Will you be more inclined to buy a raw coin from the new ANR/Stack's?

Longacre

Even though I like to think I am not a Plastic Lover™ (insert joke here), I have never bought a raw coin in an auction. Given the ANR and Stack's will be merging, and assuming that the newly merged firm will offer raw coins as well as plastic coins, will you be more inclined to purchase a raw coin from the new entity? I am not taking anything away from Stack's because I think they are a top notch firm, but do you think a wider audience of people will consider raw coins from ANR/Stack's if they can call and hear the raw coin's description from the soothing tones of FVV, JK, or QDB? I think more people will be doing it raw in the future as a result of this merger. What do you think?

RYK

I will be no more or less inclined than pre-merger.

291fifth

No.

BillJones

No.

Stacks' is an old fashioned operation, and they do offer a lot of raw coins, at least up until the last time I was in their store. ANR rarely seemed to have raw coins. It’s been my experience that companies that sell a lot of slabs usually sell raw coins that either can’t be slabbed or are so cheap that it makes no sense to slab them.

Therefore, no the merger would no induce me to buy more raw coins from the combined company.

D

No, whether or not someone purchases a coin is based on their own motives, who sells the coin should be almost irrelevant to the coin itself.

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<< <i> I think more people will be doing it raw in the future as a result of this merger. What do you think? >>


Thanks Longacre .


-Daniel

saintguru

Not at all. raw be raw...and I'll pay someone else the premium to take the chance.

Barry

Absolutely not.

Longacre

<< <i>No. >>




I've never met you, 291fifth, but I always read your responses and threads, and you seem like a guy who knows what he wants.

saintguru

I'd be more likely to eat a raw porkchop.....

MacCrimmon

I buy value.


Aren't plastic coins some of those experimental WWII issues?

Russ

I'd like to buy some raw - preferably lacquered - proof Indian Head Cents.

Russ, NCNE

Trinketts

I have bought quite a few raw coins from Stack's and have been very happy with them. And no they weren't Proof IHCs

Shamika

Let's just say the odds of me buying a raw coin went from one in a million to one in 100,000.

In other words, I'm more likely to do so, but the odds are still pretty remote.

dbldie55

I cannot imagine this merger having much effect on any area of the hobby.

OKbustchaser

More inclined to buy raw??? No, I already buy raw from Stack's much more often then I buy slabbed from ANR. Nothing against slabs from ANR, it's just that my bids there are rarely high enough to win since I categorically refuse to pay a premium based on plastic rather than the coin.

clackamas

I got 3 BB's from stack coins this last year. No mention of cleaning in the auction description.

BigE

I just got a Cincinnati PDS commem set from the ANR sale that closed today, I sure hope they have not been cleaned. Is ANR known for selling raw cleaned stuff without noting it?---------------BigE

Barndog

I'd buy raw from anyone for any price within my budget if I or a trusted third party could view the coin in hand first.

michael

i would buy raw no problems as long as i can view the coin myself at my own time with my own lighting and glass and it meets my requirements

morgannut2

Not online---which is where all the growth in sales has come from in the last 5 years.

For circulated Morgans yes (most money I've ever made was on raw). but I'm not traveling to see the coins.

IGWT

I just took a flyer on a relatively inexpensive raw coin in the most recent Stack's auction. I couldn't find anyone to view the coin for me, but I couldn't resist because I believe it will qualify as a newly discovered die variety (Stack's misattributed the coin). We'll see . . . .

ebaytrader

I hope this merger does not become a variation on Gresham's Law.