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Phrases that turn you away from a purchase...

LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
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With reguard to toning:
Interesting
Speckeled
Splash
Chestnut
Dove Gray
Unusual

With reguard to coins in general:
Carbon
Spots
Spot
Print
Finger print
Scratch
Distraction
Ding
Hit
Hole (Sorry guys)
Cleaned
Polished
Light cleaning
Properly cleaned
Certified
Estate

With reguard to terms:
All sales final
I do not combine shipping

And the number one thing that turns me off on a coin purchase:
ACG

David

Lincolncentman Toned Lincolns

Comments

  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,082 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ACG = ALWAYS CONSIDER the GRADE
    theknowitalltroll;
  • mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 6,242 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "We don't grade coins, we just sell them."

    "You've got money, we've got coins."

    Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein

  • FullHornFullHorn Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was at a show and a dealer was showing me a Texas commem in EF and he tells me that the coin "has not been played with" and it
    sounded like a pitch he used with every coin so I didn't want to encourage it so I passed.
  • 09sVDB09sVDB Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭
    True story: "Why would you want to buy someting like that." I was looking for an PCGS MS60 Morgan Dollar for a grading set.
  • LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    "It is what it is."

    Good greif.... DUH!!!!
    Lincolncentman Toned Lincolns
  • BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
    Seller says "it's close to the next grade" and it's true because it's a 64 in a 65 holderimage----------------BigE
    I'm glad I am a Tree
  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,289 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The grade must be right; it's graded by PCGS.

    Chris
    My Lincoln Registry
    My Collection of Old Holders

    Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
  • OnlyBuffalosOnlyBuffalos Posts: 817
    "Unsearched"

    "Estate sale"

    "I'm not an expert"

    "I don't know how to grade"

    "Undergraded"

  • MercMerc Posts: 1,646 ✭✭
    With toning: Charcoal! Teletrade uses this one. Stay away from the charcoal coins. Is burnt wood ever a good thing to see?

    "Average strike" meaning it is flat as can be.
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    FrederickCoinClub
  • JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭


    << <i>Dove Gray >>

    That always drags me to a coin... I don't know what you're talking about...
    -George
    42/92
  • stev32kstev32k Posts: 2,098 ✭✭✭
    My personal favorite is "in MS65 this coin would sell for $Xxxxx".
    Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my hard drive?
  • morgannut2morgannut2 Posts: 4,293 ✭
    Toned lovely Russet brown around the letters--Try dipped and not rinced right!image
    morgannut2
  • nickelnickel Posts: 662
    Winner must pay in 3 days ....
    Insurance is mandatory ....
    Home of quality widgets
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    L@@K
  • pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355 ✭
    Unopened
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

    image
  • LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    That always drags me to a coin... I don't know what you're talking about...

    With reguard to TONING. I have no problem with dove gray circulated silver.

    David
    Lincolncentman Toned Lincolns
  • ajiaajia Posts: 5,403 ✭✭✭
    Picture provided, grade it for yourself!image
    image
  • jonesyjonesy Posts: 5,031
    OBW accompanied with a picture of all the coins layed out on a table!! image
  • jonesyjonesy Posts: 5,031
    ACG grades this MS65. The PCGS price sheet says it'sworth $6000!!!
  • HedgerHedger Posts: 1,238
    A picture of the coin in bare hands or laying in the palm of someone's hand. Yikes;
  • zzzzzzzz Posts: 416
    I don't have time to get it graded
    "Raw" MS67RD/MS68RD or Higher 1909 SVDB
    No Reserve starting at .01 (No reserve but expect a lot of Shill bidding)
    Ebay Powerseler
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    rare
    ultra rare
    weak strike
    old
  • LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    Papa Tony

    How many roles did papa have... and why's the dude buying BU rolls of ebay?

    David

    Edited to add:
    Case and point.
    Lincolncentman Toned Lincolns
  • LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    Phrases that turn you away from a purchase...
    But wait
    Easy payments of
    Call now and we'll also throw in
    A xxxxx value for only
    This is only availible though
    Supplies are limited
    Please, limit five per customer
    Great value
    What an oportunity

    David
    Lincolncentman Toned Lincolns
  • jonesyjonesy Posts: 5,031
    I actually saw an auction of a 1926S Buffalo nickel with the pic taken of the coin on a sidewalk!! I PMed the seller and warned about doing this. The seller PMed me back and said "Thanks, I think. ' image


    edit: bad spelling. image
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,380 ✭✭✭✭✭
    (defect) "for pedigree purposes".
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.
  • meos1meos1 Posts: 1,135 ✭
    Retail cost/opening bid = $100,000
    I am just throwing cheese to the rats chewing on the chains of my sanity!

    First Place Winner of the 2005 Rampage design contest!
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Call in the next 12 minutes and we'll throw in.......
    coinimaging.com/my photography articles Check out the new macro lens testing section
  • 1956Quarter1956Quarter Posts: 400
    MS65!!!!!! Should grade at least MS67!!!!!!

    Then.....

    I know nothing about coins.
    I'm just selling these for a friend.
    I just got these from an Esate of an old man who only collected the best.
  • Purple73Purple73 Posts: 2,016 ✭
    Here's one:

    1953 - S PCGS MS 64 with 80% Full Bell Lines!

    Either it is or it is not........% don't mean nuttin'

    PURPLE
    Founder of The Circle of Crust™
    imageimage
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,964 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Large two page ads in "Coin World" with NOT ONE certified coin among the offerings. That's a sure fire indicator that the seller is using a "unique personal grading system" that will have you bending over and grabbing your ankles for a good old fashioned image.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    Dove Gray means Dull Gray to me.

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
    "A DEFINITE upgrade candidate"

    I guess every coin in existance is an upgrade candidate
    Always took candy from strangers
    Didn't wanna get me no trade
    Never want to be like papa
    Working for the boss every night and day
    --"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,964 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>"A DEFINITE upgrade candidate"

    I guess every coin in existance is an upgrade candidate >>



    Well, almost all. In some "third world" certification holders, it's a lock that a "PR-70" has nowhere to go but down. image
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • greghansengreghansen Posts: 4,301 ✭✭✭
    Dove Gray means Dull Gray to me.

    Wow...there is a second slam on 'dove grey'. Couldn't disagree more. It is exactly what I'm looking for in a lot of my dollars, especially early dollars. See below files for what I call and love as 'dove grey'.

    Greg Hansen, Melbourne, FL Click here for any current EBAY auctions Multiple "Circle of Trust" transactions over 14 years on forum

  • greghansengreghansen Posts: 4,301 ✭✭✭
    And for the definitive dove grey...there is always this...

    Greg Hansen, Melbourne, FL Click here for any current EBAY auctions Multiple "Circle of Trust" transactions over 14 years on forum

  • clackamasclackamas Posts: 5,615 ✭


    << <i>Papa Tony

    How many roles did papa have... and why's the dude buying BU rolls of ebay?

    David

    Edited to add:
    Case and point. >>



    LOL, is he still using the Grandpa line? He buys rolls all the time on ebay and bought some from ME!!!!
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,964 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Dove Gray means Dull Gray to me.

    Wow...there is a second slam on 'dove grey'. Couldn't disagree more. It is exactly what I'm looking for in a lot of my dollars, especially early dollars. See below files for what I call and love as 'dove grey'. >>



    Yes, ORIGINAL, circulated old silver will have a gray color. It is an acquired taste. Most new collectors don't like it; many advanced collectors come to love it. It's part of acquiring an "eye" for purchasing better quality coins …
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?

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