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<p>[QUOTE="IBetASilverDollar, post: 3306359, member: 85251"]I love that coin and would have paid that for it had I seen it. I semi-actively scan for FECs for my type set and it is HARD to find ones with nice eye appeal and minimal distractions.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing about heritage I learned at Central States. These big shows you are at a huge disadvantage bidding against those who attend the lot viewing in person because of heritages images. I was looking for a barber dime at the time and looked through and made notes on about 6 examples that stood out and made notes on the ones that were lacking luster to avoid, etc. Wouldn't you know it the 6 examples I marked as PQ all went for big numbers and the ones I marked to avoid sold for discounts. They all looked similar in images.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also fell in love with a CBH in an old fatty AU58 that had just insane eye appeal and online it looked like every other CBH thanks to heritage's dull images and I thought I could nab it. Nope, went for over $2k or 3 times as much as standard ones for that coin. So yeah, suffice it to say when you see a coin on Heritage bid up real high it was seen in hand by a few and was bid to where it should be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IBetASilverDollar, post: 3306359, member: 85251"]I love that coin and would have paid that for it had I seen it. I semi-actively scan for FECs for my type set and it is HARD to find ones with nice eye appeal and minimal distractions. One thing about heritage I learned at Central States. These big shows you are at a huge disadvantage bidding against those who attend the lot viewing in person because of heritages images. I was looking for a barber dime at the time and looked through and made notes on about 6 examples that stood out and made notes on the ones that were lacking luster to avoid, etc. Wouldn't you know it the 6 examples I marked as PQ all went for big numbers and the ones I marked to avoid sold for discounts. They all looked similar in images. I also fell in love with a CBH in an old fatty AU58 that had just insane eye appeal and online it looked like every other CBH thanks to heritage's dull images and I thought I could nab it. Nope, went for over $2k or 3 times as much as standard ones for that coin. So yeah, suffice it to say when you see a coin on Heritage bid up real high it was seen in hand by a few and was bid to where it should be.[/QUOTE]
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