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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 1695791, member: 19250&quot;]I agree..... when I tell people that my ASE set is all graded MS-68 not 69 or 70&#039;s they are like are you an underachiever? I just smile and&nbsp; just say no..... as to me I don&#039;t need perfect and I do hate having a coin graded by a TPG anyways. Yes my ASE&#039;s are graded and yes I do own other coins graded that range all over the map. It just I remember a day when collecting was fun ...you sat at a show or club and did your horse trading both going over the coin that was being sold/ traded and it was part of the hobby. I have seen alot in my years collecting coins going both up and down in value. It really drives me nuts when I see a coin that&#039;s lets say $100.00 in MS-68 and goes up to $600.00 in a grade or two. Yes I understand population and numbers don&#039;t lie. But one ask them selves an 1810 bust half dollar is just as classy in an VF the same coin in AU or better....I look at older coins in my hand and sometimes just wonder where they have been....whom has owned them did they buy a horse ,a night lodging or a few rounds of whisky at a saloon?&nbsp; Old holed ones really tweak my mind as sailors often drilled them to wear around their necks ...so their ship mate would not steal them or if the ship went down at least if they survived they still have their lifes saving.&nbsp; I sometimes just think of it this way even the ugliest Mutt in the pound has value....and have rescued some great dogs! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Paddy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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