A Great Start To My Lowball 7070

I decided to start a 7070 type set, but don't have a lot of money for collecting right now (and much of that goes to world coins). I didn't want to start a middling set that I'd upgrade later, so I decided to do a heavily worn "lowball" set, and add a separate high grade set at some later date. I like some wear on my coins anyway - makes 'em seem more real to me. I went to a big flea market at the state fairgrounds today and bought my first coins for the set! After picking up a few foreign coins at the actual coin dealers' tables, I noticed a table with a few coins. Most were mixed together in a big box labelled "culls" *Ding-Ding-Ding* just what I'm looking for! Many were holed or otherwise damaged, but I found 7 coins for my set, for just $1 each.









All four large cent types! I was especially surprised to see the draped bust coin. The last one has old tape residue on the reverse. I'm hoping it will come off, but really I can't be too picky at this price. The classic head cent even has a readable date - well, just the last digit actually, but that's all you need to know it's 1810.






That's a classic head Half Cent and a Two Cent Piece. The 2c has an oddly slick and glossy finish - like it was lacquered - by why do that to such a low grade coin?





And finally a Flying Eagle cent. The date is quite clear - 1858. I'm not sure whether I'll actually use this coin in the set. It's not really that worn, but has an odd, chalky red surface. But for the price I just couldn't leave it behind.

I know I won't get prices this good on most of the set, but boy was it a great way to start off.