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Ive been watching this one for a couple weeks on Great Collections. Theres something about it that instantly attracted me to it. I really love that light golden toning. Im very happy to get the winning bid on it tonight. Its gonna look lovely in my set with the others. Getting closer to completing the set but still a ways to go. These are GCs pictures Im using. Honest opinions. Do you all like the looks of this coin? Also do you think the grade of ms66 is accurate? Ive been trying to learn how to grade and just from the pictures thats what I would have guessed it if it had been uncertified. May look different in hand.  Im very happy to add this one to the set. Lumii_20221030_201022301.thumb.jpg.8d6af418447db7e361c281d992a9d11e.jpgLumii_20221030_201041557.thumb.jpg.beb53892444906885449097f76228393.jpg

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Congrats brother. I think those coins that grab you from the start are usually good buys and if you don’t pull the trigger it will eat at ya. Most of the time they are even better in hand. I’m no grader by any means but it looks solid at 66. Looks to have good luster potential and the few hits I do see are hidden mostly in the wings. Grease spot on the right wing? Obverse looks pretty clean. I wouldn’t kick her out. I like it. Kudos. :golfclap:

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On 10/30/2022 at 9:22 PM, Lem E said:

Congrats brother. I think those coins that grab you from the start are usually good buys and if you don’t pull the trigger it will eat at ya. Most of the time they are even better in hand. I’m no grader by any means but it looks solid at 66. Looks to have good luster potential and the few hits I do see are hidden mostly in the wings. Grease spot on the right wing? Obverse looks pretty clean. I wouldn’t kick her out. I like it. Kudos. :golfclap:

Kinda looks like a grease spot. When she comes in Ill verify it. Ill come back to this thread and update with a in hand opinion. I like it very much just from the pictures. That light golden toning just does something to me. I love coins like that. Espically if its even toning all the way around.  That one is close. Ill be happy with it. Theres a few Im gonna try and replace as soon as I complete the set. A few I got in a hurry on and regretting it now. 

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66 works for me. Nice looking coin!   What type of set are you trying to put together?  All AU or mint state?  A mix of circulated and mint state?  I like consistent looking complete sets when possible.   The complete set part, is not very easy to achieve unfortunately.

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On 10/31/2022 at 3:46 PM, tj96 said:

66 works for me. Nice looking coin!   What type of set are you trying to put together?  All AU or mint state?  A mix of circulated and mint state?  I like consistent looking complete sets when possible.   The complete set part, is not very easy to achieve unfortunately.

Im trying from 32 to 64. All mint state except for key dates. One these days I may try replace the key dates with mint state but no time soon. 

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On 10/31/2022 at 4:06 PM, Hoghead515 said:

Im trying from 32 to 64. All mint state except for key dates. One these days I may try replace the key dates with mint state but no time soon. 

Great!  That will be a good looking set for sure.

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On 10/31/2022 at 5:03 PM, tj96 said:

Great!  That will be a good looking set for sure.

Ive been working pretty hard on it. Ive got well over half of them. It turned out to be a bigger project than I thought it would be. But Im very happy with myself to have done what I have so far. 

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On 10/31/2022 at 5:20 PM, Hoghead515 said:

Ive been working pretty hard on it. Ive got well over half of them. It turned out to be a bigger project than I thought it would be. But Im very happy with myself to have done what I have so far. 

I did the same thing several years ago.  I stayed laser focused for about 5 years on that album.   You (in my opinion) have to stay focused.  It's to damn easy to get side tracked in this hobby.  When I first started, I was only looking for 32-64 Dansco.  The only one I could find on-line (eBay) at the time was a 32 thru 80, so I bought it.  My goal was mint state, problem free coins.  I ended up with all mint state. Many were broken out of slabs.  The 32-D & S are only AU's. 

Stick with with it, you will get there.  It's all about the journey.

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I keep mine all the way to the current date -‘32 to now, all BU and Proof Only S. Four holes remaining, all on Page 1. All at least triple digit cost. 

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I keep mine all the way to the current date -‘32 to now, all BU and Proof Only S. Four holes remaining, all on Page 1. 

'32 to now??   Man, that's a lot of coins!!

EDIT:  How many pages is that?

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On 10/31/2022 at 5:45 PM, VKurtB said:

I keep mine all the way to the current date -‘32 to now, all BU and Proof Only S. Four holes remaining, all on Page 1. 

Those 4 are the killers. Also the 1950 d/s and s/d. For some reason they are the only variaties in the set on NGCs registry. I asked about them one time in the "ask NGC" forum and I was told they felt they were important enough to be included in the set. Thats why I bought those while back in an auction. Got a good deal on both of them. They are heavily circulated but they are very expensive in mint shape. 

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I’m moving much of my lesser value collection (in Dansco albums) to a new spot in my house. New shelves built in. Every slabbed coin worth over $250 is going offsite. We have a wicked security system in a very low crime town, but my wife is as good a shot as I am. 

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On 10/31/2022 at 5:56 PM, VKurtB said:

I’m moving much of my lesser value collection (in Dansco albums) to a new spot in my house. New shelves built in. Every slabbed coin worth over $250 is going offsite. We have a wicked security system in a very low crime town, but my wife is as good a shot as I am. 

...butch n sundance in arab 'bama...who knew?....

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On 10/31/2022 at 5:15 PM, zadok said:

...butch n sundance in arab 'bama...who knew?....

She’s da Kid. Every bit as much as Gene Wilder. 

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Wow!

One for classic, two for States, one for Possessions, two for Parks, and soon one for Women. SEVEN in all. Not even counting the ones for “Standers” and “Barbers”. Lots of holes still in the older ones. I want VF and up in those. 

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On 10/31/2022 at 7:31 PM, VKurtB said:

One for classic, two for States, one for Possessions, two for Parks, and soon one for Women. SEVEN in all. Not even counting the ones for “Standers” and “Barbers”.

I hope to have an impressive collection like that one these days. Id say I never will due to the prices skyrocketing. Wish I coulda started back in the glory days. Very cool collection Kurt. I would be very happy to accomplish putting together a collection like that. 

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On 10/31/2022 at 6:37 PM, Hoghead515 said:

I hope to have an impressive collection like that one these days. Id say I never will due to the prices skyrocketing. Wish I coulda started back in the glory days. Very cool collection Kurt. I would be very happy to accomplish putting together a collection like that. 

Finding Barber quarters with enough “meat” on them is tough. It’s a series to just keep one’s eyes open at shows and not obsess over. 

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I just got the quarter in the mail today. In hand she sure is a beauty. Its everything I was hoping it to be. Its a joy to look at. Absolutely one of my favorites in the set so far. I cant seem to lay it down. I love the enjoyment in this hobby when you get new coins in the mailbox. 

 

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On 10/30/2022 at 9:22 PM, Lem E said:

Congrats brother. I think those coins that grab you from the start are usually good buys and if you don’t pull the trigger it will eat at ya. Most of the time they are even better in hand. I’m no grader by any means but it looks solid at 66. Looks to have good luster potential and the few hits I do see are hidden mostly in the wings. Grease spot on the right wing? Obverse looks pretty clean. I wouldn’t kick her out. I like it. Kudos. :golfclap:

That must have been a spot on the camera or something. The coin is almost flawless in hand. Theres no spot at all looking at it in hand. 

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On 11/3/2022 at 5:02 PM, Hoghead515 said:

That must have been a spot on the camera or something. The coin is almost flawless in hand. Theres no spot at all looking at it in hand. 

That’s even better. I’d rather it be clean than have the grease spot. Glad it is a winner. 

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