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Does this make you cringe a little?

relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,114 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited August 30, 2025 10:33PM in U.S. Coin Forum

When someone trying to sell a coin on EBAY puts their grubby little hands all over it.

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,886 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It general, yes. Depends on the coin though.

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  • dipset512dipset512 Posts: 43 ✭✭✭

    Yep. Or, I see it on the floor or just lying in a stack of other things.

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,804 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yeah, it’s a bit gross 😆

  • rte592rte592 Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭✭✭

    NA, just dip it again :o

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,343 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Blah and yuck 🤮

  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Doesn't really matter once the coin has been polished to death.

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  • oldabeintxoldabeintx Posts: 2,487 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not really. I spent a lot of time in Reno in my youth.

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,630 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fingers and cleavage are the worst backdrops for coin photography. But some may disagree.

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,774 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That coin looks like it’s been polished to within an inch of its life!

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  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 10,125 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I preferer the people with dirt under their fingernails! B)

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,976 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not for a business strike. When I see people handle proofs like that, I actually take the time to comment.

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  • Cranium_Basher73Cranium_Basher73 Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Steven59 said:

    @TwoSides2aCoin said:
    Fingers and cleavage are the worst backdrops for coin photography. But some may disagree.

    That guy doesn't look too happy when he's eye-level to another guy's ass. He better hope the other guy doesn't have the bubbling in the gut sensation.

    Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.

  • Coins3675Coins3675 Posts: 521 ✭✭✭

    Yes

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,491 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Seeing coins handled like that does disturb me. Don't people know where fingerprints and tarnish come from?

    I am also a little bothered or amused (depending on the situation) when extraneous body parts are included, such as when they take a photo of the item on the edge of a table with their feet showing below.

    Once I really wanted to buy an item but the photo of it sitting on the goofball's big fat hairy leg was such a turnoff that it took me days to pull the trigger. 🤮

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