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Would you put a BN coin in a top 5 IH Registry set?

shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
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(Just a hypothetical question, so pretend you own one of the top 5 sets. It's taken you a lot of time, work and money to get your collection to this level.)

One of the quirks in the PCGS pops are IH cents in MS BN where only 3 have ever graded 66 (with 1 67BN). They've graded almost 1000 66RD or higher. This is the 1864 w/L 66BN example, the 4th highest weighted date of the set. But it only counts as much as a 64RD in the Registry. And I'm sure many collectors like to have that "100% Red" tag on their set. There's something to be said for consistency. On the other hand, you'd be hard pressed to find a 64 L that compares to this one in eye appeal and technical merit.

Do you pay much more for a decent looking 65RD for consistency and extra points? Or do you defy the purists, go for the nicer brown coin and let the points fall where they may?

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  • merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
    Paul
    You bet I would if the coins eye appeal made the coin a cut above the average.
    Don
    Registry 1909-1958 Proof Lincolns
  • LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    You bet your cent I would!

    David
    Lincolncentman Toned Lincolns
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd send it in for pres. review, get it in it's proper RB holder, then add it. image If you'll send it to me, I'll put it in a top 5 variety set!

    Nice coin....PM me the details, would you?? Don't recall seeing that one before!
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • NicNic Posts: 3,400 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I say let the points fall where they may. I think time will be this coins friend. K

    My 1866 Philly Mint Set

  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PS - Agree with Nic - one beautiful coin!imageimage
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    I will answer your question, would you put

    a perfectly grilled hotdog in a bun. Hell yes.
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • BigD5BigD5 Posts: 3,433 ✭
    I would stick with that "brown" coin. I guess I'd have to see the 65 red to compare it with, but the pictured coin looks awfully nice, and it would take a "lot" of coin to get me to lose your pictured coin, regardless of color.
    BigD5
    LSCC#1864

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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭
    Let the points fall where they may, that's a super coin.
    "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    Only if you want to be considered a "coin collector" of beautiful coins. I know that when I attend a show and sit mesmerized looking at high grade red IHC's I often find myself not remembering the date or the grade. However when I see a coin like that it sticks in my mind forever. Just like Tim's 1877, I would rather own these types of cents then some red ones. I have wondered if we don't do ourselves a disservice by just hunting down the red coins and bypassing coins like this.

  • DAMDAM Posts: 2,410 ✭✭
    I have to agree with the responses in favor of putting it in the set. It's a beautiful representation of the the year and grade. If I was striving for "perfection" I would certainly rather have the RD. If I'm working to complete a nice set of great looking examples of each date, this coin would most definitly fit the bill.

    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... and I'm beholding beauty here. Sent it to me and I will gladly give it a home in my sets. image
    Dan
  • MoneyLAMoneyLA Posts: 1,825 ✭
    For the umpteenth time, let me chime in with this: I feel your agony about lower grade reds getting more points than a higher grade brown. It is SO SIMILAR to the pain I felt knowing that my pr70 washingtons were outweighted by pr69dcams and pr69cams. gee... the extra weights for dcam and cam proof washingtons is one reason I sold my registry set that had a pr70 run from 1960 to 1964.

    cheers, alan mendelson
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  • CoppernicusCoppernicus Posts: 1,764 ✭
    YES!! I have some BN Lincoln wheats (MS) that are dripping with eye appeal. RD doesn't necessarily mean pretty.

    Mike
    Coppernicus

    Lincoln Wheats (1909 - 1958) Basic Set - Always Interested in Upgrading!
  • STEWARTBLAYNUMISSTEWARTBLAYNUMIS Posts: 2,697 ✭✭✭✭
    Hi Paul,

    The coin you have pictured should be graded Brown with red.If you play the regrade game it is possible on a designation review to get the coin graded 66 red/brown.There is enough red to get a red brown designation.The coin could also grade 65 red/brown if you crack it out.

    Should this coin be enterred into a top 5 registry set? I will say only if the other coins are brown or red/brown.I believe a set should be uniform in color and in grade.Most top registry sets are red.To keep them uniform I believe all the coins should be red.

    stewart
  • EagleEyeEagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,177 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Another beauty from Eagle Eye



    Rick: The crass commercialism of your comment surprises me. Please contribute to the discussion instead of just jumping in and tooting your own horn.

    In return for a little of that tremendous knowledge of the series of yours, we'll put up with a lot!! image
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  • TypetoneTypetone Posts: 1,621 ✭✭
    Stewart:

    Why do you think it is only a 65.

    Shylock:

    You know the answer to your question already.image

    Greg
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