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<p>[QUOTE="Coin Wisher, post: 2860995, member: 88226"]With coins, cosmetics are king. Even with a "details" grade, people will pay a good price for some problem coins</p><p>Personally, I would buy a problem coin, ie, a cleaned one, that was not cleaned with sandpaper, etc. This is especially true with Type coins, as most just want a really good representative of the Type, not rarities</p><p><br /></p><p>From browsing EBay, I have seen many anCosmeticsd many details coins, with the seller asking the price of the details grade, without regard to the fact its a problem coin.</p><p>Cosmetics are primary. I once saw an obviously whizzed dollar on EBay. You could easily see the curved scratch marks, but bidding was high.</p><p>EBay has the numbers, and you can find anything, but it seems most are trying to pass off junk to the ignorant, at real coin prices[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Coin Wisher, post: 2860995, member: 88226"]With coins, cosmetics are king. Even with a "details" grade, people will pay a good price for some problem coins Personally, I would buy a problem coin, ie, a cleaned one, that was not cleaned with sandpaper, etc. This is especially true with Type coins, as most just want a really good representative of the Type, not rarities From browsing EBay, I have seen many anCosmeticsd many details coins, with the seller asking the price of the details grade, without regard to the fact its a problem coin. Cosmetics are primary. I once saw an obviously whizzed dollar on EBay. You could easily see the curved scratch marks, but bidding was high. EBay has the numbers, and you can find anything, but it seems most are trying to pass off junk to the ignorant, at real coin prices[/QUOTE]
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