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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tulipone, post: 2250644, member: 71656&quot;]Just back from the Midlands Coin Fair (Birmingham, UK).&nbsp; My first proper coin show in the UK and to be honest, it was far better than I was expecting and has opened my eyes to the world of coin collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I started off buying bullion coins and still very much picking up what I like and have various runs of single date coins, most notably bullion silver eagles, Maples, Philharmonics etc.&nbsp; Also have the odd sovereign.&nbsp; Thats okay, no problems.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I also have quite a few predecimal coins, notably 6d coins, supplemented by 3d, 1s, florins, half crowns and crowns.&nbsp; The majority of these I&#039;d conservatively grade between Fine to Very Fine with the scattering of the grades either side.&nbsp; I like to have good detail and a nice coin and have always loved the history that a used coin has had.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Today I have seen the world of grades AUNC and up and seen the cash that folk are prepared to pay for top quality coins.&nbsp; A Fine 1723 6d is probably around £25 an EF around £300.&nbsp; Now this is for a humble 6d - a Crown likely far more.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know the US seem to prefer slabbed coins and if I am honest, I don&#039;t really understand why you pay someone else to tell you how good something is, but each to their own.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I guess I am just a date hoarder rather than a person in pursuit of perfection.&nbsp; I&#039;m interested to understand if you pursue the better grades rather than just grab what you can.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have issues keeping focus with predecimal coinage.&nbsp; The range is so large and so many different varieties and years.&nbsp; Do you manage to focus one a single area?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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