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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedy, post: 94793, member: 705&quot;]Since it was found in the dirt I&#039;m sure it has corrosion...dumb...no...maybe not the best thing you could have bid on...yes.</p><p>If you like the coin it was a good bid...but if you were buying to be buying...it wasn&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel that sometimes the hold of owning a old 1700&#039;s coin just gets us collectors and makes us bid crazy...that is normal...should it happen...I can&#039;t say for sure.</p><p>A coin from that time frame is going to be hard to find in good grades....I passed up a 1794 Half dollar in SEGS F15 NET VG for $1500...I know I should have put that back and paid on it and I would have had it by now...but for some reason I didn&#039;t...I think it was the NET grade.</p><p>You see I try to build my collection of good uncleaned coins....I&#039;m one of few that does it that way....for someone that doesn&#039;t your bid might be totaly low.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would suggest that if you get out bid leaving it alone...and I would also suggest keeping by your rule about slabbed coins....I have a rule that I buy unslabbed coins but if they are key dates then they either have to be slabbed before I get them or soon after.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speedy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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