Favorite circulated grade?

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Hallco
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Mint State, rarity and value be damned for this thread! :D I have always liked F to VF on Walker Halves. I just think they look great. What do you find pleasing to the eye in coins that have been workhorses for the economy of their time? Feel free to post pics!

VF-20 example take from PCGS Photograde online!

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  • COINS MAKE CENTS
    COINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,907 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    i have always liked vf indian head cents.

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  • Whit
    Whit Posts: 375 ✭✭✭
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    @Hallco said:
    Mint State, rarity and value be damned for this thread! :D I have always liked F to VF on Walker Halves. I just think they look great. What do you find pleasing to the eye in coins that have been workhorses for the economy of their time? Feel free to post pics!

    VF-20 example take from PCGS Photograde online!

    I'm with you, Hallco. I am working on a matched set of Walkers in F15-VF20. Mercs too. I don't have the 1921 issues in either series, or the 16-D Merc. But the hardest thing about their acquisition is not their availability, but prying open the wallet. What I really want next is a VF20 16-S Walker in strictly problem-free, medium silver. No stains, digs, rim dings, discolorations, dark toning, old cleanings, or scratches. Anywhere. Really, is that too much to ask?

    Whit

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  • Hydrant
    Hydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yes, Walkers look good in F-VF. I think we like them at those grades because that's the condition we saw them in when we were kids and they were in circulation. It brings back memories. I agree.

  • ECHOES
    ECHOES Posts: 2,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    XF-45

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  • Hydrant
    Hydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 4, 2018 9:35AM
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    55-58

  • Coinstartled
    Coinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    VG-8 on early dollars.

  • HighRelief
    HighRelief Posts: 3,729 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    AU58

  • RogerB
    RogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Honest EF although AU would be better :)

  • acloco
    acloco Posts: 955 ✭✭✭
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    AU-63....of course! :)

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  • Insider2
    Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 3, 2018 9:04PM
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    That's easy. My favorite circulated grade is MS-62! >:)

  • Walkerfan
    Walkerfan Posts: 10,392 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    When I started out collecting Walkers; I was very pleased with obtaining XF through AU coins. They had 'the look'.

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  • Hydrant
    Hydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 4, 2018 10:36AM
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    Can't make up my mind.

  • Timbuk3
    Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Interesting post, thanks for sharing !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • Azurescens
    Azurescens Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    35-45 in general, except gold at 53-55, and I love playing with a big old bag of slick quarters. I have nerve issues in my hands (now bone, great), and CRH or playing with coins helps my dexterity. I am a few weeks of practice and some muscle growth on the back of my hand. Soon I'll be able to dance a Morgan across my knuckles again. It's not hard but if your hands or fingers are damaged, it's harder than it seems.

    I'm also learning small sleight of hand for more advanced work (left hand).

    I love a big old bucket of circulated copper, no culls, more browns than anything.

  • CRH4LIFE
    CRH4LIFE Posts: 849 ✭✭✭✭
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    Is it wrong of me to have a soft spot for corroded Indian Head Cent's that are F-XF? If so I will take IHC F-XF for 100 please.

  • BIGAL2749
    BIGAL2749 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭✭
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    Depends on the series. VF-35 on early type

    I'm lucky to have dups on a number of early issues and I know I'll sell the higher graded piece.

    Not conventional but I did start out as a collector with only a dream of having such early coins.

  • 291fifth
    291fifth Posts: 25,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    AU-58, but not as currently defined and graded by the TPGs.

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  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,763 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Depends on the coin and the series. For common date classic gold, it's the highest MS grade just before the big jump in price at the next higher grade. For better date early classic gold, XF45 to AU58.

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  • USMarine6
    USMarine6 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Generally I like XF

  • Crypto
    Crypto Posts: 4,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    MS-61 of course ;)

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  • Crypto
    Crypto Posts: 4,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Jokes aside I have always felt an original au53 offered the best compromise between price and preservation. Also it has an unspoken benefit of being just low enough that processing most often won’t help the eye appeal or it slide to UNC so one can find a higher percentage of them not messed with.

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  • Peace_dollar88
    Peace_dollar88 Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Xf 45 or au58

  • Dave99B
    Dave99B Posts: 8,947 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    VF30 for Barber material is my power alley.

    Dave

    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • Twobitcollector
    Twobitcollector Posts: 4,760 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Sometime F15 hits the spot

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  • Desert Moon
    Desert Moon Posts: 6,485 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    45 and 58, but any pq for the grade will do if I like the coin.........

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  • mannie gray
    mannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Insider2 said:
    That's easy. My favorite circulated grade is MS-62! >:)

    You hit the nail on the head!

  • Elmhurst
    Elmhurst Posts: 795 ✭✭✭
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    XF 45 for 19th century type. Somehow most of it graded AU 50 doesn't look very good.

  • Crypto
    Crypto Posts: 4,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Elmhurst said:
    XF 45 for 19th century type. Somehow most of it graded AU 50 doesn't look very good.

    AU50 has been used as a net grade for ugly low end AU coins or dead XF coins with too much detail. I consider it a grade to avoid with exceptions

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  • golden
    golden Posts: 10,538 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    AU. here.

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    XF 40-45.... I like the look of silver in that segment....Of course, most old 45's are now AU....so I guess I might like some of them as well.... ;) It is likely obvious that I do not hold much respect for our artificial grading system....We could dispense with eighty five to ninety percent of these numbers and do just fine. Of course, those of us with the nitty gritty OCD will still need to bisect the hair.... ;) And I sure do not want to harm the TPG business... :D Cheers, RickO

  • jedm
    jedm Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    What was once about Fine, now is ?....

  • oih82w8
    oih82w8 Posts: 13,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Being an 19th Century Everyman Set collector, AU58+ would be best! The coin was used in commerce, but just barely enough to acquire some surface contaminants to develop some tone.

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  • Flatwoods
    Flatwoods Posts: 4,270 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I like circs!!

  • TennesseeDave
    TennesseeDave Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • tyler267
    tyler267 Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭✭
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    AU 58 with eye appeal

  • CommemDude
    CommemDude Posts: 2,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Early type like this in EF45, with the eagle's breast feathers still apparent, are my favorite circulated condition.

    Dr Mikey
    Commems and Early Type
  • MikeInFL
    MikeInFL Posts: 10,192 ✭✭✭✭
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    I like XF or AU coins -- coins with some mint luster.

    Some series still look quite good at much lower levels of detail, for instance large cents or many of the earlier issues, but generally I prefer my coins to have some luster left -- but it really depends on the series.

    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
  • cameonut2011
    cameonut2011 Posts: 10,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    high grade au

  • KollectorKing
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  • Colonialcoin
    Colonialcoin Posts: 925 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    VF-20 to XF-45 is what I shoot for. It is very difficult to find state colonials in most of the series that I collect in higher grades. Even then, an Unc could be poorly struck or defective which is a no go for me. Foreign colonials I tend to look for VF-30 to pleasing Unc.

  • PTVETTER
    PTVETTER Posts: 6,137 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I like the AU58 and AU58+ grades they always look better than most MS 63

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