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FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
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This arrived today and its Raw. Plastic is around it but its Capital Plastic....

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Ken

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    My favorite commem! image

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  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Russ it came out of Washington State. I was suprised.

    Ken
  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭
    Nice Commem!
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  • bgricebgrice Posts: 1,180
    Nice Stone Mountain with nice looking luster & rim toning. Got two myself.
  • onlyroosiesonlyroosies Posts: 3,320 ✭✭✭✭
    This coin was a raw purchase I made off eBay a couple years ago.

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    It now has PCGS plastic around it......image

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  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
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  • BaronVonBaughBaronVonBaugh Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭✭
    Very nice Stone Mountain!
    1938-64_Jefferson_Nickel_Proofs
  • RGLRGL Posts: 3,784 ✭
    A sweet Stone Mtn ... and gads, I love that Roosie! There are eBay pickins' out there, but they are not as easily found/won as they used to be ...

    $3.25 ... PR-67 CAM at PCGS, 50/15, the rarest post-1942 Jeff proof in CAM, a $400 plus coin.

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    Then there's the MS-66 DCAM SMS 1967 Jeff and JFK, both for less than $10 combined ... a 19/0 MS-68 CAM 1966 SMS Roosie (19/0), a 1960 PR-68 DCAM Jeff for $10 and tons of others, but man, it seems like forever since I have had similar scores ...
    The Ludlow Collection (DCAM/CAM)
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  • BigMooseBigMoose Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭
    Russ, is that the Commem that knocked your dick in the dirt?
    TomT-1794

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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    Raw coins on eBay -- particularly coins sold as MS -- aren't for the faint of heart. But people who have a good eye can take calculated risks and do very well. All it takes is one mega-rip to make up for 5-10 bad buys.
  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>A sweet Stone Mtn ... and gads, I love that Roosie! There are eBay pickins' out there, but they are not as easily found/won as they used to be ...

    $3.25 ... PR-67 CAM at PCGS, 50/15, the rarest post-1942 Jeff proof in CAM, a $400 plus coin.

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    Then there's the MS-66 DCAM SMS 1967 Jeff and JFK, both for less than $10 combined ... a 19/0 MS-68 CAM 1966 SMS Roosie (19/0), a 1960 PR-68 DCAM Jeff for $10 and tons of others, but man, it seems like forever since I have had similar scores ... >>



    You must spend time for sure. Actually this was a very pleasant suprise and it is quite nice.

    Ken
  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is another one that was won last week...

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    Ken
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    A number of dealers on E-Bay are reputable, grade accurately

    and are pleasent to deal with. You have to carefully hunt them

    out. Sure, you can get burned from time to time, but if its a terribly

    expensice coin, I would always want it graded by the big two TPG.
    There once was a place called
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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>A number of dealers on E-Bay are reputable, grade accurately

    and are pleasent to deal with. You have to carefully hunt them

    out. >>

    I don't disagree, but if someone is that good at grading, why leave money on the table? It may cost $15-25 to have a coin submitted that can be an investment that can return several times more than that. Are these sellers not that savvy? Or are they just too lazy to submit the coins for grading? I know it happens, but it's hard to imagine that some sellers are so knowledgeable about coins that they can grade very well and yet still sell them raw.
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    I didnt say most or many I said some. Among these some are people with full time jobs

    who deal with coins to make some money or are retirees who do it for the same reason.

    One has to also be able to grade accurately so you know if you are being ripped of or not.

    The saying goes "TRUST BUT VERIFY".
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • mozinmozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭
    I am not convinced. I will never buy a raw coin on Ebay.image
    I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
  • supertoothsupertooth Posts: 274 ✭
    It is like anything else. If you have patience and a fair amount of time to look, you can find some decent buys. Many folks just are non coin people. But they too wish to sell their wares. And Ebay is the perfect place. If you have a good eye and are willing to email and ask questions, you can weed out the good from the bad. Then, if you use the return priviledge properly, you can forgive many mistakes that way. All in all, it can be quite rewarding. Many decent sets have been built using this approach. We must also remember that they want to sell their coins and we want to buy 'some' of them. Or else we wouldn't bother to be looking. Bob [supertooth]
    Bob
  • UncleJoeUncleJoe Posts: 2,551 ✭✭✭
    I don't disagree, but if someone is that good at grading, why leave money on the table?

    Because it isn't always about the money. That may be the impression that one gets reading many threads on this board but believe it or not, decisions to buy and sell are not always about the money.

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