New Seated Half I just won on Teletrade...opinions?

[kryptonitecomics]

I haven't purchased anything from Teletrade for quite some time......but with the free $50 dollars off coupon I received at the FUN show.....I figured what the heck. I have to admit it was quite a painful experience since I could not track the time on the auction down to the second like you can on Heritage or Ebay so I was afraid I would be outbid in the final seconds and not have an opportunity to place a bid on something else since all of the auctions end at the same time. It seems like an antiquated way to run auctions but I know a lot of folks shop them often......I just won't be one of them.

 

Any way with the coupon the coin is going to cost me $88 dollars total which includes the buyers premium and shipping.....seems like a good deal for me and I expect the reverse color to look better in hand

 

[SkyMan]

Looks good to me Shane!

 

Let us know how it looks in hand.

[MikeKing]

it looks like a very natural (organic) 1858 50C that is appropriately graded, has great eye appeal and should be a keeper. Do you know what the mintage was?

[mikesartifacts]

Looks like a nice original piece, and even without the coupon, a fair deal. I have been registered w/TT but have never actually participated for the same reasons. I guess that is how they get you to bid slightly more as a safety net.

[michael]

superb

 

[Bruceswar]

Thats a sweet coin. Oddly enough it looks alot like my Taco Bell Napkin Expierment coin. in color that is. I wonder if could have been... Nah! Sweet coin!

[kryptonitecomics]

Thats a sweet coin. Oddly enough it looks alot like my Taco Bell Napkin Expierment coin. in color that is. I wonder if could have been... Nah! Sweet coin!

 

 

 

I'll see if it smells like refried beans when I get it in hand....

 

 

The mintage is over 7,000,000 so it's probably one of the most common dates in the series but since I am a color hound.......I really only cared that the toning looked legit and colorful and I think I will be happy when it arrives.

[CTcollector1]

I Love the Reverse

[HaydenTubbs]

I like it Shane, sweet pickup.

[jgrinz]

I haven't purchased anything from Teletrade for quite some time......but with the free $50 dollars off coupon I received at the FUN show.....I figured what the heck. I have to admit it was quite a painful experience since I could not track the time on the auction down to the second like you can on Heritage or Ebay so I was afraid I would be outbid in the final seconds and not have an opportunity to place a bid on something else since all of the auctions end at the same time. It seems like an antiquated way to run auctions but I know a lot of folks shop them often......I just won't be one of them.

 

Any way with the coupon the coin is going to cost me $88 dollars total which includes the buyers premium and shipping.....seems like a good deal for me and I expect the reverse color to look better in hand

 

 

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[kryptonitecomics]

Thanks....I think I am going to like it.......the only other seated halves I have ever owned were VG's so it will be nice to have a little more design detail

[Shamika-migration]

In truth, the coin looks undergraded.

[James_OldeTowne]

To be honest, I am not a big fan of the look of this coin. It looks like "derivative" toning that occurs sometime after a coin has been well cleaned. I hope I'm wrong. TT pictures often make a coin look worse than it is.

[TomB]

This is one time where I held back in my posting because everyone was so happy about the coin, however, I think the coin was previously dipped/cleaned and the toning that developed afterward has an awkward, unattractive look to it. But, since James has kindly broken the ice on this issue, I will add to it.

[shirohniichan]

It's still a nice reminder of the antebellum South without the "shipwreck effect."

[James_OldeTowne]

To be fair, I do think the net price was right.

[kryptonitecomics]

I actually agree with Tom and James that I have no doubt that the reverse toning is a results of a cleaning and then storage in an album. I still think I am going to like it but I figure the coin sold for $160 bucks on TT in Sept of 05' and then technically $120 to me last week but with the coupon I felt like it would be a nice coin for $88 so........I am not bothered by the comments and assessments.......they are right on the money in my opinion

[BillJones]

Let me put it this way.

 

Any time that you can buy a Seated coin in PCGS or NGC holder in EF condition for less than $100, it will be a money maker. At least it has been for me.

 

The trouble is the cost of the coin + the cost of getting in the hoder > the price you will get for the piece. Sooo... chances are someone took a hit before you made money on the piece. In this case it looks like Teletrade took the hit because of your coupon.

[Houston Investor]

What a super deal on a nice coin. These are really tough to find at this price.

 

In my opinion, the coin looks original - this is a very sellable high end coin. The traces of mint luster make it very desirable. Had I known it was out there that evening, I would have aggressively bid on it. A beautiful, no problem coin.

[MikeKing]

I'd like to hear what you have to say when you get it.