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NGC Journals

TD Henson's Journal

Hmmm....Opportunity knocks - What to do?

To buy or not to buy - that is the question... Earlier this month I talked about a subtle shift in my focus for 2012 - more towards classic coins and specifically Capped Bust Half Dimes. Well, since then I have been buying lots of raw dimes and soon will send off probably a 20 coin submission to help my Roosevelt Clad Dimes grow through my own efforts. Honestly, I would like to have 50% of the coins become self made. I also bought my first raw Half Dime, a worn 1832 dime just to start gettin
TD Henson

TD Henson

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JAA's Journal

Crossovers - Part 2

Further information & pictures Here is a picture of the reverse of the 1936 M Roosevelt & Quezon Peso depicted in my earlier Journal entry and a link to the coin in my Registry Set. http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinView.aspx?PeopleSetCoinID=1129825
JAA

JAA

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PennyGuy's Journal

My Two Cents Worth.....

Assemble your own set, only 42 cents total face value....... My Two Cents Worth..   The two cent piece occupies an interesting position among all US coins for the collector. With production beginning during a severe circulating coin shortage, it was initially well received, but as other denominations of coinage made their appearances, the two cent piece quickly fell out of favor. This short lived series offers the opportunity to collect in a number of ways. With a ten year circulati
PennyGuy

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JAA's Journal

Crossovers

No I will not crossover my PCGS USA/Philippines coins I have been asked on the Chat Boards if I will crossover the PCGS coins in my award winning USA/Philippines Type Set. http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=51257 I think that it is worth repeating my chat board response as a Journal entry: No I don't plan to cross over the two PCGS certified coins in my USA/Philippines Type Set. There is no need to cross them over, at least at this time, beca
JAA

JAA

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GILMORE's Journal

ONLY NGC

THE FIGHT GOES ON! Hello, I just read Bully's article and totally agree. I joined this organization because they accepted both NGC and PCGS coins. I think that this World Coin deal is just a first step. If that is the case, I, and I am sure, many others of us are gone. I certainly hope so. The NGC biggies need to take a step back and be very happy with what they have. Gilmore
GILMORE

GILMORE

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The Beaw's Den's Journal

Business Is what Business Does

Lessons from the introduction and ultimate success of New Coke Any business that wishes to have success and longevity must have three elements in place, a superior product, an innovative spirit, and an understanding that their customers will be the ultimate determiner of success or failure. When the Coca Cola company introduced New Coke in 1985, they did so in a manner that made consumers believe their wants and desires were meaningless to Coca Cola. The resulting furor was only assuaged w
Mokiechan

Mokiechan

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jiml-migration's Journal

NGC vs COLLECTORS WHO'S THE REAL LOSER HERE ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

IS A WORLD WITHOUT THIRD PARTY GRADERS IN OUR FUTURE Greetings from the obsolete side: This will be my first journal in quite sometime. I have failed to comment on the hot topics lately because for the most part I have had no interest in them. American Silver Eagles are bullion I make money off them end of story. I got many chuckles out of reading about all the trials and tribulations caused by the 25th anniversary sets however they were very entertaining. Still I made no comments about it.
jiml-migration

jiml-migration

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SPHansen's Journal

It's Not About the Grader...

... its about the collector. Sorry, Paul, I disagree. This is not about the grading companies, nor their contest with each other. This is about the collector, who should be the REAL focus of this. I think that has been lost by these people. Its called the COLLECTOR's Society, and any decision should be made in the best interests of the collector, period. Making collector's split their collection tracking for no reason is uncalled for and just plain annoying. Give the collector the OPTION to
SPHansen

SPHansen

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Paul Kiraly 31's Journal

PCGS in NGC registry

Not All coin are graders the same There is pluses and and minuses to this. I had plenty of PCGS coins that would not cross to NGC. PCGS does not see NGC as an equal,but NGC does and a few collectors in here have the same coin with PCGS and the same serial number.PCGS has plenty of PF70 grades in the 1970's and so far NGC has not found any.I currently own 577 certified coins in my registry with only 3 coins being PCGS. If PCGS would be fair across the board an let NGC in their registry, then t
Paul Kiraly 31

Paul Kiraly 31

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Cal Gold "Token" Guy's Journal

Bully, Bully

The Venting Continues... I like NGC. They have certified all of my California Gold tokens; it took several years to get this process accomplished, and a bit of money. During that process I noted some errors were made. A Washington Head token was labeled as an "Arms of California" token (they look about as similar as a Morgan Dollar and a Trade Dollar). They tended to confuse "denominated" California Gold and "hybrid" gold tokens. But all was forgiven because they would fix the errors and
Cal Gold "Token" Guy

Cal Gold "Token" Guy

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BrokeDaddy's Journal

New Labels for 2012, Whatever Holder suits the Beholder!

NEW FOR 2012: Labels Up da Wahzoo!   Early Releases OR First Releases   Brown Label, OR   American Liberty Series Label, OR ALS, Early Release or ALS, First Release   SF Golden Gate Label, OR GG, Early Release or GG, First Release   West Point Star Label, OR Star, Early Release or Star, First ReleaseI can understand the West Point Star, and Frisco's- Golden Gate Label, as well as the Collector's preference to collect their ASE Set in Liberty Label or the "Plain Brown Wrappe
GINO TUMMINIA

GINO TUMMINIA

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Bammer's Journal

And Another Thing

seems like we could get different sets added too I want to first apologize to everyone, I am not a whiner. I'm just fed up with having the rules changed in the middle of the game. I went ahead and deleted all of my PCGS coins in all of my sets. As I said before, there are a few I'm keeping, a couple of Kennedy Halves from my mom's collection and a 1900-O Morgan (I know it's only a 6, but who cares) my dad saved. I saved a few world coins which fit into my custom sets. I wish you all could se
Iowa Silver Baron Bammer

Iowa Silver Baron Bammer

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BULLY's Journal

WORLD SETS: Now, I know it's NOT just me...

On January 18th, I posted a Journal entry about how NGC was making their World Coin Sets "NGC Exclusive." I my somewhat verbose entry, I laid out the facts and why I thought it seemed like a bad move, and posed the question: "Is it just me?" The members of the NGC Collectors Society have not let me down. I didn't hear from lots of people privately, but I've watched the additional journal entries here over the last week, including multi-award Journal winner Iowa Silver Baron most recently.
BULLY

BULLY

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Bammer's Journal

I Have Waited To Write This Journal

had several emotions run through me the last few days. Hi all, I really hate to write this journal. I feel I must, if only to vent a little bit and get things off my chest. Right up front, I will admit to feeling let down by NGC, and if they want to take away my journal awards for saying what I am going to say, then so be it. I can recall after my first journal award, talking to someone at NGC (I think maybe Joisey Girl but must confess I do not remember for sure) about a question or somethi
Iowa Silver Baron Bammer

Iowa Silver Baron Bammer

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AlanLastufka's Journal

My New Cheerios Dollar

Fewer than 100 examples in the numismatic marketplace (both NGC and PCGS combined) make this one of the harder finds for the 100 Greatest U.S. Modern Coins set. And I think it's awesome. In 2000 the Mint wanted to show off their new "golden" dollar, so they minted 5,500 examples to be included in random Cheerios cereal boxes. These 5,500 examples used a different reverse from what ended up on all the other Sacagawea dollars minted in that and all future years. Note the tail feathers. They ar
Lastufka Collection

Lastufka Collection

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KeeNoooo's Journal

Toner buffs

i need your opinions i was going through some older coins that i picked up when i first started this hobby. I found a roosevelt dime in a PCGS slab graded MS64FB. The thing i noticed about this coin was the cool colors it had. My question for you toner buffs is, what kind of toning would this fall under? what i really mean is, what level does it fall under,low, low-mid, mid range toning? Would it draw in a premium? Thoughts? To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here.
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moondoggy's Journal

One more

My first Morgan addition for the year Sitting around last Tuesday evening and decided to visit Teletrade to see if they had anything I would be interested in acquiring. I found this gem level 1900 Morgan and was lucky to be the high bidder at over $100.00 below FMV (guess it was a slow night). It is housed in an older NGC slab which I think I will just keep it in for now. The coin obverse is misleading in the photo as it still has mint frost on it. The reverse is really quite nice as it ha
moondoggy

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Castronova's Journal

PEACEFUL LIBERATION MY BUTT...

LET'S GO WITH BLOODY INVASION....IT WAS ANYTHING BUT PEACEFUL THAT'S A CHINESE COMMEMORATIVE COIN IN HONOR OF HOW THEY INVADED A COUNTRY WITH NO ARMY,ROUNDED UP ALL THE MONKS AND KILLED THEM...THEN BURNED THE TEMPLES AND HAVE HELD THE PEOPLE AND THE COUNTRY AT GUNPOINT EVER SINCE.I CAN'T WAIT TIL THE US MINT STRIKES A COMMEMORATIVE ANNIVERSARY COIN CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HOW WE PEACEFULLY LIBERATED TIBET FROM CHINA. I DON'T CARE HOW BEAUTIFUL THE COIN IS. THEY CAN KEEP THEM. SLE
Castronova

Castronova

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dtorres1217's Journal

Low Mintage Chinese Coin! Beautiful Design

Nicest Design of a Chinese Coin in 2011 This cois is the 60th Anniversary of the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet. The design is absolutely stunning!! Mintage of only 30,000 worldwide!! A true rare piece. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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SPHansen's Journal

Collectors vs Speculators

Keep the faith, brother... you just got to survive to the end. Alan is so right. I've been watching this happen for a decade, and the worst is yet to come, I'm afraid. As a kid, I collected sports cards... baseball, football, etc. I bought packs with my allowance, saved multiple sets in pristine condition, and traded and played flip games with the rest. I enjoyed my 'hobby' and got tons of satifaction from it. There were a few companies out there.. Topps and Fleer being the biggies. Then the
SPHansen

SPHansen

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The Beaw's Den's Journal

RE: TIME TO SAY GOODBYE

NGC stirs up a hornets nest. CVCC, and perhaps others, are considering leaving the NGC community due to the recent announcement that PCGS coins would no longer be allowed in competitive foreign sets. I believe this is not entirely warranted for the following reasons: 1. Their is no indication that PCGS coins will be dis-enrolled, the Collection Manager can still be used to manage our collections. 2. The NGC community of collecttors is an excellent source of friendship, fellowship, and e
Mokiechan

Mokiechan

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coin928's Journal

My Latest USA/Philippines Acquisition

... and a little more history. I've been planning to post this journal entry ever since I submitted my Bronze "So-Called" Wilson Dollar in late November of last year. I just got it back last week and I can only guess that it was delayed by massive quantities of Silver 25th Anniversary ASE's making their way through the system.   By sheer coincidence, "JAA USA/Philippines Collection" posted an excellent and highly related journal entry last night titled "The Mint and U.S. Military History"
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