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This is an AU58 slider with lots of mottling around the peripherals that continues to spread over the years. I paid $23 for this coin which I still cannot believe. Take away the plug and this is a $500 coin. Its my most treasured Numismatic Curiosity and you know it was contemporary jewelry and it survived in such tremendous shape.  |
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Take away the plug and put it on a key chain. Nice fob!
I keep some and get rid of others. I bought a holed Napoleon demi franc and a holed cob for melt and tossed them in a box with the other junk silver. If I pay above melt the coins usually bother me eventually and I get rid of them.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Buying "details" coins is inevitable for us counterstamp collectors. Many American tokens and early copper varieties are so rare, so few in number, that owning a "details" specimen is preferable to owning none ...
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10/13/2014 09:10 am
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Lots of good points. That is my main motivator ExoGuy; having an attractive details example is better than not having one at all.
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oih82w8 .... I'd much prefer to buy "details" coins such as you've illustrated; these, over a good many slabbed coins, boasting high numbers. Those are beauties, despite the accusation of "questionable color."
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I bought a type 1 Standing Liberty quarter because I love the details of the coin despite it having some jewelers solder on i. I got an xf coin for what it would have cost me to get a good coin details free and its such a gorgeous coin it would be said to not see the details of it. |
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I've never purchased a slabbed coin that was actually labeled "Details", but many (most?) of the coins in my 7070 collection would probably be graded as such if I ever did submit them. And that's because, when it comes to my type collection, it's all about the "details"! In other words, I would rather buy a "problem" coin (cleaned, scratched, environmental damage, etc.) that shows all the details that make the coin a specific type rather than a problem-free coin without those details.
Sure, I'd rather buy problem-free coins in MS63+ state, but I can't afford those and would not be comfortable sticking them in my 7070 album even if I could...
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"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Ever wonder what it was like in the 1800's when coins like this were everywhere? And back then who would think that someday people would want to keep them?
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Regarding Briggs' Seated dollars ... These may well have come from a collection, wherein all were cleaned. Then too, Larry is a VERY studious and astute grader. At times, I've found his grading to be borderline brutal, what with his terminology. That said, I've used his service more than any others because I respect his opinion. finding it most consistent, and I favor his SEGS holders. |
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I have many coins that would get a details grade. I have many old coppers especially 179x coins with details grades. Bust half dollars were so often cleaned. If I find one that I feel looks acceptable to me I would buy it for the right price.
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I would buy a details grade if the problem wasn't distracting to me. I agree better to have one then none if you are happy with it, but I am picky. Scratches from the coins life bother me a lot less than hair lines from cleaning. However every coin is different, that is why the Third Party Grading system is flawed.
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I have bought several details coins, mainly for price! Plus like someone mentioned already, give a lightly cleaned coin some time, and it may end up in a Problem Free slab!
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I have bought a few details coins Like a draped bust Half Cent and a 1921 Merc to fill holes. I do plan to upgrade them to problem free ones, but due to their price, I fear I will have them for longer than I hope to. |
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I do plan to upgrade them to problem free ones Good posts all, I can certainly agree on this one...however, it can be a pretty steep leap to "problem free". Edited by oih82w8
10/19/2014 12:10 pm
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