Would you rather....

[Bruceswar]

Lets say you found out after buying a coin that you overpaid alittle for it. The question is... Would you rather overpay for a junk grade or a nice grade coin? You must pick one. just for the sake of the debate...

 

 

My Pick goes for overpaying on a nice coin... 10 years from now you will still have a nice coin where as 10 years from now you could still have a junk coin...

[TomB]

Hopefully, if I made the mistake of buying a junk coin, I wouldn't still own it ten years later.

[Wihlborg]

I think the answer to this question should be obvious. If you have to overpay for a coin, let it be a quality coin!

 

John

[Bruceswar]

but does that also include key coins in not so good grades...

[jtryka]

Well, there are a lot of variables at play here, for instance, what do you consider "junk"? Is that like paying too much for a VG 36 Buffalo nickel? That's really not a lot of money is it? What about the rarity of the coin doesn't that also play a role? Should I be upset if I paid too much for my AU-55 25-S Saint? For some, that might be a "junk" grade, and I'd probably agree if the coin was a 25-P. Or what if the coin is really nice for the grade? Should I care if I paid too much for my AU-58 13-D Saint (that's a pretty common coin) even though it looks nicer than many MS coins I've seen? There are a lot of ways to think about this question, so to make a purely binary decision on such a topic can really be misleading.