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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor, post: 1885312, member: 5454&quot;]I had a couple of $1 gold coins that were real dogs.&nbsp; One [maybe 1853]&nbsp; had a decent obverse but the back had 3 nasty scratches, I took a dealer&#039;s offer of $90 for the coin.</p><p>The second $1 gold coin was ex-jewelry&nbsp; [ maybe 1851]&nbsp; and had a good enough obverse but the reverse had a small spot of solder.&nbsp; I walked it around at a few coin shows but the best offer was around $70 to $75.&nbsp;&nbsp; I foolishly paid $140 for it online at auction [not e-bay].&nbsp; It was Charter Oak coin auctions and the guy doesn&#039;t show pictures of the reverse.&nbsp; By that time I had just about quit dealing with them and got sick of returning coins.</p><p>Threw it in a safe deposit box and forgot about it.&nbsp; How I eventually got out of it was to trade it plus $200 cash for a 1895-O dime in G-4.&nbsp; The dealer later said he sold it for $120.</p><p>So sometimes if you can&#039;t get a good cash offer for these problem pieces try trading them away.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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