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pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,302 ✭✭✭✭✭

Gotta love what these lot describers come up with.

Confident Gem Proof with glistening dove-gray fields that host scattered amber toning on the obverse and murmurs of absinthe and plum coloration on the reverse.

Link (not my coin).

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  • PillarDollarCollectorPillarDollarCollector Posts: 4,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 13, 2022 5:09PM

    I am confused is this an add to buy a coin or to get married!!!

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  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My confusion would be more along the lines of, "are they talking about some kind of ethanol-based beverage?"

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  • sylsyl Posts: 890 ✭✭✭

    It sounds like a "wine-taster" description.

  • StorkStork Posts: 5,205 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 14, 2022 12:05PM

    What color is absinthe? I need to google that. ETA nvm, light green to colorless.


  • neildrobertsonneildrobertson Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Do these sorts of descriptions bring more bids? I've grown accustomed to very simple, matter-of-fact descriptions and I think I prefer that.

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  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,302 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @neildrobertson said:
    Do these sorts of descriptions bring more bids? I've grown accustomed to very simple, matter-of-fact descriptions and I think I prefer that.

    I think it is a disservice to the consignor. Rather than talk about Heaton Mint proofs in general or even in this specific issue (which would require research or a very knowledgeable cataloger), they just talk about the color.

    I was selling some gold medals a few years back, and the auction house simply verbally described the medal, as though no one could see the photo that was right above the description. I thought it was a waste of ink. Why not talk about the rarity, the topic being commemorated, or anything else?

  • ELuisELuis Posts: 810 ✭✭✭✭

    This is the description of the same coin back on 2015 sold also on HA:

    "Guatemala
    Republic Proof Real 1894-H PR65 NGC, KM166. A rare proof issue from the Heaton mint, with full reflective mirrored fields and light toning accents around the peripheral devices."

  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,194 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I prefer the Heritage description described in the post above. When they get too tooty-fruity and start mentionting fruit and food in descriptions, it does indeed start to sound like wine-tasting gobbledegook, and turns me off mildly. After a certain point, it's pure puffery.


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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've actually been complimented by ebay reps for not putting a bunch of fluff in my listings! After all, who doesn't know every date in a series is a rare key date!

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