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The Journey Continues...

Pleased With Morgan Results For the time being, I have started sending in some of my US coins for certification opposed to the world coins I have sent in the past. I just got the cert report on a handful of my Morgans I sent in and as a result, I am motivated to send in more. I had been carrying these on the books as MS60 but was thrilled that many of them graded higher. 001 1878 8TF S$1 UNC DETAILS IMPROPERLY CLEANED 002 1882 CC S$1 MS 63 003 1883 CC S$1 MS 63 004 1884 CC
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Submission #3 is a Tweener The results of my 3rd submission of world coins to NGC is a "tweener"- better than the first but not as good as the second. 29 coins submitted: PF70 (11), PF69 (15), PF68 (2) and PF67 (1). Pictured are my new PF70s. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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ADVICE PLEASE I am getting ready to send in my first US coins (19th century type set) for grading. I have many rolls of what appear to be uncirculated coins all of the same date that were my fathers. Pictured below are a few of these examples. (1956P Washington Quarter, 1956 Dimes, 1958D Dimes). Most of these rolls are from the 50s with the exception of a roll of 1964 halves. My question is this: What would be the best way to handle these? Have the rolls certified (and what does that mean)
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The Journey Continues...

2nd Submission Much, Much Better I am so excited that my second submission turned out so much better than my first. 28 coins submitted- 16 PF70 and 12 PF69. Happy, Happy, Happy To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 20 of 20

The Journal is Finished BUT the Journey Continues For the rest of the year I plan to: 1. Get the 2016 US Mint Silver Proof Set (14 coin). I forgot to mention that I collect these. 2. Get the next 1 oz PAMP gold Lunar Series bar. 3. Send in my remaining 150 or so coins to be graded. 4. Create a Custom Set that combines my travel experiences with coins. I will name the set Travelogue and will keep you posted when I make it public. The picture below describes my life perfectly. To
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 19 of 20

What Goes Around, Comes Around Two years ago I sat down to write my memoirs and family history. I covered over 100 subjects and the tome ended up to be 865 pages. One of the chapters in my book was coin collecting and it is that chapter that I have shared with you in what will be 20 parts. Thanks for reading and commenting both privately and by replies. I intend to leave my collection to my 3 nieces, 3 nephews, 5 great-nieces and 5 great-nephews. Hopefully in the future each will be receivin
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 18 of 20

Finding An Alternative Solution In part 8, I told how enthusiastic I was about combining my travel hobby with my coin collecting. BUT- the America the Beautiful series was not working out for me. I discovered another series called "World of Wonders" minted by Palau. There have been 60+ of these coins minted and I have visited about 70% of them. I decided to collect those coins for the places that I have visited. Pictured below are some of the photos I will post in my trip/coin collection b
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 17 of 20

My Ten Commandments for Buying Coins on EBAY 95% of the coins I buy are off EBAY. Below are the 10 Commandments I follow: 1. Thou shalt not bid on auctions from a seller with less than a 99.8% positive feedback rating. 2. Thou shalt read the description of the coin carefully.   (Before I made this a commandment I purchased a slabbed coin and when I received it, the holder had a 1" crack in it. I was going to send it back but when I read the description, the crack was mentioned. Lesson l
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 16 of 20

Submission #1- In the Books I was so excited to receive back my first submission to NGC. It took several hours for me to scan all of the bar codes into the NGC app and then take four screens shots of each coin. Fortunately, I had created a custom set of all of the coins submitted using the "Raw" designation. They were all in one location. All I needed to do was redefine the coin by putting in the certification number. I then replaced the stock photos I had used with the actual photos. I wa
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 15 of 20

Trying to Master the "My Collection" Database For the past few months I have been trying to master the "My Collection" database. I spend several hours each week entering both my graded and raw coins. I like being to have the reports that I can produce. I have run across several snafus along the way and have had to improvise. 1. Under "Item Description", I have not figured out what the Catalog Number field is all about. 2. Since I collect coins with low mintages, I wish there was a field
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 14 of 20

Innovative Mint Packaging I find all of the new and innovative mint packaging interesting. What will they come up with next? I realize that some are gimmicks but like with all products on the market, these are marketing strategies. These are just a very few examples of recent purchases I have made with interesting packaging including a coin that comes in a matryoshka doll, one that is 3D and comes with 3D glasses, heart-shaped boxes and boxes with swinging wooden lids. To see old commen
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 13 of 20

Time to Replenish After selling my 1/2 oz gold Pandas, I felt the need to replace the 14 1/2 ozs of gold, especially since the price was so low. I considered quite a few replacement possibilities such as the Canadian Maple Leaf, Australian Kangaroo, etc. While trying to decide I ran across some gold bars that I really fell in love with- the PAMP Lunar Series. Because the series started four years earlier, I purchased the 2012 Dragon, 2013 Snake, the 2014 Horse and the 2015 Goat (pictured bel
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 12 of 20

WHO'S NUTS??? Last April I discovered the NGC website and I decided to check the value of my Chinese Panda coins. I was in shock to discover that the half ounce gold 1995 Panda that I had paid $404.00 for was selling for $7200.00 and many others were selling in the thousands of dollars. I thought to myself, are these people nuts? It's only 1/2 ounce oz gold and only 20 years old. I decided I would be nuts not to sell. I sold all 29 years of my 1/2 ounce Pandas (keeping the 1 oz, 1/4 oz, 1/10 o
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 11 of 20

The Good, The Bad???, and The Ugly Last month I joined as a paid NGC member. I have so many coins in their original mint packaging that are taking up so much space and are hard to organize. I immediately prepared a shipment of 26 of my coins to be graded. THE GOOD- I got word today that my graded coins have been shipped back to me and I will soon be able to add them to my phone app to share with my family. THE BAD??- I am not sure if this is bad because my expectations may have been too hi
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 10 of 20

Discovering the NGC App I was very excited last Spring to discover the NGC app for my iPhone. It was probably designed for a different purpose but this is what I use it for. Every time I receive a slabbed coin I scan the bar code with my phone. Our family has a 35+ year tradition of going to breakfast every Sunday morning. Every week those attending want to see my new coin acquisitions for the week. It is great to bring up the app on my phone and show them the new photos. Kind of like having
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 9 of 20

Buying Frenzy About a year ago I went a different direction with my coin collecting- World Coins. I was very much intrigued with all of the new colored, enameled, 3D, holograms, jeweled, odd-shaped, stained glass, etc. coins available. I really like the Niue, Canadian, Cook Islands and Australia coins. I rarely buy any that have a mintage of more than 3000 and many of the ones I have purchased have a mintage of less than 1000. Some of my purchases have been NGC graded but many are raw. I h
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 8 of 20

Combining Hobbies I decided in 2011 to start collecting the America the Beautiful 5 oz series. I had looked at the advanced list of 56 coins and discovered that I had been to about 70% of the places on the list. I thought it would be fun to combine photos of the coins with my trip experience and try to visit the other 30% of the places I had not been. Since the series had started the year before, I needed to catch up and buy the five 2010 coins and decided to buy NGC certified. I was in shoc
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 7 of 20

Cashing In When 2011 rolled around I was dismayed at the price I was going to have to pay for my Chinese Panda set and was told that gold and silver prices were way up. I had never really paid attention to these prices. I decided that after 14 years of storing and toting the heavy "Secret Collection" from part 3 that maybe I would sell. I found a place in my city that had good Google reviews and went to get an estimate. I was shocked to find that I would be given 28 times face. I will never
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 6 of 20

TWO FIRSTS In 2006 I joined EBAY and my very first purchase was my very first NGC graded coin a 1/10 oz 2005 Platinum China Panda. I even purchased one of the NGC storage boxes. The little coin I bought and put in the storage box would be awfully lonely because it was nearly 8 years between buying my first slab and buying the second. (I am now up to 8 storage boxes, but more on this in later blogs.) Since joining EBAY, all of my coin purchases have been made there. I have never been to a coi
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 5 of 20

From Silver to Gold In 1982 a friend showed me her birthday present, a 1/4 gold Chinese Panda made into a necklace. I just loved it and went to our local coin store to inquire about them. I was shown a complete set with a 1 oz, 1/2 oz, 1/4 oz, 1/10 oz and 1/20 oz coins. I was told that every year the reverse would change. The set was pricey but after thinking about it I decided I really loved it and bought the set. It was at this point of my collecting career that I decided that collecting U
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 4 of 20

Pre-EBAY- Bid Boards In the 70's I continued collecting coins. Our local coin dealer would have a bid board and every week would attach a file card to about 20 coins. People could write their bids and the "auction" would close at 2:00 pm every Saturday afternoon. This is the way I purchased coins long before EBAY was around. I had purchased a 10" x 12" Type Coin plastic holder from Capitol Plastics. My goal was to bid on and fill all of the holes in the holder. (Goal accomplished) In the m
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 3 of 20

The SECRET Collection As I mentioned in yesterday's blog, we moved to a small town in 1967 because my father had purchased a small grocery and variety store. This was the summer before beginning high school and only three years after the advent of clad coins. My Dad and I came up with a SECRET collection. We were not to tell anyone else in the family, employees or friends about it for fear they would start doing the same thing. Every day during the summer and after school, I would go to my d
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting part 2 of 20

Devastated When I was about 9, my mother emphasized the importance of savings. She set up a bank savings account for me and explained that the bank would pay me interest every quarter. I had my own passbook and would take it into the bank periodically and the interest was recorded and I watched it grow. There was a problem and lesson learned. I had a great aunt that worked at a bank and every year for my birthday she would sent a brand new, crisp $2 bill. My father for his job as a salesman
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My 55 Year Journey of Coin Collecting

The Very Beginning in 1960 When I was 7 my father bought me blue cardboard coin holders (one each for pennies, dimes, nickels and quarters.) Every day when he came home from work I would be waiting for him to take the change out of his pocket to search for coins to add into my slots. We did this together every evening and it was great father/daughter time. It was such a thrill to find a "new" coin to add. To this day I still have my nearly full (very well circulated) first coin collection. L
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