CherryPicks

Looks cleaned/dipped, ...

 

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it's the pic
coin was a little pinkish, but will slab solid. It has been sold.

 

Heres another, $4.00 shipped for the set

 

Jack:
That is a beautiful coin!
What did you grade it?
Also, nice notes.

Larry: GREAT cherrypick!
I wish that I could have found it.

 

65 RD , Treasure Hunt, sent it on approval to a Lincoln expert in NY and it sold as 65 RD. If I thought it had a shot at 66, I'd have kept it.

EDIT: Looking at the picture, I think I made a mistake selling it.

 

Here's one of mine, paid around $40 for it. It's at least an MS-64. A bit toned, weak strike on the stars, which they are known for, & couple of small rim dings keeps it from going higher. No scratches but a vertical die break in the lettering on the rev., difficult to see in the pic. Full luster, nice eagle breast feathers, no wear on the obv knee. What looks like areas of cleaning is the pics, not on the coin.

 

I didn't take a count but it seems to me that more of the items listed were NOT cherry picks than were.
My three were not cherry picks.

To be a true cherry pick you have to know the coin is a more valuable variety and the seller doesn't at the time of purchase.
And the seller has to be reasonably numismatically conversant.

Buying what both of you think is a the common variety and finding out otherwise later doesn't qualify.

And taking advantage of a person who doesn't know coins doesn't qualify either. That is criminal.

 

Kanga, according to this statement:

To be a true cherry pick you have to know the coin is a more valuable variety and the seller doesn't at the time of purchase.

mine was a cherry pick. LOL

However, must this really be true?

And the seller has to be reasonably numismatically conversant.
And taking advantage of a person who doesn't know coins doesn't qualify either. That is criminal.

How would I know either if I didn't speak to the seller? I got it on ebay!

 

IMO, if you got it on eBay, and you knew it was a more valuable variety but the seller didn't, then it qualifies as a cherry pick.

The assumption is that if the seller lists it for sale, then they sort of know what they're doing.
Of course it is often obvious that they don't.
But by listing it on eBay they have had the opportunity to do research.

That's entirely different than the clueless person walking into a coin dealer expecting honesty, but getting ripped off.

 

Both of mine posted were Ebay. The 22-D got me a " you suck" on PCGS forums, lol, it was a bad pic gamble. The paper was just an oddity chance win, I was only bidding to watch.

My only true show cherry pick was a 1912-s/s Lincoln.

 

Jack, Those Detroit notes are so cool. I can double your money and send you $8, count 'em $8 for those notes with the holes in them. LOL .... John

 

Thanks guys.

There have to be more stories out there, I know that they sell a whole lot of Cherrypickers' Guides.

 

My best one, so far, was picking up a 72-P Ike Type II from a dealer. He had it with a group of common Ikes selling for $2. It probably grades around an AU-50/55.

 

so, what is it worth?

 

I see TPG Type II AU go for bewteen $60-100 on ebay.

Treashunt what do you consider a Cherrypick? I pick up RPM's and minor doubled dies all the time, pay $1-$20 but may only be worth $10-20 more with the variety. Not like finding a major variety for a few dollars.
Have found several BU 41S large S Jeffersons for under $10 each.

 

Glad you brought that up, Nickelman. By any chance do you have pics of the large and small S for comparison? I'm having a tough time distinguishing these. Thanks!

 

Don't have pic at hand now but here is a link to a discussion on the Large/small S with photos.
http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=35122

 

A new Snow Variety

I bought this on ebay thinking there was "something" about this coin that was different.

I've posted this a number of times here on CT but here it is again.

A 1857 Flying Eagle Snow 22 Repaired "OF". Attributed to me...

I hope to see this in Ricks next book on Flying Eagles.

Bruce

 

Bruce:
That is one outrageous variety, now I hope to find one for myself.

Thanks for showing.

 

I've been waiting for another coin like this one to pop up on ebay. I have this coin variety listed so if anyone puts one up for bid or sale I'll be notified. I periodically check in with the Fly-In Club but no luck there either. It is listed in their variety listing since I sent it in to Rick Snow.

I originally got it in an old ANACS holder so I told Rick to crack it out for examination and for photos. I wish I got some photos of the coin before I resubmitted it to ANACS. Maybe Rick will publish some soon.

Bruce