Old NGC slabbed coin, undergraded by more than 60 points and I can't WAIT to remove the sticker!
I actually called the number only to realize it's basically a scam. And that's why the sticker is going bye-bye!
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Ruffco was an Orem, Utah company.
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@TallahasseeCoinClub said:
I actually called the number only to realize it's basically a scam. And that's why the sticker is going bye-bye!That's a sample slab that has no grade, so it can't be undergraded. Some sample/slab collectors may actually want the RUFFCO sticker so I wouldn't remove it, but it's your coin so do as you wish.
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@TallahasseeCoinClub said:
I actually called the number only to realize it's basically a scam. And that's why the sticker is going bye-bye!That's a sample slab that has no grade, so it can't be undergraded. Some sample/slab collectors may actually want the RUFFCO sticker so I wouldn't remove it, but it's your coin so do as you wish.
I think he's talking about the "FA 00" which is, of course, not a grade as you mention.
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@TallahasseeCoinClub said:
I actually called the number only to realize it's basically a scam. And that's why the sticker is going bye-bye!Ruffco was a company started by Howard Ruff in probably the 1970s or 1980s he had a newsletter that was very popular. So I think the point of the slab and sticker was more about hard money than numismatics. The coin is not graded because it's a sample, and my guess is it's worth more with the sticker on the slab than without it.
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who has two thumbs and dialed that number, this guy
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That sticker actually makes an otherwise boring slab a lot more interesting. As others have pointed out, that sticker actually makes it more desirable to many slab collectors.
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I wouldn't remove the sticker.
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Hey guys, thanks for the feedback! Upon further review of your excellent advice, I have decided to leave the sticker intact.
And if you call that number.... well, it's almost ridiculous what their robot-recordings are trying to sell you.
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@TallahasseeCoinClub said:
Hey guys, thanks for the feedback! Upon further review of your excellent advice, I have decided to leave the sticker intact.And if you call that number.... well, it's almost ridiculous what their robot-recordings are trying to sell you.
I'm just curious what are they trying to sell you?
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Is this company started by Jerome K. Ruffin from another thread here? That family are big time scammers!
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/314419/more-info-on-ruffin-scammers#latest
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@chesterb said:
Is this company started by Jerome K. Ruffin from another thread here? That family are big time scammers!https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/314419/more-info-on-ruffin-scammers#latest
No. If you read the thread, it was Howard Ruff.
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Interesting slab, I’m glad you did not pull the sticker off.
It is more interesting as it originally was found.
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800 722-7833 is "owned" (resporg) by Mayfair Communication, Inc, which is a piece of the Primetel organization. (Primetel Communications in Philadelphia, not Primetel in Cyprus).
Summarized in WikiPedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrimeTel_Communications) as
PrimeTel Communications is a telecommunications company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, nominally a service provider for toll-free telephone numbers. Founded in 1995, it is known for amassing large quantities of 800 numbers to redirect misdialed phone calls to erotic chat lines operated by National A-1, an affiliated company. PrimeTel acquires numbers that were previously registered and advertised, resulting in embarrassment when they advertise erotic chat lines. The company controls 1.7 million 800 numbers, as well as millions of numbers on other prefixes.
WikiPedia references https://www.cbsnews.com/news/porn-company-buys-up-a-quarter-of-1-800-numbers/
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