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The COIN!!!!

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Buy the Coin that Looks best to YOU!!

I just finished reading a lot of my fellow collectors' journal entries and can't believe there is even a debate. A little history from an old-timer: before the TPG's we bought coins based upon their value to US-the collector..at my local coin shop I would ask if my dealer could do better on a price if it was a lower grade filler, if the coin had attributes I liked I would never ask...I probably would have paid more. I like white coins and full strikes..toned coins are ok but not my first pick..if NGC or PCGS gives a toned coin a higher grade, say a 65, it DOES NOT make it more valuable to me...but that 63 with a fuller strike and luster???..I'd pay almost as much because to my eye it is more appealing...and as for the PCGS and NGC price disparity...some of us still remember when it was the other way around and NGC coins were higher valued. I understand that the registry ranks by points for assigned grades and gives awards for the highest graded/best sets..but I want to have the best set that I can put together of coins that I find appealing..in fact I own quite a few ANACS also because I wanted a particular date from a series but don't want to collect the whole series{my 1912-S Liberty nickel for example}plus I got the same coin that would cost twice as much in a PCGS holder..for my collecting experience, it's about the coins...PS: the most valuable collection..The King of Siam set of gold coins..not in TGP holders...hmmmmm..anyhow I'm off this weekend to the 34th Annual coin Convention in Ocean City Maryland..will update my Journal early next week with my experience and finds...can't wait

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