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<p>[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 525444, member: 12965"]The reason I know not to do it is by doing it and learning what a mistake it was. :goofer: Now, I will rarely buy a coin that has a chitty pic but if I do, I don't pay much for it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p> </p><p>High grade and/or key dates should never be bought unless the pics are at least decent, because who in their right mind would sell a high grade/key date coin with chitty pics? :whistle: I wanted to bid on a Vermont Cent this weekend but the pics were bad and I was warned it was probably an electrotype, so I let it go. If it was real, it was worth a couple thousand and it sold for $200 and it had a reserve. I know that if I was selling a 2G coin, my reserve would be much higher than $200. :hammer: So that said I did the right thing! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 525444, member: 12965"]The reason I know not to do it is by doing it and learning what a mistake it was. :goofer: Now, I will rarely buy a coin that has a chitty pic but if I do, I don't pay much for it. ;) High grade and/or key dates should never be bought unless the pics are at least decent, because who in their right mind would sell a high grade/key date coin with chitty pics? :whistle: I wanted to bid on a Vermont Cent this weekend but the pics were bad and I was warned it was probably an electrotype, so I let it go. If it was real, it was worth a couple thousand and it sold for $200 and it had a reserve. I know that if I was selling a 2G coin, my reserve would be much higher than $200. :hammer: So that said I did the right thing! ;) Ribbit :)[/QUOTE]
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