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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 4582672, member: 15309&quot;]Intuitively, I think this is correct, but so far, my anecdotal experience has shown me otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this Barber Half raw for AU money thinking I might be getting a deal on an uncirculated coin with poor photos (scans actually).&nbsp; Once I had it in hand, I knew it had been whizzed, but sent it in for grading anyway to use as a teaching tool for whizzing.&nbsp; A few years later I sold it for AU53 money in a matter of days on E-Bay.&nbsp; I lost the cost of the grading fee and selling fees in the process.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/ZzVMHEg.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then you take a coin like this Barber Quarter that simply has two little lines in the right obverse field, probably from swipe with a cloth.&nbsp; I paid AU58 money for this as it is basically an MS62/63 with a rather minor problem for half price.&nbsp; When it came time to sell, it languished in my inventory, and in the end, I could only get AU53 money for it.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/6gq4Wly.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Despite my experiences with problem Barbers, my opinion pretty much mirrors what you and everyone else are saying.&nbsp; The market for details graded coins is unpredictable and range of resale value is all over the place, but attractive coins with lesser problems perform better overall.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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