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Low Ball PCGS Sets
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How popular would you guess collecting Low Ball PCGS coins is? I see many Ebay auctions of people selling PCGS coins for Low Ball sets. I also see that PCGS has Low Ball sets defined in their registry sets.
I ask because I have an 1803 Large Cent that is problem free except it's so well worn that barely the date is visible with a barely visible design on the obverse and reverse. It seems to be an automatic for a PCGS PO1. I probably bought the coin for a couple of dollars in the late 1990s and am wondering if there's much market for such a coin in a PCGS PO1 holder to make it worth including in my 8 free submissions.
Thanks.
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If you made one, somebody would buy it though.
This is an example of a PCGS PO-01
PO-01 coins aren't as easy to make as you'd think.
If you made one, somebody would buy it though.
This is an example of a PCGS PO-01
wow, that is most beautiful and awesome.
no doubt it is worth many hundreds of dollars!
What is the date on that coin?
that's an 1818 quarter. Totally original
Cheers, RickO
What is the date on that coin?
that's an 1818 quarter. Totally original
I've successfully submitted several Poor-01 Morgans, and that coin is a Poor-01 all day long in my book.
Lots of these ultra low grade coins- even in PCGS plastic are downright disgustingly ugly.
Yours is a charming example of honest wear, yet with distinguishable features.
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What is the date on that coin?
that's an 1818 quarter. Totally original
Is that luster in the "ERT" and behind her cap?
I always keep an eye out for problem free PO1ish coins.
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I appreciate coins in any condition but there are collectors who intentionally accelerate wear by artificial means just for the sake of surrounding them in P01 plastic. That's not collecting, that's a game.
Wasn't there a collector, years ago on these forums who offered a bounty of several hundred dollars for anyone who could get a FA02 or lower 1970-D Kennedy half into PCGS problem free plastic? He didn't even care if the "wear" was artificial.
When weeks passed and no one was forthcoming with such a creation he extended the offer to a low grade Ike dollar.
I do believe there was a single collector who stepped up and 'won' the bet- getting a worn out Ike into PCGS plastic.
The conclusion could be made- if hundreds of dollars was offered for such an easily created worn coin yet hardly anyone was able to produce one- they perhaps were not as easy to rock tumble as the average collector would believe.
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Lance.
When I first got into lowball commems on these boards the go to people were Braddick and MadMarty. Trying to get a PO01 grade can be as tough as getting a MS70.
Although that was before pocketpiece became the undisputed champion, at least in the commemorative realm!
I personally like lower grade commemoratives, especially the issues from the 1930s, because they are so unexpected.
Never did understand the attraction to these pieces... but they definitely have a following...
Cheers, RickO
When you look at the Lowball registry there are some really great looking coins out there that have really served their time and now someone has saved them from the melting pot. Morgans and Barbers have some really nice cameo looks to them as they wear down.
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A good example is I'd rather have a worn- FN12 or so Hawaiin rather than one in MS60, even with the value so much greater for the higher grade, of course.
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