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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 334086, member: 4626&quot;]Usually get coins as high condition as I can reasonably afford.&nbsp; Some harder to get coins I&#039;ll overlook minor damage if the coin is overall pretty good (have a bust half that has decent &quot;character&quot; lol, scratched up and dented a little, but great details under all of that, and a hreat conversation piece... and allows me a good example of the coin that I probably wouldn&#039;t otherwise be able to afford).&nbsp; Will almost never get a coin worse than a VF unless I just can&#039;t find or afford better... even then will usually pass, as if I can&#039;t see the coin for what it is it just doesn&#039;t seem worth it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Holes, green corrosion, pieces of the coin missing, forget it...</p><p><br /></p><p>Slight damage, slight corrosion, scratches, a gentle cleaning... maybe.&nbsp; My standards get higher though the more modern and common the coin is, at which point I should be able to afford near perfection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Morgan dollars though I actually think look better slightly circulated lol... don&#039;t ask me why, but a slightly greyish worn piece excites me more than a blast white near perfect one.&nbsp; There&#039;s just something about a century old coin that looks like it&#039;s a witness to history that you can&#039;t get out of the same coin that could have been minted yesterday but for the date.&nbsp; I have one MS Morgan for my type set but any other Morgan I get is usually in the VF/EF range... even got a VERY worn Morgan just for the heck of it lol... I don&#039;t feel this way about any other coins, but there&#039;s just something about a circulated Morgan that actually improves with wear, up to a point.</p><p><br /></p><p>HATE toning.&nbsp; A little minor toning I can put up with if it&#039;s not too distracting.&nbsp; Werid colors a coin has no business being, forget it (green, red, purple, whatever...)&nbsp; A tad golden brownish, or even black as long as it doesn&#039;t cover much, fine.&nbsp; Monster toning... ew!&nbsp; Forget that!</p><p><br /></p><p>Modern proof sets better be practically perfect lol... no excuse for them not to be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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