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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 8250928, member: 13650"][ATTACH=full]1453608[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p> Can add this to the wall of shame. Here's a buffalo I thought was in MS condition and NGC graded it AU details whizzed. I paid over $100 for it a long time ago and decided to get it graded. </p><p><br /></p><p> I took the above pictures on a copy stand under decent lighting. Most would say these would be considered above average pictures for an online auction. The seller made no note of it being whizzed.</p><p><br /></p><p> Here's some new pictures of it close up with light hitting it just right so you can see what NGC saw. This is the first I'm actually seeing of what they saw. With the details this had, I would have never guessed that somebody would have whizzed it as there shouldn't have been a need to. But, I was wrong. A seller isn't going to give you these photos:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453613[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453614[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p> If you aren't looking for this type of damage you'll over look it in hand more often than not and definitely from online auctions. The lighting has to be just right, you have to have it magnified and you need a trained eye. I HATE buying raw coins and rarely do anymore.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 8250928, member: 13650"][ATTACH=full]1453608[/ATTACH] Can add this to the wall of shame. Here's a buffalo I thought was in MS condition and NGC graded it AU details whizzed. I paid over $100 for it a long time ago and decided to get it graded. I took the above pictures on a copy stand under decent lighting. Most would say these would be considered above average pictures for an online auction. The seller made no note of it being whizzed. Here's some new pictures of it close up with light hitting it just right so you can see what NGC saw. This is the first I'm actually seeing of what they saw. With the details this had, I would have never guessed that somebody would have whizzed it as there shouldn't have been a need to. But, I was wrong. A seller isn't going to give you these photos: [ATTACH=full]1453613[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453614[/ATTACH] If you aren't looking for this type of damage you'll over look it in hand more often than not and definitely from online auctions. The lighting has to be just right, you have to have it magnified and you need a trained eye. I HATE buying raw coins and rarely do anymore.[/QUOTE]
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