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...and if it was not a sell out, raise limits for those who want to speculate and maybe add a few dollars to the cost, too.

Nice looking silver medals. 2015 has been to the fur salon - it's all trimmed up nicely.

Attempts by some to pool individual maximums to evade limits. Would have been simpler to sell one per person/household/delivery address, etc.

There is evidently an attempt to remove larger orders so more individuals can have a coin.

Excellent!

The part that Zadok misses is that holding ones self out as a business creates clear disclosure and information responsibilities. This is both an ethical and legal condition: seller must disclose what they know if it is a material defect or if a question is asked. Example: Coin collector Freddy Frimble wants to buy an 1804 silver dollar from dealer Gnarles Numbnut. The coin has a hole drilled through it and and the edge is stamped with Hanzi characters. What is Gnarles obligated to disclose and what may remain silent unless asked? PS: Punctuation and capitalization will help readers. e e cummings is long dead.

I have confirmation for 1. That's all I want.

Very early strikes off fresh dies. Just part of the normal progression of coins as dies wear.

The tiny Roy Rogers chain in VA and MD has far better chicken than Popeyes, but they won't ship via email.....

Quintus - You have to go to Popeye's for that.

UrbanDecay4 -- Mechanical (or strike) doubling results from mechanical, operational and maintenance of presses and related equipment. It is common and neither adds nor detracts from the "value" of a coin. Sometimes, it can produce interesting results, as with 1921 Peace dollars that, at first glance, seem to have a doubled profile of Liberty.

When my employees were working on contracts with the Census Bureau, they were facing the prospect of many long-term key-knowldge employees retiring. We set up what was effectively a knowledge-base apprentice-shadowing-mentoring program for pre-retirement employees with unique or critical skills and experience. This included a gradual functional transition coordinated with individual retirement schedules (accounting for accumulated leave time). This was a tough sell to management who had to allocate the necessary staff time, but we got most of the key people covered. This was especially useful when combined with technology and process changes we were also doing with them. Our follow-on evaluation, although not as robust as I recommended, showed improvement especially when the mentor became the key-knowledge possessor and used that to improve processes and systems. PS: Census Bureau is unique in that many operations only occur once in a 10-year cycle, then go dormant. Small scale versions occur for the ACS and many other surveys. Knowledge management for these hibernating operations presents very unusual challanges.

The top coin is AU. There is obvious wear on high points and in the fields. (Look for a change in texture around lettering and the relief - clear sign of wear. Should never appear on an uncirculated coin.) The bottom coin has been harshly cleaned. Bullion value. PS: "Tooled" means that someone moved metal around to make the coin look better, or has more detail, than was really present.

Agreed. If the mintmark were an "S" or maybe and "O over CC" the coin would have much higher value to collectors. (The mintmark is on the reverse below the wreath bow.)

Opinions are fine, but are dishonesty and lies?

The Mint's laser "frosting" used to be a lot worse. it's far inferior to traditional sandblasting (using real silica dust no glass beads). A close look at the photos above show banding and other defects in the randomization and control routines (stripes and duplicated patterns).

To wit: .…but upon the remark being made that they were beautiful pieces, and perfectly uncirculated, I denied that this observation was correct in regard to the first one, when I was told that it was uncirculated for so rare a Coin, by a party in whose judgment I had placed more confidence than to suppose he would think it necessary to make anything so like an apology for a piece being misrepresented. The pieces were allowed to be withdrawn. [To: Dr. Charles E. Anthon from Edward Cogan November 6, 1868 regarding misrepresentation at Randall sale October 1868. AJN. p.55.] Got any AU coins in Unc holders....?

James Zyskowski - No. The coin pictured is NOT a cull. The coin you receive will probably not look anything like the 1889 Morgan with small punch marks. Culls have no meaningful value beyond metal content. They are damaged, holed, worn smooth, and otherwise useless as money or collectibles. The silver value of a cull Morgan or Peace dollar is approximately $21.48 or about $17 less than the bunch running the above ad want.

In reality, Quintus, you are saying that all the investigation, data collection, analysis, correlation, presentation and publication of objective research is valueless - on the same level of honesty, and no more useful, or meaningful than any error-filled discourse found on the internet, or on the underside of a slippery rock. My reaction is strong because it is a direct insult to everyone who tries their best to "get it right." You are really saying that the 5 or even 10 years that go into building an honest, accurate story is of no more value than the off-the-cuff tout of a carney hawing funnel cakes. OK -- sorry folks. Just wanted to be clear about my position on this stuff.

A "coin dealer" with logo T-shirts and who publishes video presentations holds himself out to the public as an "expert." You are making excuses for the dissemination of ignorance by business person who has no excuse for such actions. If you are so much on the guy's "team," then call him, tell him about the error-filled video, and give him the names of modern sources of information. (Some of the claims don't appear in any older publications that I'm aware of - were they invented on-the-fly?

So lies, deception, fakes, and anything else goes - as long as the buyer doesn't get suspicious and visit a 'Jersey Pizza joint for a "consultation." Doesn't say much positive about humanity, does it?

That they know about or should reasonably be expected to know -- particularly if they present this in a public format.

Yes. "Does your basement leak?," asked the house buyer.....

Comments on another thread got me to wondering if there is a reasonable expectation that coin sellers or TPGs be truthful in all respects? Thoughts?

Whenever you see "MS++" or something similar - run the other way. They are after your wallet.