Have not been to Ebay in a while, and the first thing I see....

[MBA101]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1833-P-Graded-MS66-Capped-Bust-Silver-Half-Dollar-50c_W0QQitemZ230152771110QQihZ013QQcategoryZ11969QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

 

When will it end?

[ziggy29]

It's bordering on criminal. I can only wonder what this coin might have once looked like before some quick-buck shyster decided to ruin it forever.

[bsshog40]

Won't ever end as long as there are unknowledgable buyers to buy these thinking they are certifiedly graded coins.

[ziggy29]

Won't ever end as long as there are unknowledgable buyers to buy these thinking they are certifiedly graded coins.

"Graded by someone certifiable" is more like it.

[TJ'S Coins]

It's bordering on criminal. I can only wonder what this coin might have once looked like before some quick-buck shyster decided to ruin it forever.

 

My sentiments exactly

[123cents]

I see those capped bust halves graded by those "Fly-By-Nighters" all the time. The photos are taken a mile away as I guess they should. If they took close up shots we would all shriek in horror.

[WinstonWare]

That coin is sweet. It must have been minted in the past few weeks. Someone must have found the old working dies

[bigmanSAM88]

[Revenant]

I'm confused. The running assumption here is that the coin is fake? The pictures aren't saying much to me (although with pictures like that it's hard to tell anything).

[bsshog40]

I wouldn't say the coin is fake. I would say that it has probably been diped to death, cleaned, and has some very nice photographic cover-up.

[WinstonWare]

I can’t see it all that well but from what I can see it looks real albeit entirely devoid of its original skin.

[lkenefic]

"Numismatic Assurance Grading Corp" another one to avoid...

 

sort of like "Certified Rarities And Products"...sorry...it's the best I could come up with on such short notice...L

[TJ'S Coins]

I don't believe the coin is fake just dipped to death or maybe even polished in some artificial way. Can't tell much more than that from the pictures. It would be extremely rare for an original coin of that mintage to have remained as bright after 170+ years. I would also like to have seen the coin before it was "improved" and slabbed.

[WinstonWare]

"Numismatic Assurance Grading Corp" another one to avoid...

 

sort of like "Certified Rarities And Products"...sorry...it's the best I could come up with on such short notice...L

 

"Coinsortium sticker company"

[TomB]

The coin appears to be real, but it also appears to have been polished to Hell and back.

[rexcat]

I can’t see it all that well but from what I can see it looks real albeit entirely devoid of its original skin.

 

Yeah that was polished off... WITH A BUFFING WHEEL before it went into the plastic.

 

What a shame, that might have been a really nice curculated bust half before it was destroyed. And I do mean destroyed, that coin is only worth it's weight in silver to me now.

[MikeKing]

I bought something like that once in an ANACS new holder that had been toned over. They refused to admit to me it was polished. Result: I never buy anything in an ANACS holder without seeing it in hand first. LIARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[just-john]

Look at his 1874-p 20 dollar gold smooth buffing must work in a plateing company with a

large slection of buffing wheels

[MBA101]

Look at his 1874-p 20 dollar gold smooth buffing must work in a plateing company with a

large slection of buffing wheels

 

 

I wonder if this guy ever met a coin that he wasn't able to turn into a "Gem" Uncirculated beauty?

[ant]

even i know not to mess with a cbh

[carson city]

It sold !

[MBA101]

$600 for a piece of polished silver. Hmm.

 

I think the most upsetting thing about this is that it will encourage rip off artists to ruin incredibly nice original AU coins and sell them in this way. It is hard enough to find these old coins that have not been messed with as it is. If I could get my hands on this character I would just that greedy

[MBA101]

This just made my mood change (neat feature BTW).

[WinstonWare]

Nice! Who won that fine piece...TomB?

[RUSS BEGA]

$600 for an xf coin that looks like it's been cleaned

[TomB]

Nice! Who won that fine piece...TomB?

Ahhhh.......errrrrrr.......no. (tsk) When are you going to change your avatar?

[WinstonWare]

Nice! Who won that fine piece...TomB?

Ahhhh.......errrrrrr.......no. (tsk) When are you going to change your avatar?

 

I don’t want to gross folks out while they read the boards. I’ll stick to my current avatar.

[WinstonWare]

I had a little time so I thought I would help you out with your own new avatar. What do you think? Pretty good huh?