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Message:: [QUOTE="DiomedesofArgos, post: 6065898, member: 115035"]Not exactly a dealbreaker, but more an example of having different preferences than other collectors.  I'm seeing a lot of coins described as "as struck" or nearly so.  Here is an example of a coin listed as "virtually as struck" [ATTACH=full]1244699[/ATTACH] "Struck from somewhat corroded dies and with some doubling on the obverse, otherwise, virtually as struck." Now don't get me wrong, I am not a rich man, and for the right price, I would be perfectly happy to own this coin.  Frankly, I kinda like coins with weird problems like this.  But the idea that this coin should even be in the top 50% of sales prices for its type is silly to me.  For my tastes, this is a bargain coin, not a coin one treasures because it is "virtually as struck" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />  But I often see what I consider problem coins going for higher prices simply because they are "as struck" coins, as if a poorly struck coin that immediately went into the ground for 1,000 years is somehow superior to a slightly used coin with full, clear legends and images.  Different strokes for different folks though and maybe I'm just the weird one <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]