Recently I was shopping on Ebay and hoping to snag a nice $1 or $2 large size 1917 US note to add to my type collection. However, the auction...
I'm only talking about the 2 coins in this thread. The MS61 has at least 3 very prominent gouges, 2 of which are in the fields. The AU58 does...
I think the conversation is focused on a narrow range between AU58 and MS60-61. I doubt anyone would argue that in general, MS coins are...
Why not? You would rather have the overdipped MS61 with dings and gouges all over it?
I think part of the dilemma is that the Sheldon scale separates circulated from uncirculated only based on wear, which is only one of many factors...
Isn't having minimal marks and good eye appeal part of the definition of an AU58, whereas an MS61 is allowed to have prominent marks with poor eye...
Aren't the majority MS61's graded that way because they have some kind of problem?
I'm not ashamed at all to settle for a nice AU coin if the uncirculated version is out of my price range. With that being said, if the two...
I've often heard it said that AU-58's tend to be more appealing than coins in the lower uncirculated grades. The two Seated quarters are a prime...
Here's a similar example of a Seated Liberty quarter that I picked up a few months ago, graded AU50 by PCGS. Notice the dig in the ribbon in the...
Comparing a graded coin with that same coin outside of its holder is definitely apples to oranges. If I would have bought the coin raw on Ebay...
There are so many coins I like that it's hard to answer the question. I guess it depends on what I'm interested in at a given moment. Overall I...
I found a Wikipedia article with pictures of the 1919 Petliura notes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_karbovanets All of these notes come...
Here is a link to pictures of some earlier Ukrainian notes: http://www.banknotes.com/ua.htm The 50 Karbovantsiv note (UA-6) is quite common to...
For low grade MS coins it would depend on what brought the coin down to that grade. If it was a lot of smaller marks I would probably prefer it...
I received the coin today and I'm very happy with it as it looks very nice in hand, and best of all I've gained a lot of insight on Ike's from all...
I really appreciate everyone's insight on my question. I never would have thought that my posting would have generated so much heated discussion....
Excellent! I love looking at Conder tokens, especially the ones you just posted. Their designs seem to be ahead of their time for the 1790's;...
I picked up an NGC certified MS-65 business strike Ike dollar on Ebay:...
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