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This Strikes Me As Odd and Somewhat Perplexing

braddickbraddick Posts: 23,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I had this coin close on eBay yesterday. Check out the date/grade and then the price:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3922765954&ssPageName=STRK:MEAFB:IT

Now, check out this lot that closed earlier this afternoon. Again, check out the date/grade and the price:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3922963061&ssPageName=STRK:MESO:IT

I have a speculation as to why it played out that way, but would love to read your take on it.


peacockcoins

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,253 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe they peeked?
    Andy Lustig

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

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  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    Green label holder. image
  • JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭
    Uhm... needs a dip and resubmit on #2? #2 looks like it would DCAM without the haze in the fields...
    -George
    42/92
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,149 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The second coin looks DCAM under the frost, at least in the picture--someone's banking on an upgrade and the designation on a crack/dip/resubmit.

    Jeremy
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  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    The reverse on the first one hardly looks cameo in your photo. Both sides of the hazy one look DCAM. I'd bet the winner of the 2'nd one is betting a crack, dip and resubmit will garner at least 66 DCAM.
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  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    How about this...

    There is no reason. The auctions and their results are completely unrelated. Such are the vagaries of eBay sales.
  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What XpipedreamR said.

    Hey Pat, is this some kind of cheap marketing ploy! image

    Dave
    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    The second coin has some SERIOUS frost! DCAM all the way!

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • majorbigtimemajorbigtime Posts: 2,937 ✭
    Sooooooo??

    Who cares???
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,975 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What XpipedreamR said. Hey Pat, is this some kind of cheap marketing ploy! image Dave >>

    No ploy David, (I get the winkie) but I suspect it is more fun to dream of the possibility of a crack out and upgrade than it is to simply "buy the coin".

    Coins can be fun but the Coin Game is a lot of fun too!

    peacockcoins

  • ursabearursabear Posts: 1,888


    << <i>Sooooooo??

    Who cares??? >>



    And if it quacks like a troll...
  • JLWJLW Posts: 583


    << <i>

    << <i>Sooooooo??

    Who cares??? >>



    And if it quacks like a troll... >>



    Amen to that!

    Joe

    P.S. How ya doing Jimmy Bear?
  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    Sooooooo??
    Who cares???

    Hmmmmmm, seems to me that everybody who has responded to this thread cares. If you don't like moderns, that's fine. But you can stop writing little juvenile comments in threads about moderns....
    image
    My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable !
  • ursabearursabear Posts: 1,888


    << <i>

    Joe

    P.S. How ya doing Jimmy Bear? >>



    Joe,

    I'm doing pretty good. I've got a good job now, and I've got a great family. I'm truly blessed. I've not been as active with coins as I have been of late - but I still enjoy them immensely! These boards are a great place to learn.

    Thanks very much for asking!

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