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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 1817122, member: 57495"]Interesting questions. To me, just on the basis of how the coin looks, it is a Good. For it to go up to a Very Good, I'd want to see more complete outlines, and maybe a little more legend? I'm sure there'd be others who'd assess it differently and in more detail. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of this unseen lot (largely unseen anyway - the obverse of 3 coins were pictured), there wasn't any further description such as 'mostly Very Good' or 'average Fine', so if I had gotten 29 coins that I considered G and just one at F, it would still be accurate to me. Fortunately, this lot had a decent mix. While there were a few sides I'd struggle to say were even Good (and one horribly tooled one as a bonus), most werer at least Fine, and others I thought very close to Very Fine. </p><p><br /></p><p>I reckon there are two types of collectors who'd buy unseen lots - those who like surprises, and those who like abit of a gamble. To my occasional detriment, I fall into the latter category. </p><p><br /></p><p>Z.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 1817122, member: 57495"]Interesting questions. To me, just on the basis of how the coin looks, it is a Good. For it to go up to a Very Good, I'd want to see more complete outlines, and maybe a little more legend? I'm sure there'd be others who'd assess it differently and in more detail. In the case of this unseen lot (largely unseen anyway - the obverse of 3 coins were pictured), there wasn't any further description such as 'mostly Very Good' or 'average Fine', so if I had gotten 29 coins that I considered G and just one at F, it would still be accurate to me. Fortunately, this lot had a decent mix. While there were a few sides I'd struggle to say were even Good (and one horribly tooled one as a bonus), most werer at least Fine, and others I thought very close to Very Fine. I reckon there are two types of collectors who'd buy unseen lots - those who like surprises, and those who like abit of a gamble. To my occasional detriment, I fall into the latter category. Z.[/QUOTE]
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