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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 2130560, member: 24544&quot;]Just want to second the advice on taking your time when you purchase the coin.&nbsp; These coins are very very common, it&#039;s demand that drives up the price.&nbsp; Feel free to pass on a coin if it&#039;s not exactly what you want, there are plenty more for sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are all on budgets and have to trade off condition for price.&nbsp; Lots of people are advising you to save a bit more and buy an mint state example.&nbsp; I&#039;ll give you the counter argument. I have a hard time doubling the amount of money I spend to have a common coin in higher grade.&nbsp;&nbsp; A nice vf coin, with full details and honest wear will be a very nice looking coin which you will have no problem selling when the time comes.&nbsp; I would set a grade range for yourself and buy the nicest coin in that grade, not all vfs are the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, to the extent most people will understand and appreciate your coin it will be due to it&#039;s s v.d.b status, not because it&#039;s a mint state versus vf example.&nbsp; You end up paying twice the money for the mint state, but for me 90% of the value in the coin is just having an example.&nbsp; Like I said, whichever grade you choose, don&#039;t skimp on quality, but for my money I would prefer a nice, clean, original vf to a Mint state 09 s v.d.b.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose 09 s v.d.b is similar in that regard to the coin in my avatar.&nbsp; It&#039;s extremely common as coins go, but it&#039;s iconic with high demand.&nbsp; I could have spent a lot more money buying a coin in higher grade, but I opted to spend less money on a lower grade coin with wonderful eye appeal.&nbsp; I wanted an example, and I wanted a nice example much more than I wanted a high grade example, and the money I saved on not buying a higher grade example will go into other coins I want.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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