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Which of these 2 1812 CBH's should've sold for more.Both Pcgs XF-40,both sellers pics.

TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,755 ✭✭✭✭✭
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#1 sold for $255,I won this one!

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#2 sold for $298

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    lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #1, better photograph
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    dohdoh Posts: 6,457 ✭✭✭
    #1 should have, but who knows what actually happened.
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    STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    I actually like the skin of th second more than the first here.

    Photography definitely played an issue, but sometimes bad pictures ensue a mystery and a sense of wonderment in how the bad picture coin will turn out.
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    lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    #2...better coin in my eyes...alot more details showing
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    GrumpyEdGrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭
    In some ways #2 does look better but I like the crusty look of #1 better so I'd have picked that one. image
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    QuarternutQuarternut Posts: 1,481 ✭✭✭
    You didn't buy them both? image

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    coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭
    Hard to tell as the lighting and sizing is dissimilar on the two (I especially wonder if the dim lighting on #2 is intentional to obscure a dipped-out coin), but at first glance the second coin appears to have more details, possibly close to a 45. Choosing between the two, I would have chosen #2.
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    mozinmozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭
    I don't know why anyone would bid based on the second coin pictures.
    I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
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    GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭
    Just another example that crust isn't always what the broader market wants.
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    commoncents123commoncents123 Posts: 2,648 ✭
    I was about to snipe the first one, but I fell asleep image Better for you though, I already had 278.00 typed in the window image
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    Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    Even with the lousy pics, the second one appears to have more detail than the first; thus, the $255/$298 doesn't surprise me.
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    jdillanejdillane Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭
    The images for #2 require one to use experience and imagination as well as faith in PCGS grading. Aspects seem to show more meat but the cheek and bust of #2 appear much flatter than #1.

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