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<p>[QUOTE="10gary22, post: 1009806, member: 23626"]Well, the 1988 was ANACS. The 1909 s is raw. Either the seller has......had a good one and didn't realize just how important it was to get it graded or didn't know how to go about it or the coin is not what he thought it was.</p><p> </p><p>I used 1000x on he enlarged pic and agree the weak strike on the reverse didn't look quite right. If I had this one, I would have sent it in. If it indeed was UNC of course, he wins one.</p><p> </p><p>But, I got a feeling that in this economy there are getting to be a lot of guys who want to sell some coins to raise cash. Especially inherited stuff. But there are a lot of us who start out without a clue as to how to do it. And we lose a lot learning the proceedure. Heck, I sold complete proof sets for less than the melt value of the half. Trying to save on seller fees by listing for 99c can be a huge mistake.</p><p> </p><p>gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="10gary22, post: 1009806, member: 23626"]Well, the 1988 was ANACS. The 1909 s is raw. Either the seller has......had a good one and didn't realize just how important it was to get it graded or didn't know how to go about it or the coin is not what he thought it was. I used 1000x on he enlarged pic and agree the weak strike on the reverse didn't look quite right. If I had this one, I would have sent it in. If it indeed was UNC of course, he wins one. But, I got a feeling that in this economy there are getting to be a lot of guys who want to sell some coins to raise cash. Especially inherited stuff. But there are a lot of us who start out without a clue as to how to do it. And we lose a lot learning the proceedure. Heck, I sold complete proof sets for less than the melt value of the half. Trying to save on seller fees by listing for 99c can be a huge mistake. gary[/QUOTE]
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