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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2797714, member: 10461&quot;]No.&nbsp; Actually it&#039;s better that the Peacock is in PCGS plastic, particularly since it has a TrueView image.&nbsp; The majority of my Eclectic Box is in PCGS plastic, actually, except for the ancient coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The $20-<i>25</i> shakedown attempt was simply my &quot;sentimental detachment tax&quot;, since I was pretty fond of the Monitor piece for the same reason you mentioned (history, plus I like ship-themed pieces).&nbsp; I initially wasn&#039;t <i>quite</i> prepared to do an even swap, though I came around eventually.</p><p><br /></p><p>I liked the Peacock right from the start when he first offered it, but did not know much about it and initially did not realize that it was not a true HTT struck in 1837, as the date on the token itself indicates.&nbsp; The fact that it&#039;s 75 years &quot;newer&quot; than that was only a mild disappointment at first, and I came around to that, too - it really makes little difference in the long run.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s mostly about aesthetic appeal, and the Peacock piece has that in spades.&nbsp; I believe I will be seeing it in hand later today (Saturday).</p><p><br /></p><p>And if John likes the Monitor in hand, which I think he will, very soon, and it fills a hole in his collection, well, then we&#039;ll have ourselves a win-win scenario.&nbsp; I like those.</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting rid of one coin to add another is just a reality of my collecting.&nbsp; It&#039;s a necessity on my budget.&nbsp; If I didn&#039;t sell or swap stuff away to make new additions, all I could afford to collect would be Statehood quarters or maybe G-VG Lincoln cents minus the keys.</p><p><br /></p><p>By keeping a small, rotating collection of no more than 20 (now 25) pieces, I can afford to keep gradually &quot;trading up&quot;.&nbsp; It&#039;s the only way I&#039;ve been able to afford some of the $500+ material I have.&nbsp; This was perhaps more of a &quot;lateral&quot; trade, but in some ways an upgrade, too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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