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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8183970, member: 24314&quot;]Today has been too much.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":grumpy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; So many of our customers send in whizzed, polished, etc. raw coins that it makes me puke!&nbsp; I&#039;m talking all grades and values but mostly in the AU/Unc range that they paid dearly for.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Examples: A Coronet Large cent that looked MS-64 or 65 red until I took it out of the flip.&nbsp; AU-58 Whizzed! <i><span style="color: #b30000">I would rather have this coin in my collection/teaching set than a straight graded AU or MS brown example. </span></i> However, one day this collector is going to sell his coins.&nbsp; No telling how long he has owned it but if he purchased it as MS Red long ago he will have lost a pile of money.&nbsp; If you only collect raw coins, you had better have someone knowledgeable look at them!&nbsp; I don&#039;t mean the small town coin club &quot;expert&quot; either.&nbsp; This coin would fool many dealers.&nbsp; The only hint that it is &quot;micro whizzed&quot; is the coin looks too good to be true!&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>1911-S MS RB.&nbsp; I know the dealer who cleaned it w/acetone before sending it in BUT I know he did not realize the coin was micro whizzed decades ago an now looks perfectly OK as a MS-62 or 63 except for the blotched job he did cleaning it.&nbsp; No hairlines but now looks artificial color.&nbsp; I guarantee this coin would pass as a &quot;detailed&quot; Unc if not examined closely.&nbsp; It&#039;s going out as Unc details, whizzed.&nbsp; If it is ever cracked out...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Do yourself a favor.&nbsp; Have some of your <b>best</b> raw &quot;gems&quot; checked.&nbsp; You might be shocked at what you learn. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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