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Classic Rarities of the New World
Curious which coins you would consider to be the classic rarities of the new world
To broadly define that:
Classic = long standing recognition and appreciation for the issue. Example: The 1538 Carlos and Johanna 8 Reales is a major rarity, but it wasn’t known outside of Pradeau’s writings until surfacing in the 1990 “Golden Fleece” shipwreck.
Rarity = I’d suggest no more than 20 pieces known.
New World = circulation strikes not proofs or patterns. Made for the new world not necessarily in the new world.
A top coin that comes to my mind is the Coquimbo Peso which is plated in sales going way back in time (Peltzer 1927, Newcomer 1935) as an example.
I have a few others that I think qualify but curious of the forums views on the short list.
Re: Are these Graded Correctly?
@jmlanzaf said:
@IkesT said:
@jmlanzaf said:
@IkesT said:
@jmlanzaf said:
@johnhenry9009 said:
@yspsales
From what I can find the first time the age of 17 is mentioned was by lermish on Mar, 29th in the thread about the selling of the OPs 1878-P Morgan Dollar. But it could have came from the thread where he promoted his "grading service" but that is just my guess as that thread is gone.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1102141/looking-to-sell-or-trade-this-morgan-dollar#latestBased on his hands and voice, he's young. 17 or 20, I neither know nor care. I can see the rain to fudge higher. But I'm really not that interested in trying to sort it out.
The important thing is that he's your new protégé. Good luck!
I didn't exactly sign up for that job. I gave him some advice. He can take it or not.
Stop trying to disavow your new protégé.
He is the Eliza Doolittle to your Henry Higgins.
Nonsense. In fact, @yspsales threw my name out so I tried to help.
I actually find him less bothersome than some other forum members. He has his issues but he is not rude, insulting or argumentative. [And, ironically, was criticized for NOT being argumentative. Lol]
He’s right you know. The problem with being devils advocate on EVERY post is that you now have to stick up for this behavior. This is not my kind of normal post but you asked for it (by your constant arguing the other side)….you get it
Edited to add: I also tried to help this person. But as a dealer for 30 years, my efforts were “rejected”. Enough of this person is the obvious and easy choice. Young or not, person needs to leave here and reset.
Re: eBay selling fake coins and holders again...
@braddick said:
@Torey said:
So many solutions to this problem.
They could hire a numismatic team to review and approve listings before they go live.
Take necessary actions to prosecute repeat scammers.Or if they are not willing to pony up any dough, they could add trusted moderators to pull listings.
How much do you think that "numistmatic team" would cost? And what about other hobbies where
there is dishonesty? Does eBay hire more teams to combat those problems and issues? And, if all this is done- who
pays for this? Higher fees for the buyers (and sellers)?
Got to think this through.For a genuine fix: They do need to streamline their reporting as of now good coin auctions are being pulled (as stated above) and bad coin auctions are getting through. Get rid of the AI- that experiment didn't work- and go back to basics.
And the idea of banning sellers who repeat their offenses is a solid one.
So out of the billions in revenue, none should be allocated for training or hiring of a competent team?
Re: eBay selling fake coins and holders again...
They must hire top professionals to hold the frauds accountable. Even in the natural world when unwanted animals like rats multiply their predators such as snakes, raptors, etc. multiply.
Re: eBay selling fake coins and holders again...
This is no different than FB….that doesn’t even have a phone number to call and talk to anyone when there’s a problem with the platform. How many posts have I seen of the ‘your friend may have died in this accident’ and when I report it as a scam I get the same AI generated reply that they find no problem with it. And this is why AI is not good for so many things. It can’t see the problems we do. Ian is right….. But with so many listings eBay can’t afford to police every auction…although maybe they could have a numismatist on retainer that could check and verify listings every now and then. Even though I purchased my last two vehicles on eBay, it’s kinda hard to make a counterfeit car. 😉