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NGC Journals

swahlstrom-migration's Journal

INSTANT DEVALUATION

I have read about it, been warned to use extreme caution when.... buying from overseas. Now I know what I was being told, especially when buying U.S. coins from China. I purchased 3 Morgan Silver Dollars from my "chinese friend" on eBay. I figured other bidders weren't as trusting as me so the bidding was slow. It never occured to me the other bidders were just smarting than me. I'm pretty smart you see! Well I learned how smart I was. It took about 2 weeks for the coins to arrive. I couldn't
mark s. hamlet's Journal

e-bay item number300011039798

is is worth more like this? this is a 2006-w proof 70 ultra-cameo 50.00 gold buffalo coin! its for sale right now on e-bay under mshamlet item number is 300011039798 gold buffalo coin. if anyone has some helpfull info on the value, please let me know. thanks, steve
mark s. hamlet

mark s. hamlet

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silver dollar's Journal

ANACS, James Taylor letter update

Received a telephone call from Mr. Taylor hisself I received a call from James Taylor last night. Apoligizing to me for the shoddy treatment that I had received from ANACS. He has made some promises and asked for another chance, to prove that changes are going to be made at ANACS. He is going to refund the overcharges made, and has made an offer for the lack of timely processing of my orders. He had been out of town for the week and had just seen my email. and called imediatly. He seemed
silver dollar

silver dollar

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Tweed Collection's Journal

Buffalo $50 and other recycled 100 yr old designs

Teddy Roosevelt got the best artists of his day to redesign our coins. Why not do it again? I recently got my Buffalo $50 proofs. They're absolutely gorgeous. That said, I can't help but wonder why we keep seeing recycled designs. The Eagle bullion coins both have recycled obverse designs as well. Now, granted, the designs the Mint has chosen to reuse are some of the finest ever produced. I just wonder why they can't seem to muster the same type of artistic talent that Teddy Roosevelt got a ce
Tweed Collection

Tweed Collection

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Scott15's Journal

American Hero ????

Lance Armstrong !!! I fail to see how this man qualifies as an American Hero. What act of bravery has this man done? Has he performed an act that so many others haven't? I ride my bike daily; sometimes over 25 miles at a clip, most times between 10-15. I have survived personal trials as well. So when do I get to sign some MS69 coins? My pen is at the ready and I'm sitting next to the phone waiting for NGC to call me. I would rather collect damaged, BB'd coins signed by our Nations Sold
Scott15

Scott15

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MikeKing's Journal

Trying

Trying to find things and then obtain things that are special, so some day, these things may be passed onto another who understands how they are special too. Please look at prior two posts on Construction and the other.  
MikeKing

MikeKing

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FlashCoins's Journal

Why More NGC First strike MS-70's than PCGS?

Why More NGC First strike MS-70's? Because PCGS is has snooty "We're better than everyone else" attitude. Why More NGC First strike MS-70's? Because PCGS is has snooty "We're better than everyone else" attitude. They are also, in my opinion, just "protecting" their dealer network, like they always do. NGC, ICG and ANACS seem to give "real" grades, based on the 70 point system as it is meant to be used. PCGS, unless it is for one of their dealers, tries to come across as "hard graders" while
FlashCoins

FlashCoins

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MikeKing's Journal

How To

How do you go cleanly in working on your inner desire for perfection and completion...how strongly do you hold the goals in your mind and continuously assess the advantageousness or disadvantageousness of your goals. Feeling the disadvantages is a must if your going to build a great set, the magnificent collection. And grade doesn't matter, you can do this in vf or ex or au or ms blah blah blah as there are ugly and beautiful in each. If you don't feel the disadvantages, you'll never know be
MikeKing

MikeKing

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silver dollar's Journal

letter to James Taylor @ ANNACS

Services charged for but not delievered....twice I just sent this to Mr. Taylor.....was I being too harsh? I must say that I am vastly disappointed with your guiding philosophy for your new company image. Twice I have submitted coins for grading and had them take three times as long as advertised. And twice I have paid for a requested service and not received that service. If your going to advertise and charge for email/fax notification of grades, you should at least follow thru and pro
silver dollar

silver dollar

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DHToomey's Journal

Numismedia pricing

Is anyone else having problems with the Numismedia pricing coming out blank? My inventory listing on my coins have no value listed anymore. Is Numismedia updating their prices or has this feature gone south?
DHToomey

DHToomey

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jackson64's Journal

Worth the Wait

shipping from out of country can be slow and worrisome.. Just received a coin I ordered a while ago from Canada.Sometimes I order coins from out of the US and it's always the same...it takes a while longer to get here, and I start wondering/worrying after about 10 days.Anyhow, I don't collect many complete series of Modern Issues..there are just too many to keep up with them all. I do look forward to the Canadian "Tall Ships" coin series that now has 2 coins in it....but like the shipping, it
jackson64

jackson64

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Bill Gates's Journal

US Penny

I read in the paper the other day and I gusee there going to change the penny in 2009. all the more reason these pennys will be worht even more. I guess that's a good thing ? What's your thought's ? ?? 2001-D_S$1
Bill Gates

Bill Gates

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Gregory Taylor's Journal

1854 NGC AU 58 SEATED QUARTER ERROR IN COIN WORLD JULY 3.

Previously unreported error in July 3 Collectors' Clearinghouse.   My 1854 NGC AU 58 Seated Quarter was included in the July 3 Collectors? Clearinghouse. Eric von Klinger, who writes the column, said the error was a ?retained cud.? He said the error was not listed in The Cud Book, nor in Larry Briggs? book on Seated quarters. The error is apparent in the attached photo along the word UNITED.   1854 REV 2
Gregory Taylor

Gregory Taylor

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Chris C. Curry's Journal

Re: First Strikes

Coin World accidentally exposed the harsh truth..... In a previous issue of Coin World ( I am sorry I don't recall which one...about a year ago) in an article about first strikes, the author indicated that the die pair life was around 1000 coins. They stopped short of calling First Strike Programs fraud, but at best it is Marketing Marketing Marketing. If the actual die pair life were even 10,000 coins. You can be sure that coins minted in the first 30 days of production run the entire gambit
Chris C. Curry

Chris C. Curry

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Admiral Mike-migration's Journal

Re: First Strike

Wrong answer Munkey... ... I would have PM'd you the following information, but as you have contact from me turned off, guess I have to answer this way. The US Mint has a first strike "program". Coins struck within the first 30 days, regarless of the number, are considered first strike coins. Coins released from the mint during this time have papers issued from the mint stating it is a first strike coin. The grading service (PCGS & NGC) MUST have this paperwork in order to label the co
Munkyman951's Journal

RE: First Strike

Well... By first strike, the major TPG's are assuming that by being first release coins, they were the very early ones made on the dies. It is a rather large assumption on their part. To be more accurate, the TPG's should name the early coins 'First Release' rather than First Strikes, because how do they know? They don't. They are simply stating that the particular coin labeled first strikes was recieved by them within the first 30 calendar days of the release of the coin. This prevents coins
Munkyman951

Munkyman951

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silver dollar's Journal

First Strike Buffalo from the Mint

I missed something please explain the reason you can state that the Mint Buffalo $50 proof is a First Strike. Does the accompaning paperwork state this? And excactly what are the requirments for the strike to be considered First Strike? Is it the accual first strike on a set of dies? And only that strike. Or is it the first 100 or 1000 strikes on a set of dies. Inquiring minds want to know.....at least I do dean shelton silver dollar
silver dollar

silver dollar

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Munkyman951's Journal

RE: The trouble with ICG is ...

I agree with most of your points... The ICG website looks very cheaply done, and quite mediocre. I also agree that ICG as a company isn't very collector-friendly. What made ICG rush to the top, then? I mean in order for most people there's NGC, PCGS, ANACS, and then ICG. How did ICG somehow surpass all of the other Mom & Pop grading services to become #4? I liked PCI's idea about the photographs of the coins included in the slab. Should they be surpassed almost immediately by ICG? Sure ICG
Munkyman951

Munkyman951

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