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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;finny, post: 4852003, member: 114280&quot;]I&#039;d keep it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The factors for me:</p><p>1. it&#039;s got eye appeal - good portrait and reverse</p><p>2. the flaws - i actually like coins with flaws because that&#039;s a signal that it&#039;s been floating around and handled by many people over the years.&nbsp; For me flaws like jewelry markings, holes, and countermarks are all triggers that make me wonder what people had the coin and what they did with it.&nbsp; There&#039;s the original generation who would have spent the coin - what did they buy? what work did they do to get the coin?&nbsp; Then there&#039;s the generations in between - was it kept by another collector of ages past?&nbsp; If it was jewelry, who wore it?&nbsp; Was it part of their day-to-day wear or was it for special events?&nbsp; Where did they wear it?&nbsp; Who gave it to them?&nbsp; Who made it into jewelry and how did they come by it?</p><p>3. if you bought it to begin with there must have been something about it that you liked.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Caveat:</p><p>I&#039;m terrible about selling any of my collection things - i&#039;d generally rather give them away unless i need the money for something.&nbsp; That said i did sell most of my magic cards a couple of years back, but i still kind of miss some of them and i know i put WAY more money into them than i made back.&nbsp; But i&#039;m also not good at selling or negotiating and i know that about myself.&nbsp; So if i sell something i might regret it either miss it or feel like i ripped myself off.&nbsp; Whereas if i give things away then i perceive it differently like i&#039;ve just passed along my excitement or happiness to someone else and thus i can view parting with it as a happy thing instead of an investment thing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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