Bent Coins
ARCO
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I recently bought two coins from two separate internet dealers (I will spare the names for oft chance they suddenly went blind and lost feeling in their hands moments before sending the coins). I pull the coin out of the plastic 2X2 and as plain as day the damnn coins are bent, and obviously so. The same thing happened recently on Ebay. I recieved two halves bent and noticeably so.
I have been collecting for four years now and up until two months I had never come across a bent coin in any grade, now they are coming out of the woodwork.
What is up with bent coins? How common is this? I mean hell, it takes a lot of pressure to contort those slugs all around. How do they get bent with no noticeable rim dings from dropping, or rim damage from being stuck in a vise?
What moron goes around bending coins in the first place, and why are A**hole dealers pawning them off like they were innocently unaware? If a novice collector can see the bend while the coin is still in the 2X2 and after all of .3 seconds, then the says volumes about a dealers competency.
Anyways now I have yet another qualifying question I will ask before every purchase.
"So mr. X, what is your shipping costs? Do you offer returns? Does the coin have hairlines or has it been cleaned? Are there any large marks or rim dings not showing up in the scan? Is the coin bent all to shiit?" None of the above...OK I will take it. LOL
Tyler
I have been collecting for four years now and up until two months I had never come across a bent coin in any grade, now they are coming out of the woodwork.
What is up with bent coins? How common is this? I mean hell, it takes a lot of pressure to contort those slugs all around. How do they get bent with no noticeable rim dings from dropping, or rim damage from being stuck in a vise?
What moron goes around bending coins in the first place, and why are A**hole dealers pawning them off like they were innocently unaware? If a novice collector can see the bend while the coin is still in the 2X2 and after all of .3 seconds, then the says volumes about a dealers competency.
Anyways now I have yet another qualifying question I will ask before every purchase.
"So mr. X, what is your shipping costs? Do you offer returns? Does the coin have hairlines or has it been cleaned? Are there any large marks or rim dings not showing up in the scan? Is the coin bent all to shiit?" None of the above...OK I will take it. LOL
Tyler
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He used to go by KirkFlex. I bought a coin that you could tell from the image that it had some major dings, but the image was so crappy that you couldn't see how bad and how many dings. He did not disclose the fact that the coin was bent (something I could tell the moment I first laid eye on the coin while still in the 2x2) and you didn't have a chance at knowing from the picture. Since I knew the coin has some flaws going in, and it wasn't a very expensive coin, I didn't neg him because he was willing to work with me at giving a partial refund, but I've never taken a second look at any of his auctions ever since.
He was so mad he wouldn't accept a return, I was so mad I sent the coin back to him and told him to keep it...oh and to go F*** himself. I am blowing off some hostility tonight if you haven't noticed.
I would not buy from kirks coins like I would not drink water from a pigs trough. Man I am nasty tonight. LOL
Tyler
Wow! I really don't feel that strongly about this... Oh crud, I think my PC is hurting...
What's next? Gaping holes?
Dave
Don't let it upset you. Just stick them between 2 pieces of thick leather & take your hammer & beat them down flat again.
I have a bent 1838-D $5 that obviously was bent for most or all of the time it circulated, as the devices are nearly worn smooth on the convex surface but are well preserved on the concave side. I assumed the coin was struck on a bent planchet, although I have never heard or read anything about bent planchets. Does anybody know if that occurs?
K S