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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 25367157, member: 134416&quot;]I come from a background of ancient coins.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been collecting them from 30 years, and all my knowledge revolves around ancients. I could tell you about every Roman emperor, but I know little to nothing about American coins, and I wanted to pick an attractive one (with toning).&nbsp; The stated grade, within reason, doesn&#039;t greatly matter to me, nor does the value.&nbsp; I just wanted a pretty coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Attractive toning is more valued in the ancient coin community.&nbsp; I picked the coin, coming from that worldview. To my inexpert eye, the toning appears not to be faux toning, like some of the psychedelic rainbow toners.</p><p><br /></p><p>My criteria: there had to be some rainbow toning, it had to be from the 1870&#039;s-1880&#039;s, and had to be attractive.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m more of a struck coins guy, but the Morgan dollar has always been my favorite from the American series. </p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s hope it isn&#039;t a disaster and I didn&#039;t pick too badly. This seemed the most attractive of the moderately priced coins.&nbsp; I also trawled through ma-shops offerings of the same price range.</p><p><br /></p><p>I chose the super-expensive shipping, as to avoid Priority.&nbsp; Even with a protective slab, I&#039;d rather not have it go through the Lucille treatment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not counting the price paid, did I do ok?&nbsp; Yes, it has the sucky SEGS slab, but life isn&#039;t perfect.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1623259[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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