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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1305922, member: 26302"]Good to know the auction and seller. Desertgem made an excellent post.</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite dealer growing up had a set of four 3 legged 37d's. Each had a different leg missing. His jeweler friend removed them on 3 of the coins, the fourth being an authentic type. He said he did it because he was simply amazed how a little publicity can turn a coin from a defective, poor quality mint product into something desirable. He felt the same about 22 plain cents. He had a world class reference collection of both buffalo's and wheat cents, (wheat cents complete in red and probably 65+ if graded today), but refused to have either coin in his sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think maybe that is why I simply view both coins today as inferior strikes and not really worthy of collecting. I know I am in the minority, but I prefer to chase exceptional coins, not defective ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1305922, member: 26302"]Good to know the auction and seller. Desertgem made an excellent post. My favorite dealer growing up had a set of four 3 legged 37d's. Each had a different leg missing. His jeweler friend removed them on 3 of the coins, the fourth being an authentic type. He said he did it because he was simply amazed how a little publicity can turn a coin from a defective, poor quality mint product into something desirable. He felt the same about 22 plain cents. He had a world class reference collection of both buffalo's and wheat cents, (wheat cents complete in red and probably 65+ if graded today), but refused to have either coin in his sets. I think maybe that is why I simply view both coins today as inferior strikes and not really worthy of collecting. I know I am in the minority, but I prefer to chase exceptional coins, not defective ones. Chris[/QUOTE]
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