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<p>[QUOTE="JBK, post: 47049, member: 1101"]BTW – I love the SEs. (I would love the gold ones, too, but they are a bit pricey). They are a first rate coin all around, and worthy of being collected. </p><p><br /></p><p>I remember the great battle that was necessary to get the US to issue bullion coins. And now, they can’t sell enough of them. Other countries still give the US a run for it’s money in regard to gold bullion, but for silver, I think the US has them beat. The other silver coins are nice, but many are in the collector realm only (UK Britannia, for example). As expensive as the SE is, it is the closest to bullion value when first issued as far as I kniw. </p><p><br /></p><p>In regard to “circulated” SEs, if I had an AU coin I would wear it down to G or AG then have it slabbed and then put it on ebay as a great rarity. Here’s the question: If you used mechanical means to get it to VG or so, then wore it down naturally to AG or G, would the slabbers know?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JBK, post: 47049, member: 1101"]BTW – I love the SEs. (I would love the gold ones, too, but they are a bit pricey). They are a first rate coin all around, and worthy of being collected. I remember the great battle that was necessary to get the US to issue bullion coins. And now, they can’t sell enough of them. Other countries still give the US a run for it’s money in regard to gold bullion, but for silver, I think the US has them beat. The other silver coins are nice, but many are in the collector realm only (UK Britannia, for example). As expensive as the SE is, it is the closest to bullion value when first issued as far as I kniw. In regard to “circulated” SEs, if I had an AU coin I would wear it down to G or AG then have it slabbed and then put it on ebay as a great rarity. Here’s the question: If you used mechanical means to get it to VG or so, then wore it down naturally to AG or G, would the slabbers know?[/QUOTE]
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