Look at the pic of the Peace Dollar on this auction - graded MS-65. http://cgi.ebay.com/LARGE-WHOLESALE...goryZ525QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I'm not the world's leading Peace Dollar authority, but ...
You gotta be kidding me...MS65? I'd have a hard time giving that coin an XF grade. As for the rest of those coins, the slabber, International Numismatic Bureau, obviously a basement business, must be working as a branch of SGS with all of the coins that are graded MS70. What a joker.
I just emailed him via ebay. Told him that was a nice F12 coin in a 65 holder. Also asked him if he was trying to overtake SGS as king of overgrading. Hope he doesn't block my bids!
My cousin bought a batch of stuff from this guy. Some of it was over-graded. He did get a lot of cool stuff for a hundred bucks. But I don't think he'll be buying from him again. I did laugh at the Peace dollar. A shame. 93k feedback. Looks like he must be trying to make a living at this.
The photo of the Peace dollar is'nt of very high quality to see much detail. The luster of the coin sure looks poor though for a common date.
I agree over graded ( of course) But I think who ever won that auction did pretty good for them selves
It appears to me that the seller of those slabbed coins, must have been the person who bought this: http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=38024 Ribbit
So basically it brings about $35 in coins up to $100 because of the plastic & hype. Right - no REAL damage compared to some of these nonsense ads but I can hear coin dealers groaning all over the country knowing some day this junk will come in their shop.
Pretty crazy, but there will be a newby coin collector with more money than sense and it will sell. How sad...
The grader/slabber apparently forgot the - (minus sign) in front of the grade (65) which indicates that the coin is actually 65 points below MS! Frank
