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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 692789, member: 19423&quot;]Just updated my 1908-S IHC Grading Set with a couple of new purchases.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Finally got an AU58 at the Long Beach show last week that I felt was priced ok and was satisfactory for the grade.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure there are better AU58 examples that exist, but I&#039;ve already passed on several AU58s that I considered plain old bad looking.&nbsp; This one has a decent sized hit on Liberty&#039;s face, but it has plenty of AU58 luster that I liked <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/1908sIHCau58obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/1908sIHCau58rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also picked up the MS62RB pictured above from Eagle Eye Rare Coins this week.&nbsp; Thanks Rick!&nbsp; And now I have my 2nd PhotoSealed coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/1908sIHCms62rbobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/1908sIHCms62rbrev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>With that, I now have the circulated portion of the grading set complete from G04 through AU58.&nbsp; The set is also complete in the uncirculated grades up to MS64RD except for an MS64BN and the very low population MS60BN, MS60RB, MS61BN and MS61RB.&nbsp; I really don&#039;t think I want to go after those hard to find 60-61 grades anyways.&nbsp; And since coins graded PO01 through AG03 currently do not exist, once I find a nice MS64BN I think that I&#039;ll be done with this set!&nbsp; I thought about going up to the MS65 and MS66 grades, but I think the MS64RD that I have looks better than alot of the MS65RD examples I&#039;ve seen and I just can&#039;t see paying over twice the money for the next grade up when I don&#039;t think i&#039;ll be any better than the coin I already have.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m just happy I was able to finish most of this set before the recent significant run up in prices on the 1908-S IHC and before at least three others that I know of have committed to completing their own 1908-S IHC grading sets.&nbsp; And since imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it doesn&#039;t bother me too much that I&#039;ve had to compete with them on a few coins towards the end of buliding my set and I wish them luck in continue to build and in finishing their sets.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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