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Message:: [QUOTE="The Penny Lady®, post: 663843, member: 16948"]Yes, I like that 1915 too.  When I had these coins at the ANA to give to Todd to photograph, I showed them to a few customers, which was a BIG mistake.  I had a couple of them almost in tears because I wouldn't sell them!  One guy offered me a lot of money and a 1909 vdb double die in trade for that 1915.  Another guy actually pleaded with me to sell him the 1916.  Boy my soft heart and the dealer in me made it hard to keep turning them down, but the hard part of my heart and my selfishness kept saying "don't do it, you won't find another one like this," so I'm sure glad my hard heart won! And yes I don't necessarily need MS64 or better.  My 1877 was MS63 until I found the MS65 I posted on another thread.  And the 1864-L with the reeded edge that I posted a while back is only a nice AU.  But I do prefer MS64 or better because they usually don't have spots or too many dings.  What I look for first is eye appeal, and my biggest turn off is spots.  I can live with a weaker strike and a couple dings over spots.  And often MS63 or lower will have a spot or some other issue that makes it less appealing to me.[/QUOTE]