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Wow to all. BIG WOW to the uncut sheet of notes.

QATAR!!!! I had the fortune of living there for a year a few years back. I wish I saw this thread earlier, I'd make sure I got to kiss that coin. Go to the Inland Sea! Its gorgeous.

Received it over the weekend but just saw it for the first time: 1916 MS-62 Barber dime won it sight-unseen on a heritage auction. was worried because they usually have fantastic pictures and sometimes they don't list in text if the coin is cleaned/damaged. Luckily, she is beautiful, retains most luster, and not damaged/cleaned!

I LOVE QATAR and have a bunch of their riyals from when I lived there. My mom still goes there a couple times a year for business.

Like most of you said, a raw coin allows you to appreciate the coin as an object of history and art much more than a slab. I don't have the budget I'd like to have for collecting. Therefore, most of the coins in my collection are raw because they're cheaper and there is more room for grading error. However, if there is a key coin or a high grade coin, I'd buy the slab. This gives me much more assurance that the coin is genuine. On a more superficial level, it protects the big money I've managed to invest into the coin. As many of you noted, the current market is very picky with regards to grading. Suppose I find a slabbed MS65 but find the money to upgrade to a more eye-appealing coin, I'll want to sell the 65 coin to help pay for the other one. Many dealers/collectors will buy a slab much more readily because of the TPG stamp of approval. In summary: I go raw when I can. But I go slab when i need to invest my scarce income into that even scarcer coin. I'm sorry if that doesn't make sense. Remember, I'm a poor college student.

I went to the bank and asked for 2 rolls of dimes, 3 rolls of nickels, and 6 rolls of pennies to search through (it's been a while since I've done this.): Nickels: 1939 - I just had to sit back and wonder of the places that coin has seen in its 67 years. 1961 1961 D 2 1964's 1964 D 2 1969 D's 1970 S - Haven't come across an S in a long while. a bunch of other 70's 2 keelboats 2 peace pipes 11 Ocean in Views 6 2005 Buffaloes 1913 V Nick Nothing worthwhile in the dimes. So far, of 2 rolls of pennies, nothing interesting except this 1974 cent that looks like its made of aluminum... hmm.. thats odd. Maybe the other 4 rolls will yield me AT LEAST a wheatie. I guess this bank is in too new an area of town to have anything worthwhile passing through it.

I'm so jealous. I have never, ever, ever found a star note in circulation.

*drool* I was with my father a few years ago and he showed me a '57 $1 Silver Cert. he found in some change. Currently I'm searching for a few of the key notes to finish off my 1923 through 57 series. (Anyone want to spot me a few dozen K for some nice star notes?) Anywho, I credit that circulation find to my currency side of the hobby. My father also received a few '57s from a bank teller but didn't realize it til later that they were sequential. Had he known earlier, he would have gone right back to the bank and asked for the rest of that batch. So for the last 6 years or so, I haven't seen a single silver certificate in circulation. I'd love to find one now.

I received my first Barber dime (in a decent grade) to start my new series. Just arrived today from a Heritage Auction. 1914 AU 58. Handsome coin. I can't figure out how to upload the pics nicely, so here is the link for you Heritage members out there: http://coins.heritageauctions.com/common/v...dNo=6010&zoom=1