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Message:: [QUOTE="ksparrow, post: 650591, member: 7638"]What is important to realize is that these sellers are not going to sell a coin for less than its true worth.(but often for a lot more than it's worth!) In other words, there are no bargains. I just imaged a 1938-d Walker in AU that I really like, and as I examined it under good light realized that it had been cleaned, then retoned!  Another "slum pisa" buy from several years ago. And an 1886 V nickel, purchased from the same seller, as "BU," which has been cleaned (although not too obviously.) They have a no-questions-asked returns policy because they know that most people aren't going to return the coins, and they don't want trouble from those that do return them. They depend on new collectors for a steady stream of new sheep to shear. It would be interesting to try to sell one of these characters some of the coins purchased from them as "BU" and see what they offer. Here is an image of the 1883 nickel previously noted to have PVC, post acetone. A big improvement, and a decent MS coin! <img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/5c1883obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/5c1883rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]