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NGC Journals

jackson64's Journal

In Our Thoughts Southwest FLA, Sarasota and NGC Family

I am not going to post a long journal full of virtue-signaling and fake compassion. I just wanted to extend a heartfelt message to all of the Coin collecting community who lives in the Houston area and the state of Florida. I especially wish to extend my hopes that all of those at NGC and their families in Sarasota stay safe throughout this ordeal. Submission tracking, guff with grades and mislabeled holders have a way of becoming trivial and returned to their proper level of unimportance a
jackson64

jackson64

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rmw's Journal

RMW Collection

OK, fans of coins from across the pond. Or not. Its time to GRADE THAT COIN! Lets see how everyone grades this in US and in British (which is different). A winner gets all of the others to genuflect in his or her general direction. Good luck.
rmw

rmw

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CoinsbyGary

The National Geograhic Society Hubbard Medallion

The National Geographic Hubbard Medallion is named after the first president of the National Geographic Society, Gardiner Greene Hubbard. It is the National Geographic Society’s highest award and is conferred on persons who distinguish themselves by a lifetime of achievement in research, discovery, and exploration. This prestigious award was first presented to Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary in 1906. [1] [2] The Hubbard Medallion redesigned by Laura Gardin Fraser in 1951 is str
coinsbygary

coinsbygary

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The Roman Empire

Roman Empire, Page 3 = SUCCESSION

This new “Journal Entry” provides an update on the third Page of my NGC Ancient Custom Set entitled “The Roman Empire.”   This Page is 80% complete (12 coins out of 15 slots).  For one of the those 12 coins, I still have not completed my “Owner’s Comments.”   Here is a link to the Collection…   https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/CoinCustomSetGallery.aspx?s=16365   Here is the synopsis for the Page, entitled "SUCCESSION”…   Julio-Claudia
Kohaku

Kohaku

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jackson64's Journal

Will The Cashless Society Decimate Coin Collecting?

Will the coming cashless commerce system be the end of numismatics? Certainly it will affect the number of "business strike" issued coins but will the hobby continue to persevere with Bullion issues and the dozens of commemorative and proof issues annually?   I was perusing some news headlines recently and 2 separate but seemingly related stories caught my attention---     The first story had to do with a new record-low physical currency decline worldwide.  The global, physical cu
jackson64

jackson64

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rmw's Journal

RMW Collection of England and Great Britain- 1908 to 1910 Pennies

The final years of the reign of Edward VII, in 1908 to 1910, saw the intensification of the naval race between Britain and Germany, with Britain still comfortably ahead. In Europe, a supremely stupid move took place with the formal annexation of Bosnia by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This angered the Russian Empire and cemented its relationships with Britain and France, which in turn moved Germany closer to Austria-Hungary as Germanys only reasonably close major ally. It also upset whatever
rmw

rmw

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My submission gave me a black-eye

JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL HAPPENING

This letter was sent to me on July 6th....   Hello Mr. Deeds, I am disappointed to learn this has happened again and I apologize for the inconvenience to you. Of course you may send them back to be corrected at no cost to you. In addition to speaking with our encapsulation and QC personnel, NGC President, Rick Montgomery is now involved and we have prepared a set of criteria for all of our graders and QC specialists to follow to see that this does not continue. You are welcom
THE WELSH DRAGON

THE WELSH DRAGON

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jackson64's Journal

58 of 83 JUST FROM SILVER ROLLS

While I wait for the right 1916-D Mercury dime to become available ( and at the right price) to finish the final hole in my last album, I decided to start the next one. I decided on a relatively easy set- an 83 coin, Silver Washington Quarter Dollar, Whitman album of 1932 thru 1964 coinage. I call it easy for 2 reasons. The first reason is that I had 4 rolls of mixed-date silver quarters already in my stash. Besides 2 heavily worn Barber's, one holed Seated liberty quarter and a scor
jackson64

jackson64

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rmw's Journal

RMW Collection of England and Great Britain- More Edward VII Pennies

Here are the 1905, 06 and 07 pennies in my collection. In those years, the drums of war were beating louder, as the two sides which ended up fighting each other in World War I were pretty much set in these years, and Britain built a new class of battleship, the HMS Dreadnought, which immediately rendered the rest of its own navy, as well as that of any others, obsolete. The naval face by the end of 1907 was on in earnest.
rmw

rmw

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My submission gave me a black-eye

Saved the best for last.

Hello everyone, One of my favorite sets that I have been working on is my Great Britain 1937 - 1965 Crown set.  I just finished it, with what I think is the coolest piece in the set,  the 1960 British Exhibition Prooflike.  I got lucky and scored a 66, which is top grade, for now anyways. On to the next set......
THE WELSH DRAGON

THE WELSH DRAGON

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The Roman Empire

Roman Empire, Page 2 = GENESIS

This new “Journal Entry” provides an update on the second Page of my NGC Ancient Custom Set entitled “The Roman Empire.”  It is satisfying to report that, following the grading results of my Herod The Great ancient bronze, and after finalizing my Owner’s Comments of that coin… Page #2 is now COMPLETE!   Here is a link to the Collection…   https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/CoinCustomSetGallery.aspx?s=16365   Here is the synopsis for the Page, entitled "GEN
Kohaku

Kohaku

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rmw's Journal

RMW Collection of England and Great Britain- Edward VII Pennies

Edward VII was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and assumed the British throne after her long reign, in 1901. Although Britain was still considered by many to still be the worlds premier superpower, by 1901, her uncontested superiority was in a position of being challenged, by the United States and more crucially, by the recently united German Empire, which by most accounts had the worlds greatest army and was during this time beginning to build up a navy, the object of which was to one day
rmw

rmw

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jackson64's Journal

And Then There Was Just One Needed

Well my Mercury Dime album set has been a lot of fun to assemble. I have ( for the most part) avoided my usual trap of assembling a set and then "just" upgrading this coin and that coin for another with a little more luster/detail/tone etc etc. I have upgraded about 3 coins of the teens and early 1920's for coins that have a touch less wear. For Page 1 of my Whitman, the general goal is full rims and dates--Page 2 I'm looking for some fasces details/lines and Page 3 ( the late 1930's and th
jackson64

jackson64

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The Roman Empire

Roman Empire, Page 1 = PRELUDE

I am creating a "Journal Entry" for page "Page" (grouping of 15 coins) in the Gallery view for my Roman Empire Custom Set.   To that end, this journal entry is for the first Page in the collection, which I have entitled "Prelude," with the goal to  provide a good introduction to the geography, peoples, political climate, etc. that existed just prior to Rome converting from Republic to Empire.  Here is the synopsis...   Prelude. The saga begins with coins from mid 2nd to 1st c
Kohaku

Kohaku

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Which way to go??

CHANGED MY PUBLIC NAME

Hello friends,  I am letting you all know I have changed my Public name.  It was Eagles-R-it, but now it is RMK-Collectibles.  I did this to better reflect my hobbies and buying habits.  I am kind of a accumulator of lots of things, not just Silver Eagles.  So all my friends here at NGC especially Rick, Brent, Keith, Glenn, Troy, and Dan I hope you continue to follow me as I will still follow you all and more.  By the way, where can I find the follow/following part since the change.  Anyway hope
RMK-Collectibles

RMK-Collectibles

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Daniel McMunn

I am less confused each passing day

I purchased and received a 1971s Lincoln cent NGC ms66. It would not fit into the NGC box that I keep my certified set in. I fumbled the holder and it popped  open. It had gone through NGC Quality control without being sealed. I sent it to be sealed. I tracked it to Sarasota and it was picked up at the P.O.. I waited for them to seal it and send it back. I lost the receipt from the P.O. and NGC had no record of receiving it. NGC acted like they didn't care and It was no big deal. How can you run
Daniel McMunn

Daniel McMunn

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2016(S) & 2017(S) American Silver Eagles?

NGC at it again.

Couple of days ago, NGC notified me of a pending certification transfer and if I wanted to accept or reject.  I rejected it as it is part of my 100% silver eagle collection and had not sold it.  I replied to the email that I rejected it and dina said no problem.  it wouldn't go through.  Imagine my surprise to seethe coin was removed from my set and given to another user and I can't get it back into my collection.  I just took a photo of the coin in question a few minutes ago.  I need it put bac
freerider41042

freerider41042

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Jamar

Is This Unusual

My 2017 American Eagle 20th Anniversary Platinum Proof is scheduled for grading and is listed as "Reverse Struck Through." Is this unusual for a proof coin? I would expect that for a circulated coin but less so for a proof.  How could this affect the coin value?
JaMarine

JaMarine

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rmw's Journal

RMW Collection of England and Great Britain

I have two more pieces to show here today, an 1861 Victorian farthing from the Royal Mint and an 1874H farthing from the Heaton Mint, both in proof. For the Royal Mint during this period, in most years proofs were only produced as a "proof of Record" so mintages were exceedingly tiny, less than 100 and perhaps closer to 20. I dont know how many Heaton Mint proofs were struck, perhaps someone else out there does, but in any case it would also not be in vast quantities. Also I have
rmw

rmw

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Which way to go??

TRIP FROM TOP TEN LIST

Two things on my top ten list is tour the US Mint, and attend a large coin show.  The Denver ANA show fit the criteria for a trip like this to get two of my top tens done.  We made reservations and purchased airfare tickets in early April.  The days went by and two days before our trip I decided to check the Mint website again for info on the tours.  To my shock all tours were cancelled during the week of the ANA show.  This was not the case when we decided on the trip.  Oh well disappointed but
RMK-Collectibles

RMK-Collectibles

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Joe Ferentz

Sold Out?

Got an email from NGC that said..."A special NGC label is available for the limited-edition 10-coin 225th Anniversary Enhanced Uncirculated Coin Set released by the US Mint on August 1. The release, limited to 225,000 sets, was sold out within minutes." Then I went online and ordered 2 sets! What 's up with the fake news NGC?  
JoeF

JoeF

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