A trusted seller would know my tastes well enough that they would know that a coin is perfect for me. I would know that this doesn't mean flawless and the seller would know that I know that. It would be a coin I look forward to receiving and would have a hard time putting away after receiving it.
guaranteed
/ˌɡerənˈtēd,ˈɡerənˌtēd/
adjective
for which a guarantee is provided; formally assured.
The word Satisfaction, would of course, be a prelude. Although, it could not stand alone.
"Wear-free" -- is that a word ? Well, it IS 1-word !!
With all the talk on a few threads about wear/rub/friction...hearing a coin is "wear-free" would give me confidence it was Mint State and likely had good-to-excellent luster (no luster breaks).
My other 1-word trigger to buy would be "lustrous" which I would hope would mean the entire coin was lustrous and not just overall (implying the possibility of luster breaks here-or-there).
You won’t feel good when you hear about @DeplorableDan pushing a shopping cart full of slabs, wearing a black Hefty, muttering about landlords and evictions.
After looking over the responses twice, I’ve compiled two lists, which appear below. See if you can guess which one I think is safer/preferable for determining whether the coin is a - and I’ll throw in my own entry, here - “keeper”? And for anyone who might wondering, I excluded answers that were two words or more (run together, with hyphens or without hyphens).😉
Thanks for your participation.
List 1
Natural
Toned
Wholesome
Original
Crusty
Gift
Unique
List 2
Candy
Amazing
Premium
Unrivaled
Solid
Superb
Dream
Shazam
Eureka
Moose
Perfect
Special
Extraordinary
Delicious
Stunning
Exceptional
Sweet
Yours
Unbelievable
Wow
Monster
Headlight
Gift
Worthy
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Thank you to Mr. Mark Feld, Senior Numismatist at Heritage Auctions, for such a great and revealing question!
Certainly the vast majority answer “should” be “guarantee”. Neither price nor claim of quality means anything without a guarantee.
Anyone representing or selling anything that has confidence in their own product will provide a guarantee. Period. Further, anyone representing anything or selling anything that cares about customer service and, far more so, customer respect, will provide an unconditional satisfaction guarantee.
Sadly, however, the reality is we’re living in a greed driven world. A paper dollar right now trumps self-respect and even integrity most of the time.
There are many big businesses that have either lost or intentionally forfeited a connection with customer service and respect in trade for greed. In numismatics the current ability for dealers to (and they do) market labels and stickers instead of merchandise is glaring proof. They sell a purchased opinion and shunt the responsibility of customer satisfaction. But…it’s the consumers that allow themselves to become spreadsheet number instead of a valued and respected commodity.
In the current numismatic marketplace there’s only one sales and auction venue that provides unconditional customer satisfaction. They “money back guarantee” that their visual representation of merchandise is 100% accurate. They “money back guarantee” customer satisfaction for any reason. They even sell rolls that they “money back guarantee” the individual coin worth to be at least twice the value of roll. They sell rolls and allow the customer to search them and, if not satisfied, return them for a full refund. They provide a money back attribution guarantee (including shipping, handling and grading fees) and even provide a raw coin grade guarantee.
I’ve purchased several items from them over the past two years and not once has my order not come with some form of “thank you” bonus. Never have I dealt with them and not walked away feeling completely appreciated and valued.
Yet they’re so disliked by the numismatic marketplace for calling a spade a spade and for providing this level of customer respect that if I were to mention the name here my post would get pulled.
It’s my hope that collectors will get to (back to?) demanding being respected as the very people that make the entire numismatic business possible.
@VarietyFan said:
Thank you to Mr. Mark Feld, Senior Numismatist at Heritage Auctions, for such a great and revealing question!
Certainly the vast majority answer “should” be “guarantee”. Neither price nor claim of quality means anything without a guarantee.
It's ridiculous of you to make assumptions of what is important to others, especially if, as in this premise, the seller is known and trusted and offers a 100% return policy.
In the current numismatic marketplace there’s only one sales and auction venue that provides unconditional customer satisfaction. They “money back guarantee” that their visual representation of merchandise is 100% accurate. They “money back guarantee” customer satisfaction for any reason. They even sell rolls that they “money back guarantee” the individual coin worth to be at least twice the value of roll. They sell rolls and allow the customer to search them and, if not satisfied, return them for a full refund. They provide a money back attribution guarantee (including shipping, handling and grading fees) and even provide a raw coin grade guarantee.
I’ve purchased several items from them over the past two years and not once has my order not come with some form of “thank you” bonus. Never have I dealt with them and not walked away feeling completely appreciated and valued.
Yet they’re so disliked by the numismatic marketplace for calling a spade a spade and for providing this level of customer respect that if I were to mention the name here my post would get pulled.
I think mentioning escottcoins would, in my experience, get no response at all and would certainly not get you banned. The only reason I've ever even heard of them is I was curious and looked at your past posts to see what in the world you were talking about.
As a collector who buys and sells fairly often they are a complete non-entity and whatever point you're attempting to make is very bizarre. Seems like you're tilting at windmills.
I'd guess "Wholesome" as the safest word for a "keeper". I picked "unbelievable" because if it were a trusted dealer who used this term, I'd have to believe he can't believe his own eyes on a coin being offered.
@TwoSides2aCoin said:
I'd guess "Wholesome" as the safest word for a "keeper". I picked "unbelievable" because if it were a trusted dealer who used this term, I'd have to believe he can't believe his own eyes on a coin being offered.
Ehh I’m not so sure, I know it’s generally a net positive descriptor but I’ve used “wholesome” as a cop-out when I couldn’t find anything better to say about a coin that was rather ordinary.
Sorry, but there are countless toned coins that are ordinary or ugly. So that one word wouldn’t give me any reassurance that I’d like the coin.
Well, I guess now I know which list is the “preferred” list 😅.
Good guess.😉 I can understand why my preferences might be different from those of others. Additionally, the type of coin being offered could make a big difference. And and relationship between the seller and potential buyer could dictate the meaning and significance of the one-word description.
One answer struck me as both interesting and ironic - “gift”. That could indicate that the coin is very nice and/or attractively priced. But it could just as easily mean that the assigned grade was a gift to the submitter.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
@MFeld said:
After looking over the responses twice, I’ve compiled two lists, which appear below. See if you can guess which one I think is safer/preferable for determining whether the coin is a - and I’ll throw in my own entry, here - “keeper”? And for anyone who might wondering, I excluded answers that were two words or more (run together, with hyphens or without hyphens).😉
Thanks for your participation.
List 1
Natural
Toned
Wholesome
Original
Crusty
Gift
Unique
List 2
Candy
Amazing
Premium
Unrivaled
Solid
Superb
Dream
Shazam
Eureka
Moose
Perfect
Special
Extraordinary
Delicious
Stunning
Exceptional
Sweet
Yours
Unbelievable
Wow
Monster
Headlight
Gift
Worthy
You forgot SOLD.
Just saying.
Minty might fit the bill.
Meaning the dealer is losing his shirt on this deal.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
@MFeld said:
And for anyone who might wondering, I excluded answers that were two words or more (run together, with hyphens or without hyphens).😉
Thanks for your participation.
Drat... My attempts to lawyer this thread have failed.
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If the Dealer had my trust, and he or she told me the coin was “special” or “premium”, I would place the order.
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Perfect.
A trusted seller would know my tastes well enough that they would know that a coin is perfect for me. I would know that this doesn't mean flawless and the seller would know that I know that. It would be a coin I look forward to receiving and would have a hard time putting away after receiving it.
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guaranteed
/ˌɡerənˈtēd,ˈɡerənˌtēd/
adjective
for which a guarantee is provided; formally assured.
The word Satisfaction, would of course, be a prelude. Although, it could not stand alone.
"Wear-free" -- is that a word ?
Well, it IS 1-word !!
With all the talk on a few threads about wear/rub/friction...hearing a coin is "wear-free" would give me confidence it was Mint State and likely had good-to-excellent luster (no luster breaks).
My other 1-word trigger to buy would be "lustrous" which I would hope would mean the entire coin was lustrous and not just overall (implying the possibility of luster breaks here-or-there).
Solid
Headline in next month’s back pages:
Algorithmically contrived coin ads drive zombie numistmatists to make multiple involuntary coin purchases.
Drat, you just foiled my plot.😕
😉
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You won’t feel good when you hear about @DeplorableDan pushing a shopping cart full of slabs, wearing a black Hefty, muttering about landlords and evictions.
Nice.
Hoard.
That's the word that would make me NOT want to buy the item in question.
Ok. Since no one got it yet...SOLD
Here are a few:
CACable or stickerworthy
Undergraded
Monster
Headlight (cameo contrasts)
Luster-bomb
Original (assuming the dealer knows I don’t like ugly coins)
Delicious
In the right context, for the right coin, from the right person ...
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Sheridan?
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Toned
Orgasmic
Hope that's ok to say...
A bit messy.
Stunning
Original
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Unmessedwith!
After looking over the responses twice, I’ve compiled two lists, which appear below. See if you can guess which one I think is safer/preferable for determining whether the coin is a - and I’ll throw in my own entry, here - “keeper”? And for anyone who might wondering, I excluded answers that were two words or more (run together, with hyphens or without hyphens).😉
Thanks for your participation.
List 1
Natural
Toned
Wholesome
Original
Crusty
Gift
Unique
List 2
Candy
Amazing
Premium
Unrivaled
Solid
Superb
Dream
Shazam
Eureka
Moose
Perfect
Special
Extraordinary
Delicious
Stunning
Exceptional
Sweet
Yours
Unbelievable
Wow
Monster
Headlight
Gift
Worthy
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Thank you to Mr. Mark Feld, Senior Numismatist at Heritage Auctions, for such a great and revealing question!
Certainly the vast majority answer “should” be “guarantee”. Neither price nor claim of quality means anything without a guarantee.
Anyone representing or selling anything that has confidence in their own product will provide a guarantee. Period. Further, anyone representing anything or selling anything that cares about customer service and, far more so, customer respect, will provide an unconditional satisfaction guarantee.
Sadly, however, the reality is we’re living in a greed driven world. A paper dollar right now trumps self-respect and even integrity most of the time.
There are many big businesses that have either lost or intentionally forfeited a connection with customer service and respect in trade for greed. In numismatics the current ability for dealers to (and they do) market labels and stickers instead of merchandise is glaring proof. They sell a purchased opinion and shunt the responsibility of customer satisfaction. But…it’s the consumers that allow themselves to become spreadsheet number instead of a valued and respected commodity.
In the current numismatic marketplace there’s only one sales and auction venue that provides unconditional customer satisfaction. They “money back guarantee” that their visual representation of merchandise is 100% accurate. They “money back guarantee” customer satisfaction for any reason. They even sell rolls that they “money back guarantee” the individual coin worth to be at least twice the value of roll. They sell rolls and allow the customer to search them and, if not satisfied, return them for a full refund. They provide a money back attribution guarantee (including shipping, handling and grading fees) and even provide a raw coin grade guarantee.
I’ve purchased several items from them over the past two years and not once has my order not come with some form of “thank you” bonus. Never have I dealt with them and not walked away feeling completely appreciated and valued.
Yet they’re so disliked by the numismatic marketplace for calling a spade a spade and for providing this level of customer respect that if I were to mention the name here my post would get pulled.
It’s my hope that collectors will get to (back to?) demanding being respected as the very people that make the entire numismatic business possible.
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!" Says it all.
Cheers
I’ll stick w/my first guess:
Toned
Sorry, but there are countless toned coins that are ordinary or ugly. So that one word wouldn’t give me any reassurance that I’d like the coin.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
It's ridiculous of you to make assumptions of what is important to others, especially if, as in this premise, the seller is known and trusted and offers a 100% return policy.
I think mentioning escottcoins would, in my experience, get no response at all and would certainly not get you banned. The only reason I've ever even heard of them is I was curious and looked at your past posts to see what in the world you were talking about.
As a collector who buys and sells fairly often they are a complete non-entity and whatever point you're attempting to make is very bizarre. Seems like you're tilting at windmills.
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Well, I guess now I know which list is the “preferred” list 😅.
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I'd guess "Wholesome" as the safest word for a "keeper". I picked "unbelievable" because if it were a trusted dealer who used this term, I'd have to believe he can't believe his own eyes on a coin being offered.
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Ehh I’m not so sure, I know it’s generally a net positive descriptor but I’ve used “wholesome” as a cop-out when I couldn’t find anything better to say about a coin that was rather ordinary.
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Good guess.😉 I can understand why my preferences might be different from those of others. Additionally, the type of coin being offered could make a big difference. And and relationship between the seller and potential buyer could dictate the meaning and significance of the one-word description.
One answer struck me as both interesting and ironic - “gift”. That could indicate that the coin is very nice and/or attractively priced. But it could just as easily mean that the assigned grade was a gift to the submitter.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Mark, if the comment was coming from you, the one that would sway me the most is:
Stretch
...as in, stretch to buy this one, one like it won't be seen again anytime soon.
A "keeper" in my family is someone who is kinda ugly but cooks good food.
Take that with a grain of salt.
I also see "gift" on both lists.
A late entry:
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You forgot SOLD.
Just saying.
Minty might fit the bill.
Mustard?
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Meaning the dealer is losing his shirt on this deal.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Bullet as in bullet strike! But of course, if it is not, the revelation becomes, like the coin, the dealer is not all there.
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Mustard! As in a big cheesy burger?
"Strong" as in strong for the grade would make me take a closer look at the coin.
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Drat... My attempts to lawyer this thread have failed.
The phrase I would act on from a trusted deal would be "Perfect for your collection" , so I guess as a single word it would be "perfect"
"Blazer" gets my attention from a trusted dealer that knows my taste.
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