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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Phoenix21, post: 474387, member: 7424&quot;]If you&#039;re getting your collecting advice from coins, than, well... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> :whistle:</p><p><br /></p><p>Lol, all joking aside, I totally agree with Lehigh. </p><p><br /></p><p>Spock, I wouldn&#039;t call my collection junk (I&#039;m not saying you are). You know I collect Lincoln Cents, and Ancients. I try to get the best coin I can get, for the right price. Right now, I&#039;m having a difficult time trying to assemble and XF-AU set of Lincolns. It&#039;s coming along, and is getting quite nice I believe (I&#039;m not bragging, lol), even though it is a circulated set. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are many more factors that play into a coin, than just grading as you know. I feel that even though I&#039;m not putting together a MS-65 Red set of Lincolns, I can still have just as a nice set based on other factors, regardless whether or not my coins are circulated or uncirculated. I go by eye-appeal, strike, luster if there is any, etc. I know these play into a coins grade, except that is honestly more so in the MS grades than the circulated grade. Where those factors do apply sometimes with circulated coins (especially when you get higher up on the scale), I can still put together quite a nice set, even though it is XF-AU. </p><p><br /></p><p>My budget is quite miniscule, so I try to do what I can with it. The AU-64 that Lehigh is talking about is a primo coin that would grade MS-64, except it has a little wear on it, making it an AU. That little bit of wear does not bother me, especially if I can pick up a primo coin for an AU price. Wear is not the only factor when it comes to grading. Where it is very important, an AU coin can be nicer than most GEM coins out there. I&#039;m sorry if I am taken as rambling here, lol.</p><p><br /></p><p>Phoenix <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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