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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Half Dime, post: 26077478, member: 153164&quot;]I do wonder if cuds are visible in such low grades. Most of the cuds I&#039;ve seen are on modern coins, so of course they&#039;re mostly high grade.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think lowball collecting has a lot to do with conditional rarity. Getting a P-1 with no problems, especially early copper or coins like the Draped Bust quarter, can be quite rare, and some pieces have a lesser population in Poor than in MS-67 or 68, depending on the coin. These collectors also tend to focus on the historical aspect of coins, wondering just who could&#039;ve handled it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is an especially tough series for sure. I&#039;ve quoted between buying this quarter and now that 2 digits for a Draped Bust quarter is always a deal, but realistically an example like this without a hole could easily run $200 or more. G or better can run $500 or more, that is if it has no problems.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I really like the coin, although I do need to knock out the Capped Bust quarter now.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt that it was priced that way to generate a higher price, for 2 reasons: 1 being that it came from a coin shop that takes their coins over there for auction, and 2 being that I was the only bidder, and really the only person who seemed to have interest in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The shop probably paid about $75 for it, and the only reason I could see them pricing it at $125 is so they have room to come down a nice amount and still make money.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re not settling for AU58 details, I can easily see why you&#039;ve been on the hunt. Would you consider yourself a cherrypicker in these situations?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree. Greysheet for Fair-2 is $110, but retail can easily be double that. With a hole, Draped Bust quarters are a series where you can likely still get the bid price out of it, maybe even to another dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s the thing about these lower-grade coins - they target collectors who don&#039;t want to spend an arm and a leg for a type coin. This can be pretty good in some circumstances, other times maybe not so good, depending on who&#039;s crossing your path.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Those are 2 cool quarters! FR-2 and AG-3, both look problem-free for the most part.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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