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This thread has great potential to be quite entertaining.  In my own experience I am not a fan of that site.

I assume most will do what they do now - pay no attention to the designs or who is on it. 

Easy answer for me, quality early half and large cents can be few and far between while the dime will come around again likely sooner than later.   But I can see where it would be easy to get pulled in both directions.

Nice looking coin gbrad

Congrats on completion of a beautiful set!

I appreciate consistency,  but the coin vs the slab is what will be most important down the road.  If you have a pcgs  / ngc mix you are good.  

I appreciate consistency,  but the coin vs the slab is what will be most important down the road.  If you have a pcgs  / ngc mix you are good.  

The most important day for me as a Walker collector has arrived.
The 16 YEAR enterprise has been realized.
Well, I never thought that this day would ever come but I have, FINALLY, completed my Full (1916-1947) Walker set!!
This saga began in the summer of 2005, when we were all quite a bit younger and I was MUCH more driven and fearless!! LOL I had a couple of inactive years but decided to totally commit, in Fall 2009. So much did I learn along the way. The hours, days and years spent on this series. Searching and researching. Studying and comparing. All the while never giving up. It feels soooo GOOD to have reached my goal. I can FINALLY kick back and relax, now.
The last piece of the puzzle and the rarest coin in the ENTIRE series.....The fabled 1921-S, has been added. It is an NGC XF 45, so it is not a mint state example like the rest of my set. HOWEVER, I feel that this piece matches well, in quality, with the rest of my set and, more importantly, it is solid for its assigned grade. I may or may not try to upgrade it to AU or even MS, because at this point, I really like this coin.
I was underbidder on THREE 1921-S coins before this one: A PCGS MS 62 from the famous Western Reserve set, a PCGS AU 58 CAC and a PCGS AU 55 (this one wound up in the #1 NGC set). All went for money that shot WELL BEYOND THE MOON and, at least, TWO of these set new price records.....
When I saw this piece, it spoke to me, almost immediately. It has, IMHO, great detail and separation, no rim dings, with smooth, original, gray surfaces and also traces of mint luster with no spots or deep abrasions. So, after examining it, as quickly and thoroughly as possible, I jumped on it, as I really didn’t think I would find one that would please me more, anytime soon. Sooooo FEW of these ever trade hands, as they are FAR rarer in XF/AU than in MS and MANY are of very POOR quality. NGC Census is just 27/152. I did an archive search on both Heritage and Great Collections and there’s almost nothing like this. The one or two that did sell are not quite as nice as my coin. I am pleased as punch with this example. To me, It looks like the old XFs, of yesteryear---before gradeflation was rampant.
I ended up in the #8 spot, at NGC, which I feel is rather respectable. Especially, given the growth and resurgence of the NGC Registry, in the past couple of years. There have been a TON of new sets created, in that time period. I should be #7, as Big Tex is a phantom set that was sold off years and years ago (September 2006), but that is inconsequential to me.
Thanks, and I can't wait to hear your thoughts!!

You paid $10 for a fake.  Hopefully you will learn something from all the different pieces here - your knowledge level, silver content of a coin and spot price, what exactly the coin is (rarity) and most importantly - buying stuff from a rando in a casino.  From all angles $10 is a more than fair price for all the learning you can take from this experience. 

I like how those look.  Nice adds.

Beautiful example coinbuf.

A very common date and coin, but its hard to find Lincolns as clean as this one is.   Usually you see some contact marks and very often there are some chicken scratch marks on the shoulder, this is one clean Lincoln.
 

Nice add to the collection.  Slow and steady is the way.  

Nice add to the collection.  Slow and steady is the way.  

You paid $10 for a fake.  Hopefully you will learn something from all the different pieces here - your knowledge level, silver content of a coin and spot price, what exactly the coin is (rarity) and most importantly - buying stuff from a rando in a casino.  From all angles $10 is a more than fair price for all the learning you can take from this experience. 

You paid $10 for a fake.  Hopefully you will learn something from all the different pieces here - your knowledge level, silver content of a coin and spot price, what exactly the coin is (rarity) and most importantly - buying stuff from a rando in a casino.  From all angles $10 is a more than fair price for all the learning you can take from this experience. 

I also collect bicentennial coins. Graduated from HS in 1976. Just got this Ike in the mail today.

Very subjective.  Personally, I do not compare joe blow top tier collection vs mine.  I do the best I can with what I can afford.  To some my collection might be above average and too others it would be below average.  To me it is mine and therefore top tier.  

I for one always appreciate a bit of levity. 

Beautiful nickel for sure.  Stunning looking example that I am sure the eye appeal it has in hand is far more impressive.

Very subjective.  Personally, I do not compare joe blow top tier collection vs mine.  I do the best I can with what I can afford.  To some my collection might be above average and too others it would be below average.  To me it is mine and therefore top tier.  

@Oldhoopster
Top of the morning to you, sir!  You will be pleased to learn my wife thinks it best to follow your advice, and I am inclined to accept for excellent reasons:
1.  You are the first and only member to take me seriously, and refuse to ignore me, and  2.  The last time I disregarded your counsel, chaperones riding the circuit with what appeared to be NGC patches, slapped an ankle monitor on me which cut off my blood circulation resulting in a noticeable limp. I will endeavor to master Numismatics for Dummies and hope to converse with you in your native tongue in due course.   
[My heartfelt thanks to top management for allowing me to introduce a note of levity into the exchange.]   🐓 

This thread has great potential to be quite entertaining.  In my own experience I am not a fan of that site.

Nota  quarter specialist.  But MS 62 seems a point or two lower than I would have thought.  Nice coin!

Beautiful coins Ray and Lem