Would you buy this problem coin for this price?

Um what? You should probably do some research on that coin and early U.S. coins in general I imagine.

 

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The first one looks like it might be a cast fake due to the surfaces. The second one definitely looks better, but it's not really comparable since it's not a 1795 Flowing Hair.

 

@Paul M., yes, I agree. Brain fart on my part. Sorry.

Thanks for the input, though.

 

That's for sure! As for price paid, I rarely ask about that because, while the advice is welcome, I don't need to see the usual CDN jibber jabber.

 

Understand. For me, I just ask myself, "when I'm on my death bed, am I going to look back and lament about some post from CT?"....lol.

 

I would for $200 max, but otherwise, nope. I don't mind some problem coins, but this one is pretty rough even for my tastes.

 

As a small collector I've been wanting to purchase a coin as early as possible to the 1776 year and have myself been looking into these. But that one coin I would pass on due to the above mentioned conditions. Put the money aside and save some more for a better specimen.

 

junk to me don't have and will not have coins of this nature

 

I would buy this coin at a certain price, but that price is far below $500. So nope, too butt ugly. Maybe for melt value.

 

You would be the luckiest man on Earth to find a Flowing Hair Silver Dollar at melt, or you'd be buying stolen property. In the real world, you'd be lucky to get it for much less than $500 due to demand.

 

All the notions of buying to flip the coin aside, I would avoid buying it for a personal collection. There are too many issues that would prove to be too many distractions every time you looked at it, and unless you bought it at a very favorable price (i.e., well south of $800), you'll have a very difficult time finding a buyer to even break even on it.
'dude

 

I avoid problem coins, however there are dealers who specialize in them and collectors who use them to fill a slot in their album.

 

As I said. For really cheap money. Honestly I'd like to be at $200-250. It would make a very cool necklace again. Or would be a neat pocket piece. But as a coin for my collection no. I greatly prefer the 1795 I have