My wife and I are going to our first coin show next saturday. There are expected to be 60 dealers. We are excited. She would like to find a Texas Independence Centennial half dollar (1934-1938) below 2009 redbook value. We have seen one each at the coin shops and they are priced at redbook, but AU is the best so far. I prefer the Old Spanish Trail Half (1935),but haven't seen them in town yet. Should be fun looking at coins this Saturday!
redbooks might not be the best in terms of price. i suggest ha to look up prices and if possible buy from there as well. best of luck
HA is heratige auctions. Make sure to note the buyers premium ( minimum $9) and shipping (min $7) that you need to take into account. The auction ending Sunday has quite a few inproperly cleaned coins. I'd steer clear of those personally. They do have a Texas at MS65 but it has alot of coin hits on it. Where is the coin show? I'm in Houston and would drive to SA for a good show.
Hey, I've never been to a show, so don't know that it's a "good show". It will be held at the Live Oak Convention Center, 9AM-5PM,Aug 23,$1 admission Phone Vernon @210-674-5883. That's located on the North East side of San Antonio at I-35 and 1604. The address is 8101 Pat Booker Drive. I would never buy off the internet. I haven't even got a Pay Pal account.
All you need is to sign up and have a credit card , you will be suprised at all the coins they have , it's nothing like E-BAY they are very repubatle ' Just go to ha.com . rzage
In fact...you don't need a credit card. I send Money Orders and checks. Unless I'm wrong---you are saying to steer clear for the Inproperly cleaned coins....and not talking about Heritage. Heritage is a great firm and I would suggest anyone to at least get a user ID and watch for coins on your list. I've gotten a few coins from them and have always been happy with their service. In fact...two of our members work for Heritage. Never say never. Alot of people said that they would never post on an online forum....but look at how many do. The Internet is a great tool for the collector. Don't loose out on useing it! Speedy
Sorry if I wasn't clear. I WOULD buy coins from Heritage in a heartbeat. They have some of the best coins anywhere. This weeks auction has about 12 cleaned coins in the commerative section alone. (they are slabbed and clearly marked improperly cleaned) This is not usual and I wanted to mention it because as of right now the prices are very low and very tempting. You can always buy cleaned coins to fill holes. I prefer to try to get the best the first time. Thanks for the info on the San Antonio show, I'll try to be there . :kewl:
My Philiosophy: If you buy a coin with a problem, you will always have a coin with a problem. I assume you mean the "best you can afford." And I agree. Since I have many years of collecting under my belt, I have developed a set of standards for what I'll accept into my collection. If I can't afford a coin that matches or exceeds those standards, I don't buy that particular issue. That's why I have only one coin from the 1790's. And it is the least expensive of all 1790's coins. My standards are NOT the same across all issues. For instance, my business strike silver Roosevelt's are all MS-66 (with a few FT's). That was my standard in collecting that set; I wanted a higher grade matched set. But the standards for my WL's were "the best I could buy for under $100 each." I had to violate that a bit since a couple of them are over $100 even in Good (my lowest collectable grade). I don't want to ever have to replace/upgrade a coin if at all possible. I've done it, but I don't like it. I can rarely get what I originally paid when I do that.
I think there are many good buys to be had in the AU category. Frequently you will find attractive coins with fewer marks than low MS for a lot less money. My Isabella quarter is an AU58 from Heritage and I'm very happy with it.
Agreed. Many collectors avoid MS-60, -61 and -62 coins. They have to have some bad to nasty marks to grade that low. Most AU-55 and -58 coins look better. So you can save some good bucks by avoiding MS coins below -63 and getting AU instead.
Agreed but every so often you'll find a gem in those 61-62 slabs , I have an Oregon Trail in PCGS-62 that has no major hits and for the life of me can't figure why it isn't a 65 , so at least don't rule out looking .:smile rzage:smile
True. My 1921 Peace dollar is graded MS-62. It looks better than that to me. Maybe -63. (Not -64 or -65.)
The only reason I can think of for my Oregon Trail is that maybe the luster isn't all there but other than that really think it looks as good as many 65s I've seen , maybe I just got lucky .:smile rzage
