Dilema...which road to choose? Isabella or Lafayette...

icsoccer · April 28, 2009 9:45AM

I looked at a complete set of Commeratives today. 144 pc. set Ave. grade 63. While I would like to buy the set it is too much... However I can buy...the Isabella or Lafayette
both at the same price. $750
Details:
Isabella was in a PCGS slab at 64 (however cracked out) and it looks very PQ, no toning. The Lafayette was not ever slabbed and looks like an AU58 to MS 62...only have seen it once, great original piece. Dilema, which to buy? Opinions? Sorry no photos.

yellowkid · April 28, 2009 9:53AM

Really hard to call without seeing the coins, assuming it was a 64,and the Lafayette was an AU, I would take the Isabella but it would all depend on the eye appeal.

Broadstruck · April 28, 2009 10:25AM

Here's a Lafayette example in 62 and a Isabella example in 64.

Placid · April 28, 2009 10:27AM

Bigger=better

shorecoll · April 28, 2009 10:37AM

Lafayette. I did the opposite, Lafayette in 64, Isabella in 58.

Jinx86 · April 28, 2009 11:01AM

Ive had both coins, the one I really wish I didnt have to sell was the Lafayette. To me its by far the more eye catching of the two, but too each his own.