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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NorthKorea, post: 2113678, member: 29643&quot;]I recently purchased a lot of dimes and half dimes from Hunt Auctions. It was a low grade lot that I paid what I viewed as fair based upon the description.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.huntauctions.com/phone/imageviewer.cfm?auction_num=129&amp;lot_num=1653" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.huntauctions.com/phone/imageviewer.cfm?auction_num=129&amp;lot_num=1653" rel="nofollow">http://www.huntauctions.com/phone/imageviewer.cfm?auction_num=129&amp;lot_num=1653</a></p><p><br /></p><p>When the coins arrived, a few (four or five) were bent (a couple of the bent coins also have flat edges, which makes me wonder if they were in jewelry or something similar) and a couple had scratches (not just cleaning, but literally a scratch, as though someone did a silver scratch test), but the worst of the bunch was an 1823 (over-2) dime that has environmental damage in the form of corrosion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Initially, I wasn&#039;t upset, but I figured the collective damage made the entire lot ungrade-able and likely worth (considering the defects) about 50% of the hammer.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I contacted Hunt about it, their representative was nice enough to email me back with a copy/paste description of the lot. She later responded that she spoke with the company President, who felt the lot was accurately described.</p><p><br /></p><p>I already emailed them that I guess that&#039;s that, since I&#039;m not going to hire an attorney over a lot that cost $170 or so, but I felt this might be a good reminder for others to be aware of the pitfalls of purchasing coins from a sports memorabilia (or other non-coin) auction house. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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