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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 7854590, member: 10461&quot;]I’d have contemplated keeping that 1829 in the OP for my personal collection, but I already have a nice circ which is an earlier date.&nbsp; (I like the earlier ones from the ‘aughts and ‘teens.)&nbsp; And I’m a Type collector when it comes to US coins, rather than a date-and-mint collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>So this crusty grey VF below will do until I’m ready to upgrade to an AU or MS example.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353245[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I did briefly own a <a href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/sYHgFCYTayUdYhfLXzOY_h02zawypw6o4.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/sYHgFCYTayUdYhfLXzOY_h02zawypw6o4.png" rel="nofollow">PCGS AU55 CAC 1834</a>, and it was nice and lustrous- but it was a tad too white for my tastes in AU Bust halves (and I needed money), so I sold it.&nbsp; That’s the highest grade Bust half I’ve owned.&nbsp; I’ve never yet crossed into Mint State territory with this type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Really, I’d be just as happy with another Choice AU like that (only pre-1830s, and with some nice toning), rather than try to scrape up the money for an MS example on my limited budget.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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