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Are you willing to forgive a few hits in prime focal areas if a coin is bleeding with luster???

Kdog08Kdog08 Posts: 771
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I am pretty picky with most coins I buy....but I am a sucker for bright, natural luster. If I find 2 coins one grade different and the lower grade has that lustery "look".....I will choose it over the higher grade 99% of the time.

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  • lope208lope208 Posts: 1,960 ✭✭
    I think it really depends on the coin and how prominent the hits are.
    A nice lustrous coin can make even a smaller hit stand out.

    Got any recent examples you can show us to compare?
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  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    No, because over time the hits will appear to grow

    until they are all you can see. They will eventually

    look like the Grand Canyon.
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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    I could not say yes or no without seeing the coin.
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    Lots of grader do.

    My opinion is that if the hits bother you then no amount of luster will distract from them................. although sometimes its pretty close!
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  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Are you willing to forgive a few hits in prime focal areas if a coin is bleeding with luster??? >>



    Probably not.
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  • JungleFeverJungleFever Posts: 516
    No, I won't buy any w/hits in prime areas. I have what you would consider a 66 morgan, but there is a long 'ding' on her cheek down her neck. When I see it from a distance
    it's stunning, but up close it's 'gee that's too bad'.. Fortunately, it came cheap, and the reverse is 65 or 66.
  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,684 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If a coin has an eye-catching nick or carbon spot in a prime focal area, I don't want it. I'm talking about something I can see with the naked eye.
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,793 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Usually I don't buy coins with obvious marks. I am often willing to trade some luster for smooth surfaces. Here's coin that is as close to an exception to that rule that I have in my collection. The 1907 Low Relief St. Gaudens $20 gold is a common coin, but most of the examples I've seen tend to be on the dull side. This one made into a PCGS MS-65 holder, mostly for its great luster IMO. There is a bag mark on the reverse that is well hidden in the eagle's feathers that is "un MS-65 like" IMO, but the coin's overall luster "sold" the piece to me.

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  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭


    << <i>If a coin has an eye-catching nick or carbon spot in a prime focal area, I don't want it. I'm talking about something I can see with the naked eye. >>



    If it's a great rarity then you may have to take what you can get, but if it's a coin I can replace on Tuesday then I'm going to be considerably more selective.
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  • bushmaster8bushmaster8 Posts: 5,616 ✭
    yes, absolutely
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,868 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It really depends on the coin and the marks, but yeah, I'm a sucker for luster, too. Luster trumps strike in my book- I'll take a coin with a somewhat smushier strike if it has loads of luster to compensate.

    As to marks, it depends on how distracting they are.

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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,304 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd forgive the hits for color, but not for luster/shininess.
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  • darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
    I take in the whole coin. I collect only mint state coins. Originality with luster is what I look for over all else. If a coin has some hits I really don't care much.
  • PawPaulPawPaul Posts: 5,845 ✭
    I think PCGS , far more then NGC - makes this a practice
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,949 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The thing you begin to mentally ignore as the owner of the coin is the first thing you hear about from a prospective buyer.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Luster is nice but minimal marks are a necessity. I can live with less than blast luster but I can't stand heavy marks especially in prime focal areas. Heavy marks are just another form of damage IMO.

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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,200 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Depends on the price. image
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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    yes.

    i would much rather have a coin with a booming luster bloom and a few hits than vice-a-vers-a.
  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,553 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Two thoughts come to mind here:
    1. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, ugly is in the eye of everyone.
    2. Cindy Crawford does have a mole on her face. Doesn't make her ugly, though.

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  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    If we were to gather a consensus of Forum Members , as

    to which of 10 coins of similar Grade, Grading company and

    same type and series of coin, we would probably gain a clear

    and unmistakable preference, as to which coins are superior.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,830 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Two thoughts come to mind here:
    1. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, ugly is in the eye of everyone.
    2. Cindy Crawford does have a mole on her face. Doesn't make her ugly, though. >>



    She has a face? Never noticed.image

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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,550 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Obviously it depends on the coin, but I'm with CCU...probably not.

    Those hits in the prime focal areas would start to be all I would see when I looked at the coin.
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    I can't deal in absolutes like this. I'd have to see the coin.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,587 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If it grabs my attention, it will grab another's, so in this regard : Yes I am willing and able.

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