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NGC Journals

California Kid's Journal

Reply To Incredible Run

You have the luck of the devil I imagine that these coins are not very popular due to the fact that they are 'gold'. If they were made of the same material as the Prez dollars, they would have taken their rightful place in the realm of the State quarters. But being so pricey, I didn't buy any yet, and may not. But they are nice looking coins, and you have had VERY good luck with getting 70's. I hope you continue on the same way with the rest.
California Kid

California Kid

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California Kid's Journal

Statehood Quarters Thoughts Also-- --

I only have the proofs We have a set of all 50 states** state quarters in clad and silver, but only in Proof. Some are NGC certified, some are on the way. I find it amazing that in some of the various coin catalogs that make it to my mailbox, that the first year proof singles of that first year of quarters, 1999, run as high as $90.00 EACH! I guess I better get the new Red & Black book for 2010, lest I miss some other surprise about our collection!
California Kid

California Kid

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CoinsbyGary

What an Incredible Run!

Six consecutive First Spouse coins purchased from the mint, six PF-70 Ultra Cameos! As a series, the current First Spouse gold coins have a small, but committed following, of which I am one. There are many reasons few people collect these coins; the primary being the cost to assemble a complete set is prohibitive, especially with the current price of gold. In fact, if the price of gold continues to rise, I foresee the Mint discontinuing the series or continuing it with a different base metal.
coinsbygary

coinsbygary

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jayh749's Journal

How often do we get a chance at a top ranked coin, that we can afford?

I purchased the "Flag ship" of my collection. Up here in Canada, we have the "Torex" coin show and auction, in Toronto every year. This,in my opinon, is probably the top coin show/ auction that Canada has. I can't afford to ever go, but I can bid on line. the other day I went on to purchase a mid valued coin for my collection and to just watch what some of the coins were going for. That was good. I won the mid value coin. however, what I should have done and didn't was watch from the "watch" s
jayh749

jayh749

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Dennis B-migration's Journal

A Quiet Month of Coin Collecting in My World

No great deals to be had Ahhhh, at last a quiet Sunday morning, even the dog is not bothering me this morning. The coffee is hot and the time is mine! It has been a very quiet February for my collecting. I only managed to pick up one addition to my registry sets, a 2009 D LP4 MS66. Fortunately, I managed to get it at a reasonable price. I refused to pay more the $10.00 for the coin and people are bidding them up into the $15 to $18 range on Ebay. If that didn?t amaze me, the price a MS66 2010
Dennis B-migration

Dennis B-migration

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The Beaw's Den's Journal

Statehood Quarters

Posting my thoughts Now that we have put the Statehood Quarters behind us and are looking, sort of, forward to the upcoming National Parks series, I just want to weigh in on my top 5 statehood designs, since to go beyond five is to include mediocrity. 1. Hawaii - The only statehood quarter that really works well with the actual state incorporated into the design. The noble warrior reaching his hand out to those beautiful islands is both simple and striking with more than a nod to the wonde
Mokiechan

Mokiechan

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The Beaw's Den's Journal

A Corollary

To jayh749's tale I recently registered a coin that I had just purchased on EbaY. When I hit the SAVE button, I got the dreaded message stating the coin was currently in the registry of some other individual. NGC would contact them on my behalf and request they "release" the coin so I could add it to my registry. In my two years with the NGC registry, this is the third time this has happened. I think one of the coins was a proof mercury dime and the other was some very generic Roosevelt d
Mokiechan

Mokiechan

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moondoggy's Journal

To ALL the SAE collectors out there

Anybody win the lottery recently Well, this coin doesn't come up for auction very often but it is being auctioned this weekend at TeleTrade The 1995 W PF70DCAM. It will be a big weekend for someone. After all it is THE coin of the set. If ONLY I won the lottery ....... Hey we can dream right !!!!!   moondoggy
moondoggy

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jayh749's Journal

Ever wonder what happened to that coin that got "lost or stolen" in the mail to you?

I kept the registry number of my coin and "TA-DA" It showed up. Now, before I go on into my story, I must say that I will not give away the type of coin, who sold it to me or any other identifying comments, just in case the buyer really did get this coin legit. About two years ago I bought a year set of coins for my collection/ mom and dad. Not something that I have ever done before, but it was the year that my parents got married, and I was going to give it to them on their anniversary. I
jayh749

jayh749

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JPS-WI's Journal

2010 American Veterans Dollar

Available For Order Hello All! The 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar is available for order today. Proof & uncirculated. The US Mint will be producing a limited quanity and the price will increase at the end of March. As always, love the journals and happy collecting!
JPS-WI

JPS-WI

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J. Anaya's Journal

Presidental $1 Proof Set Started

Presidental $1 Proof Set Started So I finally received my first Presidential $1 coins that I submitted. I decided to start at the beginning with 2007 Proofs. My George Washington $1 graded PF70 while the remaining three coins graded PF69. Eventually I'm going to replace all my 69 grades with 70 grades as I'm aiming to completing my set first. I can't wait to get the rest of my Presidential Proof $1's graded!!!! I was going to send in the rest of my $1 Presidential Proofs to get graded ne
J. Anaya

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Jason Feldman's Journal

Some great coins submitted to NGC

A few coins that have been well documented are now at NGC At Baltimore a few very special coins will be delivered to me by NGC, these include the newly discovered 1852 with a massive obverse die in terminal state, 1890 with a large reverse crack that some might consider a CUD, a prooflike 1891 O heavily clashed dime and the hammered strike 1843 O, one of the few fully struck and among the highest grade known. Hopefully they will be in hand before the LSCC meeting Friday morning. Update: To
Jason Feldman

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CoinsbyGary

Addendum to my last post

The US Mint has a website dedicated to the next generation of collectors, today's kids! The following is a link to the US Mint's kids webpage. From there you are linked to many fascinating pages. I linked to the 50 state quarter page and even found lesson plans for teachers to use in educating our children! I can see in this outstanding web site that the US Mint is doing everything they can to ensure coin collecting will go on well into the future! Yes there is a bright future ahead! http://
coinsbygary

coinsbygary

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Dennis B-migration's Journal

Re: Buy coins for love, not as an investment

In my humble opinion I?m not sure whether there are any valid arguments for or against the six points Augustus raised and, quite frankly, it really doesn?t matter one way or the other. Oh they are good talking points but are they really relevant? I would argue they are completely irrelevant. First of all, change is the only thing that is constant in life. Just when we get comfortable and used to the way things are, they change. So in that context I offer the following for your consideration.
Dennis B-migration

Dennis B-migration

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audrop's Journal

Musings.

This is why I gladly pay my dues. I enjoy the journal so much I would belong to NGC Registry even if they did not accept PCGS graded coins. A member expresses an opinion based on personal experience, something they read or heard, an idea they have, or whatever, involving collecting or investing in raw or graded 'disks of commerce'. Other members mental juices start flowing (it takes longer for some of us) and next thing you know there is a full-blown discussion going on regarding aforementio
audrop

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California Kid's Journal

Reply to coins as an investment

I will retire on mine We believe that proof coins, as well as certified older coins are always a sound investment, as they have really gone up in value in the last 10 years with the State Quarter craze, and have never really went down in value. As for (sorry for this, many of you collect these) commemoratives and special coins that are not monetarily usable, I believe that THESE coins will start to lose value as collectors dry up in this area. The market has become saturated with these kinds o
California Kid

California Kid

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JAA3's Journal

RE: Buy Coins for love, not as an investment

I agree with the title but that is not what Augustus gets at As a young collector I am not happy to hear people think only older generations have the passion for the hobby. I do not think that statement could be further from the truth. If Augustus could see the crowd at my local coin shop he would not have made such a bold statement. The usual scene on a weekend is people of all ages looking for coins to fill holes in their collection. Most of my friends also in their 20s collect either Morgan
The Shoreline Collection

The Shoreline Collection

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CoinsbyGary

My response:

Re:Buy coins for love, not as an investment The following is my line-by-line reply to Augustus, but first I wish to preface my response by saying that I buy coins because of my passion and love for the hobby and I only buy coins that fit into my collecting goals. I also recognize that coins as an investment are highly speculative. However, I am comforted to know that for the most part my collection is not a depreciating asset like my car. 1) Technically speaking coin collecting or for that m
coinsbygary

coinsbygary

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Electric Peak's Journal

Nice Plaque

It's not an Olympic medal, but still pretty cool... I had forgotten that NGC would be sending a plaque for the Journal Award. Gary, my letter carrier, surprised me Saturday with the package from NGC. It's pretty nice. I just need to find a place to put it. (My wife has been taking available wall space in my computer room with her recent academic "parchments".) In any case, I'd like to thank NGC and the judges again, and I hope my future contributions to this forum will be of some interest to
Electric Peak

Electric Peak

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Bammer's Journal

A Good Dilemma For A Change

What do I send in? It sure feels a whole lot better to have a good dilemma. The last half of 2009 was a rough time for my collection. For those of you who have been reading my journal entries this year, know I was to the point of selling the bulk of my collection to pay bills. Now, I'm past that with my collection intact, plus I renewed my membership in the Society for 2010. I received my packet of materials for the year, and we all know that means GRADING COUPON!!!! So my good dilemma is: W
Iowa Silver Baron Bammer

Iowa Silver Baron Bammer

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best2u's Journal

Oh crap, I did it again !!

What the am I doing? I can't seem to stop myself. Well, it seems I can't stop myself when it comes to trying to have all my coins in NGC or PCGS holders. I have nothing against ANACS, IGC (or is it ICG), PCI, or any of the others. I really do buy the coin and not the holder, so it shouldn't matter what holder the coin is in, right. When I buy coins online I do perfer NGC or PCGS but if the seller has great pictures of the whole holder, both sides, I wiil buy any grading services slab. Now, ha
Best2u

Best2u

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Craig W's Journal

NGC Labels and Population Report

WOW a population of 1 and I have it!!!!! Hello All I was recently looking at acquiring one of the NGC graded Tuvalu Battle of Gettysburg coins. When looking at the coins on the popular internet sales site one of the things I do is use the NGC coin verification web site and then check the NGC population report. Having found a coin I was interested in I check it out and WOW only 6 listed as graded, now I have seen a few of this NGC graded coin for sale and this number seemed a bit low so I ran
Craig W

Craig W

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