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Re: Bert Label CACG Coins

@FlyingAl said:
Who?

@safari_dude said:
Who is this individual?n🤔

It's just a Trader Bea custom label.

jmlanzaf

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Re: Bert Label CACG Coins

if there were an effect, it would be negative

MsMorrisine

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Re: Damaged envelop received at my office today .

This is much to do about nothing for just $16…JMHO

Walkerfan

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Re: LE Bruun Sale Part IV

@MrEureka said:
I suppose I’ll just add a few things. First, the venue was lovely. Second, there weren’t many people in attendance. And third, the one dominant bidder mentioned by Pruebas was bidding with more than a few bidder numbers, so I would not assume that any one collector ended up with anything approaching 90% of the coins. As for my purchases, I got one yesterday and one today. The ducat sort of speaks for itself. The 1908 Norway 2 Ore is a pattern for the design that went into production in 1909, and is by far the finer of only two in private hands. (The other example was sold in 1984 and hasn’t resurfaced since, AFAIK.)

You and I might use different bidder numbers if we were representing multiple buyers. But this person, I think, was trying to fool the online folks (which was most everyone) by them hearing different bidders winning lots.

By no means do I think his winnings are going to multiple buyers.

pruebas

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Re: Buying habits due to all the counterfeits…..

@SimonW said:
One way is to collect something that people are very unlikely to fake. I collect a lot of Spanish colonial pillar coinage, I do NOT collect the 8 Reales from Mexico (with the exception of a few type pieces.) They get faked with regularity.

On the other hand the 1/2, 1 and 2 Reales are almost never counterfeited.

Pick something that isn’t on the fakers radar, makes life easier.

Generally speaking, yes, the eight reales are counterfeited more often that other denominations. That said, contemporary counterfeit two reales are avidly collected and are valued more than mint products. They are very easy to distinguish, but they don’t appear on the open market very often. There are also contemporary counterfeit eight reales. Easy to notice. The modern pillar fakes are fairly well done and they do scare me. My rule of thumb is not to buy a contemporary counterfeit unless it has crude die work.

Colonialcoin

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Re: Bert Label CACG Coins

Discount.

oldglorycoins

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Re: Rough day for the local dealer

@TwoSides2aCoin said:
A customer saw me using the Sigma, recently. He tried to get one but told me that the company had none in inventory and were way out on delivery due to back orders. He wants to buy mine.

It was easier to eat a $1700/$35 mistake than it is a $4500/$75 one...