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<p>[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 3978404, member: 73489"]Great post....I am partial to looking at the AU58's for those coins and for others, esp. if I can't afford something MS65/64 or higher. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's NOT as clear-cut with coins as with bills, where many times <b>the initial look of the 58's is much better than the 60-63's....</b>but sometimes those AU58 coins are better looking and the reason they are 58's might not matter look-wise compared to coins graded a few grades higher. And even if they are NOT better-looking at first glance, they might very well be a better buy for the buck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting perspective....somewhat nicer than a story where a nice Saint spend the last 100 years in a velvet pouch and then a TPG slab. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Coin-flip (no pun intended !) on selling a highere-end coin vs. 2 medium cost coins. But from a diversification perspective you are spot-on regarding havein 2 coins vs. 1 coin.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 3978404, member: 73489"]Great post....I am partial to looking at the AU58's for those coins and for others, esp. if I can't afford something MS65/64 or higher. It's NOT as clear-cut with coins as with bills, where many times [B]the initial look of the 58's is much better than the 60-63's....[/B]but sometimes those AU58 coins are better looking and the reason they are 58's might not matter look-wise compared to coins graded a few grades higher. And even if they are NOT better-looking at first glance, they might very well be a better buy for the buck. Interesting perspective....somewhat nicer than a story where a nice Saint spend the last 100 years in a velvet pouch and then a TPG slab. :D Coin-flip (no pun intended !) on selling a highere-end coin vs. 2 medium cost coins. But from a diversification perspective you are spot-on regarding havein 2 coins vs. 1 coin.:cigar:[/QUOTE]
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