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<p>[QUOTE="sunshineium, post: 1263363, member: 31150"]I know there are a lot of people on here who are far more serious about the hobby and have far more money they are willing to play with than I am willing to spend, which I thought I explained with the bit before the picture. I guess not. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for answering my questions, rlm. If you *might* pay $5, I'm happy with the purchase, because I paid less than that. If a professional doesn't want my business because I or my coin is not worth their time, good, because they aren't worth my money today or any day in the future when I will be willing to lay down the cash for a slabbed, high-grade key. Also, you don't know me or my experience, or lack thereof, degunking coins, don't make assumptions. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am quite happy with it. The date is clear, the reverse looks nice, and because of attitudes like the ones sometimes expressed here in the forums, it probably wouldn't have made it into a collection unless someone like me stumbled across it. It would have been left to rot in it's holder or would have sold on ebay for $35 to someone who has less of a clue than I do. So I, a collector since I was a child, am still thinking "YAY! I got my 11S today!"[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sunshineium, post: 1263363, member: 31150"]I know there are a lot of people on here who are far more serious about the hobby and have far more money they are willing to play with than I am willing to spend, which I thought I explained with the bit before the picture. I guess not. Thanks for answering my questions, rlm. If you *might* pay $5, I'm happy with the purchase, because I paid less than that. If a professional doesn't want my business because I or my coin is not worth their time, good, because they aren't worth my money today or any day in the future when I will be willing to lay down the cash for a slabbed, high-grade key. Also, you don't know me or my experience, or lack thereof, degunking coins, don't make assumptions. I am quite happy with it. The date is clear, the reverse looks nice, and because of attitudes like the ones sometimes expressed here in the forums, it probably wouldn't have made it into a collection unless someone like me stumbled across it. It would have been left to rot in it's holder or would have sold on ebay for $35 to someone who has less of a clue than I do. So I, a collector since I was a child, am still thinking "YAY! I got my 11S today!"[/QUOTE]
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