1986 Silver Dollar

My original question was whether or not I should keep the Eagle .
That is all I wanted to know.......
After reading everyone opinion I would make my decision.
Now I know that there is no such thing as a simple question here.
The next time I will give more details......
Thanks again

 

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One of the beautiful things about this (or most hobbies) is that no one can tell you what to like, collect, or do unless you let them. There are as many individual viewpoints as there are participants; sometimes they match and other times they don't. One person may not take issue with the coin while others wouldn't hear of keeping it. All we can do is share our individual views and allow you to take from it what you will.

A late welcome to the forum to you, sir. Hopefully you'll return.

 

I look forward to picking your brains , I see that this a very serious thread and will be more specific with my posts in the future.
Thanks again

 

Simple question, simple answer. KEEP THE COIN. It was a good lesson and you will not be considered a "pest" by the dealer.

Now decide if you are going to get some more for the silver content or collect them by date already graded. Don't pay a lot over the going price for silver.

 

Not always especially from the early years. The mint did not give these coins special handling and neither did the dealers/collectors. They were just bullion coins. And they weren't slabbed back then either. PCGS had just stated up, NGC didn't even exist, the services were not being used that heavily at the time and they did not have bulk submission discounts then. And at the time very few coins were receiving grades over MS-65. It just wasn't worth paying $30 to submit an $8 coin that would be worth $10 - $15 if it came back as a 65 or wonders a 66. If they were slabbed they went to PCI or ACG because they were cheaper. The wide spread slabbing of ASE's was years in the future. These were just bullion pieces and treated as such.

 

This is numismatics. A sizable plurality of us (raises hand) are, by nature, studious and pedantic. Kinda goes with the territory; any thread at any time can morph (degenerate?) into an excruciating level of detail.