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<p>[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 24087352, member: 46237"]I don't have many details coins, but in certain situations I do buy them:</p><ol> <li>It's an expensive type that I don't think is worth the money, but a details coin with good eye appeal is available within my budget (VF/XF details for early US type for example)</li> <li>It's a unique or virtually unique error or pattern coin that is not otherwise available (problem free examples do not exist)</li> <li>It's an extremely rare issue and problem free examples are never on the market (better to have a details example than no example)</li> <li>It's more common emergency/revolutionary coinage but some form of corrosion and/or delamination is par for the course (plentiful but virtually no problem free examples exist)</li> </ol><p>Outside of those situations I don't find details coins have any interest to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, all problems do not affect the price equally. A light cleaning for the above scenarios I don't mind, so long as the coin has good eye appeal. I find also that "details damaged" can also be a great looking coin, depending on what the damage is. Harsh cleaning or holed coins I generally don't have interest in, except for situation 2 above.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect a lot of collectors purchase details coins in a similar way to what I'm describing. There is absolutely no hard and fast rule regarding pricing for a details coin. For example, if it's a common issue or one where problem free examples are inexpensive, a details coin likely has <i>no numismatic value whatsoever</i>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 24087352, member: 46237"]I don't have many details coins, but in certain situations I do buy them: [LIST=1] [*]It's an expensive type that I don't think is worth the money, but a details coin with good eye appeal is available within my budget (VF/XF details for early US type for example) [*]It's a unique or virtually unique error or pattern coin that is not otherwise available (problem free examples do not exist) [*]It's an extremely rare issue and problem free examples are never on the market (better to have a details example than no example) [*]It's more common emergency/revolutionary coinage but some form of corrosion and/or delamination is par for the course (plentiful but virtually no problem free examples exist) [/LIST] Outside of those situations I don't find details coins have any interest to me. Also, all problems do not affect the price equally. A light cleaning for the above scenarios I don't mind, so long as the coin has good eye appeal. I find also that "details damaged" can also be a great looking coin, depending on what the damage is. Harsh cleaning or holed coins I generally don't have interest in, except for situation 2 above. I suspect a lot of collectors purchase details coins in a similar way to what I'm describing. There is absolutely no hard and fast rule regarding pricing for a details coin. For example, if it's a common issue or one where problem free examples are inexpensive, a details coin likely has [I]no numismatic value whatsoever[/I].[/QUOTE]
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