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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2750721, member: 24314"]ksparrow, posted: "<span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">Great example for type</span>."</p><p><br /></p><p>The beauty of a coin is a personal thing; however, the more informed the person making the judgement of its beauty is and the closer it matches the judgement of a majority of informed parties who are his peers, the better. While we sometimes hold opinions back today so as not to hurt feelings or ruffle feathers, in the end it only causes problems down the line. All members get a participation trophy but not all coins are attractive or worthy of praise.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, that's the case with this dirty, environmentally damaged Trade dollar. Therefore, it is a very <b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">poor example of the type.</span></b> If that coin has no sentimental value, I'll suggest that its owner find a nice, frosty, XF-AU coin in a TPGS slab and give the dealer his coin + some extra cash. Then he will truly own a great example for the type! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2750721, member: 24314"]ksparrow, posted: "[COLOR=rgb(179, 0, 0)]Great example for type[/COLOR]." The beauty of a coin is a personal thing; however, the more informed the person making the judgement of its beauty is and the closer it matches the judgement of a majority of informed parties who are his peers, the better. While we sometimes hold opinions back today so as not to hurt feelings or ruffle feathers, in the end it only causes problems down the line. All members get a participation trophy but not all coins are attractive or worthy of praise. IMO, that's the case with this dirty, environmentally damaged Trade dollar. Therefore, it is a very [B][COLOR=rgb(179, 0, 0)]poor example of the type.[/COLOR][/B] If that coin has no sentimental value, I'll suggest that its owner find a nice, frosty, XF-AU coin in a TPGS slab and give the dealer his coin + some extra cash. Then he will truly own a great example for the type! :angelic:[/QUOTE]
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