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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1898000, member: 38849&quot;]OK, here&#039;s the results, AND the rest of the story.&nbsp; We had AU-58 (Treashunt), MS-62, MS-63, MS-64, MS-64, MS-65, and Gem.&nbsp; Hope I didn&#039;t miss anybody.</p><p><br /></p><p>Treashunt is spot on -- a decent AU-58 <i>now thoroughly goosed</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Saturday morning I bought a roll of silver dollars <u>for bullion</u>, 12 Morgans + 8 Peace.&nbsp; I paid $400 plus a 2014 ASE, so the total cost was in the $21 range.&nbsp; I selected this Peace Dollar to illustrate a point I made in another thread, as it was well-struck with relatively few marks in the fields.</p><p><br /></p><p>OK, &quot;<u>for bullion</u>,&quot; remember?&nbsp; In another post, I said you make (or LOSE) money <font size="6">when you buy the coin</font>, not when you sell it.&nbsp; That statement provoked some mild arguments.&nbsp; So I decided to send Ms. Liberty to the spa and the Beauty Shop, to see who among you would LOSE money the instant you bought it.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, I scrubbed the coin 3 minutes with a toothbrush and baking soda, including the reeding.&nbsp; Then I made several applications of Wright&#039;s Silver Creme (my thumb is still a little bit black).&nbsp; Then I boiled the coin 5 minutes in ammonia.&nbsp; It&#039;s starting to look pretty good.&nbsp; Then I removed all possible residues with acetone on a chamois cloth.&nbsp; Finally, for good measure, I gave the coin a good going-over with the shirt-tail of my Made-in-Vietnam T-shirt.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you had seen the coin in its original state, a somewhat grimy surface and a stain above the eagle, you would have agreed it was an AU-58 at best.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, according to you-all, I&#039;ve added about 5 step-up grades in 20 minutes.&nbsp; THIS is why you&#039;re losing money on coins.&nbsp; Hello?</p><p><br /></p><p>ANYONE who guessed MS-anything is immediately under water, and will lose money down the line.&nbsp; And now this dollar (&quot;mutton dressed as lamb&quot; as they say in Australia) is going back into the original tube of twenty, probably never to see the light of day again.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Thanks for participating</u>.&nbsp; Collectively, I saved you-all a lot of money in your upcoming purchases, <u>I hope</u>, plus a little understanding why some of you lose money buying and selling coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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