What is a fresh coin?

Placid · January 29, 2009 1:22AM

I have seen several coins for sale described as fresh.
What should that tell me about a coin?

doh · January 29, 2009 1:25AM

I take it to mean it's fresh out of a long-held collection. Not a piece that has traded multiple times recently on Heritage, eBay, or dealers' websites. Now, does that make any difference? That's up to you.

Placid · January 29, 2009 1:29AM

Thanks I wasnt sure if that is dealer speak for just dipped.

CoinJunkie · January 29, 2009 1:36AM

Interesting! I always thought it meant toned in spring colors, with a vague whiff of lilacs...

Greeniejr · January 29, 2009 2:03AM

I use it on eBay as a marketing tool kind of like the word savory. Though it does refer to a coin that just screams originality

RichieURich · January 29, 2009 2:06AM

"Fresh" is to the numismatic professional as "from an estate" is to the eBay seller.

fc · January 29, 2009 2:14AM

to me it means the general public has not had a chance at buying
the coin in some time.

it does not mean the coin has not been sold privately 10 times in 10 years or it has passed
from dealer to dealer for the last 6 months.

marketing.. plain and simple.

PerryHall · January 29, 2009 2:44AM

Fresh means that a coin has been shown to fewer than 50 other dealers or collectors.

JCMhouston · January 29, 2009 3:01AM

I'm with Rick PerryHall, fresh just seems to mean it's in the dealers inventory.

mozeppa · January 29, 2009 3:05AM

fresh ....right out of the baked potato from the oven....add sour cream!

adamlaneus · January 29, 2009 3:06AM

<< Thanks I wasnt sure if that is dealer speak for just dipped. >>

For some reason, today, I think this is genius.

"Fresh" ought to mean "freshly dipped". That would make me happy deep down, in my dark evil core.

ColonialCoinUnion · January 29, 2009 3:07AM

Can we shove even more cynicism into this thread?

Type2 · January 29, 2009 3:16AM

Fresh out of a roll like this.

dsessom · January 29, 2009 3:30AM

<< "Fresh" is to the numismatic professional as "from an estate" is to the eBay seller. >>

I think lots of Ebay sellers stick "ESTATE" into the listing description just to attract attention from unsuspecting buyers. For that reason, I tend to not even look at those listings anymore.

stman · January 29, 2009 3:36AM

<< Can we shove even more cynicism into this thread? >>

Well, has Bear given his daily report yet?

rgCoinGuy · January 29, 2009 3:48AM

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relicsncoins · January 29, 2009 3:50AM

I always thought it meant you could eat the coin raw without risk of food born illness..................I like that term about as much as I like "Gemmy"

themaster · January 29, 2009 4:04AM

A coin that catches your eye and flirts with you.

Have a Great Day!
Louis

DNADave · January 29, 2009 4:17AM

I think it implies that the coin has been held for a long period of time in one collection....maybe even that there's less of a likelyhood the coin has been doctored.

nicknut12 · January 29, 2009 5:13AM

Fresh means no dealer has tried to
upgrade the coin within the last 7 or 8 years.

Therefore pretty much a lock to upgrade.

Regards, Steve K.

notwilight · January 29, 2009 5:18AM

For moderns fresh means that the coins or lot of coins have not been searched, cherrypicked, or submitted to a TPG, in whole or in part. --Jerry

Catbert · January 29, 2009 5:37AM

YES, WE CAN!....... (cram in more cynicism)

Another term tossed about is "yummy". Is that a synonym for "fresh"? Perhaps they both mean that the coin can be consumed without indigestion.

Or then again, perhaps buying the coin will lead to a new romance in that the coin will be "fresh" with you and you will be satisfied.

pmac · January 29, 2009 5:45AM

I can only think of baked goods that are "baked fresh daily" as opposed to "baked stale daily". Could it be a way of toning?

RWB · January 29, 2009 5:45AM

Take a piece of fish from the grocery store (…well, pay for it…yes.) Leave it in your home’s living room for 4-5 days. Sniff the fish. That is “not fresh.” “Fresh” should be the opposite of “not fresh” but sometimes is the same thing.

Take the old fish to the next coin show with you and ask dealers if they have anything better than the fish for sale.

Type2 · January 29, 2009 6:01AM

<< Take a piece of fish from the grocery store (…well, pay for it…yes.) Leave it in your home’s living room for 4-5 days. Sniff the fish. That is “not fresh.” “Fresh” should be the opposite of “not fresh” but sometimes is the same thing.

Take the old fish to the next coin show with you and ask dealers if they have anything better than the fish for sale. >>

Type2 · January 29, 2009 6:12AM

I have fresh I'am not kidding I bought this bag and the lable says this.

and this is the rolls.

Now that is frash.

RYK · January 29, 2009 6:20AM

<< Can we shove even more cynicism into this thread? >>

Probably not.

I enjoy buying coins that are original and choice and have been in another collector's possession for a very long time but have not been out on the market for long. The longer the coin sits in inventory or moves around the marketplace (including to numerous dealer inventories, auctions, ebay, etc.), the less fresh it is. In fact, the best way to define fresh may be to explain what "not fresh" is.

IGWT · January 29, 2009 6:26AM

"Fresh" implies a coin that is new to the market. An insecure collector fears the "stale" coin even if he likes it. (Just doing my part to bring even more cynicism into the thread.)

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coindeuce · January 29, 2009 6:31AM

Fresh is the 1793 Half cent which was just aquired from a gentleman and which had passd thru 5 generations of his family.

CoinJunkie · January 29, 2009 6:38AM

<< In fact, the best way to define fresh may be to explain what "not fresh" is. >>

Sounds a bit fishy to me!

What is a fresh coin?

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