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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;samjimmy, post: 111764, member: 3813&quot;]I need your advice on keeping or returning a set of coins.&nbsp; They are...</p><p><br /></p><p>1805 25c Draped Bust (4 year coin, mintage 121,394 which is 2nd lowest)</p><p>1815 25c Capped Bust (first year, 89,235)</p><p>1837 10c Capped Bust</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought these together and the seller would like the set returned as a group if I return them, which I don&#039;t have a big problem with.&nbsp; The question is... keep &#039;em or return &#039;em?&nbsp; here&#039;s the rub (literally)...</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1837 10c seems to be original (the picture below is lighter than actual, it has a nice deep gray tone all over).&nbsp; Out of the three, this is the nicest (and cheapest, heh).</p><p><br /></p><p>1805 25c and 1815 25c are cleaned, which I knew.&nbsp; But the 1815 (which is lighter than the pictures) has some rather unpleasant rubbing (bright silver scratching) in the red areas (picture c).&nbsp; the 1805 actually has a bit of it too, but not nearly as much and it&#039;s harder to see.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really don&#039;t want to pay more for this group (under $450), so while there may be better examples, they just aren&#039;t anything I really am in love with and they are more for the type album than anything (which these would be fine for).&nbsp; I know it&#039;s hard to make judements without having the coin in hand, but...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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