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Quote:It's an 1897 IHC. I went ahead and bought the MS64BN coin Probably the choice I would have made too with the prices you posted. At least it spares you from having to upgrade it later on. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice addition txgolpher! Your set is progressing nicely and quite rapidly.  Super Congrats! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Always buy the best you can afford. I think you made the right choice here. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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At least it spares you from having to upgrade it later on. That's a good point. I decided to get 1951 and earlier Jefferson nickel proofs slabbed, so I was left with the decision of what grade(s) I wanted. I could save a decent amount if I went with say, PF64, and could finish them more quickly. I decided to get the best I could afford to get all in the same grade - PF66. Yeah, I could afford a '51 PF67, but not most earlier dates. For coins in that price range, get the best of your reasonable options. I doubt you will regret it later. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Valued Member
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  This is it! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like you gave us 18 minutes to change your mind.  |
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United States
475 Posts |
LOL. Sometimes you have to move on a coin when you see it.
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Rest in Peace
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I am a cherry picker, so,
my first motivation is to get the best value for money.
Nevertheless,
I have a stronger tendency to be a numismatist than a coin collector, and so I am more motivated by the coin itself.
So,
If the value is equal for price vs condition, I would always go for the lower graded coin,
and save the money for another interesting coin that may come my way.
Two coins in my collection are better than one in my hand.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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beautiful coin
great choice
always buy the advanced coin if its within an affordable budget range
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I know you already decided - and beautiful coin by the way - but when building sets, especially copper where color comes into play, it's going to depend on the rest of your set. A 63RB is going to stand out in a set of all brown coins. A brown coin, even a high grade 64 or 65, will stand out amongst a red brown set. So, if you have mostly AU coins, I'd stick with that. If you are building a mostly uncirculated set, stick with those wherever you can afford to.
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04/28/2018 12:06 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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And you can always look for one in a lower grade later.
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Valued Member
United States
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My strategy, right or wrong, is to collect MS63RB or MS64 RB on the late years of the series and then move down to AU for the older common dates and XF or even VF for the semi-key dates and likely F for 1877. So, the "set" will generally move from RB to chocolate as the dates get older.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think that is a good strategy. Did something similar with my 7070.
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LOL. Sometimes you have to move on a coin when you see it. This is true.  Quote:
My strategy, right or wrong, is to collect MS63RB or MS64 RB on the late years of the series and then move down to AU for the older common dates and XF or even VF for the semi-key dates and likely F for 1877. So, the "set" will generally move from RB to chocolate as the dates get older. Never a right or wrong here, but for what it is worth I like the plan. |
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