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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2238759, member: 36230"]No........</p><p><br /></p><p>There is good reason for grade jumps on these, John, and because of it such coins are often dangled as bait by sellers hoping to catch a buyer who knows just enough to be a danger to himself. I am not saying (intend) this to be negative towards you, and it certainly was smart of you to ask for opinions before purchasing, but from this and another thread (threads?) I get the impression that the on-the-surface lower price of raw coins has your attention. Unfortunately, for every raw coin (such as a, for lack of a better term, "condition scarcity" Morgan as this) that would grade out, there are going to be many, many, many others that have no chance of it. Now, there's certainly nothing wrong with buying raw or wishing to save a few bucks, but it is very important to understand that many, and in particular many "better", raw coins are raw for good reason, and that buying raw to submit can easily be a fool's game unless one truly knows what they're doing, and even then a little luck can go a long way. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. Welcome to the forum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2238759, member: 36230"]No........ There is good reason for grade jumps on these, John, and because of it such coins are often dangled as bait by sellers hoping to catch a buyer who knows just enough to be a danger to himself. I am not saying (intend) this to be negative towards you, and it certainly was smart of you to ask for opinions before purchasing, but from this and another thread (threads?) I get the impression that the on-the-surface lower price of raw coins has your attention. Unfortunately, for every raw coin (such as a, for lack of a better term, "condition scarcity" Morgan as this) that would grade out, there are going to be many, many, many others that have no chance of it. Now, there's certainly nothing wrong with buying raw or wishing to save a few bucks, but it is very important to understand that many, and in particular many "better", raw coins are raw for good reason, and that buying raw to submit can easily be a fool's game unless one truly knows what they're doing, and even then a little luck can go a long way. P.S. Welcome to the forum.[/QUOTE]
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