Why? I mean really, why?

I love detecting. Haven't done it in years, like 40. I have seen stories of coins, some rare, found in wide open farmland.

 

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Wow! I've got a roll. Still in a nice manila Bank of Nevada, Las Vegas paper roll. Ebay here I come !!! LOL

 

I've never understood the low-ball set collecting either.

 

Same here. I think low-ball collecting is a good example of what happens to collectors when they get bored.

 

I dont know what 'low ball' is.
Can you tell me ?

 

You can always put wear on a coin, but you can never remove it.

 

It's a registry game of sorts. The lowball collector attempts to obtain coins of the lowest grade possible in problem free plastic. It's a complete opposite of what is the norm, ie, attempting to obtain coins with the highest levels of preservation.

I think it is ridiculous, but I'm not going to demean other people's collecting tastes or habits.

 

Thank you.

 

Exactly. On a similar note, I remember a discussion with another collector where I suggested to buy the highest grade they could afford for copper coins with red color. The thought being red can turn into brown but the process can't be reversed.

 

The one thing I can get behind in the low ball thing is that those coins lived ! I like holding this one and imagining all the decisions it made and just who was doing the flipping, how many bars it slid across, etc.


Paying premiums for them encased in plastic is another story...

 

I totally agree, this is the reason why, while I can appreciate and grade (That's debatable, lol) mint state coins, I will not collect or buy them. I enjoy coins that have seen use, that have passed through hands and seen commerce.

 

I don’t do this set, but I get it. Coins with the most circulation wear should have the biggest story to tell. UNC coins from the 1800s never earned a kid a piece of candy from a shop, or a family a loaf of bread.

 

I still think he should've referenced an MS64 or 65 price.

 

I asked him, and he responded that the value came from the Red Book (2018) which only went as far as VG.

 

I guess he does not not know that it is a blatant violation of eBay policy to do so.

 

Perhaps graded to guarantee authenticity and that the D was not added.