What's Your Most Important Factor In Making A Coin Purchase?

It's all about price. I understand paying a little extra for a coin with good eye appeal but seriously doubt anyone here is willing to pay several times fair market value for a coin. If there is please let me know exactly what you need & how many multiples of fair market value you are willing(& able) to spend......I could use the extra money to fill my 7070.

Eye appeal winning by a large margin! If a coin doesn't pop out to me, I'm usually not interested. Sometimes a closer look reveals more or something I missed, but it's gotta look good to the eye.

This is a BIG problem with the web and buying coins using pictures. They mostly lie about how a coin really looks. A picture is but a tiny sliver of information about a coin. Pictures also tend to make a coin look much worse than it really is in hand....I don't care how good you are at taking them. IN THE EYE WE TRUST!

Yup, eye appeal. If I am pleased it meets a buncha the other choices, do I want/need it for a spot in one of my favored collections? Or, as an upgrade?

Do I need it? If I don't need it the chances that I will buy it go WAY WAY down.

The vast majority of my modern coins come from circulation and I have a couple of shops and a bar watching for new ones for me - as a result, I got all the 16 circulated 2012 London Olympic 50p coins (dated 2011) from circulation before the end of last year!

For my pre-decimalisation ones, I get most from ebay. If see one that I need and the first thing that I look at is the charge for postage. If I consider it excessive, no matter how badly I want the coin, I will not bid for it. Obviously I watch the price of the item and keep bidding until it goes too high.

Needless to say, the condition is a major factor, but in most cases I have been pleasantly surprised.

I ignore any adverts with "L@@K RARE" or similar comments, as these sales are usually from complete amateurs who get a bulk load of any-old-coins and then try to offload them at a profit.

Bill.

I don't mind paying a premium for a really nice coin in above average condition.

I've always known/felt EYE APPEAL was an important factor in the purchase of a coin for most Collectors, however, this thread sure shed some light as to how important that factor was!

Glenn

Some C.C.F. Members requested more options and/or multiple choices, however, please keep in mind the author of this Post only has 15 choices to give it's readers and each reader/Member may only have one choice. Trust me, if I had it my way with this Poll, I'd give you another 50 choices to pick from as well as 5 picks each!

Glenn