Best coin I ever nabbed on eBay...

[wyatt earp]

Had to wait for it to get back from the dealer who submitted it for me, but here it is.

Earp

 

[savant365]

Congrats
Found this info at the pcgs site, if you got that for a few hundred bucks I think you did alright.

1850 seated liberty dollar
NGC AU-58. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 6312, plated, sold for $2,472.50


http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/seated_liberty_dollars/1850_silver_dollar.htm

And this was in 2001, I wonder what it will bring now?

HH Charlie

Hmmm...just noticed it says "plated" in the discription, does any know what that means as far as a graded coin is concerned?

 

[wyatt earp]

"Plated" was used the same as we use "slabbed" today. It simply means that it was encapsulated by a TPG.

Heritage sold one for 2995.00 recently....

Earp

 

[l.cutler]

I am under the impression that plated, in reference to a coin in an auction, means that there was a photo of the coin in the description in the auction catalog.

 

[DigginThePast]

Looks like a great deal on a beautiful coin. Congrats!

 

[wyatt earp]

You could very well be right about the term "plated" being used in that manner. I'm going to dig into it some more....wouldn't be the first time I was wrong about something. Thanks for the input. Never too old to learn.

Earp

 

[Coinkid]

Had to wait for it to get back from the dealer who submitted it for me, but here it is.

Earp

If I saw this photo of the coin, I would have said it was 100% original. Just goes to show you how important pictures are and how easy it is to give the buyer the wrong impression about a coin.



-Paul