John's Certifiable Type Set
50c SEATED LIBERTY, WITH ARROWS (1873-74)
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
HALF DOLLARS - SEATED LIBERTY |
| Item Description: |
50C 1874 ARROWS |
| Full Grade: |
PCGS MS 63 |
| Owner: |
JTO |
Owner Comments:
I paid a bit of a premium price for this coin that, unfortunately, happened to be in a PCGS holder with a CAC sticker. These slabs attract the wrong kind of bidder... the investor. After writing about, "Problem Coins", the thread went to the question of what a person is buying: the coin or the slab? I think when it comes to these better type coins or rare date coins, IN GENERAL, you get more coin for your money for a coin in a NGC slab. It seems to me that the investors like the PCGS coins especially if they are CAC sticker-ed. I bought this one because of the nice creamy original look. There was an NGC 1874 Arrows 50c in a 64 holder for less. In this case the 64 coin may have had slightly better surfaces (technical grading) but it was blotchy and had dirt in the recesses. I bought the coin I liked better and am happy with it, I just wonder what the prices would have been if the coins were in opposite holders. Maybe I am too cynical and the other bidders were all bidding just on the looks of the coin like me. I will never know.