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Still Plugging Holes

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jackson64

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and a few nicer upgrades

I've been quiet on the journal side of the hobby since the new year, and for the most part I've been quiet in the purchasing part also.

I have kept my eyes open for the one Walker I want for my short set to upgrade to MS67--and then will be officially "done" with the set. I have no desire to pay double or more of the value of a coin so that my slab has a +plus or a *star so there is nowhere left to go to improve this set numerically. Also I am quite pleased with the quality and eye appeal of each coin in my set so unless an eye popper comes on the scene( hence the parenthesis around the word "done")--I am moving on.

Surprisingly to me, the higher grade buffs for my short set are rather scarce in appearing. Ones that do show up seem to be rather ordinary--technical MS66's or 67's but not particularly unique or distinctive with eye appeal. I don't really hunt for these but mostly just check out the bigger auctions when they come up.

I have 3 upgrades for my Mercury dime set I am still hunting for, with the 1944 MS67 FB and a 1945 FB micro-S being the big money additions I need. I have seen both of these come to auction in the past 6 months but the bidding went above my budget of what I'm willing to pay ( for now.)

The Barber Half series has seen the bulk of my numismatic budget recently. I closed out one hole, upgraded another date to a more eye appealing grade and finally- I splurged and upgraded the big dollar coin of the 1900's years.

I added a 1913-D in XF40 which is problem free and has that attractive slate color of a circulated barber half with the tiniest hints of lingering luster hinting around the letters and devices.

Although not yet changed in my registry listing-I added a really nice 1907-O XF45 with cobalt blues and viridian around the rims--it looks more like an AU50 but I'm glad for the XF45 grade because the entire set's criteria is a "degree of Fine" so an AU would have been to high of a grade to include.

And speaking of the criteria of F to XF, I upgraded the one coin that was short of the mark. I had a VG10 1904-S in the slot because I had sent the coin in raw hoping for an F12. The coin has remained as the slot filler ever since I started this set, until now. You can't imagine how much a quality 04-S Barber half is in F/VF grade!! I looked at just VF20's and most were $1500 to $2000 with VF30's and VF35's jumping another $1000 in cost--needless to say it has not been a priority of mine.

However, every once in a while the coin fates smile on you.........I just happened to be perusing my emails when a brand new email popped up in my box. A seller I buy from had sent me an email notifying of new additions to their inventory. I checked out the new listings and TADA !!..the 04-S in VF20 and at a price which was a few hundred less than I had seen from any other. Granted-the headband lettering is borderline 15/20 but the leaves, legends and reverse are solid VF so I jumped on it--finally. I now have the toughie of my Barber "short set" 1900-1915. It may not be one of the lower mintages, but it definitely is correct in value when it comes to scarcity of quality, problem-free examples.

So that's it..just some Barbers... a few rolls of ASE's while prices remain down and a few generic world golds...happy hunting e1..you never know when that hard sought coin will just fall in your lap.

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