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<p>[QUOTE="mrbadexample, post: 3323113, member: 100740"]I've not had much of a look, but from what I have seen the prices are through the roof. Then there are the mis-attributed coins. It seems that sellers look up a coin, see it has varieties and pick the rarest one.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, neither of these are 1854/3. They are the normal, (very) common 1854, worth a fraction of what they're asking:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ma-shops.com/numiscollection/item.php?id=201310&lang=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ma-shops.com/numiscollection/item.php?id=201310&lang=en" rel="nofollow">https://www.ma-shops.com/numiscollection/item.php?id=201310&lang=en</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ma-shops.com/roose/item.php?id=5161&lang=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ma-shops.com/roose/item.php?id=5161&lang=en" rel="nofollow">https://www.ma-shops.com/roose/item.php?id=5161&lang=en</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is described as 1858/3, but is actually 1858/2 (I won't get started on the "UNC" grading).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ma-shops.com/henzen/item.php?id=30070&lang=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ma-shops.com/henzen/item.php?id=30070&lang=en" rel="nofollow">https://www.ma-shops.com/henzen/item.php?id=30070&lang=en</a></p><p><br /></p><p>They are asking a hopelessly unrealistic €750 for it. A better one sold at LCA just last month for £220+ commission: <a href="http://londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=163&searchlot=771&searchtype=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=163&searchlot=771&searchtype=2" rel="nofollow">http://londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=163&searchlot=771&searchtype=2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So where do we stand when the seller says "yes it is" and the buyer says "no it isn't"?</p><p><br /></p><p>Caveat emptor...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mrbadexample, post: 3323113, member: 100740"]I've not had much of a look, but from what I have seen the prices are through the roof. Then there are the mis-attributed coins. It seems that sellers look up a coin, see it has varieties and pick the rarest one. For example, neither of these are 1854/3. They are the normal, (very) common 1854, worth a fraction of what they're asking: [url]https://www.ma-shops.com/numiscollection/item.php?id=201310&lang=en[/url] [url]https://www.ma-shops.com/roose/item.php?id=5161&lang=en[/url] This one is described as 1858/3, but is actually 1858/2 (I won't get started on the "UNC" grading). [url]https://www.ma-shops.com/henzen/item.php?id=30070&lang=en[/url] They are asking a hopelessly unrealistic €750 for it. A better one sold at LCA just last month for £220+ commission: [url]http://londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=163&searchlot=771&searchtype=2[/url] So where do we stand when the seller says "yes it is" and the buyer says "no it isn't"? Caveat emptor...[/QUOTE]
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