Pricing "almost made it" designations

nwcs

The other thread on the FBL got me thinking. What kind of premium does an almost-made-it designation give a coin?

For example, a standing lib quarter with 95% full head. Or a mercury with almost complete bands but weak is just the right place to keep it from going through. Or a FBL that has a bag mark that keeps it from being FBL.

What would be the premium, if any, for a coin that doesn't make the designation but is clearly better than the average coin without the designation?

melikecoins

It is like holding a ticket for a horse to win and it comes in second.
It must be sight seen in order to gain a premium, otherwise there is non .

Glen

Steve27

With designations, it's either there or it isn't, no in between. Close is only good in horse shoes, hand grenades, and atom bombs.

michael

well again it depends i need to see the specific coin in person if it is within my speciality to tell you

BUT

on some/few almost made it designations they are worth big premiums

on most COINS not much of a premium

again it all depends


take for instance if you happen to have a really monster proof deep mirror 1889 lib nick that is soooooo close to a cameo then in this instance this coin with this look is worth as much as a strongly cameoed 1889 lib nick or even a deep cameo!!

now the 1889 is the only proof lib nick that doesnot have a cameo or deep cameo by either service in fact the proofs rarely if ever have mirrors!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but you can still tell 1889 lib nicks if they are proofs it is not hard at all

any 1889 proof lib nickel with any deep watery mirrors let alone a near miss cameo would be of the highest degree and magnitute of rarity! and a real cameo let alone deep cameo would be one of the top holy grails in coins!

i guess i could give more examples but you get my drift

again it all depends i need to see a specific coin in my speciality to give you an answer


if you happen to have one or have seen one or know of where one is the proof cameo 1889 lib nick do not tell me my heart would stop!!!!
well actually either way i really do not care so if you get a deeply mirrored 1889 lib nick in proof let me know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



sincerely michael

clackamas

If a seller can fairly describe a coin with a near miss, I will pay a premium. Take FS jefferson's, a 54-S with 4.5 steps, this coin, certainly, to nearly all jefferson collectors is worth more than the 99.9% of the other coins with no steps of this date at the same grade.