Question ring-sing and grading

OK, I bid and won on the coin below. Afterwards I noticed there is a
nick in the rim above the 'N' on the reverse. I asked for and received
a refund as this was hard to see in the picture and wasn't explained in
the description. The coin is beautiful otherwise and I hoped to have it
graded but I figured the nick was enough to get it pushed back very low
at best, or refused. Should I have kept it? I'm doubting my decision
now...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Thanks for any input.

John

"John Ferraiuolo" wrote in message
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OK, I bid and won on the coin below. Afterwards I noticed there is a nick
in the rim above the 'N' on the reverse. I asked for and received a
refund as this was hard to see in the picture and wasn't explained in the
description. The coin is beautiful otherwise and I hoped to have it
graded but I figured the nick was enough to get it pushed back very low at
best, or refused. Should I have kept it? I'm doubting my decision now...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Thanks for any input.

John

If you have to convince yourself that a coin is a good deal, it generally
isn't. Every time you looked at that coin your eyes would be drawn to the
defect and dwell on it. Even if you had to spend a bit more on a more
perfect coin, you'd be glad you did.

James

On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:48:38 -0500, John Ferraiuolo
wrote:

OK, I bid and won on the coin below. Afterwards I noticed there is a
nick in the rim above the 'N' on the reverse. I asked for and received
a refund as this was hard to see in the picture and wasn't explained in
the description. The coin is beautiful otherwise and I hoped to have it
graded but I figured the nick was enough to get it pushed back very low
at best, or refused. Should I have kept it? I'm doubting my decision
now...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Thanks for any input.

John

John,

That gash in the rim is not hard to see on my monitor at all. It
jumped right out at me as soon as I saw the reverse image. I would be
happy to have the coin in an album at about the $50 level but not at
the level it got bid to. I'm glad you got your money back though.
Cliff

Looks like a HUGE nick above the 'N'. The seller definitely should have
mentioned it and I can see how you missed it when paired with that
background. You did well requesting a refund. Maybe they'll think next time
before listing.

"John Ferraiuolo" wrote in message
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OK, I bid and won on the coin below. Afterwards I noticed there is a nick
in the rim above the 'N' on the reverse.

For not too much more money you can get one of those AU58 which would be a
much nicer coin typically.
If it was in a tight 2x2 I'll bet you couldn't even see that mark

Thanks everyone. I feel better now about letting it go. All valid points.

John Ferraiuolo wrote:
OK, I bid and won on the coin below. Afterwards I noticed there is a
nick in the rim above the 'N' on the reverse. I asked for and received
a refund as this was hard to see in the picture and wasn't explained in
the description. The coin is beautiful otherwise and I hoped to have it
graded but I figured the nick was enough to get it pushed back very low
at best, or refused. Should I have kept it? I'm doubting my decision
now...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1


Thanks for any input.

John

On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 20:18:54 -0600, "James Higby"
heezerbumfrool[at]hotmail[dot]com wrote:


"John Ferraiuolo" wrote in message
...
OK, I bid and won on the coin below. Afterwards I noticed there is a nick
in the rim above the 'N' on the reverse. I asked for and received a
refund as this was hard to see in the picture and wasn't explained in the
description. The coin is beautiful otherwise and I hoped to have it
graded but I figured the nick was enough to get it pushed back very low at
best, or refused. Should I have kept it? I'm doubting my decision now...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Thanks for any input.

John

If you have to convince yourself that a coin is a good deal, it generally
isn't. Every time you looked at that coin your eyes would be drawn to the
defect and dwell on it. Even if you had to spend a bit more on a more
perfect coin, you'd be glad you did.

James

Are the obverse signs of clashed dies that clearly evident on this die
pair? Really nice, to me.
Aram.