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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 911977, member: 24633"]Not always! Here's one in an old rattler. I was at a local coin show going through a dealer's case and this was obverse up. At the time, I was also looking for another 1884 O/O VAM-6, so when I turned it over, I immediately set it aside. In all, I picked out four slabs that I wanted, but he didn't have any prices on any of them, just his coded stickers on the front (Why the front?) He told me $50 for this one, $75 for this one, $125 for this one, and when he got to the 84-O, he started to say $50 (based on the sticker) but he just happened to turn it over, stopped in the middle, "Fif" and changed the price to $250. Fortunately for me, I only had $400 left (Honest!) and he accepted my offer. I guess that he rationalized that $400 in his hand was better than $400 in some other dealer's hand.</p><p> </p><p>The rainbow on this one is really much nicer than my photo shows because I'm still lousy with the camera.</p><p> </p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 911977, member: 24633"]Not always! Here's one in an old rattler. I was at a local coin show going through a dealer's case and this was obverse up. At the time, I was also looking for another 1884 O/O VAM-6, so when I turned it over, I immediately set it aside. In all, I picked out four slabs that I wanted, but he didn't have any prices on any of them, just his coded stickers on the front (Why the front?) He told me $50 for this one, $75 for this one, $125 for this one, and when he got to the 84-O, he started to say $50 (based on the sticker) but he just happened to turn it over, stopped in the middle, "Fif" and changed the price to $250. Fortunately for me, I only had $400 left (Honest!) and he accepted my offer. I guess that he rationalized that $400 in his hand was better than $400 in some other dealer's hand. The rainbow on this one is really much nicer than my photo shows because I'm still lousy with the camera. Chris[/QUOTE]
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