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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1409196, member: 26302"]I think you are concentrating way too much on certified examples as well. Myself, I never collected slabbed coins but collected these when I was into US coins. I have about 60 of these AU up sitting in a SDB right now, all unslabbed. I imagine there are hundreds more like me. </p><p><br /></p><p>All I know is higher grade capped bust halves are more common than any other half until WL. I do not knwo the percentage in slabs, nor do I care, but please do not assume they are all slabbed. I also have about 60 AU plus SL halves as well, also all unslabbed. The SL coins took me 4 times longer to find nice ones to buy than the CB ones did, the CB are just more numerous.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your point about Morgans is fair, but you are assuming there is similar demand. Morgans are a weird US phenomenon, if it were any other world coin nearly every Morgan would be worth melt max, they are so ungodly common. CBH are also scarcer than lincoln pennies, also a bit of knowledge that does not match up demand versus supply. Every single ancient coin I collect, if it had similar demand to just CBH, (let alone morgans or lincolns), would be 100 times more expensive. That they aren't makes me happy. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1409196, member: 26302"]I think you are concentrating way too much on certified examples as well. Myself, I never collected slabbed coins but collected these when I was into US coins. I have about 60 of these AU up sitting in a SDB right now, all unslabbed. I imagine there are hundreds more like me. All I know is higher grade capped bust halves are more common than any other half until WL. I do not knwo the percentage in slabs, nor do I care, but please do not assume they are all slabbed. I also have about 60 AU plus SL halves as well, also all unslabbed. The SL coins took me 4 times longer to find nice ones to buy than the CB ones did, the CB are just more numerous. Your point about Morgans is fair, but you are assuming there is similar demand. Morgans are a weird US phenomenon, if it were any other world coin nearly every Morgan would be worth melt max, they are so ungodly common. CBH are also scarcer than lincoln pennies, also a bit of knowledge that does not match up demand versus supply. Every single ancient coin I collect, if it had similar demand to just CBH, (let alone morgans or lincolns), would be 100 times more expensive. That they aren't makes me happy. :)[/QUOTE]
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