MS65 TONED $2 1/2... wow!

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  1. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    This coin tempted me. A lot. I was a strong bidder, but felt like I could not sink this much into just one $2 1/2. Maybe I should have. Terrible seller pics, but you can tell this coin has some nice reds, purples, etc.
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  3. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    Do you mind my asking how much it was that you decided not to spend?
     
    ToughCOINS, Nov 24, 2015
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  4. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    Sold for $1,032, and I had 5x ebay bucks today, so would have been a little over $900. I should have done it. I'm already mad I didn't.
     
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  5. treylxapi47

    treylxapi47 Well-Known Member Dealer

    You dont know where the other buyer wouldve stopped though, he maybe had $1500 on it or even more. so dont beat yourself up
     
    treylxapi47, Nov 24, 2015
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  6. treylxapi47

    treylxapi47 Well-Known Member Dealer

    I say this because I always do that too whenever im the underbidder, I just say to myself that the other party had deeper pockets and wanted it more than I did and try to move on. I still relive the ones i let slip by though
     
    treylxapi47, Nov 24, 2015
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  7. Tydot310

    Tydot310 Member

    Maybe you will get lucky and get a second chance offer on it.
     
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  8. Markus1959

    Markus1959 Well-Known Member

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  9. Travlntiques

    Travlntiques Well-Known Member

    I placed the $210 tracer bid on it to see where she would go. The seller has been good to me in the past and to be fair I bet it could go higher with proper toning pics, but the contact rubs on the obverse seem excessive...when paired with that gash under the "F" in "OF".
    Don't know. Still glad I sniped one of 'em today :)
     
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  10. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    That seller has terrible pictures. Always has. This coin might have brought another $500 with better pictures.
     
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  11. rzage

    rzage What Goes Around Comes Around .

    Nicely struck obverse too .
     
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  12. Rhoowl

    Rhoowl Member

    The last few NGC 65 to go at auction were in the 1400 range....so there was still more room to bid up.....you don't see many toner golds...that had to add some price....but those pics were terrible.....if it had been a raw it probably would have sold for 200....

    Although in the end you bid what you feel comfortable with.
     
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  13. eddiespin

    eddiespin Fast Eddie

    I'm surprised more of these don't tone out like that with all the copper in them.
     
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  14. wcoins

    wcoins GEM-ber

    Not accusing anyone of anything, just saying all six bids the winner put up within last 30 days went to the seller of the coin.
     
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  15. Rhoowl

    Rhoowl Member

    It definitely is a great coin......I'm sure he's happy with his purchase. .its always great to follow a coin for a week that you want and get the winning bid.....
     
    Rhoowl, Nov 24, 2015
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  16. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    Did you get it?!?
     
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  17. Rhoowl

    Rhoowl Member

    No.....didn't get that one....didn't see it...not sure how I missed it....I would have bid it....65s don't come up too often in libertys....definitely would have been a nice coin.....the only thing that would have concerned me Is the photo..looked like he was using incandescants which make things look redder....also. Looks like a handheld and blurry
     
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  19. Santinidollar

    Santinidollar Supporter! Supporter

    I recognize that seller. He is more interested in getting his hand in the photo than showing the coin. He may be the same one who took a picture of a coin on his bare leg (wearing shorts).

    What a marketer!:yack:
     
    Santinidollar, Nov 24, 2015
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  20. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Bidding on a coin is always a double edged sword. Sure you can always second guess yourself and wonder if only I had made 1 more bid increase ....... But you must also always remember that you don't know just how deep the cut from that edge of the sword will end up being. There is always the possibility that it can be "too deep". And if it ends up being too deep, then you know you would have been better off to have walked away.

    I look at this way. Anybody can survive a cut or two that is too deep. But nobody can survive too many cuts like that. So you have to be careful and allow yourself to take those deep cuts in exceptional cases, and infrequently.

    But you also have to recognize that success has a price, and unless you accumulate a few scars over the years (from those too deep cuts) then you will likely never achieve that success.

    What allows to to do this ? Knowledge :)
     
    GDJMSP, Nov 25, 2015
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  21. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    Many do, but subsequently get dipped because most dealers don't feel the gold is as widely marketable when original. That's because most originally toned gold exhibits harmless copper spots, which a lot of retail customers expect not to see. Personally, I like material like that.
     
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