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Depth vs. Detail

GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,860 ✭✭✭✭
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Which do you prefer on coins?

Personally, I prefer a strike so deep it might hold water. Especially on older proofs that are so deep the fields look watery.
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I prefer both. Cheers, RickO
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,879 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Between the two, I'll vote for detail. Some of the older coins in the late die states can look deep, the detail will be lacking. You get grades for detail.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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    llafoellafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭
    Detail
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