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Upgraded My 1859 Half Dollar To An 1883

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"Funny this all started with me wanting to put a Fine to Very Fine 7070 together! Ugh! " Oh no!! I did also. When it was complete I started upgrading with AU to MS coins. Is this the road I am going to go down? Help!
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 Posted 12/12/2008  2:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Is this the road I am going to go down? Help!
In all honesty, yes. But do not be sad, embrace it!
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Dang, I wish I had noticed when you were trying to sell the old one, I think that I might have bit.
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 Posted 12/15/2008  05:03 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hadleydog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That frost is just caked on. Sweet!
Did you getb it from Lloyd?
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Very nice coins, what do you feel the "traded one" was graded?
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Did you getb it from Lloyd?

No this one came from Colleen at Pinnacle Rarities.


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what do you feel the "traded one" was graded?

Consensus was AU58.
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...PIC_ID=16358
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"Funny this all started with me wanting to put a Fine to Very Fine 7070 together! Ugh! " Oh no! I did also. When it was complete I started upgrading with AU to MS coins. Is this the road I am going to go down? Help!


You know; I'm having the same problem with my 7070. Here is the problem, you can affordably aquire most early 20th and 19th century coins in F/VF, but then you have your modern coins in blazing BU for close to face value. Now the set is mismatched as you have blazing cartwheels next to dull circulated coins. It feels weird to purchase/find a VF-20 zinc memorial Lincoln and F-15 clad quarter to even out the look of the set, so the only alternative is to find AU-BU of the earlier coins, so you can have at least some cartwheel luster all across the board. Now this presents quite a challenge. I started out with VF or better, then went to XF or better, and now I'm selling some of my XFs in order to get some more lustrous coins. There goes next weeks paycheck, lol. It sure is fun though! :-)
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 Posted 01/13/2009  7:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Brewzz to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You know,I have been think about starting a 7070 also,now I'm kinda scared ;)
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Ahh. Yes, this album will suck you dry financially and emotionally quicker than a drug addiction. With that said, I heartily recommend it. At least you know you can sell the coins if you need the money. :-)
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It's not as if you are just going to be able to go out and buy all the types you need. They aren't that easy to find in undamaged condition, especially circulated. I wonder if this album has soaked up a lot of the supply of decent circulated type coins?
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Wow, you got the 1859 for $144? That's crazy.
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It's not as if you are just going to be able to go out and buy all the types you need. They aren't that easy to find in undamaged condition, especially circulated. I wonder if this album has soaked up a lot of the supply of decent circulated type coins?


I disagree. With large coin venues such as Heritage and ebay, it is easy to find practically all the 70/70 types undamaged graded from G-MS-63. Certain dates will be difficult, but a general type will be easily attainable if you have the means. The most difficult of the types to find in my opinion would be a high grade AU-BU classic head large cent. That one is a toughie

Also it would be tough to find oddball naturally heavily circulated modern coins such as a G-4 Sacajewia Dollar. Coins like that may actually be the rarest of the bunch...lol
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