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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2429536, member: 19463"]I agree 100% with the 'drool-worthy' grade Aidan assigned to these coins (and suggest there is a future in professional grading here). I am one who does not believe in posting new purchases before they arrive and have had three coins so far this year that did not arrive. One was lost in the mail; one was sold by the dealer to me on eBay and to someone else on vCoins and the dealer honored the other payment (Paypal takes your money but they don't remove the coin from all the venues you listed it on) and one was switched by a Spanish dealer who expects me to pay to return it before he sends the correct coin or refund. I really hope you get the coins but this business of having to wonder for a month takes a lot of the fun out of the hobby. Of course you have to suffer more to get super coins than when you buy junk like I do. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is interesting how we sometimes buy coins for 75% of what they last sold for and sometimes 150% two weeks later. I suppose it all works out in the end and we should be happy with out little victories and not go getting upset when we make an error. Again, it is a fun hobby. If you are interested in money rather than coins perhaps you should be reading the Wall Street Journal rather than Coin Talk. Both of those coins are 'worth' a lot more in 'feel-good' than they represent in cash outlay. 'Drool-worthy!'[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2429536, member: 19463"]I agree 100% with the 'drool-worthy' grade Aidan assigned to these coins (and suggest there is a future in professional grading here). I am one who does not believe in posting new purchases before they arrive and have had three coins so far this year that did not arrive. One was lost in the mail; one was sold by the dealer to me on eBay and to someone else on vCoins and the dealer honored the other payment (Paypal takes your money but they don't remove the coin from all the venues you listed it on) and one was switched by a Spanish dealer who expects me to pay to return it before he sends the correct coin or refund. I really hope you get the coins but this business of having to wonder for a month takes a lot of the fun out of the hobby. Of course you have to suffer more to get super coins than when you buy junk like I do. It is interesting how we sometimes buy coins for 75% of what they last sold for and sometimes 150% two weeks later. I suppose it all works out in the end and we should be happy with out little victories and not go getting upset when we make an error. Again, it is a fun hobby. If you are interested in money rather than coins perhaps you should be reading the Wall Street Journal rather than Coin Talk. Both of those coins are 'worth' a lot more in 'feel-good' than they represent in cash outlay. 'Drool-worthy!'[/QUOTE]
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