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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Yeah, I'm thinking about starting one of my own. Perhaps one of the new dollar coins?
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Canada
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There are collectors who try and put together a set of the lowest grade coins they can find. There are even rules for this such as the wear must be natural and not done by sanding them down etc. and they mesy have a legible date. I would imagine they would even pay a premium to get the lowest grade coin.
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United States
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I guess that I am not part of the "crowd". I think that is awful to deliberately wear away nice coins. How could anyone get pleasure from tht?
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Valued Member
United States
60 Posts |
A 1878 CC ( maybe ) tossed in for free by a dealer before silver prices took off. My lighted loupe shows what might be CC. This is pretty much how it looked the day I received it. The wear is obviously extreme but surprisingly even. I carry it with my change and many folks ask exactly what it is. Denis Image:  32798d1221972472t-photo-3.jpg25.88 KB |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
632 Posts |
Holy cow! I'm amazed at those being literally the lowest grade Kennedy half and Eisenhower dollars I have ever seen. Thats just nuts. And whats also nuts is using coins that are worth thousands of dollars in just average grades as pocket pieces. Cool thread! |
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United States
322 Posts |
Very cool! I found this pocket piece in a roll. I now use it as such. The scratch is fading from use.   |
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United States
442 Posts |
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There are collectors who try and put together a set of the lowest grade coins they can find. There are even rules for this such as the wear must be natural and not done by sanding them down etc. and they mesy have a legible date. I would imagine they would even pay a premium to get the lowest grade coin.
There are indeed such collectors. One of our customers at the shop currently has the WORST PCGS Morgan set in registry. They even sent him a plaque for it. The coins do INDEED have to be original wear. No doctoring. A few months ago we bought a bunch of Morgans from and elderly lady. Some decent some worn. I looked at them closer later and found that the worst was a very worn CC. We put it up on ebay and sure enough this guy won it. He was so excited when he came in to get it. Was much worse than the one he had. He was hoping for a FR2 grade. Not sure what it turned out. Last week a lady decided to keep a Peace dollar she had. Most worn I've ever seen. No date and the reverse virtually blank. I told her the boss might give $8 for it so she kept it. Told another "pocket piece" collector about it and he was upset we didn't get it. I might add this customer recently completed his set of "holed" Peace dollars. Maybe I'll start carrying a 1962 Franklin half in my pocket. My birth year. |
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United States
419 Posts |
All I can say is "To every man his own"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Comparing your father's technique with my own, there's nothing like that old heavy copper for pocket pieces. I'm working on a corroded 1795 cent, mixed with some big French revolutionary copper pieces. I'm hoping to wear off the corrosion a little without losing the strong date and liberty. The reverse is a wreck.
Carrying the really big copper Russian 5 kopecks is a bit too much though.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Valued Member
United States
284 Posts |
I had to try this. After lunch, I took a 1980 Washington quarter with me on my walk and rubbed it. It's actually harder than I thought it would be. The muscles around my thumb got tired and I had to switch hands. Of course, I doubt I made any meaningful impact on the wear even though the coin has a roughly 29 year head start on the wear. -- Boris |
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Valued Member
United States
322 Posts |
I wish I was able to go for a walk. There's snow up to my ears.
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Valued Member
United States
118 Posts |
I was thinking of trying this too... with a proof coin :D
might be fun to see how worn down I can get my 1973-S nickel. hehe
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Pillar of the Community
United States
615 Posts |
I already lost my Monroe dollar =/
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Canada
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Arrggh! Not being able to identify a coin's date (or, of course) the coin's origin itself has been bugging me lately. I have coins in my collection (as, I'm certain, every collector does) that are worn past identifying the year. I have a Mercury dime sitting in front of me like that. It would hurt to put them in the "scrap" pile, but what can you do? Anyway, I can certainly appreciate the coins (which is obvious or they'd be scrap), but it still bugs the heck out of me! lol Oh, yes, I have thought about putting it in my pocket to carry around, but fear I'd just lose it too.  Edited by chequer
01/14/2009 7:55 pm
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United States
290 Posts |
Those coins look like ghosts. I may take one of my Washington quarters and see what further wear I can give it. |
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