Some of these ebay adds really irritate me - Sacagawea Experimental Rinse

JapanJohn

Not even close and a sad, sad story to boot. Sniff. Divorce. Sniff. Dental work.


Experimental Insanity Maybe

Dawg144

"PUTTING THIS ON FOR A FRIEND WHO IS IN NEED: THIS IS THE ONLY THING SHE HAD LEFT FROM A BAD DIVORCE AND NEEDS TO PART WITH THIS COIN TO HELP PAY FOR BRACES AND ORTHO SURGURY FOR HER DAUGHTER."

Braces and ortho surgery, eh?...that's going to be a lot more than $100.

Frankcoins

THE PHILADELPHIZ MININT PERFORMED VARIOUS TESTES ????

p8nt

I like this one.

<< <i>PERFORMED VARIOUS TESTES TO ELIMINATE THIS PROBLEM >>

FullStrike

What in blazes is Global Certification Services? Is that some scamsters that got Sackies, treated them in a solution, slabed them and sold them as promotional give aways? Personally I'd value that junk at around $5.00. But only if I was actually IN the mood to buy junk. The seller probably has several hundred of those things.

Thumb down on that one.

ricko

Where is the barfing icon when it is needed?? Cheers, RickO

Griv

Here you go.

Gemineye

help me find my way......

garsmith

pmac

$8.00 S&H. Must be well insured.

Kaelasdad

I really hate to tell you guys this, but Global was one of the very first to encapsulate the Experimental Sac coins. Read up on it at Mike Wallaces site, www.smalldollars.com, but it is very possible that subsequent PCGS graded coins were simply crossovers from these slabs. This slab looks legit, and while the seller can list as many reasons as he thinks he needs to get the pity bid, he does actually have a real experimental sac.

I think I remember that there was a small batch of coins tested, most of which were dated 2001, there were a few dated 2000 tossed in as well--these are really expensive.

It should be worth around what he has it opening at, and if its in good shape and it grades well at PCGS, it could be worth much more. I think top grade at PCGS is MS67

ddbird

You guys are funny

That coin is legit...assuming it is the original coin. Global started to slab these puppies first way back when they were not desirable and sold on QVC.

I ended up with a few I bought from the QVC store for about $4 each. They ARE in fact the experimental rinse..and most PCGS experimental rinses have come from cracked out global holders.

Gemineye

SHUDDUPPP......!!!!!!!........

Myqqy

So, what exactly was the rinse, and do the sackies just end up looking more bronze because of it? Personally, I think it's interesting that one has a bad divorce, and ends up with only a single sac dollar...

JapanJohn

I'll defer to you guys on the Global thing but that coin sure doesn't look like an experimental rinse coin to me from the photo. It looks like a regular Sac. That combined with the hard luck story smells rotten to me.

Any chance this slab has been opened and the coin changed. I blew the photo up to probably 600% in photoshop 10% at a time to keep from pixelating it too bad. It sure looks like a regular coin to me.

John

Broadstruck

So, what exactly was the rinse, and do the sackies just end up looking more bronze because of it?

The Urinal Cakes at the Philadelphia Mint where replaced with Sacagawea's... sorry couldn't resist

JapanJohn

Here's the pic blown up. I agree about the Global Cert being legit but this coin does not look legit to me.

Not my photo. It was blurry to begin with.

Let me stretch and say that EVEN IF this is legit this guy did it no justice with this photo. My vote is still no. Those chocolate brown treated coins wouldn't return a flash like that. I've shot mine 25 times under flash at least. I think the coin was switched.

John

YaHa

Their damn Othro will not be touching my kids teeth thats for sure, my sons braces put my wife and I back 5k and as I do see a tremendous change, 5k still hurts me more than it does my son.

Maybe I should sell some of that experimental rinse stuff that the mint uses at my sons Dentist to clean some of those bad teethy's.

ahooka454

i have some muratic acid for slate floors, maybe i should rinse my ikes. may improve the grade........and get some of those milk stains off.

StampAlarm

Global is legit and was started by Jeff Garrett, co-author of the 1st edition of 100 Greatest Coins. I believe
he has sold them. Their site has either been hijacked or Global is now defunct?

There is a lot of the recovered sunken gold in their holders. And they look sharp with the gold and
blue contrast. The only problem I see with Global is that it costs $35 a whack because of the info
slab.



Jerry

reds

Global was a legit business and encapsulated ex. rinse years before some other much more well known companies. I have had probably 18 different rinse's from them .

Reds

FullStrike

This slab looks legit, and while the seller can list as many reasons as he thinks he needs to get the pity bid, he does actually have a real experimental sac.


my apologies





i guess these are a legit collectible, right up there with the ultra rare "waffleized" coins that were all the rage at one time