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Barberian
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Everyman set competition? It looks weakly struck and hairlined, and what's with the hairlines near the date? CAC may like it, but I was relieved the price skyrocketed way beyond what I was planning to bid.

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AU58 auction is why.
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
This is the best of the best (plastic-wise) for an Everyman's set. There is only 1 AU-58 CAC for 1887.
Seems a bit cuckoo. AU-58 CAC is the new MS-67 for these sets or like P-01 for lowballs.
That is surely an acquisition for a set.... Point value rules. Cheers, RickO
WOW! Maybe my seated AU58s need a trip to the bean house...
You're not missing a thing.
Practice makes perfect & nobody is perfect. So, practice being nobody and be perfect !
AU58. The poor mans MS68.
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
Valued at only a dollar!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/275587899644?hash=item402a51a0fc:g:-5gAAOSwbbFjonaq&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAAoJ4lq5MASd//DXOqR0PCCG3Z6OOnFo9vjbwFvrvGFGqmO8Nipc9AJVmXKs3p17gYgW14bIKnpFIuKmNRupZtMEC84SUApcTclHO/9tZ0wDCPMmlHtTYP7mTgZqjoPZhtnQBu+gDAm8xmyzbfrlHSZrfQmcBodDjW49PF0LcO4s6dW6ny/njssmPbmIraSg59SKS4fQzZc5JjaE1rY/ekNoo=|tkp:Bk9SR9DkkaSnYQ
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
Wow. I’d much prefer this MS65 for the exact same price:

Superb collections are built more by omission than by addition.
If it’s weakly struck and full of hairlines, why would you even contemplate bidding? Cleaned dreck shouldn’t be part of anyone’s collection