Poll: What attributes do you value most?
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Note: I thought it would be possible to let people pick multiple answers but apparently not in this poll functionality. Just one attribute is a bit unrealistic. It was worth a try.
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<< <i>Eye appeal. >>
1. Historical significance
2. Artistry
3. Everything else
(a) The coin should be interesting, i.e. it should say something about its context (not necessarily historically significant, but historically relevant)
(b) The coin should have eye appeal, i.e. have nice partina/tone, interesting style, appealing wear pattern (technical grade is less relevant)
(c) The coin should have some exculsivity factor, i.e. be rare/difficult to obtain (it should perhaps be unpublished or missing from many major references) and also be "difficult" in the sense that it requires some expertise to appreciate its particularities
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What is my initial feeling of the coin. After that I will study the coin to see if it meets what I am looking for.
If I do not really like it initially I am extremely unlikely to get it.
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<< <i>Eye appeal. >>
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For me, I would rather have a small (or very small) collection of high quality than a massive collection of space fillers.
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Sure I would love mint state/perfectly centered pieces like CNG or Harlan J Berk offer, but my wallet doesnt allow it.
Plus, I think wear is an important aspect on coins. With modern & U.S. collectors, mint state is all thats preached to buy, but I get bored of perfect coins. With wear, it gives you bigger wonder of where it circulated, how many hands have held it through time and so on. Plus wear can be very attractive.
Sure I would love mint state/perfectly centered pieces like CNG or Harlan J Berk offer, but my wallet doesnt allow it.
Plus, I think wear is an important aspect on coins. With modern & U.S. collectors, mint state is all thats preached to buy, but I get bored of perfect coins. With wear, it gives you bigger wonder of where it circulated, how many hands have held it through time and so on. Plus wear can be very attractive.
Sure I would love mint state/perfectly centered pieces like CNG or Harlan J Berk offer, but my wallet doesnt allow it.
Plus, I think wear is an important aspect on coins. With modern & U.S. collectors, mint state is all thats preached to buy, but I get bored of perfect coins. With wear, it gives you bigger wonder of where it circulated, how many hands have held it through time and so on. Plus wear can be very attractive.
Sure I would love mint state/perfectly centered pieces like CNG or Harlan J Berk offer, but my wallet doesnt allow it.
Plus, I think wear is an important aspect on coins. With modern & U.S. collectors, mint state is all thats preached to buy, but I get bored of perfect coins. With wear, it gives you bigger wonder of where it circulated, how many hands have held it through time and so on. Plus wear can be very attractive.
For me, I am still impulsive in my tastes, but if I try to look objectively at the method of my madness, I would say that I am driven by:
1 - design/artistry
2 - scarcity
3 - patina/originality
4 - historical significance
I like gem pieces as much as the next guy, but a scarce piece in my theme with distinct design and original uncleaned surfaces is more than enough to make the cut.
I think Rarity/Mintage are also often highly correlated; but, of course rarity (to many) is also a function of popularity/demand.
For me, I'd rank the attributes as below:
1. Theme / design (I like the term "Artistry" for this one.)
2. Eye appeal (All of the components listed above.)
3. Historical significance (I don't collect ancients, so the "historicity" of modern issues is of less concern IMO.)
4. Rarity/Mintage (Added bonus to be scarce, but not necessary.)
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Last. Mint (I don't give two hoots about where it was made.)
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<< <i>Cost &, Historical significance. I have bought my share of expensive coins but I am a bargain hunter and will wait and wait till something in my price range surfaces. Many times it takes awhile, but I dont have any issue with having what others would call a "slot filler" when its a particular scarce/rare coin to boot. It doesnt help that I find even lesser examples then my "slot fillers" being actually sold for more then I paid, and I take a bit of pride in it.
Sure I would love mint state/perfectly centered pieces like CNG or Harlan J Berk offer, but my wallet doesnt allow it.
Plus, I think wear is an important aspect on coins. With modern & U.S. collectors, mint state is all thats preached to buy, but I get bored of perfect coins. With wear, it gives you bigger wonder of where it circulated, how many hands have held it through time and so on. Plus wear can be very attractive. >>
you know you repeat yourself sometimes
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<< <i>Cost &, Historical significance. I have bought my share of expensive coins but I am a bargain hunter and will wait and wait till something in my price range surfaces. Many times it takes awhile, but I dont have any issue with having what others would call a "slot filler" when its a particular scarce/rare coin to boot. It doesnt help that I find even lesser examples then my "slot fillers" being actually sold for more then I paid, and I take a bit of pride in it.
Sure I would love mint state/perfectly centered pieces like CNG or Harlan J Berk offer, but my wallet doesnt allow it.
Plus, I think wear is an important aspect on coins. With modern & U.S. collectors, mint state is all thats preached to buy, but I get bored of perfect coins. With wear, it gives you bigger wonder of where it circulated, how many hands have held it through time and so on. Plus wear can be very attractive. >>
you know you repeat yourself sometimes >>
Yeah, sorry everyone, the reply screen wasnt loading. Kept getting the error screen that we all get when the board is down.
After that comes eye appeal which involves the luster, patina, and conditions aspects. Anything with an original and/or well executed design is sure to catch my eye as well. Rarity adds spice, historical significance adds interest and I believe that only leaves technical grade and mintage off of the list of choices in the poll. Though mintage may just fall under rarity, and technical grade under eye appeal to some degree.
I think I managed to select all the choices .
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<< <i>Cost &, Historical significance. I have bought my share of expensive coins but I am a bargain hunter and will wait and wait till something in my price range surfaces. Many times it takes awhile, but I dont have any issue with having what others would call a "slot filler" when its a particular scarce/rare coin to boot. It doesnt help that I find even lesser examples then my "slot fillers" being actually sold for more then I paid, and I take a bit of pride in it.
Sure I would love mint state/perfectly centered pieces like CNG or Harlan J Berk offer, but my wallet doesnt allow it.
Plus, I think wear is an important aspect on coins. With modern & U.S. collectors, mint state is all thats preached to buy, but I get bored of perfect coins. With wear, it gives you bigger wonder of where it circulated, how many hands have held it through time and so on. Plus wear can be very attractive. >>
you know you repeat yourself sometimes >>
Sorry about that, was because I was getting an error screen everytime I hit reply so it didnt look to go through.
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At this point of my collecting life, it has to be ultra rare, a gem, preferably something never encountered for sale since 1979, WOW factor included, wether it's because of color or luster, or eye appeal in general and it helps if it's the object of desire of my fellow Greek collectors.
Mintage is the one thing I really do not care about. There are coins with mintage of 100 and demand around 20-30, prefabricated rarities.
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My top requirement is that a purchase has to make financial sense. meaning the investment must have a reasonable expectation of increasing in value.
translated this means for me that the coin must be in demand, meaning scarce and not readily available. That again means: rarity, condition, eye appeal. in short everything one would want.
also prefer a raw coin to TPG coins....