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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 466656, member: 15309&quot;]David,</p><p><br /></p><p>For accuracy&#039;s sake, my first post in this thread was the Barber Half Dollar.&nbsp; All of the other comments were made by other members (mods), but I agree with their opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are of the opinion that this seller offers quality coins.&nbsp; The other members have a differing opinion.&nbsp; My opinion is that this seller offers some OK coins and many problem coins.&nbsp; In short, I don&#039;t think that you can purchase a coin from this seller and have any confidence that you will get what you paid for or what was described by the seller. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you think that the Barber Half Dollar in this thread looks choice BU then you should really consider only buying NGC and PCGS graded coins because your grading skills are not good enough to make an accurate determination of a coins grade.&nbsp; That coin is either a cleaned coin or an MS61 at best.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can claim that the above statement is only my opinion if you want.&nbsp; However, I used to collect raw Barber coinage on E-Bay and learned a very valuable lesson.&nbsp; Most of the stuff on E-Bay even though it looks good through photo magic is problem material.&nbsp; This coin does not even look good, it is clearly problem material.&nbsp; If you would like to read more about my humility in collecting raw Barber coinage, please visit this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=40415" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=40415" rel="nofollow">http://cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=40415</a></p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to the vernacular.&nbsp; Choice BU=MS64 and GEM BU=MS65 and I don&#039;t know any dealer that uses them to mean anything else.&nbsp; If you have a source of information that defines Choice BU as anything other than MS64 please point me in the right direction.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I stated that the dealer is trying to pass of a $500 coin as a $1400 coin, that was correct.&nbsp; The dealer knows this coin is not MS64 yet wants the bidders to believe that it is.&nbsp; Let me ask you this.&nbsp; If you were a dealer, would you offer a raw MS64 Barber Half Dollar as a no reserve item on E-Bay?&nbsp; Your answer should be a resounding &quot;NO&quot;, as is this dealers, because he is offering a cleaned BU detail Barber Half Dollar and trying to get higher bids by calling it an MS64.&nbsp; Does that seem reputable to you?</p><p><br /></p><p>Your last sentence is the most concerning of your entire post.&nbsp; If you want to buy problem coins, then that is your prerogative.&nbsp; However, cleaned coins are problem coins and to quote Rick Snow &quot;there is no price too cheap for a problem coin.&quot;&nbsp; Thanks AJ, came in handy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have tried to help you David, it is up to you either accept my advice or reject it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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