IHC Ad in COINage Magazine by Skyline Coins

Coppernicus

I'm not an IHC collector but I keep seeing this ad in COINage magazine from Skyline Coins: 1900 - 1909, BU IHC's (all ten) for $209.00. "Full-Red, Well-Struck Coins!"

Has anybody ever bought from this place? How was the experience? What do you think of this offer? To me, it seems too good to be true. Thanks for your opinions/insights.

Mike

originalisbest

Hmmmm.

Trust your instincts.

Sequitur

I've reviewed that same ad, and it looked suspicious to me. Anyway, here's some previous info on the matter:


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ziggy29

If it sounds too good to be true...it probably is.

Coppernicus

Thanks for all of the input and the Links - My first instinct is usually correct!

Mike

IrishMike

Let me translate what that ad really means:

You will get ten coins, at best they will be AU and if any of them are all read it will be do to a combination of cleaning and recoloring. I bought some cents from a different dealer with the same pitch. The first couple were very nice and in fact the 1907 was terrific. The rest I sent back, see previous comments. The 1907 went into PCGS and came back 64RB PROOF, LOL. I, myself owned it for a couple of years before I looked closely enough at it to determine it was a proof. Classic case of unintentionally ripping a large mail order dealer.

K6AZ

That seller is right down the road from me. I've seen them at regional shows. Their "Choice BU Red" Indian cents are cleaned AUs with the usual pinkish tone.

morgannut2

Bought an "AU" Morgan '92CC from them awhile back and it had been lightly whizzed. It seems they specialize in cheap messed up coins based on a friends similar experience.

Newmismatist

<< <i>1900 - 1909, BU IHC's (all ten) for $209.00. "Full-Red, Well-Struck Coins!" >>



Right, and I'm Santa Claus and you can buy a 1913 Lib Nickel for $199, original and guaranteed genuine! (Yep, it's round, says V nickel and the metal is genuine, not much else - whadda ya expect? a million dollar coin for $199??)

EagleEye

A new collector came by my table at Baltimore with a set 1900-1909 of "BU" coins recenlty purchased from Paul Sims (similiar to Skyline, I presume). They were all horribly polished, VF at best. I showed him what a real MS coin should look like and warned him to avoid bright full red copper until he learned to tell the real ones apart from the fakes. He felt bad for getting screwed, but at least now he's on the right track.

K6AZ

<< <i>A new collector came by my table at Baltimore with a set 1900-1909 of "BU" coins recenlty purchased from Paul Sims (similiar to Skyline, I presume). They were all horribly polished, VF at best. I showed him what a real MS coin should look like and warned him to avoid bright full red copper until he learned to tell the real ones apart from the fakes. He felt bad for getting screwed, but at least now he's on the right track. >>



See my sig line.

morgannut2

If the existing laws were just ENFORCED as closely as the Stock Exchange, a lot of dealers would be looking at the Federal Minimum sentencing guidelines for wire fraud very closely.

paigowjohnny

I have bought from Skyline...."BU Morgans".....cleaned/dipped AU sliders

IndianHeadMan

Can someone show a pick of the "pinkish tone" ?

K6AZ

<< <i>Can someone show a pick of the "pinkish tone" ? >>

ziggy29

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This, my friends, is a textbook cleaned AU. And it's what you can expect, with 95% certainty, from "deals" like this.