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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3294557, member: 27832"]Assuming they're real.</p><p><br /></p><p>These photos look like everything was just dumped out on a table for quick snapshots, but it's foolish to trust that that's the case. I assume these photos are <i>carefully staged</i> to imply the highest possible value for the collection. (For example, look at how the dimes are carefully distributed around the bars.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I would assume that any stack of "silver" half dollars with a 90% coin on top has 40% coins for the rest of the stack -- if they didn't actually fiddle with the color balance to make <i>clad</i> coins look silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would assume that any coins where I can't clearly see and identify the design, or clearly see the color of the edge, are not silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would assume that there are <i>no</i> additional coins of value besides the ones pictured.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would assume that if there are multiple photos appearing to show "piles" of silver coins, they're all showing <i>the same</i> coins, just rearranged between shots. (For example, there are several shots that show a Peace dollar, but there's never more than one Peace dollar in a shot; better assume there's only one Peace dollar in the lot.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The lot is already bid up to $710. I'm not going to take the time to count up coins in (one of) the photos, but I'm pretty sure the lead bidder is already at serious risk of overpaying. There's no way I'd try to outbid at this point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3294557, member: 27832"]Assuming they're real. These photos look like everything was just dumped out on a table for quick snapshots, but it's foolish to trust that that's the case. I assume these photos are [I]carefully staged[/I] to imply the highest possible value for the collection. (For example, look at how the dimes are carefully distributed around the bars.) I would assume that any stack of "silver" half dollars with a 90% coin on top has 40% coins for the rest of the stack -- if they didn't actually fiddle with the color balance to make [I]clad[/I] coins look silver. I would assume that any coins where I can't clearly see and identify the design, or clearly see the color of the edge, are not silver. I would assume that there are [I]no[/I] additional coins of value besides the ones pictured. I would assume that if there are multiple photos appearing to show "piles" of silver coins, they're all showing [I]the same[/I] coins, just rearranged between shots. (For example, there are several shots that show a Peace dollar, but there's never more than one Peace dollar in a shot; better assume there's only one Peace dollar in the lot.) The lot is already bid up to $710. I'm not going to take the time to count up coins in (one of) the photos, but I'm pretty sure the lead bidder is already at serious risk of overpaying. There's no way I'd try to outbid at this point.[/QUOTE]
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