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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 435079, member: 12965&quot;]What you don&#039;t get is they know a 1798 S-187 is a 2nd hairstyle, so dew tha math? Duh! The knowledgeable ones aren&#039;t attributing the auction coins (at least the copper), someone else is.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 1798 DBC&#039;s begin with S-144 and end with S-187. The 1st hairstyle is 144-164 and the 2nd hairstyle is 165-187. So as you can see, it isn&#039;t hard to figure out what&#039;s a 1st/2nd hairstyle, so someone who obviously knows very little about coppers is the one that called a S-187 a 1st hairstyle. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The probability that one of the ones you mentioned is involved, is about as good as Spock not owning any gold. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, that pretty much proves that Heritage has employeed someone that isn&#039;t knowledgeable with coppers and I stand behind what I originally said. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Pps: On the 1800/1798 I also posted, the TPG didn&#039;t list the variety nor the hairstyle but a quick glance shows it&#039;s a 1st hairstyle and since the only 1st hairstyles are the 1800/1798 overdates (S-190/191 &amp; NC-5/6) any of the ones you mentioned should know this. So why wasn&#039;t it listed as such, since it is so easy to spot, but they can list a 1798 S-187 as a 1st hairstyle? Again, the answer is obvious. Someone not knowledgeable with early coppers is listing these and because they are not listing them as advantageously as possible, their clients are not going to realize maximum final bid and as people realize this, they will use other auction houses more professional than Heritage, if there is such an Auction House. Also, understand what I mean by professional, which is, they employ professionals to list the items they sell. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Pps: Here is what Heritage says on their website:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>&quot;From the minute your collection arrives in our world headquarters in Dallas, Texas, Heritage&#039;s staff of professionals start evaluating your collectibles, and <u>developing strategies</u> that <u>will maximize the prices</u> realized at auction.&quot;</i> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I believe I easily showed how they <u>could</u> have done that with several of the coins I mentioned but they didn&#039;t do that. But then, why would they take the time to maximize the prices realized? The answer to that is simple - the more the client makes, the more Heritage makes. Yet, they are no different than Ebay. Ebay is ran by fools with nothing but dollar signs on the brain and they don&#039;t realize that by charging more for more than one pic, is reducing the final price of the item and that they would make a whole lot more by letting sellers upload up to 8 pics for no charge, than with how they do now. So, with what I&#039;ve seen and shown here, the blurb above is not true and it affects my opinion of them. However, as a buyer, I love it since it is no different than Ebay, other than the buyer&#039;s premium I have to pay so I will bid even less than I would on Ebay. But the biggest dilemma is, does Heritage like being likened to Ebay? If I was Heritage, it would boil my blood to be likened to Ebay, but that&#039;s me.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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