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Labels sell coins...that's just the way it is.

MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,550 ✭✭✭✭✭
Sellers look for any way to show that their coin is different - special - from all the other ones out there.

Buyers usually believe that what they are getting is special...as long as it says so on the label.

It is what it is.

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  • SUMORADASUMORADA Posts: 4,797
    [/Sellers look for any way to show that their coin is different - special - from all the other ones out there.

    Buyers usually believe that what they are getting is special...as long as it says so on the label.

    It is what it is.
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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,515 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • commacomma Posts: 1,529 ✭✭✭
    I don't know about that...
    For me "special" is a date, or a color, or something unique about the coin. The coin tells me if it is special or not...the only job of the label is to tell me the coin is real, and had someone more knowledgable than me give it a grade. Period.


  • GemineyeGemineye Posts: 5,374
    The only way that labels sell coins is to differentiate one coin from another.If I cannot educate myself or refuse to understand either the grading aspect or to distinguish what a mint mark on a coin means or to understand a proof from a circulated or what a mint state coin is then what the He$ll am I doing.??
    If i'm gonna buy what the plastic is ..then forget it.
    Before I buy ..I learn at least what the basics are...JMHO....
    ......Larry........image
  • TheRegulatorTheRegulator Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭
    Are we talking stickers or pedigrees??? imageimage
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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,550 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Are we talking stickers or pedigrees??? >>


    Yes. image
  • TheRegulatorTheRegulator Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭
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    The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. -Thomas Jefferson


  • << <i>Labels sell coins...that's just the way it is. >>



    How else will you be able to tell the Grade of your coin...?!?!...........image
    ......Larry........image
  • BBNBBN Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭
    It's all about marketing. Nothing deceptive, just simple marketing to herds of sheep. If wireless phone, automobile, or potato chip companies can brag about how their product is better, so can coin dealers. imageimage

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  • Lehigh96Lehigh96 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭
    I am a little confused by this thread, can someone post some examples of what we are talking about.
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  • thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I am a little confused by this thread, can someone post some examples of what we are talking about. >>



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  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mundus vult decipi

    MJ
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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,550 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Mundus vult decipi >>


    ...ergo decipiatur.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,615 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I could use a few labels. Would a reasonable facsimile work ? image
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,141 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Mundus vult decipi

    MJ >>



    What's deceiving about a label, if you know the truth behind it?image

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The majority of coin collectors today (and remember, this forum is but a small percentage) depend exclusively on labels and 'other people's opinions'. This provides a huge market and any differentiation between slabs that seems to impart distinction, will attract this type of collector. Whether or not it is real (i.e. first strike) or historical (i.e. provenance), it allows this group to feel they have something special. They enjoy the hobby their way. Cheers, RickO
  • Lehigh96Lehigh96 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The majority of coin collectors today (and remember, this forum is but a small percentage) depend exclusively on labels and 'other people's opinions'. This provides a huge market and any differentiation between slabs that seems to impart distinction, will attract this type of collector. Whether or not it is real (i.e. first strike) or historical (i.e. provenance), it allows this group to feel they have something special. They enjoy the hobby their way. Cheers, RickO >>



    And others depend upon something else to impart distinction from the blast white widgets. That is the primary appeal of a toned coin. I'm just saying!
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  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    Coins with good eye appeal sell quickly. The slab has become part of the eye appeal. An appealing label is a good thing. --Jerry
  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,028 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Coins with good eye appeal sell quickly. The slab has become part of the eye appeal. An appealing label is a good thing. --Jerry >>

    I like that comment!
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  • Well here is a label I have never seen. Since the coin is a 1976 I guess the slab was much later. Anyone know when and why they did this? And is this one of those "moon money" special labels I have heard people talk about? Or do I need to wait another century or so image
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    Regards,

    Jim

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