It finally happened - got a different coin than the one I ordered . . . . . . .

I've heard stories, but it hasn't happened to me in this degree. Yeah, I know that if you order something "bullion" related where the seller is using stock photos, it's like "a box of chocolates . . . . . . "

But in this case, the seller LISTED it as a TONED coin . . . . .

I bought it because I WANTED the toned coin . . . . .

No, it's not a high dollar coin, and yeah, what I received is still probably within the realm of reasonability with regard to cost. But DAMMIT MAN, I WANTED THE ONE WITH THE "LOOK" . . . . . .

This ever happen to any y'all . . . . . ?

Photos below.

Z






The Listing . . . . . .

​

The coin I expected . . . . . . . . .

​

​

What I got . . . . . . . . . .

​

​

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

That would have gotten me mad.

 

(edited to remove my post while I read about black toning on silver coins)

 

I'd contact the seller. If they don't want to fix it, then a SNADing we will go...

 

Honestly, I think you got lucky. That toning looked like black death to me.

 

I think they probably did you a favor but can certainty understand wanting what you see

 

Seller reluctantly admitted the switch. Said I could chose another from the two or three they had currently listed. Yeah, I wasn't too happy about it, but the coin I received is within the realm of acceptable for the price.

I'm not too concerned about the "black" on the reverse of the one I wanted. My tastes usually run counterintuitive to what most other folks like, but I think the patina on the original strike gave it some panache, some "street cred" for a "Wild West" commemorative.

Dammit man, I really wanted that one. BOLO everyone . . . . .

I asked the seller to reach out to anyone else they may have recently sent a similar coin to. Perhaps whoever got THAT one, is equally unhappy with the switcheroo . . . .

Z

 

"got a different coin than the one I ordered"

Consider yourself lucky. I got a $12 token when I had ordered a $300 nickel. Took weeks to get it straightened out. It was an inexperience eBay seller but I wanted that coin. All worked out in the end.