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Is this overdoing it a bit?

Do any of you put on your gloves when you hold your PCGS slabs?

No fingerprints!!!
I love the 3 P's: PB&J, PBR and PCGS.

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  • BStrauss3BStrauss3 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Now I'm just naturally a suspicious type, but I suspect he has a reason (other than the usual to avoid damaging the coin)... perhaps his fingerprints might be on file in APHIS and his picture up in the post office?
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  • hchcoinhchcoin Posts: 4,842 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's funny!
  • TigersFan2TigersFan2 Posts: 1,442 ✭✭
    Perhaps the seller is a proctologist and is multitasking by listing coins for sale while giving exams.
    I love the 3 P's: PB&J, PBR and PCGS.
  • USMarine6USMarine6 Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Isn't it AFIS (automated fingerprint Identification system)? I could certainly be wrong though.
  • sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 3,074 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That coin looks dipped to me.

    Maybe he's dipping some more and avoiding chemical contact.
    Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
  • It's a crappy coin and he doesn't want to get his fingers dirty?
  • I looked in his other auctions. He's always using the plastic glove to hold the coins.
    I love the 3 P's: PB&J, PBR and PCGS.
  • In looking at his other auctions, here's an odd one... An 1889-CC (raw) that he sold in a 1-day auction. I don't understand why anyone would choose to have a 1-day auction unless it's a fake coin and they want the auction completed before anyone notices and reports it. It seems common sense you'd want to give bidders more time to find your auction and bid. So, is this a real or fake 1889-CC?

    Raw 1889-CC
    I love the 3 P's: PB&J, PBR and PCGS.
  • bigjpstbigjpst Posts: 3,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe he's the bubbleboy.
  • chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭
    the boy in the bubble got into coins!!
  • bigjpstbigjpst Posts: 3,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: chumley

    the boy in the bubble got into coins!!




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  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,537 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wash my hands every time before I handle my slabs......does that make me a mysophobiac?


    Leo image

    The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!

    My Jefferson Nickel Collection

  • VanHalenVanHalen Posts: 4,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: TigersFan2

    In looking at his other auctions, here's an odd one... An 1889-CC (raw) that he sold in a 1-day auction. I don't understand why anyone would choose to have a 1-day auction unless it's a fake coin and they want the auction completed before anyone notices and reports it. It seems common sense you'd want to give bidders more time to find your auction and bid. So, is this a real or fake 1889-CC?



    Raw 1889-CC




    It appears genuine but I wouldn't buy it. If slabbed problem-free it could have doubled the $600 take.



  • shishshish Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Seller does not offer returns. That's a risk I rarely take.
    Liberty Seated and Trade Dollar Specialist
  • Originally posted by: shish
    Seller does not offer returns. That's a risk I rarely take.


    A seller not offering returns means nothing on Ebay. Filing a return request for "item not as described" or "damaged" can cover about anything and is required by Ebay at the seller's dime. I generally don't find "no returns" to be an issue or even relevant.

    I have a coworker who sells stuff on Ebay and uses the option to not offer returns. I tell him that it creates more headache than it's worth. If you don't offer returns and the buyer does want to return it, it forces the buyer to claim a "item not as described" or "damaged" on his dime whereas offering returns would get some of the problem customers to pay their own shipping to return.

    I love the 3 P's: PB&J, PBR and PCGS.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,993 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: TigersFan2
    In looking at his other auctions, here's an odd one... An 1889-CC (raw) that he sold in a 1-day auction. ,b. I don't understand why anyone would choose to have a 1-day auction unless it's a fake coin and they want the auction completed before anyone notices and reports it. It seems common sense you'd want to give bidders more time to find your auction and bid. So, is this a real or fake 1889-CC?

    Raw 1889-CC


    Not sure about that particular coin, but I have ONE DAY listings often as "Exclusively" on ebay. Check it out and call me a spammer image
  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He's taking images between making sandwiches at Subway.
    Numismatist Ordinaire
    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
  • Originally posted by: TwoSides2aCoin
    Originally posted by: TigersFan2
    In looking at his other auctions, here's an odd one... An 1889-CC (raw) that he sold in a 1-day auction. ,b. I don't understand why anyone would choose to have a 1-day auction unless it's a fake coin and they want the auction completed before anyone notices and reports it. It seems common sense you'd want to give bidders more time to find your auction and bid. So, is this a real or fake 1889-CC?

    Raw 1889-CC


    Not sure about that particular coin, but I have ONE DAY listings often as "Exclusively" on ebay. Check it out and call me a spammer image


    What's the advantage of having a 1-day auction vs. a 1-week auction?
    I love the 3 P's: PB&J, PBR and PCGS.
  • goldengolden Posts: 10,439 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: TigersFan2
    Perhaps the seller is a proctologist and is multitasking by listing coins for sale while giving exams.


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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe he's cooking meth and selling coins on the side!



    What's my name?



    Heisenberg!!



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  • TigersFan2TigersFan2 Posts: 1,442 ✭✭
    Originally posted by: leothelyon
    I wash my hands every time before I handle my slabs......does that make me a mysophobiac?


    Leo image


    I never eat peanut butter when I look at my coins.

    I love the 3 P's: PB&J, PBR and PCGS.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No... but handling raw coins, I always use gloves... Cheers, RickO
  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,957 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think the seller was snapping the pics in between making Whoppers at Burger King.

    Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.

  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,537 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: ms70
    I think the seller was snapping the pics in between making Whoppers at Burger King.


    Went there once, ate two fish sandwiches. When I got back, just outside the club office, I threw it all up. Luckily, it was wintertime and there was snow to cover it up. To this day I get a chuckle imagining who might of stepped in it, coming and going from the office.


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    The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,406 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you look at the sellers thumbnail dirt be happy he's wearing gloves.
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!

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