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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 8355991, member: 68"]I kindda agree about preserving ugly coins and most '69 quarters are very ugly in the mint set and were even uglier in BU rolls back in 1969. I personally believe that only attractive specimens from Poor to Unc are worth saving. About 98% of these made for circulation and 60% of them made for mint sets were ugly the day they were issued. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and some collectors can find beauty in clad coins that I do not. That there are so few clads also makes me believe that every one that can be saved should be saved. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is sometimes almost impossible to grade a clad through layers of tarnish so I clean them all and usually spend the ones that are still ugly even if all the tarnish comes off. The others, the rare survivor, I put in stable individual holders.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 8355991, member: 68"]I kindda agree about preserving ugly coins and most '69 quarters are very ugly in the mint set and were even uglier in BU rolls back in 1969. I personally believe that only attractive specimens from Poor to Unc are worth saving. About 98% of these made for circulation and 60% of them made for mint sets were ugly the day they were issued. However, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and some collectors can find beauty in clad coins that I do not. That there are so few clads also makes me believe that every one that can be saved should be saved. It is sometimes almost impossible to grade a clad through layers of tarnish so I clean them all and usually spend the ones that are still ugly even if all the tarnish comes off. The others, the rare survivor, I put in stable individual holders.[/QUOTE]
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