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I Find This Hard to Understand!

AotearoaAotearoa Posts: 1,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1799-DRAPED-BUST-1C-PCGS-VF-20-BN/202353022391?hash=item2f1d2e15b7:g:6~8AAOSwyARbNGlS

A coin of this rarity and value in a horribly scratched slab. That slab would be wrapped in velvet and the down from extinct dodos if it were mine.

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  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don't walk: Run! While it could be coincidental, the concentration of marks is so dense and specific it is almost as if someone had intentionally scratched it to conceal flaws.

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Even if innocent, any dealer that is too cheap to spend less than $30 to reholder a $30k coin isn't worth my time. Just my opinion...

  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :) !!!

    Timbuk3
  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,111 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is ridiculous.... almost looks intentional the way it conceals the date.... Cheers, RickO

  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    That is ridiculous.... almost looks intentional the way it conceals the date.... Cheers, RickO

    You can see it without the scratches in the TrueView. ;)

  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,236 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My general rule of thumb is that if someone is higher than retail price guides for a coin and the holder is scuffed up like this, pass. No excuse for this.

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Shaking my head no.

  • KollectorKingKollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • CoinCrazyPACoinCrazyPA Posts: 2,899 ✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin, disgraceful holder.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've seen slabs with heavy scuffs over a heavy mark or other defect on the coin. I can't help but believe that these scuffs were strategically placed in an attempt to hide or a least camouflage a defect on the coin. In one case the slab was cleaned with what appeared to be fine sandpaper and you couldn't see the coin through the opaque surfaces but you could see the slab label. Not sure what the dealer was thinking having a coin like this in his display case. You would essentially be buying the coin sight unseen.

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