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United States
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What US coin would you buy regardless of condition or do buy regardless of condition?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you gave me the money, a 1796 Draped Bust Half Dollar. A chain cent follows in a close second.
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United States
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Ditto. I had the opportunity to buy a damaged Gobrecht dollar a few months ago and passed. I'll revert back to Moxking's saying: If you don't love the coin, don't buy it. |
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United States
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Hmm, maybe a 1893 S Morgan dollar, but it has to be REALLY cheap. |
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Canada
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United States
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United States
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My lowest coin I will consider buying is VG10. Under that its not worth it, too worn off.
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 United States
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My lowest coin I will consider buying is VG10. Under that its not worth it, too worn off. What if its graded and slabbed PO-01, pop 1/0 'worst known'? I'd take a $4 stella regardless of grade, depending on price too of course... |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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There are many coins in that category.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I'm a fuss pot , I don't buy damaged coins .  |
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Russian Federation
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If you gave me the money, a 1796 Draped Bust Half Dollar. A chain cent follows in a close second. Or a Gobrecht dollar, or a Stella, or really any extremely rare type (note: type, not date - don't really get the point of key dates). In most cases, however, even in the worst realistic condition those kind of types would cost a lot more money than I have (and definitely orders of magnitude more than I can afford). Thus the "if you gave me the money" clause. There is, in fact, one coin type I want that costs ludicrous loads of money in anything resembling decent condition but is known to be affordable (auction results in the right range) in worn damaged condition; it is not a US coin, however. I actually passed up a damaged Flying Eagle cent for $15 a few years ago. Still don't have one of those today. That said, "regardless of condition" will never be a 100% thing. If a rare coin was stuck in a bunch of toxic waste, I'd probably stay away from it, regardless of what it was, even if it was selling for a negative amount of money. |
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United States
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None. I would rather buy something else. Since I will never acquire all of the coins available there will always be something I can spend money on.
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United States
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Many come to mind: 1794 dollar, 1916 quarter, 1916-D dime, etc.
But the question implies that I would have to money to do so. I think if I had the money to buy any of these coins, I would instead buy something else, not quite as rare, in better condition.
Then again, maybe I would after all. Depends on my mood at the moment!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It would have to be an iconic and readily identifiable coin, I do not want something worn slick with barely any remaining detail or heavily damaged. With that said, I think a 1793 Chain Cent would fit the bill. It is available in FR-2/AG-3 but the chain still has strong detail.
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I wouldn't buy this Half Dime but I swapped for it.  "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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07/08/2017 09:56 am
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Posted 07/06/2017 10:39 pm
