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<p>[QUOTE="robp, post: 24842157, member: 96746"]I too have a problem with graded coins as they are a very definite rectangular peg in a very definite round hole - see below</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1591396[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Like Hiddendragon, I have a few still in holders. These are waiting for the trays to be expanded to accommodate my date order OCD and are also out of sight and out of mind in a drawer in the interim. If the coin fits the trays, then that is where they go, so a few dozen top pops and over a hundred one or occasionally two grades below top have been similarly treated. As posted earlier, they are acceptable of not, irrespective of what anyone else thinks - and it's not a p'ing competition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not collecting US coins means I am disconnected from the competitive registry set fad where it appears to me that the coin is secondary to someone else's opinion on what number should be on the label - a weird concept that I can't get my head round. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate a high grade coin and this frequently equates to a decent coin in hand, but I don't think the tail should ever wag the dog[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robp, post: 24842157, member: 96746"]I too have a problem with graded coins as they are a very definite rectangular peg in a very definite round hole - see below [ATTACH=full]1591396[/ATTACH] Like Hiddendragon, I have a few still in holders. These are waiting for the trays to be expanded to accommodate my date order OCD and are also out of sight and out of mind in a drawer in the interim. If the coin fits the trays, then that is where they go, so a few dozen top pops and over a hundred one or occasionally two grades below top have been similarly treated. As posted earlier, they are acceptable of not, irrespective of what anyone else thinks - and it's not a p'ing competition. Not collecting US coins means I am disconnected from the competitive registry set fad where it appears to me that the coin is secondary to someone else's opinion on what number should be on the label - a weird concept that I can't get my head round. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate a high grade coin and this frequently equates to a decent coin in hand, but I don't think the tail should ever wag the dog[/QUOTE]
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