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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 7419304, member: 116145&quot;]I&#039;m with Randy A., now is a good time to focus on better coins, and I&#039;ve started trying to improve my eye on raw coins and submitting those for grading by ICG, just as part of the learning process (I know PCGS is the one you want them slabbed by for resale, but that&#039;s not where I&#039;m at), it&#039;s been fascinating, I paid $125 each for really nice raw SLQs that looked MS and FH to me (pictures only, Charter Oak auction) and one graded MS63 FH (Full Head / strong strike) and the other AU53, Details (cleaned).&nbsp; Even with the closeup pictures I couldn&#039;t tell it had been cleaned (someone with a more discerning eye might have been able to), I look at the two of those as benchmarks when looking at other SLQs.&nbsp; I also think that it&#039;s a good time to focus on world coins, I&#039;ve started getting interested in 19th century silver Francs, especially 5 franc coins (I only have a half dozen so far) and I&#039;ve picked up a a few Elizabeth and Charles silver shillings, florins and 6 pence and I&#039;ve started buying ancients, which are really cool.&nbsp; I think there are even more bargains to be had in English pennies and a whole bunch of other world coins - this site is a great resource for that sort of information for me.&nbsp; (Seller&#039;s pic)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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