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HSN Coin Collector . . . Good or Bad??

what a rip - those guys on HSN should be taken to the nearest jail and booked on grand larceny - they hype things to a point bordering on fraud - selling PR70's ICG's Wash & Adams Prez and Spouse coin sets for $999.95!! - are these guys helping or hurting the coin collecting/investing world - opinions, thougths??
currently putting together a EF/AU/BU 18th & 19th Century Type Set; and CC Morgan Set

just completed 3d tour to Iraq and retired after 28+ years in the US Army

Comments

  • Bad. And ICG, well I guess business is good.
  • they seem to sell to the uninformed but i don`t know what effect it has on the hobby. i used to see them on one of the cable channels but don`t see them now. what channel/network are they on now?
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  • << <i>they seem to sell to the uninformed but i don`t know what effect it has on the hobby. i used to see them on one of the cable channels but don`t see them now. what channel/network are they on now? >>




    HSN cable channel - probably comes on at different times around the country
    currently putting together a EF/AU/BU 18th & 19th Century Type Set; and CC Morgan Set

    just completed 3d tour to Iraq and retired after 28+ years in the US Army
  • djmdjm Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They are actually helping the coin collecting hobby. They start out buying on TV and slowly move to eBay and then will check out their local coin dealer and maybe even a coin show or two.

    There is nothing wrong with ICG graded coins. Their graders a compident and they do grade to ANA standards the same as NGC.

    The buyers maybe overpaying for the coins now but if they hold for a few years they will be in good shape.

    They have 30 days and will receive the coin, unlike on ebay.

    All things considered the TV shopping channels are a good place for beginners to get there feet wet.
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,227 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yeah, ripoff city fer sure.
    theknowitalltroll;
  • HSN and Coin Vault..a complete anti-numismatic education.
  • I saw that coin vault is advertising coins from the Odessey for next week. That might be interesting.


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  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    All things considered the TV shopping channels are a good place for beginners to get there feet wet. >>



    So is an alligator infested swamp
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
  • 500Bay500Bay Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭
    In some ways HSN Coin collector is the new "Littleton."

    I know Littleton got me into coins, even though looking back I see they were a complete rip-off.
    Finem Respice


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    There is nothing wrong with ICG graded coins. >>



    Except for their modern department. Also they do a lowly job with ancients. They treat the coins terribly while putting them into holders and I've seen well known counterfeit ancients in ICG plastic.
  • JeremyDie1JeremyDie1 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭
    Coin Vault, Treasure Hunter,Coin Country,HSN Coin Collector,Unique Coins and Collectables, and CSN Coin Collector's Corner. Did I miss any? image


  • << <i>They treat the coins terribly while putting them into holders and I've seen well known counterfeit ancients in ICG plastic >>



    I like ICG coins, somewhat. And someone did post here a few days ago a counterfeit trade dollar housed in and ICG holder.
  • I like, and agree, with the Littleton analogy. What rubs me is the legitimacy the ANA lends Littleton's...image
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