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The best looking raw 1959 Proof Franklin (DCAM) I have ever seen is for sale on EBay.

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  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,655 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I for one formally ask the buyer to post a follow up to let us know how things finally turned out. I picture of the coin he received from the seller would be even better.
  • robkoolrobkool Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Can't wait to hear the final results...
  • I don't think we'll be hearing what really happened. Paradigm felt he was unduly attacked in this thread IMO.

    If that is the case, please realize, Paradigm that it's likely no one was "agin" you, but rather , taken aback by the unexpected twists and turns.
    "Wars are really ugly! They're dirty
    and they're cold.
    I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
    Mary






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  • lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    is this the new Paradigm we didn't understand?
    LCoopie = Les
  • CasmanCasman Posts: 3,935 ✭✭
    COIN IS AN ABSOLOUTE MONSTER AND I WILL GAURANTEE IT.


    Do we have a working definition for the above statement, even with the typo?

    WTH is an absoloute monster?
  • This thread is a prime example of why you take most members opinions with a grain of salt. IMO the buyer bought it based on the OP's description in the title of this thread.
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭


    << <i>COIN IS AN ABSOLOUTE MONSTER AND I WILL GAURANTEE IT.


    Do we have a working definition for the above statement, even with the typo?

    WTH is an absoloute monster? >>

    No, we don't, meaning the (so-called) guarantee was illusory.
  • nycounselnycounsel Posts: 1,229 ✭✭
    Buyer left positive feedback on Oct. 15-- pretty long delay. Looks to me like the buyer went over the scheduled return period but seller agreed to accept it back or maybe give additional time:

    Seller Feedback


    Buyer didn't say anything about the coin in the feedback, only: "Thanks. Very trusted seller. A+ A true asset"

    Meanwhile, Seller has not left feedback for buyer:


    Buyer Feedback
    Dan
  • PawPaulPawPaul Posts: 5,845
    ..........you got to have gut's to put your money where your mouth is


    ..I make my bed , I sleep in it


    ..................if I come across as a jerk in my banter - then I'm probably a jerk ...................
  • And if that ain't steam engine oil...
    "Wars are really ugly! They're dirty
    and they're cold.
    I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
    Mary






    Best Franklin Website
  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500
    the seller must have been collecting these DCAM monster halves for years


    a look at their feedback shows a few raw Franklin proofs selling for over $500, and 3 of them 1959
  • PawPaulPawPaul Posts: 5,845


    << <i>And if that ain't steam engine oil... >>




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  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,615 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I read this entire thread to find out NOTHING? What did PCGS grade the coin?
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  • StaircoinsStaircoins Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭

    Blocked: newparadigm1

    Whew. Glad that's over.
  • pennyanniepennyannie Posts: 3,929 ✭✭✭
    Hard to believe no one has emailed the seller for the rest of the story. Do not leave us hanging. I got an hour in this thread. I need closeure.image
    Mark
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    working on proof shield nickels # 8 with a bullet!!!!

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  • lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    something is fishy
    LCoopie = Les
  • PawPaulPawPaul Posts: 5,845


    << <i>Hard to believe no one has emailed the seller for the rest of the story. Do not leave us hanging. I got an hour in this thread. I need closeure.image >>




    I emailed the seller early on - but got no response
  • He doesn't want any more HUBRIS!

    What don't you guys get about that?


    PS- apparently Paradigm came back for just one little more tweak of HUBRIS, because upon reviewing this thread, I see he has edited many of his posts.
    "Wars are really ugly! They're dirty
    and they're cold.
    I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
    Mary






    Best Franklin Website
  • thread = Oprah for middle aged men



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  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500
    glad we didn't scare you off paradigm


    are you going to let us know what the outcome was?
  • GrivGriv Posts: 2,804
    Too bad it didn't have a rainbow tone.
  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>You know, I could understand all this back and forth if it was about a Jefferson Nickel. image >>



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  • he may not want hubris or hummus, or whatever the heck your talking about ..........but he bought the coin and then apparently returned it and edited his posts

    ........anyone that thought they could get a DCAM '59 Franklin in hi grade for under a grand should go into hiding
  • CasmanCasman Posts: 3,935 ✭✭
    Hey it could happen, just not going to buying from that seller.
  • We are still left in the dark!?

    Oh, BTW, the only other time I have actually heard a human being use the word HUBRIS:

    The late/great Mayor of Chicago Harold Washington once used the word HUBRIS in a press conference...I don't remember the exact quote, but it got a lot of local press coverage at the time, and thus was impressed into the public conciousness of Chicagoland.

    The hootchie-cootchie Mayor (as he was known in some circles for his singing ability "...you sing like an Angel!") even went so far as to define HUBRIS in the same sound byte. He said HUBRIS was "arrogance gone wild."

    I bet Cap'n Henway remembers this too.
    "Wars are really ugly! They're dirty
    and they're cold.
    I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
    Mary






    Best Franklin Website
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,894 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think we have read the last chapter of this horse opera. It appears the OP took the board's advice and returned the coin. It was a little outside the return period but he got a refund and left positive feedback. He then fled Dodge.

    It's an unsatisfying ending for everyone. The Op feels like a dope for stupidly digging in his heels in spite of overwhelming advice to "get real". Hence, the edited posts. Readers were sucked in and left twisting in the wind. We want our time back. The seller is back to square one and has to find another sucker.

    Will there be a sequel? I hope not.
    Lance.
  • PawPaulPawPaul Posts: 5,845
    well said Ike - we will all be punished since the buyer/returner hasn't the stones to spill the beans ..........
  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,655 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just saw this thread has been dredged up to the top again.

    We probably will not be told the rest of the story. Bummer.

    I still think the picture of the auctioned coin is the best looking picture of a 1959 DCAM half that I have ever seen. If I collected pictures of coins instead of coins, the picture of the auctioned coin would be in my collection.


  • << <i>I think we have read the last chapter of this horse opera. It appears the OP took the board's advice and returned the coin. It was a little outside the return period but he got a refund and left positive feedback. He then fled Dodge.

    It's an unsatisfying ending for everyone. The Op feels like a dope for stupidly digging in his heels in spite of overwhelming advice to "get real". Hence, the edited posts. Readers were sucked in and left twisting in the wind. We want our time back. The seller is back to square one and has to find another sucker.

    Will there be a sequel? I hope not.
    Lance. >>



    The OP is not the one who purchased the coin.
  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,056 ✭✭✭✭✭
    All of Paradigm's edited posts leave quite few chapters missing in this story. Unless legalities are concerned leave the entire story just that...entire!
  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,655 ✭✭✭✭✭
    TTT.


    The reason for dredging this old thread up to the top again is that Modcrewman gave me a heads up that on EBay right now is an auction for a raw 1958 proof Franklin that looks very much like the 1959 Franklin pictured in this thread.

    The auction has 2 days left. So far there are 8 bids, with the current high bid being just over $33.00.

    If you are interested, check out the EBay Franklin auctions (type in the search box "1958 proof" when you get to the Franklin section to narrow the search) and tell us your thought about the 1958 half up for auction.

  • ModCrewmanModCrewman Posts: 4,043 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That would be the one Russ. I instantly thought of this post when I found that one on Ebay and thought I'd see if SanctionII had spotted it.

    Certainly looks to have potential. BTW - I have zero connection to the auction...nor intent to bid. image
  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,655 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Russ, you picked the correct one.

    What leads you to believe the contrast on the pictured coin will be less, in hand?

    BTW, I believe you.
  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Russ, you picked the correct one.

    What leads you to believe the contrast on the pictured coin will be less, in hand?

    BTW, I believe you. >>



    Russ has forgotten more than i will ever know about coins, but i am always leary of a B/W photo. and besides the cameo is no where near monster
  • the o.p of this older thread left us hangin' ........
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    When something looks too good to be true.......It usually is.
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