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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7963524, member: 101855"]It's hard to price American coins when you are buying them in a far-off foreign country, The supply of Mass. cents is probably not very large in Norway, and to get one from the states would have foreign exchange rates and shipping. </p><p><br /></p><p>This piece is very expensive at $125 in my opinion. These coins do come nicer, and you are bound to find a better one eventually, especially if you were to visit here. </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this one raw many years ago for $100 and had it graded by NGC. They called it "EF-45." I think it's over graded. It looks like VF-25 to me. Nevertheless, you can look it from the perspective of what a no problem piece should appear. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380592[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1380593[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I didn't sell it when I upgraded the issue because I saw that I couldn't get much for it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a high end example that is graded AU-58. Don't tell me that there only 13 grading points between these two coins. These pieces do come nice, but it takes a little digging. Beware of fakes. There have been some modern copies made that could be "aged" and sold for the real thing. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380594[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1380595[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7963524, member: 101855"]It's hard to price American coins when you are buying them in a far-off foreign country, The supply of Mass. cents is probably not very large in Norway, and to get one from the states would have foreign exchange rates and shipping. This piece is very expensive at $125 in my opinion. These coins do come nicer, and you are bound to find a better one eventually, especially if you were to visit here. I bought this one raw many years ago for $100 and had it graded by NGC. They called it "EF-45." I think it's over graded. It looks like VF-25 to me. Nevertheless, you can look it from the perspective of what a no problem piece should appear. [ATTACH=full]1380592[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1380593[/ATTACH] I didn't sell it when I upgraded the issue because I saw that I couldn't get much for it. Here is a high end example that is graded AU-58. Don't tell me that there only 13 grading points between these two coins. These pieces do come nice, but it takes a little digging. Beware of fakes. There have been some modern copies made that could be "aged" and sold for the real thing. [ATTACH=full]1380594[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1380595[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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