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Toned Pilgrim in PCI - why didn't this get any bids?

tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
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Besides being in a PCI holder (and with a 14 day return policy, who cares), why didn't this get any bids? A PCI 65 may be an equivelant to a PCGS 64 but with the apparent toning, it would be nice to look at this. My budget is shot for this month or I would have taken the gamble....

Howdy, Pilgrim

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  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You mean the one with the butt-fugly toning?

    And, if that isn't bad enough, in a PCI holder claiming it's MS-65.

    Oh, yeah...I almost forgot...that wonderfully low opening bid...image

    Nuff said.
  • poorguypoorguy Posts: 4,317 ✭
    Looks wierd. The mottled toning isn't very attractive but there appears to be some color on the obverse. The luster looks a bit funky and almost too shiny when I like my Pilgrims with a more frosty look. PCI + Dark Toning + Bad Pictures = Low Realized Price.
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  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
    Brandon, I can't compare the auctions' pictures to yours. I would love to see good pictures of this coin. I bet it looks a lot better in hand.
  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Besides being in a PCI holder (and with a 14 day return policy, who cares), why didn't this get any bids? A PCI 65 may be an equivelant to a PCGS 64 but with the apparent toning, it would be nice to look at this. My budget is shot for this month or I would have taken the gamble....

    Howdy, Pilgrim >>





    "Besides" is a big word... Besides possibly being an AU-58 masquerading as an MS-65 in a PCI holder, why not?

    ANACS 65 for that price, all day, even if only a picture. PCI not in hand, NEVER.


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  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,386 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Easy
    64 money for this coin is $125, knowlegeable collectors will knock a point or two off the PCI grade. Especially the new slabs.

    Not to mention how it looks.

    “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    I've seen nicer.

    Russ, NCNE
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,897 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've got a pinkish-toned raw MS64 that looks nicer. Was gonna send it off to PCGS when I finally got off my butt and used my freebie submissions that are left over from almost two years ago.


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  • GATGAT Posts: 3,146 ✭
    This seller has been in my top 5 no bid list for a long time. I use to follow his purchases on eBay and see them reappear on eBay with much higher PCI gold grades.
    USAF vet 1951-59
  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭


    << <i>I bet it looks a lot better in hand. >>



    I'd take that bet. I really doubt it.

    And I sure wouldn't pay the price of admission to satisfy my curiosity.
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭


    << <i>This seller has been in my top 5 no bid list for a long time. I use to follow his purchases on eBay and see them reappear on eBay with much higher PCI gold grades. >>



    Good information to know. Thanks.
  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭


    << <i>This seller has been in my top 5 no bid list for a long time. I use to follow his purchases on eBay and see them reappear on eBay with much higher PCI gold grades. >>


    Agreed. He used to be part of the ACG dealer network. Major sleaze. His good feedback tells you how many dimwits buy coins and have no idea what they're doing.
  • darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
    I have seen commemortives that came in original wood boxes with this type of toning- did the Pilgrim come in a wood box?
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    1. Coin is fugly
    2. Coin is probably AT failed
    3. Coin is probably AU
    4. Who needs the TO GO THRU THE TROUBLE

    While I suppose it is possible to find a PCI Gold encased
    coin that is nice looking and only 1-2 points under PCGS grading
    it is highly unlikely today.Folks mainly go to lower tiers with problem coins.
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • ManorcourtmanManorcourtman Posts: 8,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What a joke!!! He asks big $$ for subpar coins....no bids....imagine that.

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