Post a certified P01
Dave99B
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Picked this one up from GC last week ... sort of a fun piece.
I generally stick with silver or gold lowballs, but this one really spoke to me. I have around fifty no problem Half and Large Cents (mostly F2 - AG3), and I decided to add this girl to the group. To me, there is something special about seeing '17' in a date, although it is quite faint on this one.
Dave
Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
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peacockcoins
Idk - have always considered them culls of the worst sort. Amazed people spend money getting them graded.
Perhaps you should shop them around bourse at show see what they offer.....if there any market on these.
78saen, your commemorative reminds me of one that was featured here a year or so ago. All the coin's detail one could see is a hint of the reverse, yet it was enough to identify the type. And, as it was a one-year type, PCGS was able to grade and label it. Definitely a cool coin (I wish I could recall which one it was.)
peacockcoins
Obverse:
(I'd show the reverse but it is worn slick.)
peacockcoins
1837 Feuchtwanger Cent - German Silver - Reeded Edge - PCGS PO01 POP 0/1/663 - Ex-Bill Fivaz
My POP 1 lowball
I regret selling this one. If memory serves it did go to a forum member
What's the date?
1964
peacockcoins
Wouldn't this CAC premium quality sticker defeat the purpose of a certified PO-01 coin? So there must be high end and low end PO-01's? I would want my PO-01's to be the lowest of the low.
I want my PO1s to have massive eye appeal (for what it is) and not a coin that has problems yet just barely qualifies and one that is graded and placed in a regular (not a details/genuine only) slab.
CAC verifies that for me. I think of a CAC PO1 as a smooth coin with NO problems or issues with hard, blemish-free surfaces yet with PO1 wear.
I don't think CAC stickers a PO1 coin because it is on the edge of FA2.
peacockcoins
My Adolph A. Weinman signature
I thought a straight graded PO1, was suppose to be a smooth problem free/blemish free coin. I just don't have the knowledge to intelligently debate or understand the issue. I appreciate your opinion and feedback. Thanks.
To each their own. I can’t figure out why one would buy a slabbed common coin in poor condition. I have seen them trade for crazy money. Last year, I saw a poor-1 scarcer date gold coin. I could have bought an AU for the same price. It would be more enjoyable for me to show a Fine or VF coin that costs the same amount as a slabbed poor to a person that doesn’t collect but wants to see what our country’s earlier coinage looked like.
@braddick, Well, here's one of mine. I think I just helped you prove your point. This sucker has zero eye appeal in the pictures plus in-hand!!
It looks like a slug made from a piece of copper pipe!! 
I obviously bought the slab, not the coin.
I think it's the challenge of actually finding one in true straight graded PO-1 condition. I think there are guys that only collect PO-1 sets.
Ok! It’s a different way of looking at things. My luck it would come back as a Fair. Serious question for you. I have received a Kennedy Half dollar in change maybe once in my life. Do you believe that one could actually circulate for literally decades before being pulled out of circulation or are they just pieces that have spent years in a pocket? Is that considered circulation wear? I had a VG colonial that I carried as a “lucky” piece. It wore down so much that an expert in the series could not ID the coin.
Here's one that @braddick posted. I have no idea where this Kennedy has been since 1964 but it's a PO-1. It has to have enough meat on the bone for the TPG'ers to ID it.
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I agree that it seems a stretch but it is still a distinction. For instance, this would not meet that distinction but it still has a place in my heart:
For me it's about eye appeal. I tend to like PO01 and AU-MS. I don't buy that much in the middle. PO01s are just very eye appealing to me. For AU, I tend to lean towards toners, while I'll get white and toned MS coins.
'eh, raw baby
1890CC
my lowest
rim says blank planchet
Here's a few I think I've posted before.
I believe I owned that PCGS P01 13-S quarter for a few years. Great coin!
Dave
I'm pretty sure that he was joking.
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Coin was a pocket piece, I presume. Would be cool to pedigree these to the person who pocket pieced it.
These PO1 coins really do not interest me. I like to see detail on a coin. Though I will agree with @Dave99B, a visible '17' in the date (first two numerals) is always special. Cheers, RickO
Is all a 64 Kennedy needs is to be 90% silver?
Say that again.
Dave