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What can't you stand about a coin?

yellowkidyellowkid Posts: 5,486 ✭
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I just saw a piece on line that I thought I might be inteterested in, but when I enlarged it there was a portion of the toning with a fingerprint, that killed it for me. Is there a condition aspect about a coin that turns you right off to it???

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  • kimber45ACPkimber45ACP Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭
    any scratch on the field of a proof
  • renomedphysrenomedphys Posts: 3,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Non PCGS plastic!

    Empty Nest Collection

  • llafoellafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭
    Price image
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  • JoeLewisJoeLewis Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭✭
    weak strike on an MS coin

    US and British coin collector, and creator of The Ultimate Chuck E. Cheese's and Showbiz Pizza Place Token & Ticket Guide

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,881 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No return policy.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • RWRW Posts: 485 ✭
    I'm with you on the fingerprints. That's a deal breaker for me.
  • mudskippiemudskippie Posts: 540 ✭✭
    Counterfeit image
  • jhdflajhdfla Posts: 3,030 ✭✭✭
    Sheesh, wrong thread sorry.
    SeatedQuarters
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ...edge lettering.
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
  • mcarney1173mcarney1173 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can't stand how I go on heritage to find a nice f/vf bust dollar and i find the aboslute perfect one, in a circ cam vf20, and I'm about to bid on it when I notice the rim ding at 5 o clock, so many f/vf bust dollars have a little ding that detracts from being a perfect coin
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,461 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The smell they leave on my hands - makes me wonder where they've been. image
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  • ranshdowranshdow Posts: 1,442 ✭✭✭✭
    Hairlines and pin scratches are my bane. Other forms of abrasion to include many dings and hits don't bother me as much, though.
  • timcointimcoin Posts: 674 ✭
    1) Spots.

    2) A chipped, overly scratch, and/or abused NGC or PCGS holder with sticker residue. I despise a messy holder.
  • OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,548 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Biggest coin turnoff? Anything made of gold or anything like the golden dollar that the mint tried to make look like it was made of gold.

    Second biggest? Anything featuring a likeness of the tyrant Lincoln.
    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
  • llafoellafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭


    << <i>The smell they leave on my hands - makes me wonder where they've been. image >>



    Were you the one that would pull ANY coin out of a urinal? image
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  • OnTheHuntOnTheHunt Posts: 202 ✭✭✭
    Hairlines - can't stand them.

    Steve
  • thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Any black spot, no matter how tiny, and/or fingerprints. I can't count how many times I've seen a coin advertised as "problem-free", only to then notice an obvious black spot on the obverse upon examination. Ecchh!
    I never thought that growing old would happen so fast.
    - Jim
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Any dollar after 1935!image
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,282 ✭✭✭✭✭
    a coin that isint even close on the grade ( and the seller/collector swears by it )
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,392 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The smell they leave on my hands - makes me wonder where they've been. image >>



    The coins or your hands?image
    theknowitalltroll;
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,318 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Black spots are usually the universal deal breaker for me. Those coins in my collection that have them are on the "upgrade me" list.
    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • TPRCTPRC Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Hairlines and pin scratches are my bane. Other forms of abrasion to include many dings and hits don't bother me as much, though. >>




    image

    Tom

  • slipgateslipgate Posts: 2,301 ✭✭
    Coins that aren't worth their melt.
    My Registry Sets! PCGS Registry
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Coins that aren't worth their melt. >>



    ...copper too image






























    ...image
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  • questor54questor54 Posts: 1,351 ✭
    Spots and/or fingerprints.
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,949 ✭✭✭✭✭
    a scratch that is newer than the coin.
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    Fingerprints are an immediate disqualifier. I simply can't stand them no matter how nice the coin's other qualities are.

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Tarnish...no matter what color it seems to be..... Cheers, RickO
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Fingerprints
    Gouges
    Holes
    so-called "MONSTER TONING!!!!"
    Irregular toning from one coin having resting on another or one side toned radically differently from the other, etc
    bent coins

  • HotfootspinHotfootspin Posts: 430 ✭✭
    green spots

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  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The smell they leave on my hands - makes me wonder where they've been. image >>



    The coins or your hands?image >>



    could be the upper lip
    image

    Go BIG or GO HOME. ©Bill
  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    fingerprints and intentional ugly damage like a love token gone wrong
    or hobo carving by a drunk hobo-you get the drift
    image

    Go BIG or GO HOME. ©Bill
  • CEOGBOSECEOGBOSE Posts: 377
    I can never have enough. image
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Edge lettering on modern coins.

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • RB1026RB1026 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭✭
    Finger prints are a definite deal breaker.

    Roger
  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,560 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You all are a bunch of spoiled perfectionists!





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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,881 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>a scratch that is newer than the coin. >>



    Aren't all scratches newer than the coin?

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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