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<p>[QUOTE="Hookman, post: 3400664, member: 99642"]Oh, I know that. Just making a point, and I agree with that point.</p><p>I think the most important lesson we can learn, or have learned, is that condition trumps rarity, and pretty much everything else, 99.9 % of the time.</p><p>The rare coin that is so rare that it is extremely valuable regardless of its, perhaps, very poor condition, is so rare that most of us, myself included, will never hold it in our hand, much less own it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The condition vs rarity/error aspect is exactly why I advise newbies to spend their efforts searching fair to good, or better, coins rather than beat up and damaged coins. As you, and others, have pointed out, who actually wants an error coin that may be so damaged that you can't tell the error from the damage, or so worn that it has little or no value?</p><p>I know I won't buy one like that, but....If I find one on my own, I will keep it.</p><p>However, I gave up searching damaged coins long ago, and I have never, and will probably never, use high magnification to look for errors.</p><p>High mag just makes everything look like something.</p><p>So really, we agree.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>^^^^^Further evidence of our point about what we search.^^^^^</p><p>I buy penny and nickel rolls at my part-time retail job and search them. Not as much as I used to, and I still reject the damaged coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hookman, post: 3400664, member: 99642"]Oh, I know that. Just making a point, and I agree with that point. I think the most important lesson we can learn, or have learned, is that condition trumps rarity, and pretty much everything else, 99.9 % of the time. The rare coin that is so rare that it is extremely valuable regardless of its, perhaps, very poor condition, is so rare that most of us, myself included, will never hold it in our hand, much less own it. The condition vs rarity/error aspect is exactly why I advise newbies to spend their efforts searching fair to good, or better, coins rather than beat up and damaged coins. As you, and others, have pointed out, who actually wants an error coin that may be so damaged that you can't tell the error from the damage, or so worn that it has little or no value? I know I won't buy one like that, but....If I find one on my own, I will keep it. However, I gave up searching damaged coins long ago, and I have never, and will probably never, use high magnification to look for errors. High mag just makes everything look like something. So really, we agree. ^^^^^Further evidence of our point about what we search.^^^^^ I buy penny and nickel rolls at my part-time retail job and search them. Not as much as I used to, and I still reject the damaged coins.[/QUOTE]
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