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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 487979, member: 68"]This is about the size of it. </p><p><br /></p><p>For a coin to get to your hands without marking it almost has to go through all the hoppers and bins on top so it doesn't get scuffed up. This would be extremely unusual since the bins tend to be kept full. </p><p><br /></p><p>There's another problem which can be almost as bad or even worse for some dates; almost all the coins can be very poorly made. Even if you do find a coin that isn't banged up it might be a very weak strike from misaligned and worn out dies. Some dies are horribly overused and this dramatically reduces the odds of finding an early die state coin. There can be other problems such as poor surfaces and retained planchet scratches that plague some dates. There are some moderns which actually have all of these problems and just nice attractive specimens are elusive. </p><p><br /></p><p>All the states issues were saved in significant quantity probably but that doesn't assure that nice gemmy and near gem examples will be available. The Delawares, for instance, are tough in gem and were not saved in such vast numbers. There will be others as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only reason I've not started seriously collecting these yet is that it takes a few years to learn what will be common and what will be scarce. Gems can be common in Cleveland and rare everywhere else. It's much the same principle as the extra leaf WI quarters were pretty common in Tucson.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 487979, member: 68"]This is about the size of it. For a coin to get to your hands without marking it almost has to go through all the hoppers and bins on top so it doesn't get scuffed up. This would be extremely unusual since the bins tend to be kept full. There's another problem which can be almost as bad or even worse for some dates; almost all the coins can be very poorly made. Even if you do find a coin that isn't banged up it might be a very weak strike from misaligned and worn out dies. Some dies are horribly overused and this dramatically reduces the odds of finding an early die state coin. There can be other problems such as poor surfaces and retained planchet scratches that plague some dates. There are some moderns which actually have all of these problems and just nice attractive specimens are elusive. All the states issues were saved in significant quantity probably but that doesn't assure that nice gemmy and near gem examples will be available. The Delawares, for instance, are tough in gem and were not saved in such vast numbers. There will be others as well. The only reason I've not started seriously collecting these yet is that it takes a few years to learn what will be common and what will be scarce. Gems can be common in Cleveland and rare everywhere else. It's much the same principle as the extra leaf WI quarters were pretty common in Tucson.[/QUOTE]
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