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Posted 10/15/2023 12:30 pm
I fully agree, you absolutely don't want coins with fingerprints, or ANY coin with eye appeal that does not meet your needs, regardless if it has a CAC sticker.
I can't count how many hundreds of coins I've "passed", even though they were in the grade I needed, and with a CAC sticker. The eye appeal was just not for me.
Separately, another tidbit of advice, and this is happening to me NOW. Without naming the coin, since it's in a current auction, I have a really nice "filler", graded 66. In auction is that date, also graded by PCGS with a CAC, in my ideal peak grade, 66+ (a 67 jumps geometrically in price, so that wil never happen for me). I spoke with my contact, who got the coin in hand. I provided photos of my 66 previously bought from that auction house, along with the very brief notes of that prior 66 emailed to me by my contact. I was told that my really nice 66 is at least as nice, if not nicer, than the current 66+, and suggested I pass. I'm passing!
Two lessons:
1. Don't buy an upgrade simply because it's a higher grade. If the new coin is not nicer than the coin being replaced, think long and hard about adding a coin to your collection that is not as nice as the coin being replaced.
2. So often I see a coin I like and the photos are good, but when I ask the employee of the auction house to get the coin in hand, the majority of the time after I ask some questions, they recommend I pass. Recognize that many auction houses will provide unbiased advice. This is invaluable, and something I have now utilized for a decade.
Steve
I can't count how many hundreds of coins I've "passed", even though they were in the grade I needed, and with a CAC sticker. The eye appeal was just not for me.
Separately, another tidbit of advice, and this is happening to me NOW. Without naming the coin, since it's in a current auction, I have a really nice "filler", graded 66. In auction is that date, also graded by PCGS with a CAC, in my ideal peak grade, 66+ (a 67 jumps geometrically in price, so that wil never happen for me). I spoke with my contact, who got the coin in hand. I provided photos of my 66 previously bought from that auction house, along with the very brief notes of that prior 66 emailed to me by my contact. I was told that my really nice 66 is at least as nice, if not nicer, than the current 66+, and suggested I pass. I'm passing!
Two lessons:
1. Don't buy an upgrade simply because it's a higher grade. If the new coin is not nicer than the coin being replaced, think long and hard about adding a coin to your collection that is not as nice as the coin being replaced.
2. So often I see a coin I like and the photos are good, but when I ask the employee of the auction house to get the coin in hand, the majority of the time after I ask some questions, they recommend I pass. Recognize that many auction houses will provide unbiased advice. This is invaluable, and something I have now utilized for a decade.
Steve
A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine!
My collecting "Pride & Joy" is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/ty...edset/213996
My collecting "Pride & Joy" is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/ty...edset/213996
Edited by Winesteven
10/15/2023 8:17 pm
10/15/2023 8:17 pm
