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<p>[QUOTE="MercuryBen, post: 2399560, member: 44521"]Just to stir the pot on a completely subjective issue, I will suggest that this coin was not worth $3k. It is really important to understand photographing techniques when purchasing toners, and also price histories of toned coins. A more realistic picture of the same coin is below. Still a marvelous coin, but not $3k marvelous. If this was TrueViewed, I'm guessing it would be about halfway between the dealer's photos and the auction photos below. It is also important to know that this coin was previously in a 66FB holder and likely has maxed out at 67+FB (though anything is possible with enough submissions).</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, I can count on one hand the dealers from whom I would buy a coin at this price without seeing it in hand, seeing a TrueView, or reviewing other photographs of the coin . . . . </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]494151[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]494152[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MercuryBen, post: 2399560, member: 44521"]Just to stir the pot on a completely subjective issue, I will suggest that this coin was not worth $3k. It is really important to understand photographing techniques when purchasing toners, and also price histories of toned coins. A more realistic picture of the same coin is below. Still a marvelous coin, but not $3k marvelous. If this was TrueViewed, I'm guessing it would be about halfway between the dealer's photos and the auction photos below. It is also important to know that this coin was previously in a 66FB holder and likely has maxed out at 67+FB (though anything is possible with enough submissions). As an aside, I can count on one hand the dealers from whom I would buy a coin at this price without seeing it in hand, seeing a TrueView, or reviewing other photographs of the coin . . . . [ATTACH=full]494151[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]494152[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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