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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 25932749, member: 77413&quot;]The 1929-S wraps up my survey of cents of the 1920’s. This red-brown example was $39. For people who work in rarer territory, these prices may not seem worth the bother. In today’s world, it is literally lunch money. I still have a reluctance to spend anything at all; I’m sure there are lots of people who have a healthier relationship with their money.</p><p><br /></p><p>For this issue, NGC says “Those certified as gems (MS 65 RD or higher) may or may not be well struck, as the role of strike in grading is limited. Only a very badly struck coin will have points deducted…”. I have stated my disagreement about this, but all I have to do is find the well-struck coins I like and avoid the mushy ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here we can see that the fields on both sides still retain that granular surface that exists before die wear obliterates it. Again, the luster follows the field curvature, rather than the radial cartwheel luster that comes with worn dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once again, I think I like the variations in color found on a Red Brown coin. I only have fully red ones from 1935 onwards, generally MS66-67, so I enjoy the variations in color in the first two decades of the series. I don’t think I would ever look at a set that was just fully red all the way through.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1650669[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1650670[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1650671[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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