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1893-D 1 Mark, I bought as GEM BU, Arghhhh!

Rickc300Rickc300 Posts: 876 ✭✭
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I bid on it because the photo looked pretty good as compared to most eBay pics and the seller has excellent feedback. I paid a hundred bucks including the shipping. In hand it has very little toning (only a little around the rims). Only by looking at it under magnification was I able to decide it was the same coin. It is NOT a GEM BU as advertised but a very nice AU Grrrrrr... I am trying to decide if I should keep it or send it back. These are the sellers pics, and they are what I bought the coin from. According to the 2nd edition Standard catalog of German coins, it is 32.00 in XF and 145.00 in UNC. So I am OK with the price but didn't quite get the deal I was hoping for. (What is current Krause on this)?

Am I an idiot? or would you have bought it as UNC from these pics too?
Thanks for the imput...

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  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,970 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks pretty good to me from those pics. I would send it back, no reason to be OK with being an unsatisfied customer.
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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    toning in reverse field looks a bit funky, but its hard to tell fom that pic
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  • coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭
    To me that image is indicative of what many flatbed scanners do to coins. The contrast is so blown out as to imply toning or darkness where none exists.

    Whenever I see a picture with those characteristics, alarm bells go off...
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No one can grade the coin accurately from that image... sorry.

    I will say this... some of the German Empire One Mark coins are very underrated in mint state... especially in the early to mid 1890's

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