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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;phankins11, post: 2195997, member: 70703&quot;]Man talk about the rabbit hole of numismatic discussion...</p><p>So this question is going to require that you answer a couple of other questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you care, are you going to have it graded, and why are you collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you don&#039;t care...stop there. Move on..if you like the coin cool..if you don&#039;t then don&#039;t buy it, or trade if for something else. Collect for you. I think collectors at this level are some what pushed into worrying about value too much in these terms. Its important, but if you like it don&#039;t sweat it.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are going to have it graded, then yes it detracts from the coins value because it will not grade straight. Which means you will get a grade that declares the coin to be cleaned which will end up a waste of money for you for the grading fees, and you will now have a coin with stigma attached to it...unless you crack it out and just keep it in an album.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why are you collecting. Again I use the rabbit hole analogy, but if you are collecting based only on value, and that value increasing then I say you are not collecting, but investing. If you are collecting because you like how that coin looks with the rest of your collection then I say well done, you&#039;ve chosen a great coin from a great series of coins to collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a collection of Liberty Nickels going right now. I&#039;d put yours in my set any day. Its a clean looking coin with little distraction to it and its in the grade range that I want. The toning (AT or not) is a nice touch. I know my set has cleaned coins in it but I don&#039;t care. I like&#039;em. If I get into financial trouble and have to sell my set, I know I&#039;m not going to get what I paid out of it, cleaned coins or no cleaned coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Believe it or not this was my short answer![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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