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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2169001, member: 15929&quot;]Sad to say that, while channel surfing, I ended up watching Rare Collectibles TV (RCTV). It was a live auction with a Greenish Toned 1885 Morgan in MS65* up for bids at $50 increments. The &quot;host&quot; was spurting out the qualities of an 1885 Morgan in MS65 and how it was an $800 coin just to get folks to bid. (When I started watching, it was at $100) It ended up at $650. The toning was unremarkable IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second coin up was an 1882-S in NGC MS67 with a huge semi-circular toning spot (not Half Moon but the other direction) to the right of the obverse. The opening bid was $1,000. Try as he might, no bids came in. He even pointed to the toned spot and stated that &quot;you could see where another coin was laying across this one in the bag.&quot; I thought that the toned areas were what was open to the air but whatever?</p><p><br /></p><p>Next up, and not in an Auction format, was a 5 minute spiel on the merits of the 1986 Silver Eagle and how it was the 1st of a long line of Silver Eagles and how every coin collector always wants the 1st in a date series. 1878 Morgan, 1921 Peace, etc. Valuation was built by showing some reference that had the 1986-S Proof at $125 and the host was relating how he and his buddy, at one point in time, had been selling these &quot;dealer-to-dealer&quot; at $130-$135 each.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was being offered, with original government packaging, for $89.95 +S/H. As many as you wanted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then, something struck me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is this how folks who don&#039;t necessarily have any numismatic experience are &quot;sold&quot; on a coin by all coin dealers? I mean, these TV People really go the gamut in their sales pitch. Always building value with half truths and out right wives tales that have no basis in reality, just hype.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are all coin dealers like this? Better yet, are these TV Sellers a mere reflection of what the typical &quot;coin dealer&quot; (Yellow Mustard stains and all) might be?</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW: The 1986-S Proof Silver Eagle in OGP is readily available on eBay for between $50 and $60. Free Shipping. (Just in case you wanted one! <img src="http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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