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 Posted 01/27/2026  07:17 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JstnPwll to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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The appeal of lowball collecting (to me) was the challenge that is universal to all collecting - that is, the pursuit of a challenging goal that takes time and persistence to achieve.


I will add to this as someone very new to lowball collecting:

A major draw to me is that lowballs have all "put in the work" as coins and done their jobs to the utmost as part of the economy. In that sense I personally identify with them, as a normal guy who works and gets tired and worn out.

There's something exclusive and snobbish feeling to me about high grades on old coins sometimes; they were put away decades or centuries ago and have often never done a day's work as a coin. Only more wealthy collectors can afford to buy one, and most will never find one themselves. Pedigree is everything and only the high class have value.

A good lowball feels more like a humble grandparent who has lived a full life, and may not have a huge inheritance to leave you, but is full of wisdom and love.

But of course the challenge is what makes any collection fun, so the limits of "lowest possible straight grade" keep it interesting.
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Very well said JstnPwll - I fully concur. The chances of you or I obtaining an MS68 example of a classic coin are zero. But - with some persistence it's possible for anyone to obtain one of these 'humble grandparents'.

If you open the PCGS link above, and read my set description for the Barber Half lowballs, you'll read that I included the following quote:


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Hopeful that you take a moment and enjoy the photographs . honest coins which have honorably served our nations commerce.
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art
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 Posted 01/30/2026  4:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Obverse should bring it down to PO-1.
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I thought you all might like to see the result!


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i think it has a good shot at P01
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Awesome to see it got the poor 1!
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Sweet lowball!
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and everyone called it

now, what are going to do with it?
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now, what are going to do with it?


Cherish it forever, it's my first official lowball and the seed to my future breathtaking collection
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I thought you all might like to see the result!
Excellent!
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Cherish it forever, it's my first official lowball and the seed to my future breathtaking collection
That works for me!
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