Your thoughts on my New Expensive Indian Penny

jgrinz

Won this in the DALLAS Heritgae ... set me back a few pennies ...

What do you think /?/ I do not like the tone spot on the ear

Coinosaurus

I didn't even notice the toning spot until you mentioned.

Dumb question - if it bothered you, why did you buy the coin?

RYK

I did not notice the spot, either. How conspicuous is it in hand?

For personal reasons, it is my favorite date in the series.

HighRelief

I noticed the hit on the cheek before I noticed the toning.

jgrinz

<< <i>I did not notice the spot, either. How conspicuous is it in hand?
For personal reasons, it is my favorite date in the series. >>



Its not that bad ... This is graded a cameo ( just barely with this reverse ) and this finishes
my 1883 proof set with all coins in cameo.

Dog97

The amount I paid for the grade would determine how much it bothered me. The black areas on the rev bothers me more.

jgrinz

<< <i>I noticed the hit on the cheek before I noticed the toning. >>



Its not that bad but it was probably the deterring factor of it only being a 65

jgrinz

<< <i>The amount I paid for the grade would determine how much it bothered me. The black areas on the rev bothers me more. >>



There are no black areas just camera angle shadow ... I do my pictures by hand

Dog97

Well it wouldn't bother me a whole lot because as others said, the obv spot is barely noticable. Not like it's a fingerprint.

TomB

Between this thread and the one on the NGC boards, I suspect the coin is failing to satisfy you as much as you would like.

jgrinz

<< <i>Between this thread and the one on the NGC boards, I suspect the coin is failing to satisfy you as much as you would like. >>



I am not bowled over but wasn't somewhat unexpected. I will keep my eyes open in the mean time but in a collecting point of view
I consider this set basically done with all coins being cameo designated. The Cameo on this one kind of matches one other cameo coin in the set so it will not stick out like a sore thumb

Its to the bank vault for now. If something comes up in the future I will not NOT look at it ... plus I have 'he who must not be named'
looking for a higher graded cameo for the Quarter.

For now the question is "are we done" ... Yes we are done

Thanks for you input on BOTH sides Tom

doh

Yeah, I didn't really notice the toning spot either...

I like the toning on the reverse

IrishMike

Me thinks you are being tough on yourself. Looks great to me and exactly what I would expect. Very attractive coin. Over time you may change your opinion or not.

quickwing

Nice coin and the spot doesn't detract from the eye appeal. From your response however you were plugging a hole (in a very very nice set mind you) instead of buying the coin because it jazzed you. For me the coin would be a box coin but your taste and budget are apparently higher than mine. Anyway I hope the coin is exactly what you want to keep but if not there's always another coin out there. Congrats on finishing your killer 83 set! Very nice.

lope208

I think if you are questioning it now, you will question it later

Wait for another one to come along and upgrade it to one you are comfortable with

Awesome set though!

ricko

If you are OCD, you will never be happy with it... if you are a collector, and interested in coins, it would be just fine. Cheers, RickO

MFH

<< <i>I noticed the hit on the cheek before I noticed the toning. >>



There's a hit on the cheek ? Looks like I need new glasses - I didn't see the hit - or the toning spot.

Pretty enough coin though.

jgrinz

<< <i>If you are OCD, you will never be happy with it... if you are a collector, and interested in coins, it would be just fine. Cheers, RickO >>



OCD is more of a quantity thing and not a quality thing for me - I have it -
I have been through hell the last few years addresing it and other issues but thats not a story for here .

The complete SAC PROOF and Biz sets and SBA Proof and BIZ sets I sold went to help pay for this coin thus pruning my OCD dollar collection down to a more reasonable prioritized set of coins - MORGANS - woo hoo

I still need to downsize some but I am getting there

I am OFFENDED that you catagorize a person that has OCD as NOT being able to be a collector of quality

SeattleSlammer

aren't all collectors a little OCD?

Type2

Looks nice to me I'll take it.

19Lyds

That "spot" was pretty obvious in the Lot photo's.

ChrisRx

Not too shabby. The reverse looks great as well.

jgrinz

<< <i>That "spot" was pretty obvious in the Lot photo's.

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I told you they sucked ... Mine are the more realistic in hand look

19Lyds

I was kinda surprised at the Heritage photo as well and judging from your photo, don;t really see any significant problems with the coin.

lkeigwin

I love it. You're very lucky to have it.

abitofthisabitofthat

<< <i>aren't all collectors a little OCD?

>>



Coin collecting is one of God's gifts to those with OCD. Organizing, categorizing, inventorying, grading, arranging, admiring. And all in a hobby that is socially acceptible and can even be profitable.