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NGC Journals

Deerefan84201's Journal

Still Searching...

The quest continues! Hello everyone, I hope you all have had a great week and have been able to make some upgrades or add new additions to your sets. While I have been awaiting the results of my latest submission, I have been searching through coins like a mad man! I am mainly searching through Mint Sets and I have found some very, very nice coins. Out of all the coins I have searched through, I have been able to narrow it down to 15 "P" coins and 19 "D" coins so far. I still have about 8 pa
Deerefan84201

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moondoggy's Journal

Franklin Proofs

long overdue price adjustment When I checked my Franklin Proof collections this evening I was greeted with a very nice surprise. The values had finally been adjusted. Although on a few of my proofs there is really no history from auctions to tie into with for a more correct valuation but at least the values of the graded proofs are starting to show some much overdo respect in the numismatic world. Some of my coins happily received between 50 and 90 percent increase in value. I am so pumped
moondoggy

moondoggy

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Wissahickon Collection's Journal

COLLECTING SOLO

Missing My WING WOMAN My wife and life partner of 41 years has passed away. She was my second set of eyes and best consul in coin purchases. Diana was always enthusiastic about MY hobby and attended shows with me. She enjoyed looking at the collection with me, and after her illness, it was one of the fun activities that we still shared. After 13 years of illness and disability, she is now with her Mom and my Dad. I will miss her in numismatics; I will miss her more in my life. God has
Wissahickon Collection

Wissahickon Collection

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Followers and Following

Still waiting on the 1952 proof set

Tearing apart the Lincoln submission Friends, As I await the verdict of my 1952 proof set that was sent to NCS I have took some time to recheck the Lincolns for grade values. I have managed to delete 15 or so as to lower values than grading costs but still have a hefty 32 coins to submit. On the "COOL" side one Lincoln -- MS66rd or so is the 2000 business strike with a double date!! I have found in the past that these varieties may not be listed and as such just get the regular grade. Ho
Six Mile Rick

Six Mile Rick

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NASF Firefighter

Slowly Growning Commemorative Set!

4 more coins to my collection Hello fellow collectors, I would to show my latest addition to my Modern Commemorative Set: 1987 Constitution MS70 1989 Congress MS69 1984 Olympics MS69 1984 Olympics PF69UC They are quite the nice group of coins and they have helped push my total close to the 50% completion mark for the set. The curious thing about the Constitution is how the denomination is showed on the reverse....Dollar 1...strange! I also took the photo of the Constitution w
Jeffrey Cardona

Jeffrey Cardona

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Dan Hughes's Journal

The 2 Oz. Kookaburra - Modern Rarity

At least it is for me. What makes this Series rare (in my view only) is the population of the coins in the series. There are, to my knowledge, a total of 89 coins in the Series dating from 1991 up until 2009, when the Perth Mint discontinued the 2 Oz. version of it's popular Kookaburra Series coins. Similar to the 1 Oz. version there are many varieties for several of the annual releases with the difference being the Privy marks added to that year's release. An example is on the coin I upload
Dan Hughes

Dan Hughes

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jackson64's Journal

Unexpected Bonus

ordered 4 gold sovereigns and received 4 differing busts I admit that I buy a little gold "for a rainy day." I don't buy it at speculation or investment level-and I always buy physical gold over paper gold. I'm a firm believer in that old analysis..... "100 hundred years ago a man could buy a quality tailored suit for $20 currency or a single $20 gold piece. Today a man may buy a nice suit and have it tailored to size for $1500 currency, or roughly 1 $20 gold piece." Give or take a few bucks
jackson64

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jto

Problem Coins Part II

Checkout the scores for the 1793 Half Cent If the 1796 quarter posed a quandary the 1793 Half Cent is downright insane. Here are the scores for a 1793 Half Cent. Pr G VG F VF 40 45 50 58 4416 5651 5771 5965 6089 6215 6343 6473 6874 The coin pictured below garners a whopping 3045 points. That's over 1000 points less than the coin that has been rubs so smooth that you can only tell what it is by the faintest of attributes. Also the diff
JTO

JTO

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Deerefan84201's Journal

Let the Waiting Begin!

Recent submission, along with thoughts about grades and designations Hello everyone! It's that time again for another long-winded journal entry. I'm usually a very quiet and reserved person but when I get to talking about things that I am passionate about, it seems that I am never at a loss for words! I hope you enjoy reading what I have to say and as always, any and all comments are welcome. So NGC received my coin submissions today, 16 coins in total. 15 of those coins were submitted under
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jto

Problem Coins II Continued

Here is a my problem VF Details (3043 pt) next to a current auction Problem Free Pr-1(4416) pick one Sorry for the formatting flaw and typos in the last message. Here I think a (or 4) pictures are worth a thousand words. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
JTO

JTO

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Ancients and Gods and Modern Day Mint State Lincoln Cent Collectors

NGC MS67RD 1963D Lincoln Memorial-Population of 3

Closing in on 100% set completion Hi Everyone. I bought this NGC MS67RD 1963D Lincoln Memorial with a current NGC population of 3. This example was just recently added to the registry. I had tried unsuccessfully to purchase one of the other examples awhile back so I am glad this one came along. It is only the 4th coin in my entire 1959-Date Lincoln circulation issues registry set that I paid over the listed value and boy did I have to pay for this one. This coin had listed at TeleTrade wi
hunter's gold

hunter's gold

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C'MON NOW!

STRUCK AT????

You tell me Hello everyone, I have put the reverse of 2 ASE, NGC graded MS70. Can you tell me where they were struck? Good luck This is why we buy the mint out of the same coins. No one complains about the fraud. Happy Collecting P.S. Sorry.....I went off on this fraud 2 years ago. I happen to like my collection, we don't need over 2 coins though. One proof, and one mint state sufficed in the beginning. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be
namvette68

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jto

Problem Coins

Is problem finely detailed rare coin better than a no detail Problem free coin? A one year type quarter. So She has the mumps and graffiti which are nicely described as "Counter Stamped". Why not American Chop marks? I think that the "problem free" coins at some point will not be the be-all-and-end-all of collecting. In this case the coin pictured was in an auction with another that was problem free but with "About Good" grade (rubbed smooth) and sold for thousands more. I lost this coin
JTO

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Deerefan84201's Journal

My First Journal Entry- The Man, the Method, the Madness....

The quest for the ultimate Birth year Mint Set. And so it begins.... Since I completed my Franklin Half Dollar collection, I have been "treading water" with my collecting pursuits. There are many different series of coins that I have thought about collecting, although I'm afraid that my eyes and my wants are much bigger than my wallet! I was fortunate enough to put together a nice Franklin set in a relatively short period of time and I am always working on upgrading or acquiring new coins for
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CoinsbyGary

I Finally Found What I Was Looking For

A long search finally yields for me the 1838 Hard-Times, Am I Not A Woman And A Sister Token. Ive been on the prowl for the Hard-Times, Am I Not A Woman And A Sister token for some time. After looking through numerous E-Bay listings over time, Ive finally bought an example I am happy with. Most of the tokens I rejected were problem tokens or had a weakly struck date on the reverse. Many more were of a lower grade than I was seeking, and all were raw until now. This token is problem free with w
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Which way to go??

SO MUCH FOR MY GUESSES.

5 COINS ON WAY HOME Well my coins are graded and on the way here. My Reverse Gold Buffalo wasn't a 70 and both Reverse proof Eagles were 70, the SP, a 69 by the way, I returned a SP70 to a dealer I bought it from because of a gouge in it, so how is mine a 69? The 2012 Proof eagle from the San Fran set is also a 69. I felt they would all be 70s except for the 2012 S reverse proof, because it had like bag marks on the obverse and reverse. And here it comes in at a 70, go figure, I took go
RMK-Collectibles

RMK-Collectibles

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jackson64's Journal

A Nice Little Bargain

small deals can be big thrills... One of the thrills I also get with the hobby is when I find the occasional bargain. Recently I was scanning through the lesser viewed pages of an on-line auction site that has been dying out. Listed at auction and ending in less than 1 hour was a 3-coin, graded PCGS Congress 1989 Commem set. Opening bid was at $280 for the half, silver dollar and $5 gold coin ( 1/4 ounce). I did some quick math in my head...15% fee would be 28 +14.... = $42..$322 total for
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The 1951-D Jefferson nickel

The 1952 P Jefferson Nickel

Finding another like this may never happen to me again. The designer Betsy Ross, presenting our new flag to George Washington,from a painting by Charles Weisberger. On January 1,1952 the U.S.Post Office issued a stamp to honor and being the 200th anni- versary of our flag as well.I have a photo in my listings for your enjoyment. From the Buffalo and the Jefferson Red Book David Bowers commented that trying to find any that show sharp details will definitely take alot searchi
James G. Berline

James G. Berline

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Grandman's Journal

1889-S $20 NGC MS61 Prooflike

One of eight 1889-S double eagles designed prooflike by NGC. I usually write a journal entry when I add a new coin to the Grandview Collection of Liberty Double Eagles. Today, however, I am writing about a coin that has been in my collection for several years, but was recently crossed over to a new holder. As a collector of prooflike gold, I prefer coins that are designated prooflike by NGC. On rare occasions in the past, I have purchased coins that I considered prooflike in PCGS holders
Grandman

Grandman

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CaptBrian's Journal

Beware of criminal coin dealers (Part II)

I have returned from vacation and here is where it stands. I will still not mention names, as we (the dealer in question) and I had another conversation on the phone regarding the transaction in question and it is not resolved as yet. The fellow on the selling end has left it with, I will get back to you. again. That is fine, I have documented the situation and time is on my side. I simply told him that I want my money back or I will take steps. I outlined some of my abilities to plead my
CaptBrian

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CaptBrian's Journal

Adoption central was very busy today

On the lighter side, I got 15 coins for 10, what a deal! All my problem deals aside, I made quite a deal today. I added to my Indian collection...15 more coins but one grade up, MS 62s including another 1911 D So I have two of those now and filled out runs of those $2.5 Indian heads. I will get them all on my registry, and delete the coins traded away off there ASAP. I will add in pictures as soon as coins arrive. Gone from my registry will be the following: 1909 St. Gaudens-$20 PCGS MS64,
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