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NGC Journals

Cellgazer's Journal

My adventures with the "100 Greatest", part 1.

Will NGC make my 1990 no S cent better? Long time collector, first time journal writer here. Over the past year or so I have had some interesting adventures in the attempted completion of my "100 greatest US modern coins" set. Actually, I should say attempted partial completion because this is one set that nobody may ever complete, due to the presence of several nearly unique coins on the list. My latest acquisition is a bit of a gamble. I purchase a raw 1990 proof set with a "no s" cent
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Bammer's Journal

Still Deciding On Collection Direction And Other Ramblings

plus a Nook update Well, if anyone has not noticed, I did some more set deletions the past week or so. One thing I am really wanting to do is get a good start on my Buffalo Nickel set. I really do not see it as a top grade set, but I would like to more or less complete it. In fact, my 5 free submissions will consist of some raw Buffalos I have, unless I decide to include 1 fairly nice Indian cent I have. I want the Indian for my wild west custom set. There are a lot of coins in the set, so som
Yankeejose's Journal

Grades back on my first NGC submission

Still have a lot learn but overall I am happy with the results my previous journal I outlined my guesses at how my 6 coins would grade. The grades are back and I was right on 2, close on 2, and in the wrong hemisphere on the other 2! 1879 S Morgan, boy was I clueless, my guess MS63, came back UNC details OBV tooled cleaned. I thought I was good at identifying cleaned coins. I guess that mirror like finish was not original. 1955 Franklin Proof, my guess PF66, NGC PF66, came from a PCI holde
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gotagofish's Journal

Silver Eagles, Silver Eagles, Silver Eagles,

Buying all the new Silver Eagles Every year it seens to be getting harder to buy the new Graded Silver Eagles released that year. There are the regulars and then there are the Anniversary, and then the (W) and then the (S) and then the "W" and then the "S" Reverse Proofs, Proofs and MS, 69's 70's and then whats next. Is there any way to keep up with them all? When do you buy? Right away or wait for product to get in excess snd the price to go dwn or up or whatever. I so confused. More Mo
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Electric Peak's Journal

The Search is Over!

After six-plus years... If you have read my past journals, you probably know I have been trying to build a P-mint, MS64, cent through dollar 1890 set as a high school graduation present for my youngest son. Why 1890? He was born in 1990, and I thought it would be better to go 100 years early than just get him a 1990 set or a graduation year set. You can do the math. Just finishing the set now is a bit late. He has not only finished college, but has a job. The problem was that 1890 half dolla
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RichH's Journal

New Pattern added to collection

The Eagle has finally landed... It has been a long time coming but I finally added an example of the small flying eagle 1 cent 1858 transitional design. I first became aware of the pattern in 1993 from Rick Snow's Flying Eagle and Indian Cent research masterpiece. There are 3 main patterns of the small eagle to collect ( some critics of the design say it looks more like a quail, or even a "sick" eagle falling from the sky). This one is Judd 204, with a "harp" or Ornamented shield combined with
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91stang2's Journal

Do I send it in or not? Wisconsin ERROR????

Press through greese errors..... So, Cleaned out the storage unit. Oh my gosh! thats right, right there in that red box! I forgot all about them. I bought a bag of the wisconsin quarters. I was sure I was going to find that low leaf error or even the high one; I only need one. Well low and behold, I bought 'p' and not 'd';...DAH... So any way after going throught the bag we bought, we got errors!!! Yes were rich! retire now! never work again!!! Not really.. We found at least 20 of these pr
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JAA's Journal

A Difficult Decision

When you have only limited resources to devote to new purchases invariably you are confronted with some difficult decisions. This afternoon I was confronted with one of those tough choices. When I found out that the Stack's Bowers was offering a 1905 NGC PF67 USA-Philippines Five Centavos in their August 2012 Philadelphia ANA World's Fair of Money - Internet Only Auction I started to drool. The 1905 Five Centavos is a PROOF ONLY ISSUE with a mintage of only 471. This is the lowest mintage o
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WMFielding's Journal

Oh What A Day

Who would have thunk A few weeks back I submitted a 1986 S Prestige set for grading. I did it mainly for the Liberty half dollar and dollar. But boy what a fantastic suprise that awaited me as I entered the coins into my registry. The Liberty's both graded PF 69 UC but that was far from what came next. The 1986 S Jefferson nickel came back a great PF 70 UC with a full market value of $2500.00 I almost had a minor stroke, In my wildest dreams I would have never thought a 26 year old Jefferson n
chunk-it's Journal

75th San Fran sets

Received my shipping email today So I sent in 10 set for grading (20 coins). 13-69's and 7-70's were the results. Enough to make 3 70 sets. Wasn't impressed with the grades. But, I guess it could be worse. When I sent them in, they all looked perfect to the naked eye. So i will sell 7 sets and keep the 3 perfects. So all i'm trying to say is. All the people presale 70 auctions on ebay. Be careful. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Paul Kiraly 31's Journal

25th Anniversary Reverse Proof VS the true S mintmark

Both are the the 2nd Rarest but which one is the most collected I have been doing my homework since the making of the 25th Silver eagle Set. Every month I would chart out the number of perfect 70's available especially on ebay, because that is where the most of these coins are sold. Everything you may know about these 2 coins are completely backwards. Mintage in NGC perfect 70 are as follows Reverse Eagle is 18,668 S mintmark Eagle 20,004 I have been trying to figure which one is
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The Hawaiiana Numismatist

Numismatic Detective -1959 Official Hawaii Statehood Silver Medal

Happy 53rd Statehood Anniversary (August 21, 1959) Hawaii! Another investigation.... The Numismatist, May 1960 provides an ad with the details on the initial limited sterling striking of 2,500 serially numbered high relief Hawaii Statehood medals. There are two varieties documented (Medcalf & Russell) and is based on the spelling of the island of Niihau on the obverse. Variety 2MS-2a was struck first with the NII HAU spelling error (space between the I and H). Variety 2MS-2 was struck
JAA's Journal

Teletrade Auction of the Philippine Coins of the "Just Having Fun" Collection

There was a lot of excitement when Teletrade announced that it was auctioning Philippine coins from the famous "Just Having Fun Collection". The auction which concluded last night had some very mixed results. The "Just Having Fun" collection ranks among one of the finest USA-Philippine collections ever assembled. The "Just Having Fun" NGC USA-Philippines Type set was the top ranked set in its category from 2004 through 2010. The "Just Having Fun" PCGS Registry Sets are even more spectacula
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The Beaw's Den's Journal

Condition Rarity - A Modern Phenomena

Who would choose this coin, send it to NGC, pay the associated fees, and be Satisified with this result. Folks, This journal entry is kind of a reaction to Allen's "ngc cencus ??" journal entry. In his Journal, Allen correctly states that modern high grade condition rarities are a risk at current prices because of the huge inventory of unopened mint packaged coins and pristine rolls existing in the hands of collectors and dealers. I have recently purchased a coin with very little downsid
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moondoggy's Journal

Heads up, clearing out various coins

Offer here first before listing on auction Greetings all. I just posted an ad for various coins I am selling in the Money Marketplace chat board. Give it a look see and if there is something you are needing to fill a slot get in touch with me. Much rather help out fellow collectors here at the CS if at all possible. best, Mike To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Allen's Journal

ngc cencus ??

!972 5c pf69 ultra cameo So I noticed on a couple differant auction sights that quite a few 1972 5c ngc pf69 ultra cameo coins have been showing up for sale. Then I noticed that all the coins have the same first 7 numbers. Then I did some research to verify the ngc cerification numbers . so It looks like someone has cerified 85 of these 1972 5c pf coins and out of 50 numbers I verified Only 2 were pf68 ultra and the rest are 69 ultra. So lets just say about 75 of these coins are 69 ultra. Now
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walnutto

1969-S NGC PF 69 Ultra Cameo Jefferson Nickel

A EBAY steal Usually I don't mention on here what I purchased or added to any of my collections. I have been searching for a 1969 S PF69 UC nickel for awhile that was affordable. There was one being auctioned on Ebay I noticed over this weekend. Starting bid at $139.00 with less than 24 hrs left and no bids. I bid $146.00 and hoped for the best. I am one of those that question paying too much for a modern coin. If I can't get a deal, then I just pass on it. Low and behold, No one else
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Electric Peak's Journal

Pre-ANA Overspending

Three additions from the Heritage auction My wife and I just signed on the dotted line to replace essentially all of the exterior of our house. So what did I do? I went overboard in the pre-ANA Heritage auction, of course. Before getting into those details, I have a couple older notes: First, I had to skip the latest Baltimore show due to work, leading me to consider going to the ANA in Philly. Second, there was one more detail regarding my recent Heritage live on-line bidding problem. In th
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Followers and Following

RAW ROOSEVELT

A pic before the trip in for grading. Friends, I did mention that I was doing a small submission this month. I have chosen the MS Roosevelt dimes for this shipment. I also finally filled out a submission for my 5 free graders which I used the 1949 toned mint set ( except for the quarter I sold to Jason). The free submission wasn't costly at only $30 for the total. The dimes submission is pricey but I think will be worth it in the end. I was starting to prep the shipping package and remember
Six Mile Rick

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JAA's Journal

The One That Got Away

Today's Stack's Bowers auction had a number of very nice USA-Philippines coins including a 1905 NGC PF63 Peso that I was bidding on. The 1905 Peso is a PROOF ONLY ISSUE with a mintage of only 471 coins making it the lowest mintage USA-Philippines Peso. The specimen that I was bidding on, Lot # 40716, had very attractive toning and was graded NGC PF63. The Allen catalog price for a 1905 Peso in PF63 is $1100.00. Going into the auction my internet pre-bid of $900.00 ($1057.50 with buyer's
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VUMC4091's Journal

Mercury Short Set

Received in trade from Six Mile Rick. I came by this set via trade with Six Mile Rick for a handle full of State Quarter Proofs and MS coins. Really nice coins to get me started with the Mercs which I have been wanting to do for some time. I have two slots left to fill in this set (1943S and 1945 Micro S) before I can feel satisfaction again on completing a set. Thanks Rick for a great trade. Here is a parting shot of one of the coins. To see old comments for this Journal entry, cli
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Electric Peak's Journal

ANA Thursday

One bought, one sold. As I wrote in my last journal, I went to the ANA show yesterday. I left home at 6:15, hoping to make the Liberty Seated Collectors Club meeting at 9:00. I got to downtown Philadelphia just after 8. But while looking for cheap parking, I found myself crossing the Ben Franklin bridge into New Jersey. Despite that mistake, I was able to get turned around, parked, and to the meeting with a few minutes to spare. The meeting had some of the usual content. But it also had an a
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