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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 3837737, member: 9270&quot;]Thanks for all the comments.</p><p>They get me to thinking about this potential purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The last problem-free VF I tried for was a VF-35 for about $7500.</p><p>But it got sold to someone else before I could lay claim to it.</p><p>1796 is the first year the Mint issued dimes.</p><p>This design (Draped Bust/Small Eagle Reverse) is only from 1796 and 1797.</p><p>The 1797 has two varieties; it&#039;s going to cost about the same for any of them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m using the NGC Registry 1793-1964 Type Set as the model for my type set.</p><p>And my Chain America cent is only an NGC VG-10 BN.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1. No, no other problem coins in my type set.</p><p>My only problem coin is a Capped Bust Quarter 1831 B-7 R-5+ in NGC Fine/Details.</p><p>2. The damage does and doesn&#039;t bother me.</p><p>The AU grade is a definite plus but the damage is a minus.</p><p>I think AU is going to win out over the damage.</p><p>Of course the price has to be right.</p><p>And the question is moot if I don&#039;t win the auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Am I willing to spend the money for a problem-free AU or XF?</p><p>Probably not anymore.</p><p>At 78 I&#039;m not going to get any more 5-figure coins.</p><p>My last was an 1856 FE S-3 in PCGS MS-62; that was to complete my FE/IFC set.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the other two coin missing from my type set, they are the:</p><p>-- 1796 Draped Bust Quarter</p><p>-- 1796 Draped Bust Half Dollar</p><p>Both are 5-figure coins in G-04 and that eliminates them from consideration.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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