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"Matched sets" are fun up to a point, but insisting on it just screams OCD to me. Personally, I try to suppress all OCD tendencies I might have while collecting - which is very hard for a l… (View Post)

Unless you're playing Everyman Registry and have to stay under MS60, just buy a nice MS63-65 example of this date and be done with it. Competition is fierce for nice XF-AU coins, and also for MS66+ R… (View Post)

I wouldn't personally do anything to this coin. I do not think you'll be happy with the "pocket piece" experiment, which I tried with a few cleaned wheaties over the years, but with no succ… (View Post)

Nice to see this thread resolved with a success story. (View Post)

1865-P has always been tough to find "nice." I bought a VF from Brian years ago, and it's still all that I have for this date. I would have grabbed that one in a heartbeat if I saw it first… (View Post)