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What are your standard's for buying coins

mach19mach19 Posts: 5,126 ✭✭✭✭
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MS-65, MS-70, Proof 69 & or 70 ECT.....
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    LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,756 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Haaaaa haaaaaa haaaaa

    About 50% of my collection is 1800s coins.
    If I can get them in XF/AU I'm doing alright, many are in the F/VF range.
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    mach19mach19 Posts: 5,126 ✭✭✭✭
    I hear that.
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    LionelLionel Posts: 536 ✭
    I'll be able to sell them for more.
    Anyone can make a difference, but most people probably shouldn't. -- Marge Simpson
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    DarkmaneDarkmane Posts: 1,021 ✭
    XF-AU 18th 19th century type.

    Dark. Original. Slabbable/slabbed.... meaning not harshly cleaned, not scratched, no rim dings.


    I don't care ENOUGH about strike. I'm still learning.
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    sonoranmonsoonsonoranmonsoon Posts: 2,078 ✭✭
    no standards, just send it to me for half retail. Thank you.
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    JoeLewisJoeLewis Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭✭
    I am a type set collector, so the grade I'm looking for differs greatly with each type I'm looking for.

    One thing I do insist on now is that it must look appealing to me right away. I can eventually convince myself to like any coin, but those are the coins I tend to regret buying. If it doesn't have an appealing look to me right away, I'm looking elsewhere.

    US and British coin collector, and creator of The Ultimate Chuck E. Cheese's and Showbiz Pizza Place Token & Ticket Guide

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    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭
    If I like it and I can afford it, I buy it.
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    MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    What are standards?

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    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

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    saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭
    Saints...

    *original surfaces
    *minimal hits or marks
    *lustre
    *color

    That was easy.
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    TomBTomB Posts: 23,232 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beautiful and cool, which means original as possible with positive eye appeal.
    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

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    curlycurly Posts: 2,880 ✭


    For MPLs, BN and RB, 65 or higher.
    Every man is a self made man.
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    BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,678 ✭✭✭✭✭
    like it want it need it only 3 reasons ya need.
    theknowitalltroll;
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    roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,374 ✭✭✭✭✭
    original surfaces
    *minimal hits or marks
    *lustre
    *color

    Hey, another "mark counter"? That makes at least 2 of us!

    roadrunner
    Barbarous Relic No More, LSCC -GoldSeek--shadow stats--SafeHaven--321gold
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    cvan68cvan68 Posts: 113 ✭
    The best I can afford, often into circulated grades!
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    FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    Top 10% on Originality and Eye Appeal

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    GrumpyEdGrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭
    The best I can afford while not going broke.
    I've learned that when I settled for something not nice then later I wished I could have held off for better so I hold off if I think a nicer one will come along even if it's a coin I want. There's no rush.

    Did you ever have a coin, maybe you paid $200 for then later saw a nicer one for $300 and thought "I wish I had that $200 to put towards the better one"

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    Ed
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    LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭
    whatever catches my eye....
    imageBe Bop A Lula!!
    "Senorita HepKitty"
    "I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
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    oldcameoproofsguyoldcameoproofsguy Posts: 3,174 ✭
    Most of the stuff I buy is AU.
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    fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    If I like it I buy it. I don't care if it is 2000 years old or minted yesterday. As far as condition--it doesn't matter if I like it I like it.

    President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay

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    JoflaxJoflax Posts: 979 ✭
    If its something that is freely available I will wait for the best that I can afford, If it is something that hardly ever becomes available I will buy it in any grade if I need it and worry about upgrading later
    Buy the dips!!!
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    jmski52jmski52 Posts: 24,018 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice and Nicer. Usually Nicest is a bit outa my range.image
    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

    I knew it would happen.
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    BajajimBajajim Posts: 529 ✭
    Depends on the coin...lots of au
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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,702 ✭✭✭✭✭
    R7 or more common - finest known.

    R8 or unique - whatever I can get. image
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    mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    rare and cool.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,807 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I look for good value. I try to buy at the highest grade before the big jump in price at the next higher grade. Naturally the coin should be original and nice for the grade.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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    rmossrmoss Posts: 644
    It has to trip my trigger.
    "Im not young enough to know everything."
    Oscar Wilde

    Collect for the love of the hobby, the beauty of the coins, and enjoy the ride.

    Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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    oildvroildvr Posts: 147
    When I look to buy a specific coin, I look for the best grade I can find for the amount I can somewhat afford!
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    AlaBillAlaBill Posts: 467
    I'm high on originality and eye appeal. A major part of eye appeal for me is strike and the right color.
    ...AlaBill
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    ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Beautiful and cool, which means original as possible with positive eye appeal. >>



    Ditto.
    Coin Rarities Online
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    fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have no standards.image

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