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NGC Journals

kipakoo's Journal

1965-1967 SMS or PL Business Strike?

I was wondering if anyone knows how to differentiate between a '65-'67 SMS Quarter and a PL business strike? It is my understanding that the SMS coins were polished planchets struck with business strike dies. NGC has not graded any 1965-1967 business strike Quarters in PL but they have graded 1964 and 1968 coins in PL. Could the 1968 coins be struck with left over SMS planchets and graded PL because there were no SMS coins in '68? If there are 1965-1967 PL business strike coins that exist, can
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ranger1b's Journal

1964 P Roosevelt dime

Double Die REVERSE Was looking at this dime this morning and noticed that the lettering (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & ONE DIME & E PLU) all show doubling. My books list a 1964 Denver mint DD rev. but not a Philadelphia minted one. Would appreciate any help on this.
ranger1b

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Bammer's Journal

A New Signature Set -- Saluting

World War 2 and the brave men and women who served our nation. I'm starting a new signature set, to commemorate the veterans of World War 2. My dad served in the Army, and this is a tribute to him. Before I go any further, I do want to say, I'm not trying to slight any veterns of our armed forces. I truly appreciate their sacrifices for us, from the Revolution to now. It's just as I said, this set is being made to honor my dad. This set will consist of 17 coins of circulation strikes. Thes
Yarm's Journal

Return to collecting

It's only been 12 years! Part I Back in the 80's I moved to Southern California and got interested in the coin market when certification was fairly new. I visited about 20 dealers in the Orange County area and experienced everything from outright hostility to patient education. I wound up purchasing almost exclusively from 3 dealers as well as the big auction houses over a period of nearly 10 years. I was working and didn't feel uncomfortable putting together a set of Gobrecht dollars, pr
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spooky2000's Journal

IS YOUR STATEHOOD QUARTER COLLECTION COMPLETE??

I want to start by saying, that i am sorry if i offended the one person who didn't like my post, but however, i didn't mean to offend him. I thought that I was doing my fellow members a favor in letting everyone know that they could now complete their registery sets! and point you to the right direction.   For all of you who dont know what i was talking about, here is my origional post:is your statehood quarter collection missing a couple coins...then here is your chance to make it complet
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birch19861's Journal

double dies

I have never really looked at coins before but i just got this magnifier with a light and boy can i see them now I have been looking at my mercury dimes and I think I have a 1938-d/d and a1926- d double die .Is there such a beast and what do i do to confirm it I just have never seen things this clear through anything before. I almost think it is my imagination chris
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Joshua Little's Journal

My Venture into the Realm of World Gold Coins

A short discussion concerning my first six months in search of the gold coins of Napoleon Bonaparte and the new French Republic. Hello all, I am a recent member to this site, an an avid follower of all things historical. I came by the numismatist trade six months ago as a way of tactile familiarity with past periods I am most fond of. My maiden voyage into this world has been with post revolution French gold coins, specifically those of Napoleon Bonaparte and his family who assumed power of
Joshua Little

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brwnprkns's Journal

Grandpa's 1986 Liberty Set

The best Hobby ever MY Grand Father left me a 1986 Statue of Liberty Proof Set. I wanted to protect it so I sent it off to NGC to Grade. I studied it before sending under a 10x loope and a 30x microscope and found slight imperfections to the planchets and figured they would come back PF 69 UC. No surprises here they came back as expected. Of course I would have liked them a lot quicker, but thats just my impatience.When I send coins out I check at least three times a day to see there progress.
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hardin2413's Journal

Ad nauseum, ad absurdum, ad infinitum...

Where did the coin talk go? I am getting quite bored with this constant meta-discourse, and so, could we please get back to talking about coins. I received my latest bunch back and was quite happy--i have now finished my modern commem set (although i need to send my franklins in), and have had a decent enough come back 70s (and i only have 2 68s that need to be upgraded, and one of those is the 1982-D washington 50c). now i can get back to my early commems and try to finish that set up
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jackson64's Journal

RE: closed society..and paid email only

your both right and both wrong As I enter this int0o my journal after a long and hot day at work I don't know whether to shake my head and laugh or vent. Surely this journal sight is not the place for free advertising and promoting an agenda.I clicked on the forum page that was in "ARCHS'" entry and was highly offended at his wording..quote" accepting only paid e-mail log ins is a way for us to keep out all the agenda promoting riff raff" I have had my same email for over a dozen years and whe
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silver dollar's Journal

As I started this all, I'll stir the pot some more

Closed society? Nope, it's open to all who....Barbed wire? nothing bad about that number one...all you closed society types need to revisit the definition of a society...a group of people with a common purpose who band together, make rules to govern their group and promise to live by those rules. those that are not willing to abide by the rules of the society are no longer members of that group and are normally called criminals. IF YOU WANT TO BELONG, THEN FOLLOW THE RULES. OTHERWISE WE H
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Admiral Mike-migration's Journal

Is the grass greener....

When (if) you get to the other side?? I was going to ramble on about the member of this society who was recently suspended, and the several people who promote his coin trading sight, and that I was a founding member of that sight, only to leave because the founder is the "King of Censor" (in my humble opinion), but haven't we all had enough of that?? So... I wont say any of that... (snicker) I got back my latest submission from NGC and I had TWO bodybags...aarrggh... both were quarters from
Architecht's Musings

Closed Society? Barb wires?

It's just being on-topic for the area you're posting in, guys. It's not exactly an opppressive policy. It's not that there aren't areas to discuss these things. There ARE. If you'd like to continue discussion of this topic, do it here. http://boards.collectors-society.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1252492&an=&page=0&vc=1 If you need an account, you will need a paid email address. If you have internet access, then the service providing you that internet access is also pro
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walt666-migration's Journal

RE: Closed Society Surrounded By Barbwire

Another unfortunate situation which NGC will choose to ignore. The journal entry posted by William is not only well-written, but totally accurate. Additionally, a public appology to Ron is in order, unfortunately, the powers-that-be at NGC will ignore this situation, as they do with any situation which may have a negative impact on their company. A true industry leader would "own up" to their errors, doing whatever is necessary to make the customer happy. Perhaps this business philosophy ha
walt666-migration

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wigglebutts's Journal

Closed society surrounded by barbwire

Anyone else felt the barbs of this closed minded society Here we are again wondering what is going on with this corporation. One would think, anything that promoted the concept of collecting coins, would be beneficial to NGC. HMMM, seems that may not be the case. Is NGC perfectly content with status quo? Mind you, they have no qualms about collecting the yearly 99.00 renewal fee. In return, they will send you a coin/coins of their choosing and a piece of paper good for 5 early bird submissions
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RYK's Journal

Southern Gold

In honor of the Southern Gold Society's annual meeting in Dalton, GA this weekend, I wish to encourage other collectors of southern gold to become active in this coin club. Please visit the website at http://www.southerngoldsociety.org/ for more information. 1854-D $3
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silver dollar's Journal

Well, that's it for me...I'm done

I thought that we had settled this buy/sell issue...but with 150+ views on two for sale entries (pure for sale ads)...I guess that this has turned into an advertising venue and if that was what I personally wanted I would join the boards...been nice knowing most of you...and good luck and good night
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jmackeygator's Journal

bought off more than i

planned to chew.... i was bidding on an auction site and noticed it was slow to process bids. Anyway i bid on a few coins that i wouldn't normally have bid on because i didn't think i had won and well guess what? I am the happy winner of all auctions i bid on. It's fine though because they are duplicate dates and well i have one grandaughter and my youngest daughter is also a collector so it works out nicely. I found a way to get them started early. Always give them some coins to play wit
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Wissahickon Collection's Journal

1851 HALF DIME WITH DATE ON REVERSE

I can see "1851" coming and going!!! This afternoon, I received a new coin in the mail. Upon closer examination, I recognized it as V-1a, an interesting variety for its date placement "touching and slightly overlapping the rocks". This variety is known to have die clashing, and when I checked for this, I saw a form of clashing like no other in my collection. The date had beeen imbedded quite strongly on the reverse. Certainly not rare, but quite an interesting "impression"!
jackson64's Journal

UNDISCOVERED 1917-S Buffalo Nickel Variety? !!! Third Ribbon across neck!!

who do I call..how do I get it listed as a recognised variety? Just got my 1917-S in the mail today for my year set and as I studied my new acquisition to my amazement I found some odd things about it.Most notably was a raised area which looks like a ribbon across the neck.I have had a few clashed-die coins from collecting 3 cent nickels and this is not that...neither is it a die-break..there are no cracks and misplaced metal, this is a well developed RAISED ribbon.Any ideas on whom I should c
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Architecht's Musings

Journal usage

As noted in the guidelines on the same screen where journal entries are made, there are places other than here for non-journal type content. If your topic fits into non-journal categories, we suggest these other tools: Buy/Sell/Trade - Visit our Chat Boards in the MarketPlace forum. Grading service issues or questions - use the contact us form and customer service will get back to you. Discussion topics - asking others for opinions or information is best done on the boards.   The purp
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NumisGuard's Journal

Anything to help fellow collectors..but there are limits

Some people appreciate the occasional for-sale notice...but I can see your point. But I can certainly see your point. I mean Im not sure I would head for the exit after two such posts.. but excessive spamming of the journal area would get annoying. I for one, found the PF70 Quarter post beneficial as I am currently working to complete my registry set. There are, however, other venues which are more appropriate for selling and/or trading coins. http://tradingslabs.com for example, might b
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