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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1889314, member: 19463"]<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/231136379039" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/231136379039" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/231136379039</a></p><p>The above item is making a stir in some fake groups. It is a horrid example of a tooled coin. The observation was made that this seller, in the past, usually had good coins but ridiculous prices. It now appears his certificates of authenticity are not worth much either. I do not recommend spending $2700.77 on a coin unless you can look at this one and see the problems. </p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, my Antonia cost $34 in 1987. Assuming a 1000% increase in value since then (that is a bit too much), I might justify something approaching $27 but I'm still a power of ten or two short of the asking price. What is a completely butchered tool job worth? I'd bid the 77 cents.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1889314, member: 19463"][url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/231136379039[/url] The above item is making a stir in some fake groups. It is a horrid example of a tooled coin. The observation was made that this seller, in the past, usually had good coins but ridiculous prices. It now appears his certificates of authenticity are not worth much either. I do not recommend spending $2700.77 on a coin unless you can look at this one and see the problems. For comparison, my Antonia cost $34 in 1987. Assuming a 1000% increase in value since then (that is a bit too much), I might justify something approaching $27 but I'm still a power of ten or two short of the asking price. What is a completely butchered tool job worth? I'd bid the 77 cents.[/QUOTE]
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