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NGC Journals

JammnIT's Journal

Early Release of Presidential $1 Coins

It has come to the attention of the United States Mint that several private businesses are offering to sell George Washington Presidential $1 Coins prior to the official public release date on Thursday, February 15, 2007. The United States Mint wants to make consumers who are considering the purchase of these products aware of certain facts. * The United States Mint has issued George Washington Presidential $1 Coins only to the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve has made arrangements with
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JammnIT's Journal

Presidential $1 Coins With "Upside-Down" Edge-Lettering Are Not Errors

It has come to the attention of the United States Mint that some people are offering to sell so-called George Washington Presidential $1 "error" coins with "upside-down" edge-lettering on on-line auction sites. These coins are not "error" coins. The Presidential $1 Coins are inscribed on the edge without regard to their "heads" or "tails" orientation. The edge-incused inscriptions on Presidential $1 Coins are the year of minting or issuance, "E Pluribus Unum," "In God We Trust" and the mint ma
JammnIT

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Bammer's Journal

Hope I Don't Reopen A Big Debate

...please think about my reasons. This is the second journal article of three I've been meaning to write. The main topic I want to address is something that had been discussed a few months ago. The topic is letting ANACS & ICG graded coins into registry sets. I guess I agree with the journal writer who made the point of not letting all of the companies in the competitive sets. I wish to offer a compromise, I'd sure like to see ANACS & ICG allowed in our Signature Sets. A couple of re
mpsamus1's Journal

Re: When Is it worth grading?

I personally have been known to get coins slabbed that were worth far less than what it cost me for the slabbing and shipping fees. I look at it this way. I enjoy collecting coins. I enjoy looking at the coins that I collect. And when I look at my coins, I like them to be presented in an attractive manner. 2 X 2's and almost all of the other storage options that are available just don't do it for me. When I'm thinking about getting a coin slabbed, value is only one of the things that I consi
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When I’m Wiser and I’m Older

When Is it worth grading?

Are only mint state coins worth grading? Or do coins become worth grading once they reach a certain set value? Unlike many of you, I'm barely launched on this journey. I've been trying to learn as much as I could over the last year but there's one question I've been running into increasingly often. When is a coin worth grading? Obviously the modern coins are only really worth grading if a high MS grade can be obtained but what about older coins? Do they necessarily have to be MS and worth hund
Revenant

Revenant

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King of Eagles's Journal

One Coin at a Time.......................

Sometimes The First Step is Admitting You Have a Problem When I was much younger than I am today I used spend money on things that I knew would give me no return many years from now. This is why I turned back to the hobby that I love. One of my best friends in high school introduced me to numismatics and I started with a set of Lincoln's in a Blue Whitman Folder back in the 1970's (some of you that read these journal's, I know you can relate). Here is a picture of what this can evolve into whe
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mpsamus1's Journal

Gloves or no gloves?? Continued...

I believe that literally by their very nature and design coins are supposed to be held in one's hand. However... With that being said. I believe that some care should be taken when handling at least high grade coins. I personally have about 15 dozen pairs of cotton gloves but I rarely use them except on high grade coins and the very occasional proof coin. But be very careful when you do use them because they can cause you to drop the coins. They tend to make you lose your grip. This has happe
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Metal 9's Journal

Gloves or no gloves??

I think I think that as long as a fingerprint didnt show up 5 years later on a coin I had graded by them, I would not worry about it. I have noticed in my various dealings with people and coins, that rarely anyone use gloves. I have watched people cleanse their hands before handling, but everyone I have dealt with has held the coin by the rim. I handle them the same way. I have dropped coins wearing gloves. I scratched a 1913 Dime, and I haven't used a glove since. But I have also found that o
Metal 9

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Bill Gates's Journal

PCGS Reply to Using Cotton Golves (Email Reply to me )

Not Using Cotton Golves and What PCGS Told Me (Here's a Reply Email PCGS Told Me) Read my Question first at the Bottom of the Email Then There Reply, I found it not as I was taught , How about your ThoughtsNikki Olivarez to me show details 9:58 am (6 hours ago) Hello, Thank you for contacting PCGS Customer Service. Gloves are not necessary for handling coins. In fact, gloves can reduce the handler?s tactile sensation, increasing the risk of dropping a coin. However, it
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Dominator6t9's Journal

Submiting my first batch of coins to NGC Part 2

Status "Received" Well After Shipping the coins last friday, The status of my coins are "received". Im very nerves. This is my first time Im sending out coins to get certified. For a couple of days I was in some releaf, because I hadnt seen any First Day Mintage Coin Covers with a MS grade lower than 64. Untill Monday. I saw a MS63/MS65. My Nerves have been Out the roof.... Someone help me, and to make things worse, the US Mint is not shipping out the John Adams Coin Covers till after June
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mpsamus1's Journal

And The Jury Is In! My 1819 Bust Quarter Has Been Identified!!!

First of all I would like to thank those of you who replied to my earlier query about this coin. It was very much appreciated. My submission of seven coins to NCS/NGC are back, the 1819 quarter is included in those. Overall I did O.K. The Bust Quarter was one of those that I sent. After I sent it off I found a copy of "The Early American Quarters of The United States" by A.W. Browning. (Excellent Book). NCS/NGC attributed it as an 1819 small 9, B-3. A. W. Browning says that "This is the most c
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Metal 9's Journal

1999 Proof Set

My 'Ultra Cameo's' are home Our 1999-S Clad 9 coin proof set finally arrived home. I will post the pics in the next few days. And Skeester is right. The journals are addicting. I check a few times a day, and sometimes I am disappointed that there are no new ones. But when there is one, or a few, I read with interest about each one of your new collecting ventures, mishaps, and finds that warrant a little bragging. Keep up the good work everyone, and keep posting. Who knows what kind of treasure
Metal 9

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Skeester's Journal

Journals---the crack of coins!

There is no better trip (or legal high) than reading about someone elses finding experiences. The first step, like all addictions, is ADMITTING IT! No! Not me! I don't read these real life experiences that get my heart racing! It's really amazing, I think, to read these posts, and I find myself in their shoes, and wonder how exciting and thrilling it must of been to have a coin upgraded...or graded to a "1 of 1" status...or a find of a life time. I find I can't get past the front page
Skeester

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MIKE R.'s Journal

BABY JACOB`S RARE COIN FIND

NEVER TOO YOUNG TO START COLLECTING Hello my name is BABY JACOB and I was born on 2-11-2007. Which happens to be just before the WASHINGTON PRESIDENTIAL COIN`S were issued. My mommy and I have been visiting for the last six weeks with my POPPOP&NANA while my daddy was overseas with the military. My POPPOP showed me some of his coins and they were real pretty and shiney. He started collecting the new WASHINGTON PRESIDENTIAL COIN`S an thought it would be cool to see how many he could
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Rupert's Journal

The World's Greates Hobby

If not for the birth of my son I would not be here. To celebrate the birth of my son I wanted to buy something for him I could give to him when he becomes a man. After looking at different items I decided to buy him a 20th anninversary silver eagle set graded by NGC. Soon after I bought a $5 gold eagle uncirulated 2006W graded by NGC. Well 9 months later I have a total of 15 gold coins and my 20th ASE set as well, and a few unopened rolls of presidential dollars. Everyday is a new learn
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zud's Journal

A wonderful hobby revisited!!!

Enjoyment v/s rarity After several days of thinking about this subject, I?m still sitting here and wondering how to attack this touchy topic. The problem, doing something that I?m truly enjoying, (coin collecting), how deep are my pockets, really, and the rarer coins that I dream about collecting. I have read a lot debates about the best way to collect coins and it seems that the overwhelming census is older, rarer coins are the best way to collect in the sense of long term value and I?d have
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Metal 9's Journal

1947 P.D.S Mint Set Complete!

They are all home. Well, after months of toying around, and buying the couple of coins that had to replace the 'bb's that NGC graced me with, the set is complete. I will worry about upgrading some of them slowly up the MS stages, but for now, the set is complete. All photos listed in the registry of these coins will be updated to clearer scans when I get the chance. Only one PCGS coin in the collection, the rest are NGC. The PCGS dime may grade higher with NGC, but that will have to wait for
Metal 9

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MikeKing's Journal

DIPPED coin (#6) and why I bought it!

Dipping....lot's of different opinions. Most Busties have been at some time or another and retoned...some didn't retone, some have been over-dipped and ruined... But a dip that reveals the surface archetectonics like this one, which reveals a truly FROSTY Bust Half, is a rarity indeed. At least I think so. So, again, as I've said in other entries, I'll state my reasons for buying this particular coin: 1. It's an 1828 curl 2 in mint state, and that's not easy to find. 2. It's a mint stat
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BankNote1's Journal

avoid body bags all together!

There is a way to send your coins in for grading and not have to pay the full grading fee for coins that wont grade! Any time I have a coin that I am unsure if it will grade or come back in a BB I send it to NCS. If the coin is cleaned or damaged you can have NCS to return the coin to you and just charge the minimum NCS fee for looking at your coins. If you want it slabed anyway then NCS will slab the problem coin and list the problem on the holder. This will at least prove the piece to be gen
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dennis edwards's Journal

Re: cleaned coins

I think there's a little too much fear mongering going on here about buying cleaned coins, even online, even on Ebay. It?s an unavoidable, even valuable part of learning the hobby. You just want to keep the cost to around what it's worth for the education. With that in mind, the most important thing to remember is to buy only from sellers who guarantee a full refund for any reason. Do that and you may still get stuck if a guarantee runs out while your coin is at the grading service being bo
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BankNote1's Journal

On the cleaning subject.

You don't have to just buy slabed coins to keep from buying cleaned coins. Just learn what a cleaned coin looks like. There are books on the subject of grading. If you have bought some cleaned pieces compare them to coins that are slabed. On BU coins learn what lustre looks like. Also buy yourself a couple of "GOOD" loups! I don't mean the cheap chinese stuff either. Get you a Carl Zeiss 6X by 9X loupe. If you can't afford the Zeiss get a Belomo 7X and or a 10X. Also Bausch & Lomb has a
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