Let's see your "ideal" XF coins in your favorite series...
Varlis
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I've been collecting mainly bust quarters for a number of years now, but I've decided to start a Dansco 7070 as a way to enrich my collection. I've been having a lot of fun searching for XF coins that will be strong representative examples. I've realized that while I know what I'm looking for in bust quarters, I don't always have a great sense of what an "ideal" XF coins looks like in other series. For bust quarters, I know it when I see it. Beyond technical wear patterns, it's challenging to find early quarters with pleasing (original) color and clean fields with a minimum amount of marks. Traces of luster should be there when you rotate under the light. A strong strike is always a bonus. Here's a couple I like:
I've started my 7070 with a few coins that caught my eye, but I'm still learning what to look for in different series. So far I'm sticking to TPG graded coins and saving the labels; here are two:
Let's see your "ideal" XF coins in your favorite series, and explain what makes them "ideal" to you.
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Here's a PCGS XF40 Seated quarter that looks
the way I like them.
Another PCGS XF40... No Drapery type.
No distracting flaws. Good color, and not glossy. Hard surfaces, well centered, and evenly struck. When tilted, there is luster in the hair. Many collectors would be happy with this as a type coin.
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
A strong strike, dirt and crud retained within some of the details, the design elements stand out strong and clear, the color is a perfect dove grey and there isn't so much as a hint of surface hairlines
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
By the way, I have many "favorite series" so you may see me post more than one coin here!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I bought this no-stars dime decades ago, as a ChEF. Possibly a 50 today. Not dipped white, nice strike, no bad marks. The New Orleans MM is a plus.
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
My two favorite series....
couple of xf 40s.
This is an XF45:
Anything draped bust large or small eagle. Ef45
A little more color than I normally like but works on this coin
Ef 40
I like XF’s with some subtle color, crust and nice surfaces...here are a couple.
Dave
Agree with many of the comments on here. An ideal XF45 will have practically AU details, possibly have nice color, and nothing too distracting. I really like when they have the halo effect around the devices. This one has a nice steel-gray look with the subtle haloing around the devices:
I realize there is no such requirement....But I always want any silver coin, XF and lower, to NOT be white. AU can be white....MS can be white. XF needs some darker toning. Some grey...or brown. Something....
This lives in an XF40 holder:
A nice 45 is a thing of beauty
Here’s an XF45 I used to own...love the look of this one!
Dave
Not my favorite series as I tend to prefer proof pieces well above XF.
However, I am collecting CBH's in XF to AU and like this XF 45 a lot.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
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Here’s a few of my favorites.
This is what I wish all EF coins looked like.
That 1849 is amazing.
This one is by far my favorite XF...
My favorite:
Still my favorite series...kinda miss my 1813's sometimes 😥
Beautiful old silver, folks. Great idea for a thread.
1809 O.103, R1 PCGS-45 CAC
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Not my favorite series, but I do like my PCGS XF45 1911-S Lincoln:
And my PCGS XF40 1921-D Morgan:
I have never been able to shoot photos that shows this coin in all of its glory, but this 1797 dollar, which is PCGS graded EF-45, has to be the best on the planet for the grade.
Here are a couple of XF45 CACs:
mbogoman
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/classic-issues-colonials-through-1964/zambezi-collection-trade-dollars/7345Asesabi Lutho
XF45 with a hint of luster still.
The New Ultimate Custom Dansco US Type Set Album.
Breast feathers nearly full, luster in devices, coin not as dark as the picture.... nice EF45 in my opinion
Commems and Early Type
I couldn't be happier with mine:
PCGS 45:
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Wow, there's a lot of killer coins in this thread! Anybody have examples of other 7070 types (maybe not your favorite series, but nice XFs still)? The early copper seems especially tricky to me--anyone got those large cents or half cents? Nickels? Anything else cool? Keep the eye candy coming!
My current "Box of 20"
I realized my coin didn't have a dedicated slot in the 7070, but what the heck. The following coin fits nicely in a 7070 and I am a bit surprised no one else has shared the issue yet in this thread. Let's focus the outline of Ms. Liberty on the moon and see if we can signal @coinlieutenant to come join us!
The 1839-O below has thick, intact skin, a terrific strike for the issue, is from the quirky Reeded Edge half dollar series and features the first made for circulation O-mintmark on a half dollar...on the obverse no less!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Fantastic coins.
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My main focus these days is Roosie dimes and I don't own any in XF.
Strangely, I think I only have a single XF coin in my collection right now even though it's a great grade for 18th and 19th century type. This Seated Liberty half is probably not anyone's idea of the ideal look for an XF45 silver coin, but I'm strangely attracted to it anyway.
I give all the coins in my set a rating from 1-10 with 10 being IMHO unimprovable for my tastes. I'm sure my tastes differ from others but here is the only XF in my Barber Hoard I have given a 10. It's a 40.
Just fun spinning through these . . . . . . . what an XF Type Set this Boars could assemble . . . .!
Drunner
XF45
Ooh! Bill and Tom, sell me those coins! Wowser.
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A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
Lots of nice coins in this thread! Here are a couple of my 45's:
10-4,
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