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relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 7,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
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This is a coin currently being sold on Ebay with an ANACS 65/65 photo cert. The seller is holding the coin raw in his bare hands while taking a photo. Does this preclude you from buying it? Or are you old school and remember when collectors held thier coins without a piece of molded plastic surrounding it, albeit by the edge usually.

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  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd pass more on the coin than on the way it's being held (but that doesn't help any)
  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 7,956 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'd pass more on the coin than on the way it's being held (but that doesn't help any) >>



    I agree it's not the prettiest merc for sure.
    Need a Barber Half with ANACS photo certificate. If you have one for sale please PM me. Current Ebay auctions
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,500 ✭✭✭✭✭
    lots of people use that technique due to inferior equipment and skills. They should learn to use a photo processing program and crop out their fingers/hands
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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    It bothers me. Like I've said a hundred times, I am not a fan of fingerprints......
    Becky
  • khaysekhayse Posts: 1,336 ✭
    No, I'm probably not buying any coin where the guy is holding it to take the picture.

    -Keith
  • coinwarriorcoinwarrior Posts: 8
    Yes it would bother me
  • JamesMurrayJamesMurray Posts: 4,036 ✭
    The seller holding it doesnt bother me , the coin itself i wouldnt consider even on a platter.
  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have received raw coins (not in a flip or 2x2) taped to a piece of cardboard, Some people have no clue about the handling of rare coins.

    I my case a quick dip in acetone even tho I saw no tape residue because it was only taped for a couple of days.
  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,334 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pass........onto the next purchase.
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  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Does this coin match the anacs photo certificate's pic? It would bother me that the person is holding it in their bare hands-yes. As full bands are readily available for this date/mint, I would pass. Otherwise a good dip before storage.
    Jim

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,291 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've seen too many collectors and even a few dealers mishandle raw coins so it doesn't bother me anymore.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • nutmegnutmeg Posts: 345 ✭✭
    I see that on e-bay all the time. Once a female seller was holding a coin in her bare hands and her fingernails were dirty and there was flaking skin on her fingers. I probably shouldn't have but I sent a message telling her that her thumbnail looked worse than the coin.
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ive seen auctions of common junk coins with the seller wearing white cotton gloves while handling them.

    ludicrous also.
  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What bothers me more is the recent slaughter of the animals in Ohio.imageimage

    I hope he don't handle all coins that way..That one looks like melt.
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,995 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes it bothers me.
    I'd have nothing to do with this coin, but horrible eye appeal makes holding the coin in his hand pretty much inconsequential.
    When in doubt, don't.
  • carlcarl Posts: 2,054 ✭
    Who knows if it is the same coin once out of the slab?
    Carl
  • LostSislerLostSisler Posts: 521 ✭✭✭
    That looks like PVC residue from the original ANACS flip.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,291 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Who knows if it is the same coin once out of the slab? >>



    The ANACS photo certificate includes very high resolution pics of the obverse and reverse. The fine details of the coin (contact marks, toning patterns, specs of dirt, etc) should match the pics exactly when compared them under high magnification.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • WinLoseWinWinLoseWin Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like the seller knows coins from looking at their other listings, yet they do that with all their coins. What is the purpose of ever holding a coin that way? Just take the picture on a solid backgound. Makes one wonder what other ways they mishandle the coins since they don't seem to care.

    Reminds me of seeing some dealers at shows who would look through BU rolls of silver dollars clanking, slamming and scraping them against each other almost as if it were a contest to see who could make the most noise.

    So my answer is - - YES

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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,491 ✭✭✭✭
    No. It does not bother me. At all.
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Who knows if it is the same coin once out of the slab? >>

    It wasn't in a slab. The photo cert is supposed to be your assurance.
    Lance.
    Coin Photography Services / Everyman Registry set / BHNC #213
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,491 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Who knows if it is the same coin once out of the slab? >>

    It wasn't in a slab. The photo cert is supposed to be your assurance.
    Lance. >>

    Correct. The coins were in a 2x2 flip that accompanied the photocert as it was the photo anf the text on the photo that validated the coin.
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,504 ✭✭✭✭✭
    id pass on that one as well. its not for me

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