Benny who Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 Still is a nice coin to have to study the detail.It does look as if something was used to clean it,if you look at the teeth below the head on the Crown and also in the teeth to the left of the head on the D Florin,there looks to be powder residue left behind,You could try to remove a little to see if it is a powder,however could run the risk seller saying you tried to tamper with the coin. Quote
Benny who Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 Just a thought,if the coin has been thumbed, it would mean that it has been done to deceive,rather than someone cleaning it without knowing the damage they caused in doing so. Quote
ozjohn Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 I was looking for a post in the predecimal forum that showed some coins, (German I think), that had been photographed under different light conditions. The thing that was striking was for the same coin two different results could be obtained. firstly a coin with a patina and no hairline scratching and secondly the same coin with little patina and many hairline scratches. I'm afraid I could not find the post but if anyone can remember the post it may contribute to this debate and also install the notion of buyer beware. Quote
Paulus Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 I was looking for a post in the predecimal forum that showed some coins, (German I think), that had been photographed under different light conditions. The thing that was striking was for the same coin two different results could be obtained. firstly a coin with a patina and no hairline scratching and secondly the same coin with little patina and many hairline scratches. I'm afraid I could not find the post but if anyone can remember the post it may contribute to this debate and also install the notion of buyer beware.This is what I have been saying Oz, the pics can show/hide a multitude of sins, even without being doctored Quote
Coinery Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 I think the most important feature of goom's coin (regardless of how it's came about) is that there 'appears' to be no significant lustre in the fields! You can see some toned-lustre around the devices but, the tone that can be seen in the central fields, is not the luminous-looking tone you'd expect to see over big lustre, which a coin of this grade should be showing bags of!Then the question comes regarding how that could've come about and, most importantly, can you live with it? I don't know how much Dave paid for his, but I'd rather add whatever I had to to your £107 to have one like that instead? I'm thinking you probably would too? Quote
sound Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 Did we not discuss under another thread that under European law any buyer has the right to return anything purchased on the net within fourteen days.At the end of the day so much of this is opinion as to grading, cleaning etc. Surley if you want to maintain good will you just accept it back. End of.How many buyers who have had you refund money promptly would refuse to buy from you again? Very few I would suggest.Mark Quote
Nick Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 Did we not discuss under another thread that under European law any buyer has the right to return anything purchased on the net within fourteen days. That's only true if you are buying from a business. If buying from an individual, you only have the right to return if there is a breach of contract such as the item received is not as was described. The advice from Which is quite useful. However, as you say, any seller whether business or individual who wants to maintain their reputation would just accept it back, refund and move on. 1 Quote
goomolique Posted January 30, 2015 Author Posted January 30, 2015 Thanks for the info. However including the pictures in this thread would be useful Quote
Coinery Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 Get rid, Goom! Too much money! That isn't the coin we see in the sellers photos, which, I may add, was probably not meant to deceive, just how photography works sometimes...just not a class coin by your images!Sorry! Quote
Peckris Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 In those extra images it definitely looks cleaned Quote
Danz Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Definitely has hairline marks on it. Like the gloves where did you get them from. Quote
goomolique Posted February 10, 2015 Author Posted February 10, 2015 Dont remember. That was years ago. Quote
azda Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) Definitely has hairline marks on it. Like the gloves where did you get them from.You can buy the gloves from predecimal.com i think.Link here http://www.predecimal.com/cotton-coin-gloves-from-predecimal-cheapest-p-34.html Edited February 11, 2015 by azda Quote
Danz Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Cheers azda. I have the basic cotton type I like the extra grip on those ones. Quote
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