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Valued Member
Canada
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I see coins for sale on ebay and other auction sites that has a "better date" definition and would like to know the meaning of this? |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Means absolutely nothing,just another useless ebay descriptor. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That would depend on the date, some coins truly are "better dates". A useless ebay descriptor would be along the lines of PQ or STUNNING. Better date could be, but at that point it would be up to the buyer to know the keys and semi-keys from whatever series they are shopping for. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have never seen a definition for a 'better date' coin but I assumed it was rarer than a 'common date' coin but not as rare as a semi-key and key date coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's not uncommon to see sellers put "better date" on coins whose date is infact the most common of it's respective series. Ignore it, and be sure you are educated well before you buy.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Key dates and semi-key dates for each series are usually defined and generally accepted."Better date" could be any coin in a series that is not the most common,lowest priced date.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Usually "better date" refers to a coin with a lower mintage/survival rate than most dates, but not rare enough to be a key or even semi-key date.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Anything other than the high mintage common dates would be referred to as better date. Just means it's not the most common though not scarce enough to be a semi-key date.
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Valued Member
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As DBM says .. It means nothing on ebay, the same way that lots of adjectives in the description make the vendor hopeful that he has snagged someone else who has no idea what a REAL: "better date" is supposed to mean. It's like saying that an 1859 or 1888 or 1901 Large Cent is a better date. |
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New Member
United States
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The other day on ebay I saw a Barber quarter with the date completely rubbed off, with "BETTER DATE" in the listing title.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"Better date" means that it is not one of the very common dates of the series, but it is not a semi-key or key date.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you look at your catalog, it will give you mintage figures to compare between years, and prices of coins by year. That will tell you what is truly a 'better date', whereas an ebay description may just be sales fluff. I've seen coins with 10,000 fewer minted than the common years called a 'better date', clearly a pitch. Now, 100,000 mintage difference might be alright to use the term, there are a lot of collectors out there. Edited by paxbrit
02/27/2018 11:21 am
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