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Valued Member
United States
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Recently picked up these from a coin show and thought might share them with the forum. As you can see they are not really high grade coins. However I picked them up because some of them were inexpensive in that grade and others because seems to be hard to come across. Also I don't have to worry much about fakes as they are sold by the local coin dealers. I always wonder what others might do when they want to add a particular coin to their collection. Would you wait until you get a higher grade coin or add a lower grade coin and upgrade whenever you can ? württemberg Germany 5 marks 1903F - Grade VF ? see the rim ding on reverse. I got this one at least about 1/2 price from eBay/MA shop.   Augsburg Germany Thaler 1765 - Grade VF ? This is the one I like most from the lot. Large silver thaler but See the rim damage all around. I believe this is a rare coin to find in any grade.   Austrian Netherlands 1/2 Thaler 1797 Grade F ? Again got this one cheap.   Sweden 1876 2 Kronor , Grade VF ? Always wanted this and got it for reasonable price.   Prussia 1790B 1 Thaler , grade F ? it looks better than the picture in real. I think this is also some what rare and I may have paid little bit more than it worth.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I always wonder what others might do when they want to add a particular coin to their collection. Would you wait until you get a higher grade coin or add a lower grade coin and upgrade whenever you can ? I always wait for a grade that I am going to keep. Invariably when I buy a coin as a filler, I immediately find a better one. Then I am stuck with bunches of coins I don't want because I have better ones and then you have to find another buyer. You can't sell it back to the shop for a loss. It ties up resourses. I try to set a minimum standard and be patient. |
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United States
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I always wonder what others might do when they want to add a particular coin to their collection. Would you wait until you get a higher grade coin or add a lower grade coin and upgrade whenever you can ? Yes, Anything good or better to start then upgrade as I go. I'm a low budget collector so it seems to work for me better that way.  Edited by Fatman
02/10/2013 8:13 pm
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United States
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My problem is I start with a lower affordable grade that I pay $ for , some time later, I see a nicer one and I pay $$ for it. Now I have $$$ tied up in the same coin. Where as with a little patience, I could have had the nicer coin and only spent $$.
For me it is tough to see a coin I really want, and convince myself to hold out for a better one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My problem is I start with a lower affordable grade that I pay $ for , some time later, I see a nicer one and I pay $$ for it. Now I have $$$ tied up in the same coin. Where as with a little patience, I could have had the nicer coin and only spent $$.
For me it is tough to see a coin I really want, and convince myself to hold out for a better one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2543 Posts |
My problem is I start with a lower affordable grade that I pay $ for , some time later, I see a nicer one and I pay $$ for it. Now I have $$$ tied up in the same coin. Where as with a little patience, I could have had the nicer coin and only spent $$.
For me it is tough to see a coin I really want, and convince myself to hold out for a better one.
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United States
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I collect such a vast array of world coins that I add any and all coins to my collection and up grade when I have the chance to. I usually still keep the ones that are lower grade but take them out of the album and store them in 2x2 boxes
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With my collecting focus grade often comes second to finding specific varieties. In the past I have skipped over a low grade example wanting to get a higher grade and ended up never seeing one again. Quote:
I always wait for a grade that I am going to keep. Invariably when I buy a coin as a filler, I immediately find a better one. Yes this does happen to me as well but it is far more preferable to have more than one example than to have no example! |
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Thank you all for sharing your thoughts
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Finland
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Sometimes I wish that someone would have thrown a lowball coin into melting pot earlier as it is very hard to me. I mean common coins, not the rare ones of course. I have few very worn copper coins from 18th century that can barely id, but it is so hard to throw them to recycling bin!
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I have few very worn copper coins from 18th century that can barely id, but it is so hard to throw them to recycling bin! i cant throw anything out. different when I get 20 or 30 germany or oriental cents etc from the 70s - they go in the trash.... but the old stuff.... with all the mileage.... they have soul and after surviving for so long, out of respect, deserve to be saved. I've seen stuff in collectors melt buckets that I could only dream to own. and every time those get melted the only alternatives just keep getting more and more expensive for every other new collector. as far as setting specific grade goals... as others have said, if you buy a coin for $10 and then replace it with one for $20 you now pretty much have a $30 coin. I very rarely get back what I paid for the filler as I am in a rush to liquidate as to finance my next purchase. |
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