Kudos to Rick Tomaska
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I decided to buy a proof silver Washington (50 - 64) as it will be added to the 20th century type sets. After checking with Board members, who didn't have any to sell, I contacted Rick at R&I Coins. I asked for a price for a common date (say 1963) 69DCAM. Rick had several and offered me one at a reasonable price. I agreed to buy it. Before hanging up, Rick indicated that he had several beautiful 68DCAMs at about 1/4th of the price, and recommended one of those instead. I told him to look at them and send me the best looking regardless of grade, fully expecting to have to pay the higher 69 price. To my surprise the coin came today and it was a 68DCAM at a wonderful price. The coin is a beautiful deep deep cameo. Though I will have one point less, I got a great coin at an unbelievable price.
How many dealers do you know who will offer you a better lower graded coin instead of a less appealing higher graded coin at many times the price. The answer is, not many. Here is a dealer of integrity, who sells coins of very high quality. Yes, there are others, but I wanted to let everyone know about this deal.
Cheers
Greg S.
How many dealers do you know who will offer you a better lower graded coin instead of a less appealing higher graded coin at many times the price. The answer is, not many. Here is a dealer of integrity, who sells coins of very high quality. Yes, there are others, but I wanted to let everyone know about this deal.
Cheers
Greg S.
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Graham N
Isn't this the second time this has happened. Didn't Rick recently tell you to stick with a current Franklin proof because it had better contrast than the upgrade was going to have?
Keith
I did relate that story, although I'm not sure I mentioned that Rick was the dealer. But yes, that is the second time.
Greg
Greg
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In all my searching, buying from hundreds of diffrent sources,combing the internet for hours a day for several years,traveling to hundreds of coin show`s, visiting hundreds of coin shops, writting hundreds of letters and thousands of emails; scouring every concievable nook and cranny on this earth........... the coins that I cherish the most, the most colorfull , the highest graded, the cream of my collection, my 4 or 5 TOP pieces
ALL CAME FROM R. TOMASKA !!!!!!!
Some day I will be able to say it that well!
Gary:
It doesn't matter. The set registry tells you to buy it and so you must!
Greg S
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Couldn't have said it better myself!
Mark
It always has a chance, and it seems like the risk/reward ratio is OK. PCGS really looks for hairlines in proof grading. Its hard to tell from the image whether yours has many or a few. Take a good look. If you can find more than a few hairlines, forget it. If you see none or just a few maybe. But look are all angles and don't quit until you see at least one. It is there somewhere.
Greg S.
I've been out of town a few days, and have not been keeping up with this forum.
Thank you all for the positive feedback.
Greg - I took at a couple of the Washington 1963 PR69DCAM's we had left in stock, and found the nicest example had been sold. We had several PR68DCAM's, but one stood out above all the DCAM's in our inventory, which is the coin we shipped to you. Glad you liked it!
Your feedback is the primary reason I switched from doing primarily wholesale in the early 1980's, to "retail".
The word "retail" is something of a misnomer. Nowadays, with the internet, etc. the pricing between "wholesale" and "retail" is often quite blurred. Quite often I pay what another dealer might consider "retail", but I buy it because I believe over the long run it will be a good deal for a client.
Anyway, the bottom line is collector's enjoy the nice coins I sell them a lot more than dealers!!!!!!!!!! That's the rewarding part.
Rick T.
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