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<p>[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 23908457, member: 92655"]There is a lot to consume here. I am a working man coin collector that has no issue whatsoever buying details graded coins to fulfill his "kid" coin dream list.... I do not believe you can arrive at a formula per se. I think eye appeal will be the determining factor 75% of the time and I'll offer two examples of my own for your consumption:</p><p><br /></p><p>1785 Bar Copper AU-Details, Reverse Tooled...... In years past somebody used a pocket knife to scratch grime from between the bars. The scratches are almost imperceptible without magnification. Yet, the label relegated the piece as a pariah to discriminate collectors. This coin in AU is an $18,000.00 coin. I purchased for a quarter of that listed value and was happy as a clam.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1547113[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This flowing hair dollar is graded VF-Details with Graffiti due to the light "X" scratched on the eagles chest. Without the graffiti, this is a $15,000.00 coin. I am in it less than $1500.00 if memory serves...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1547115[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The examples I am showing are eye appealing coins that traded far less than their undamaged counterparts..... All I am getting at is that there are still folks like me that will purchase a coin for the beauty of the piece and set aside what the TPG has put on the label. Frankly, neither of the coins above were hot tickets at the time of purchase simply due to the labels..... I just don't think that there is a formula that will work when selling details labeled coins. I believe they have to stand on their own merit regardless of the details label.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 23908457, member: 92655"]There is a lot to consume here. I am a working man coin collector that has no issue whatsoever buying details graded coins to fulfill his "kid" coin dream list.... I do not believe you can arrive at a formula per se. I think eye appeal will be the determining factor 75% of the time and I'll offer two examples of my own for your consumption: 1785 Bar Copper AU-Details, Reverse Tooled...... In years past somebody used a pocket knife to scratch grime from between the bars. The scratches are almost imperceptible without magnification. Yet, the label relegated the piece as a pariah to discriminate collectors. This coin in AU is an $18,000.00 coin. I purchased for a quarter of that listed value and was happy as a clam. [ATTACH=full]1547113[/ATTACH] This flowing hair dollar is graded VF-Details with Graffiti due to the light "X" scratched on the eagles chest. Without the graffiti, this is a $15,000.00 coin. I am in it less than $1500.00 if memory serves... [ATTACH=full]1547115[/ATTACH] The examples I am showing are eye appealing coins that traded far less than their undamaged counterparts..... All I am getting at is that there are still folks like me that will purchase a coin for the beauty of the piece and set aside what the TPG has put on the label. Frankly, neither of the coins above were hot tickets at the time of purchase simply due to the labels..... I just don't think that there is a formula that will work when selling details labeled coins. I believe they have to stand on their own merit regardless of the details label.[/QUOTE]
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