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Net graded PCGS Coins POLL
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You see a coin you have always needed but it is net graded by PCGS. What can you live with what is just not acceptable or pass at any price:
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I'm willing to accept more problems when I buy 1792 half dismes, Gobrecht Dollars, 1933 Eagles, and 1804 Dollars than when I buy 1881-S Morgans.
This....
Plus, I think I'd have to see it. Not sure a poll captures all of the possibilities that a "scratch", or "altered surface", etc. could include.
Some are perfectly presentable pieces....some are just this side of becoming spacers to prop up a table leg.
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I decided I can live with 98 Damage or 95 Scratch..... depending on the severity. I can live with one that is slightly bent or just damage that looks like it
might have been from circulation. Like getting run over by a horse & carriage....
In other words, damaged but in a "natural way."
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Also, depending on the feature(s) of the coin that are important to its identity (small eagle on early silver for example, or the PUPs on a rare die variety), I'd actually rather have a mid-grade coin with some minor damage, than a "problem-free" coin in a grade like Poor or Fair. (I put problem free in quotes, because in such case, I'd view the excessive wear as a bigger problem than a small scratch, rim ding, light cleaning, etc)
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Cleaning is next.
Then the rest.
Holed or plugged is the worst for me, but if coin is rare and price is right....OK.
The look overcame the "damage" and in this case, I'm not sure if the damage is even significant.
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It says on the holder NOT GRADED.
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