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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2685056, member: 19250&quot;]Look not trying&nbsp; to&nbsp; rain on your parade , as I would venture&nbsp; to&nbsp; say&nbsp; that every poster here including&nbsp; myself have pulled&nbsp; the&nbsp; trigger&nbsp; on a coin that they believed&nbsp; to be a winner only to find out it has issues.</p><p>The 1917 has a great strike but from your images it either&nbsp; looks plated as the plating looks to be peeling&nbsp; off,and if it isn&#039;t&nbsp; plated carbon spots.</p><p>As a variety&nbsp; collector&nbsp; I have passed on some great finds&nbsp; due to them having issues.</p><p>One in particular&nbsp; was an 1876 bleeder&nbsp; variety&nbsp; Shield nickel that was spot on for the variety&nbsp; and had cuts in the rim both on the Obv.and Rev.</p><p>Now if detailed coins aren&#039;t&nbsp; an issue with you ,no problem ,everyone&nbsp; should collect what they like.... and without&nbsp; judgment as to the items they have in their collection .</p><p>However&nbsp; again after collecting over 50 years you learn to be&nbsp; subjective in your purchases. </p><p>As when you grow tired of a specimen&nbsp; and want to sell it you&#039;re&nbsp; at the mercy&nbsp; of finding another collector&nbsp; who is willing&nbsp; to buy a problem&nbsp; coin. </p><p>Yes I understand&nbsp; coins aren&#039;t&nbsp; investments. But&nbsp; if you want to sell you would like to nothing more than break even.</p><p>About 10 years ago I sold an 1939 double Monticello MS-64 for $1400. The same coin these days can be had around $1000.</p><p>I truly hated to part with it...but needed the cash. Now I&#039;m&nbsp; glad that I did....as I&#039;m&nbsp;&nbsp; $400. To the good rather than be at a loss.</p><p>I truly understand&nbsp; the hunt,and desires&nbsp; finding rare coins and or varieties. I have been doing&nbsp; so for a many a moon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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