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1838-C $2 1/2 Gold (why you dont take your coins to inexperienced/shiester folks)
About 3 weeks ago, another dealer across town called me and told me that he had a customer that brought in a 38-c $2 1/2 , but didn't think it was real. He said he acid checked it with 18kt acid and it went away. Anyway he said he would send him my way since the guy wouldn't sell it for gold weight. He never called, until… -
Re: 1838-C $2 1/2 Gold (why you dont take your coins to inexperienced/shiester folks)
When I was first getting into coins, I cherrypicked a 1911-D weak D $2 1/2 for the price of a 1911 off ebay. The local coin "dealer" told me it was fake when I had him check it out. I asked why he thought so, and he said the mint mark was in the wrong location. He thought a little smudge on the obverse was the mint mark,… -
Re: 1838-C $2 1/2 Gold (why you dont take your coins to inexperienced/shiester folks)
Such a shame... one would think that the party that test/damaged the coin would have known that they were decreasing the value by such a test.... just plain ignorance.. Cheers, RickO -
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He didn't care. Better to sell a coin for half of what it's worth, than not to get the sale at all. -
Re: 1838-C $2 1/2 Gold (why you dont take your coins to inexperienced/shiester folks)
Doesn't it create a bit of a situation when you tell coin sellers how the "scummy at times dealer" ripped them off and it ends up getting back to the "scummy at times dealer"? -
Re: 1838-C $2 1/2 Gold (why you dont take your coins to inexperienced/shiester folks)
Wow that's messed up. :o -
Re: 1838-C $2 1/2 Gold (why you dont take your coins to inexperienced/shiester folks)
Actually pretty common when dealing with generics. But a C-mint piece? That was criminal. -
Re: 1838-C $2 1/2 Gold (why you dont take your coins to inexperienced/shiester folks)
Regardless, I think the "dealer" who defaced the coin owes the guy something for loss of value; something on the order of several K. -
Re: 1838-C $2 1/2 Gold (why you dont take your coins to inexperienced/shiester folks)
Original dealer is a scumbag with transparent motivations. A shame about the coin.
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