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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 8255588, member: 101855"]The one in your type set is an MS-64 at best. It's got spots and marks. </p><p><br /></p><p>You should be able to get a really pretty one, but color could be a problem. When these coins were first minted, they were bright white, which reflected the silver that was in them. Out in circulation, they soon turned brown. </p><p><br /></p><p>I like the bright white ones with no spots. They are sill out there. There was a dealer at the Lakeland show who had a number of them, all raw. The trouble is these coins are not worth the grading fee, so if you have to have them slabbed, it's a "consumption act" (a money losing transaction) as my old economics teacher used to say. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a set a bought a few months ago. I have upgraded a couple of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455402[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1455403[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 8255588, member: 101855"]The one in your type set is an MS-64 at best. It's got spots and marks. You should be able to get a really pretty one, but color could be a problem. When these coins were first minted, they were bright white, which reflected the silver that was in them. Out in circulation, they soon turned brown. I like the bright white ones with no spots. They are sill out there. There was a dealer at the Lakeland show who had a number of them, all raw. The trouble is these coins are not worth the grading fee, so if you have to have them slabbed, it's a "consumption act" (a money losing transaction) as my old economics teacher used to say. Here's a set a bought a few months ago. I have upgraded a couple of them. [ATTACH=full]1455402[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1455403[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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