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Best Looking US Coin when totally worn out
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If a coin’s “totally worn out”, how can you know what it is, in order for it to qualify for “best looking”?
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Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
"Totally worn out" as in P01?
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I think Barber coins do the best job of retaining their basic design features; even when the coin is at the end of it's service. James
Bust halves with an honorable mention to IHCs
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
1921 peace
High Relief
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11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
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I don’t have a pic handy but since I started collecting coins at about 10, I always thought low grade SLQs were attractive.
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If it is totally worn out and devoid of any features,may as well be a blank planchet.
IMHO Seated Liberty coinage holds its design as well as any series when worn down. Everyone has an opinion and we are all right. Great post.
Agreed. There hasn’t been a single “totally worn out” coin (or anything close to that) posted to this thread. As posted, the topic doesn’t make sense.
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As a post it was entertaining and interesting,
I have to agree with the Barber camp here. Even on the well-circulated ones, you can still read the date and most of Liberty's outline, which is more than you can say for a lot of series at that level of wear. There's something honest about a coin that looks good even after doing its job.
Buffalo nickel for me.
Honestly, almost anything but Barber coinage. They’re unattractive even when in MS. Maybe circulation mellows them, but they aren’t attractive at any stage.
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Make no mistake about it, I like it. Someone would most likely pay a premium for it.
In reality, the grading has taken a hit. If they weigh it, the melt value took a hit as well. @jacrispies is the rest of that gold in your pocket? 🤣 😂 😉
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Back to reality, this coin was sold at Stack's earlier this year. Just thought it was outstanding to the usual high relief offerings.
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-1QKJGD/mcmvii-1907-saint-gaudens-double-eagle-high-relief-wire-rim-vg-8-pcgs
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Thanks for that. 👍
I vote Buffalo, though I don't think the OP example is "worn-out" enough to qualify, even though the date is unreadable, there is too much design left. The pocket piece classic commens are worn enough, but most everything else is too nice for that description! Crypto's Barbers are close, but they are just a little too nice for me to count as "worn-out".
I don't like the Barber design, but it does handle the wear without getting less attractive (maybe even the opposite), and it sure makes a good baseline as a very common example of "worn-out".
If it's totally worn out, how can you be sure it's a US coin?
Maybe because we see them so often and we're visually conditioned to it, but very worn Seated coins have a great 'ghostly' appearance to them.
Because a TPG'er says so, I guess. 🤣 😉
Sorry, but as good of an effort as that was, even those coins don’t qualify for “totally worn out”.
For purposes of such a thread, perhaps a more practical descriptor (such as “heavily worn”) should have been used.
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That High Relief St Gaudens looks like a "Predator" to me.
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@MFeld -
Yes, I guess it's all subjective. Depending on how you look at it.
I understand the point you're trying to make, but I interpreted it to mean when the design is worn bare, pretty much AG3-G4 range and not PO 1 or unidentifiable planchet.
That certainly sounds reasonable to me. But a knowledgeable poster apparently interpreted it differently, as he posted a VF coin. 😉
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I missed the 1909-S Indian Cent somehow.
So- not "totally", then?