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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 670027, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Buy the Best Coin You Can Afford</b></p><p><br /></p><p>It is a 1915-S.&nbsp; Just checking a recent Red Book, the prices are not an order of magnitude different, not 10x different.&nbsp; So, if you can afford the $50 coin, you have the resources for the $90 coin.&nbsp; You would only have to wait until you saved a bit more.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A damaged coin is damaged.&nbsp; If you want to complete a Whitman Folder and have little other motivation, then, yes, VG or Good money for this would be appropropriate. Obverse-up, it fills the hole nicely... and the damage is not all that bad in that case.</p><p><br /></p><p>But you talk about third party grading. This coin in anyone&#039;s plastic is still damaged.&nbsp; Would you pay more for the certification than for the coin?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you found it in a roll from a bank, it would be nice find, to be sure!&nbsp; Short of that, the age-old advice is to <b>buy the best coin you can afford.</b>&nbsp; That came from an old Wayte Raymond to a young Dave Bowers, I think.&nbsp; It is historical, like &quot;Buy the book before you buy the coin.&quot;&nbsp; If you can afford this damaged coin, then you can afford to wait for one that is not a problem.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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