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Valued Member
United States
251 Posts |
I understand the meaning of "slider" as it relates to coins, but are they a good thing or something to avoid?
Jim
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Valued Member
United States
330 Posts |
Jim,
I would say as long as they are not jacking up the price there is nothing wrong with them. Sometimes I see this as a way for people to justify charging more for a coin. But pay whatever you like.
I guess my question back to you would be is a slider good enough for what you want? Are you building an album of MS coins? Maybe not then.
Thanks,
Jim
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Valued Member
 United States
251 Posts |
The reason I asked is that you hear about certain large advertisers selling dipped or cleaned coins as Choice BU, etc and I was wondering if there was a stigma associated with a slider. I'm really just trying to learn the ropes and lingo so to speak. I would not have a problem with an AU coin that looks MS, provided I was able to determine it was indeed AU and not overpriced.
Thanks for the response.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3233 Posts |
Love sliders! Especially if they're priced as AU and not as MS62/63.
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
Sliders are a wonderful way to get a coin which "seems" BU, but at an AU price. People specialize in this particular grade. The stigma is only associated with those who would overstate or overcharge for a slider.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3233 Posts |
By the way, Jim...good choice for an icon! That's the reverse of my coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2443 Posts |
Sliders are good when you buying them as sliders. When they're sold as something better than AU58, then not so good.
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Rest in Peace
United States
2884 Posts |
Great collector grade. Almost all of the beauty of a B.U. usually at a nice savings. I think many clean sliders look better than a beat up bag marked coin. Many gold coins look fantastic in AU58, and sell for a fraction of what an MS62-63 would sell for. I like em'! Mike
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Valued Member
United States
251 Posts |
Thanks everybody. Prethen I really like 3CN's and plan on starting up a collection of them. Something about coins of that era fascinate me. My only question is whether to collect raw or slabbed ones. I'm leaning toward raw ones...Know any good resources on them (books, etc)?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sliders are great for the right price, and sometimes even the top grading companies send them back as MS.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Great collector grade. Almost all of the beauty of a B.U. usually at a nice savings. I think many clean sliders look better than a beat up bag marked coin. Many gold coins look fantastic in AU58, and sell for a fraction of what an MS62-63 would sell for. I like em'! Mike
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2703 Posts |
So say we all. The Liberty gold coins generally look better in AU-58 than in MS-61 and even MS-62 for far less money. As for the TV series, it really went downhill after they killed off the Professor.
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Valued Member
United States
374 Posts |
as people stated as long as your paying slider prices. I have some nice keys in the slider grade.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
764 Posts |
i love finding sliders that are labeled so because of roll/bag abrasion =D
everyone always talks about dealers overgrading; I like the opposite
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4867 Posts |
Coin Vault comes to mind here...
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Posted 12/20/2007 4:29 pm
