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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 21802456, member: 24754&quot;]Hello,</p><p><br /></p><p>I first got into coin collecting about 15 years ago, and decided to start with a US Type Coin Collection. I preferred raw coins at the time and spent a year or so buying examples of the types that I was after, with the only criteria being &quot;It looks nice to me&quot;. Being that was my only criteria, and based on the fact that I had (and still have) no expertise in determining grade/doctoring/cleaning/etc, I&#039;m sure I ended up with a lot of coins that would come back &quot;Details&quot; if sent them to a TPG.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the middle of that endeavor, I discovered ancient coins and have been focused on mostly Roman coins ever since. But, lately I&#039;ve gotten the itch to get back to my US collection, however, this time I want to build it with quality coins in slabs. While some types will obviously take more money depending on how far I want to go, my current goal is to get the best coin that I can of each type that can be had in the $200-$250 range.</p><p><br /></p><p>Which brings me to the current evaluation that I was hoping you could help me with. If any of the raw coins that I already own would fit the criteria of my new collection, then spending the money to have them graded would be cheaper than buying new ones. The problem is, I have no confidence in my ability to guess specific grade or determine &quot;cleaned&quot; and so forth. So I was wondering if you guys might be able to make guesses and suggest whether these would be worthwhile.</p><p><br /></p><p>I tried to photograph these coins raw, but I couldn&#039;t get the camera to focus on the surfaces very well. When I photographed them while in Air-Tites, the camera focused on the surfaces (and showed more accurate colors), however, also showed all the scratches and dust from the plastic. I provided both sets of pictures in case that helps, if these do not suffice in making an accurate determination than let me know and I&#039;ll try again.</p><p><br /></p><p>First up is this Indian Head Cent. The target for my collection is MS64-65, which falls within my price range. If this one would grade out in that range, then I&#039;d prefer to send it in.... what do you think?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1543596[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there is this 3C Silver. My target with this type is AU58... Think it would get there?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1543597[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I appreciate you all taking the time to provide feedback. Don&#039;t be afraid to hurt my feelings, accurate criticism would make for a good learning experience and would be better than wasting money <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a bunch of other candidates that I&#039;d really like to run by everybody. So, if this is something that you don&#039;t mind doing, or maybe even enjoy!... Then please let me know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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