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<p>[QUOTE="LA_Geezer, post: 3235360, member: 89393"]IMHO the SLQ ranks among the best looking US coins of the past 150 years. I remember seeing them in my change up through the 1960s, but these were badly worn 100% of the time. Then one evening in the summer of 1966, a cashier in an Army Post Exchange handed me one that was as close to perfect as I had ever seen; a 1932 to be more accurate. I put the coin in a safe place then placed it in a glass jar where it stayed along with a few other prized coins which were lost in a house fire in 1985.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been thinking of getting at least two SLQs as memorials of my parents — 1920 and 1924 dates. Just taking a quick look at slabbed examples of these two years on ebay, I've come to the conclusion that there's not much reason to the pricing on them. I've seen them priced as high as more than $10,000 and as low as $75 for very nice looking ones. In fact, one just closed for under $70 without a buyer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd be grateful to those in the know to give me advice on these two years in particular. What's a fair price to pay for one that at least approaches a higher grade?</p><p><br /></p><p>If there are years (other than 1916) that are the real rare ones, I'd like to know that too in the event that I might decide to go beyond the '20 and '24 issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LA_Geezer, post: 3235360, member: 89393"]IMHO the SLQ ranks among the best looking US coins of the past 150 years. I remember seeing them in my change up through the 1960s, but these were badly worn 100% of the time. Then one evening in the summer of 1966, a cashier in an Army Post Exchange handed me one that was as close to perfect as I had ever seen; a 1932 to be more accurate. I put the coin in a safe place then placed it in a glass jar where it stayed along with a few other prized coins which were lost in a house fire in 1985. I have been thinking of getting at least two SLQs as memorials of my parents — 1920 and 1924 dates. Just taking a quick look at slabbed examples of these two years on ebay, I've come to the conclusion that there's not much reason to the pricing on them. I've seen them priced as high as more than $10,000 and as low as $75 for very nice looking ones. In fact, one just closed for under $70 without a buyer. I'd be grateful to those in the know to give me advice on these two years in particular. What's a fair price to pay for one that at least approaches a higher grade? If there are years (other than 1916) that are the real rare ones, I'd like to know that too in the event that I might decide to go beyond the '20 and '24 issues. Thanks.[/QUOTE]
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