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ajaanajaan Posts: 17,411 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I was a winner in the New York State Take Five lottery yesterday - I won another Take Five Ticket. So I feel lucky. I bid on this blob of a coin. If the description is correct I did very well. If not, the most I'm out is $11.99

What the heck is this coin?

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CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


Don

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  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    More entertainment than a bag of popcorn and anything on TV. image
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  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    Steve McQueen might like that coin. image Nice grab if as described!
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  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice coin. Just as the seller said the luster leaps out at you. It looks almost mark free also. In my opinion a really great buy on your part.

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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,411 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is mark free, I dare anyone to show me a mark on that coin. I also dare anyone to show me the coin. I really want to know what it looks like. image

    DPOTD-3
    'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'

    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


    Don
  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No dispute on the marks. It certainly looked mark free to me.

    Hey sometimes you have to take a chance. Two days ago I bought some coins from a seller in France. Hmmm.....I wonder what they will look like. image One of his pictures had that Far Off look to it.

    Ken

  • LloydLloyd Posts: 887 ✭
    How can it be BU if it's 50% red...?
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    Lloyd, Lloyd, Lloyd. Don't forget the ebay translation:

    Brilliant UNC...
    A bronze coin with a trace of red found around the periphery.


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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    It looks like a black hole. Don't get too close to it.
  • mongoosemongoose Posts: 589 ✭✭
    At least it's not a seller using a stock picture. You can rest assured they wouldn't sell multiple coins from that pic
    Joe
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Now is your chance to really show off your skills with your new cameraimage
    Bill

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,587 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>After nearly 200 years this coin still has half of it's original mint luster and is 50% RED. >>



    Ha! Coulda fooled me! image

    Then again, this might be one of those rare opportunities, where the seller's crappy picture works in your favor by frightening off would-be competitors. Intriguing!

    What did you win from the Lotto?

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,587 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PS- maybe you can take a little of those Lotto winnings and get yourself some new lipstick. The Day-Glo green you're wearing now clashes with your lime green hair.

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  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    Coin sure looks BU! You must really feel lucky! image
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  • rhound1977rhound1977 Posts: 2,504
    Nice Blob Don!, but with out proper atribution it does stand a chance of being a glob.

    I hope it hasn't been whizzed to show that luster, other wise it could be a imposter.

    Very nice catch on the opportunity, hopefully you haven't been taken by a loony.

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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,411 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I received a very nice email from the seller in which he stated if I don't like the coin just return it for a full refund. I have a good feeling about this one.

    DPOTD-3
    'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'

    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


    Don
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    That's really generous. Usually all sales of blobs are final.
  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Does that Steel shanked bent thing in the side of your mouth hurt any ?.......image














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  • NJMark1NJMark1 Posts: 479 ✭
    Well what the heck it ain't like ya invested the farm in that one. Nothing ventured nothing gained.Good luck.

    Mark
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    I had very good luck last time I bid on a coin with a poor pic. I got a $125 coin for $15.
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  • mongoosemongoose Posts: 589 ✭✭
    I'd rather see a poor pic, and take a chance...than receive a coin that doesn't match the good ebay pic.
    Joe
  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,411 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The coin was waiting for me when I returned from FUN. The coin is a brown Unc with some red around the lettering. Not bad for $12.
    quick scan:
    image

    DPOTD-3
    'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'

    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


    Don
  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    Would you like me to drive the hour and a half and get your new camera and software up and running? Honest, I'll be happy to do it.
    I would consider it a public service.
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    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
    is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,411 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cruel Laurent, very cruel.image The camera is on my to do list for the weekend.

    DPOTD-3
    'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'

    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


    Don
  • satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720 ✭


    << <i>I bid on this blob of a coin. >>

    But according to the counter, more than 100 other folks didn't! The silent majority is right again.image
    Roy


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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,411 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I received this, and a bunch of other coins, back from NGC today. NGC graded it PF64 BN image

    DPOTD-3
    'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'

    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


    Don
  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    I've had a similar incident once. A very bad picture of an Ionian islands coin, that the seller graded as XF but the scan was terrible. The price was less than $10 so I took a chance, submitted it,and it graded MS63 BRN, now worth above $100.

    Nice catch Don.

    edited to add: PF64BN? imageimageimage
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  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    imageimageimage wow!

    I was happy about getting these blobs last night.. but they sure aint worth a fraction of yours! Way to go image

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  • spinaker2000spinaker2000 Posts: 4,329 ✭
    Proof!! image Did you have any idea it was a proof??
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,411 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A quick scan. Coin really has more red than the scan. Could have been RB.

    image

    DPOTD-3
    'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'

    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


    Don
  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    I like the original eBay scan better. image

    Good show, ol' chap!
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    Obscurum per obscurius
  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,411 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I didn't know it was a proof. I put MS down on the submission sheet. Obviously NGC thought differently.

    DPOTD-3
    'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'

    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


    Don
  • spinaker2000spinaker2000 Posts: 4,329 ✭
    Just looked it up in Spink!! image 500 pds in Proof!! image Also check the reverse axis, there's a bonus for ^ ^ axis at 650 pds!!
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,411 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Normal die axis.

    DPOTD-3
    'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'

    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


    Don
  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Normal die axis. >>



    Ah, the die axis of evil.
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  • rhound1977rhound1977 Posts: 2,504
    image Donn buys the image or image a the next image gathering..... image

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  • spinaker2000spinaker2000 Posts: 4,329 ✭
    and the pizza!! image
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,411 ✭✭✭✭✭
    and the girls. Wait, I didn't say that. image

    DPOTD-3
    'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'

    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


    Don
  • spinaker2000spinaker2000 Posts: 4,329 ✭


    << <i>and the girls. Wait, I didn't say that. >>



    I had to quote you on that one (incase you decided to edit it out) for permanent record. image
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,263 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats... an ebay lesson for us all. image

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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    Hey, I just notified the seller to let him know he sold you a $900 coin for 10 bucks!!! imageimageimage

































    JUST KIDDING. image
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