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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 4640163, member: 26302&quot;]It really has to depend. If someone only collects late US coins, modern US coins, or similar I guess a preferred grade is appropriate. I am all over the board depending on the type of coin I collect. A weird one is my avatar type. Scarce type, in high demand, but I find it so pretty I cannot bear buying one lower than gVF since one with more wear makes me sad. This means I might only see one a year for sale, but that is the nature of ancient collecting. For other areas of ancients, I am fine down to a nice VG if attractive. I can do a hole or a small bankers mark for a rare issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I collected US coins, most of my collecting was XF45-Au58 SL and Bust halves. This was when an AU58 was AU58. I bet most of mine today would get put into MS slabs if I slabbed them, (yes I still own them, I am too big a hoarder to sell simply because I do not collect or follow those coins anymore). But, I had a VG chain cent, a couple of G early quarters. Any coin is collectible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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