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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Coinsandmedals, post: 3794562, member: 107435&quot;]In an ideal world, we would not have to choose, but more often than not, during my collecting journey, I have been forced to make this decision. Although very subjective to the coin in question, I usually choose eye-appeal. For the most part, this has served me well, but on average, the compensation in grade is only by a point in either direction. I came to this crossroads today while bidding in the Stacks Bowers world coin auction. They had two coins of the same denomination (albeit different varieties) that differed by two grades (i.e., one was a Proof 63, and the other was a 65.). There was by no means anything wrong with the Proof 65 example, but it lacked the eye appeal the Proof 63 had. I ended up pulling the trigger on the Proof 63 example and passed on the Proof 65. Usually, I would shrug this off, but I was the underbidder at a recent Heritage auction on a Proof 65 example of the same variety I just purchased from Stacks, which only sold for ~$100 more than I paid for my Proof 63 example.&nbsp; This decision marks a substantial deviation from my standard decision making; however, I am super happy with the purchase, and I can not wait to have it in hand.&nbsp; With that said, has anyone else come to similar crossroads? What did you decide, and do you have pictures?</p><p><br /></p><p>As payment, here is a picture of the 1806 Great Britain bronzed proof Penny (P-1326) that I just won. On a side note....I hope my wife does not see the invoice for this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1013838[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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