Poll Where do you draw the line? Problem free or damaged? Slab Pic added for closure
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Poll Where do you draw the line? Problem free or damaged? Slab Pic added for closure
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If the question is "what won't I buy"? Well, I never say never but I don't usually buy any damaged coins. Even very minor rim dings will keep me looking for a problem free coin. Too many bag marks or unsightly scratches (like in your example above) are show stoppers. I'll accept some very minor edge toning but that's about it.
Take a good look at Liberty's nose!
I did. Call it damaged or scratched or distorted. I'd pass.
Damaged but I've seen worse in slabs.
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The grade on this coin is either Fine-15 or VF-20 without the two marks. If I were offered a similar coin without those marks, I'd buy over that one without a debate. How can you give both coins the same grade? This coin deserves a "details" grade.
If these marks were on an Fair-2, I won't think much of it. In that grade, it comes with the territory. But once you get to significant collector grades, like Fine above, it does.
Well thanks to your slabbed Pinocchio we finally know the obverse Barber design is not female
A coin I wouldn't buy ... period.
Bill, I see 3 significant marks/scrapes(below the ear,behind the nose,in front of the nose) that I have seen cause coins to be detail holdered not to mention the smashed nose!
I avoid damaged coins... That being said, the degree of damage is a consideration... minor rim dings, though not preferable, can, in some cases, be tolerated. Scratches or gouges in prime focal areas are immediate cause for rejection. Cheers, RickO
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My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
The coin certainly appears damaged, but some low budget collectors would love that coin to fill their album.
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In terms of coin in opening photo - no, definitely a no go for me.
No problem coins for me.
Those marks are way too noticeable for a straight grade in my opinion. I can live with scratched if they are somewhere else, but not there!
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I have bought Barber coinage at melt and would accord this coin no higher consideration.
Whit
Unless this is the Jimmy Durante variation of the Barber series... it's damaged.
As others have said, I avoid damage however slight because the problem isn't going away after you buy it, and you can bet the farm that it will be brought up when you go to sell. That said, I suppose there are a few coins that I would still consider, but it would have to be damage not to a major focal point on the coin... a rim hit on a 1793 Chain Cent... I could live with! ;-)
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I think I'm beginning to see either loyalists or people I can sell hacked up coins to!
Well it's definitely not Problem Free.
All I know is that if this coin were on Ebay, the seller would have a buy price like it were a choice AU in a PCGS holder with a CAC sticker on it.
"Liberty" is almost full but I gotta draw the line. A fair hole filler or starter piece, though.
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I can't see past the nose and neither can she.
Pinocchio?
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Ex: Bob Hope collection, Stack's, Mar. 2000
Here's one to compare it to. This was an ex problem free ANACS F12 old small holder that PCGS decided was a VG Damaged:
The placement of the scratch on this coin doesn't bother me as much as the OP coin but both are damaged in my eyes.