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<p>[QUOTE="FishyOne, post: 1013353, member: 27384"]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">I believe a lot of the ugliness in this thread is that some people consider a VF coin 'worn' while others of us consider VF too nice a coin to have in our junk Barbers or Mercs.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Read more: <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t133717-3/#ixzz12BrVJ9Gb" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t133717-3/#ixzz12BrVJ9Gb">http://www.cointalk.com/t133717-3/#ixzz12BrVJ9Gb</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p>That's a good point and I'm not trying to be ugly. : ) VF and above there's little or no weight loss from mint specified tolerances. Below Fine and it's a different story. Some buyers, me included, will not buy "slicks" in PO1 or FR2 condition for this reason. Now a full $1,000 bag is never going to be all slicks unless someone took the time to make it that way. The .715 multiplier backs out 1.5% weight for wear, which is okay as long the coins average VG or better (and they usually will).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FishyOne, post: 1013353, member: 27384"][LEFT][COLOR=#000000]I believe a lot of the ugliness in this thread is that some people consider a VF coin 'worn' while others of us consider VF too nice a coin to have in our junk Barbers or Mercs. Read more: [URL]http://www.cointalk.com/t133717-3/#ixzz12BrVJ9Gb[/URL][/COLOR][/LEFT] That's a good point and I'm not trying to be ugly. : ) VF and above there's little or no weight loss from mint specified tolerances. Below Fine and it's a different story. Some buyers, me included, will not buy "slicks" in PO1 or FR2 condition for this reason. Now a full $1,000 bag is never going to be all slicks unless someone took the time to make it that way. The .715 multiplier backs out 1.5% weight for wear, which is okay as long the coins average VG or better (and they usually will).[/QUOTE]
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