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<p>[QUOTE="savitale, post: 6087940, member: 95284"]A spectacular coin! Congratulations on acquiring it. </p><p><br /></p><p>The scratch doesn't bother me aesthetically. Assuming the photos are doing both coins justice I definitely prefer your coin over the 2019 one. But I probably wouldn't have bought it. I would be concerned that the scratch would come back to haunt me financially, and with that coin the risk is great (for someone of my means, anyway). If the coin were to be catalogued as "scratched" in a future auction, it could turn away some bidders and there are not many bidders available for that coin. If the coin were slabbed with a "scratched" designator, similarly that could really affect the resale value. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the case where money was no object and I could own it 'till the end of my days without care of resale, I might reconsider.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="savitale, post: 6087940, member: 95284"]A spectacular coin! Congratulations on acquiring it. The scratch doesn't bother me aesthetically. Assuming the photos are doing both coins justice I definitely prefer your coin over the 2019 one. But I probably wouldn't have bought it. I would be concerned that the scratch would come back to haunt me financially, and with that coin the risk is great (for someone of my means, anyway). If the coin were to be catalogued as "scratched" in a future auction, it could turn away some bidders and there are not many bidders available for that coin. If the coin were slabbed with a "scratched" designator, similarly that could really affect the resale value. In the case where money was no object and I could own it 'till the end of my days without care of resale, I might reconsider.[/QUOTE]
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