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<p>[QUOTE="tight wad, post: 424595, member: 15116"]This question is much like the one Chop asked. My situation is I have a lot of silver U.S. coins. (By a lot, I only mean several tubes, not several buckets.)</p><p> Most are obsolete coins. From what I see on this board and on the TV auctions, buyers are only intersted in MS65 or better stuff. These coins are all circulated, an although I have not cleaned them, I feel that several have been cleaned in the past. These coins were collected in bulk for there silver content by persons unfamiliar with "grading" aspect.</p><p> In the case of the standing liberty, I had a small number without dates, and traded them to a coin shop for some with good dates, but still not good enough to sell at auction. I traded my buffalo nickles without dates, the same way. This way I got better coins for little cash outlay, but I don't think anyone would be interested in collecting them. Am I wrong?</p><p>I guess what I'm aksing...are there different levels of collectors? Do coins need to be Uncirculated looking to trade?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tight wad, post: 424595, member: 15116"]This question is much like the one Chop asked. My situation is I have a lot of silver U.S. coins. (By a lot, I only mean several tubes, not several buckets.) Most are obsolete coins. From what I see on this board and on the TV auctions, buyers are only intersted in MS65 or better stuff. These coins are all circulated, an although I have not cleaned them, I feel that several have been cleaned in the past. These coins were collected in bulk for there silver content by persons unfamiliar with "grading" aspect. In the case of the standing liberty, I had a small number without dates, and traded them to a coin shop for some with good dates, but still not good enough to sell at auction. I traded my buffalo nickles without dates, the same way. This way I got better coins for little cash outlay, but I don't think anyone would be interested in collecting them. Am I wrong? I guess what I'm aksing...are there different levels of collectors? Do coins need to be Uncirculated looking to trade?[/QUOTE]
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