Anyone here refuse to collect anything in a grade less than MS60?

braddick

I'm curious if anyone on these forums collects only uncirculated coins and won't add anything in lesser grades to their holdings.

notwilight

There are some modern commem/nclt/proof collectors who don't collect anything but 70s. --Jerry

Lakesammman

Nope - I have a genuine coin too.

Bayard1908

I don't go below PR60, and usually no lower than PR63.

SeattleSlammer

Boy I sure used to only do MS, because all I did years ago was toned Morgans.....these days I'm dipping into all sorts of circulated grades, including a VF20 32-D Quarter that I just picked up off the BST.....

Bochiman

Go look at my 1/2 cent everyman collection I am doing with my son.
Nothing is above AU58
Just got a 1793 and it is only a VG08

Bochiman

<< <i>Nope - I have a genuine coin too. >>



On purpose?

Bochiman

<< <i>Boy I sure used to only do MS, because all I did years ago was toned Morgans.....these days I'm dipping into all sorts of circulated grades, including a VF20 32-D Quarter that I just picked up off the BST.....
>>




Subliminal RickO work at work?

lkeigwin

Funny. My Lincolns and Peace dollars are almost all gem. I then built a CBH collection in AU. And now I'm working on large cents, fine and better. I'm working my way down the ladder.
Lance.

AnkurJ

The older the coins get, the lower your grade minimum goes.

My current favorite grade is VF30 to VF35. But that is for classic coinage of course.

Bear

Mid Range, VF-34 to XF- 45 original Barber Half Dollars. Undervalued in most, if not all, pricing guides.

melvin289

I have a few that aren't MS-60 or better.

Ron

Edited to add: I've filled 3 of the 4 holes since I took these pictures. Only need the 1919-P now.

MidLifeCrisis

When I first got back into the hobby about 7 years ago, I only collected mint state coins. Actually, practically all were MS64 - it just turned out that way...good optimum collector grade for most of the popular keys and semi-keys.

But then I switched to colonials and all of that went out the window! It takes a helluva wallet to collect only mint state colonials.

Edited to add: And some colonials just don't come in mint state at all.

Sandhawk

63 & up for me with the exception a couple of MS62 toner Morgs

TennesseeDave

Yeah for "modern stuff"like Morgans and Peace $'s.My CBH and T$ collections are mostly VF-AU!

fishcooker

I have zero interest in MS-60, 61, and sometimes 62 (due to gradeflation). Would rather have a cool VF or XF than MS-60.

YogiBerraFan

<< <i>I'm curious if anyone on these forums collects only uncirculated coins and won't add anything in lesser grades to their holdings. >>



I love vintage so only in my dreams.

yellowkid

I think MS63 is about my lowest grade, silly probably with all the nice coins out there, but I try to buy the best I can afford.

okracer

Do I collect less than MS-60?.......absolutely!

I got into this hobby because of my love for "history" and the fun holding "history" in my hands.

Don't get me wrong, MS coins are great and very collectible, but MS coins never were a part of the working fabric of our society. Those coins were just minted, put into a bag, and never saw the light of day, until they were pulled out of that bag and became a part of someone's collection.

Circulated coins, on the other hand, were used in everday commerce, etc........and it is fun to imagine where 'this or that coin' had travelled accross our country.......

I can only imagine what famous people held my late 1700's coins in their hands!!!!!

....anyway, I love to collect circulated coins......

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ambro51

No. All situations are different and since my focus is firmly 19th century, I 'buy the coin' not the grade.

JCMhouston

All of my 19th and 20th C. is above 60, mostly in the MS65-67 range. For 16th-17th C. pieces I do go down to the VF20-30, and I have a few 18th C. that are in the EF-AU58 range.

fcloud

I prefer unc, but sometimes you just have to go lower.

My Mercury Variety set has a mix of unc and circ. Some coins simply aren't available, and some coins just are there in my set as placeholders until I can get something betters.

Some coins I may never upgrade as they were gifts from my wife in our very early days together. Here is an example...
1942/41 VF25

SeaEagleCoins

Actually... I am on the other side of the coin, so to speak...

...overall, MS and proof coins bore me... just some privileged pieces of metal that never had to work a day in their lives... just lazing around in someone's coin cabinet or whatever until being sent on a vacation to Southern Cal... Florida... or wherever, to be encased in plastic...

Give me a nice old circ cam with some history... and excuse me ricko... but gimme a coin with a little honest tarnish... something that was held... passed around... gotten a little dirty with the common folk...

shorecoll

My commems are mostly 64 or better...I do have 2 AUs.

I'm currently doing Barber halves in 8 and 20+.

I think I own one UNC pre-1857 copper, I prefer VF-AU.

jsf

I'm not exactly in the early Walker, MS-buying class. I'll always have some in the "everyman" class.

Any coin in my tougher, date set will always be an upgrade candidate, however.


obtw, I hope housecleaning for the year has gone well for those of you who decided to take the leap and thin your herds this past year. Hey, onward!

llafoe

We collect either Top Pop or Top 10 coins, so most of our coins are MS. Aside from my children's birhyear mint sets, we collect whatever appeals to at least two of us. It's hard to put together a registry set when you don't have any direction other than personal taste!

scottgardener

One of my longer term goals is an all-uncirculated 12 coin gold type set, but for the time being, I'm content just to finish the set, with half the items in it being circulated. I want too many rarer and pricier items to narrow them down as well to only uncirculated.

LindeDad

Actually tend to go away from that number. Either XF/AU or 67/68 hated everything I have ever seem in 60.

Teva

I do not refuse to put or keep a circulated coin in my colection.
But I do prefer to own MS coins and I am a copper collector so I add
color to that equation. I have started a token collection recently and I decided to not handicap myself with those standerds for my tokens
and it makes it a whole lot easier process!!

BECOKA

I only have one coin graded higher than AU58 and it's an MS60.

Guess I'm opposite of what the question is asking. Not much into coins that have not seen a few pockets.

rld14

<< <i>Actually... I am on the other side of the coin, so to speak...

...overall, MS and proof coins bore me... just some privileged pieces of metal that never had to work a day in their lives... just lazing around in someone's coin cabinet or whatever until being sent on a vacation to Southern Cal... Florida... or wherever, to be encased in plastic...

Give me a nice old circ cam with some history... and excuse me ricko... but gimme a coin with a little honest tarnish... something that was held... passed around... gotten a little dirty with the common folk...

>>



You beat me to it! I find Unc coins.. well.. sterile.

Granted I have a couple Unc SLQs... especially of one date

Aegis3

<< <i>Nope - I have a genuine coin too. >>



Same here, only I don't limit myself to "authentic" examples.

anablep

I love the look of AU Morgans especially if they still have nice luster around the devices.

crypto79

I only have a few above that mark

NeoStar

I know that this is personal preference but I prefer an AU58 than an MS60. With that said, I don't care about the grade as long as the coin is good looking. I rather be happy with the coin than be happy with the grade. Having both things is nice but not necessary. Some of the coins I collect are difficult if not impossible to find uncriculated...

customroll

There are a lot of AU58 Morgans out there that look light years better than some MS60,61,62 and even63's.