SilverDollarMan
Aug 7 2005, 11:40 AM
NGC MS or AU, may consider raw from trusted member. TIA

SilverDollarMan
Aug 8 2005, 11:57 AM
26 views, I guess the series will be difficult. Thx
jtryka
Aug 8 2005, 02:47 PM
Normally I would be glad to help you out, but I only have one example for my type set. Sorry!
SilverDollarMan
Aug 9 2005, 12:19 PM
Thanks Jtryka, I appreciate the gesture. I can get one off fleabay...would rather give my bus 2 a friend!
PS Is AU-55 to 58 a good place to start or should I hold out 4 a MS coin? thx
jtryka
Aug 9 2005, 02:03 PM
My two indians are somewhat of an anomaly today, they are both graded MS-60 by PCGS, so I am in between your grades! In any case, I would do some research first, starting by going to www.heritagecoin.com and looking through their auction archives. There you can browse past listings by type and look at a lot of photos to get a sense of what they should look like in each grade. Then if possible, I would go to a coin show or larger coin shop and look at as many graded coins as you can, so you know what to look for. After that, I would buy. As for AU or MS, personally, I think there are a lot of overgraded MS coins out there, and most likely you would be forced to pay a nice premium for them. To me, it's not worth spending good money for a coin that might not be as nice as the slab would suggest. So, I would probably go for the AU-58 to MS-61 coins. Even is these are overgraded by a point or two, you won't be out too much as the spread between these grades is much smaller than say between MS-62 and MS-63. Just my 2c, and remember, advice is worth what you pay for it!
SilverDollarMan
Aug 10 2005, 11:54 AM
Thx so much, jtryka. U have helped me a lot in this endeavor. I believe I will go with an AU-58...hope to get a S mm. thx again!