at all. What I see is a coin in AU55 or so that still has a good amount of luster and the normal wear from brief circulation.</p><p> </p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1189673, member: 24633"]MAKECENTS, What doesn't "make cents" to me is why you would buy any coin without having any idea of the grade, value or whether it has been cleaned. I'm not trying to give you a hard time, but I see so many newcomers buying coins in just this fashion who then ask others to tell them about it after the fact. This is a surefire method for wasting money. You should read the book before you buy the coin. What if the coin had been priced at $175. Would you have purchased it if you could afford it? Please explain your reasoning, yea or nay. With that said, I don't see that there is any indication this coin has been improperly cleaned. Maybe I'm blind, but I don't see any hairlines at all. What I see is a coin in AU55 or so that still has a good amount of luster and the normal wear from brief circulation. Chris[/QUOTE]
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