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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2356389, member: 59677&quot;]Well, what do you want (raw, certified)? Details OK? Grade? Special features like well struck?</p><p><br /></p><p>They are out there, just not a lot of nice pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, for my coins in circulation as of set, I&#039;ve been looking for a year.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted an 1851O in VF with a decent strike. Raw would be OK (I have an NGC membership). As a general rule (although I do have one in my 3cs collection) I avoid the Stacks 57th St collection - most of the lower grades are IMNSHO gifts from NGC to Stacks.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC has graded 466, plus 94 details graded. Of those only 20 are VF.</p><p>PCGS has graded 628 (details unknown). Of those, (VF20, 25, 30, 35): 4 11 17 10 or = 42.</p><p><br /></p><p>Numismedia says 92$ in VF20, 216 in XF40. So I was looking to pay not much more than 150.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is one PCGS VF25 on eBay, has been there for 9 months if I remember correctly, at 195 BIN - but I just found myself consistently not loving it. People want $200 for raw VFs and I&#039;m not loving most of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most I saw on the show circuit were VG at best. One dealer had an OK one, but wouldn&#039;t budge from $200 (raw).</p><p><br /></p><p>Kept looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>And looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>And looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually an NCG VF35 shows up in a 1 day auction with a reasonable starting price. Only attracted two bidders and four bids. I put in a reasonable bid early on and let eBay walk it up 1 advance over the other guy. For a price I&#039;m comfortable paying and a coin I really like...it has that grey-silver toning with the high points worn down slightly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not a great photo, but...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]480257[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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