It has been several months since my last journal entry and many good things have happened during that time.
First of all, I had sent eight Silver Eagles to NGC for certification back in May. Twelve days after I mailed them, they were setting in my mail box at home. That was the fastest turn around time I have ever received from NGC. Thank you NGC and keep up the good work. Three of the Silver Eagles were 2006 W uncirculated coins fresh from the mint. I examined all three of them very closely a
What an eye opening experience.
Last Sunday, I had placed bids on six coins at a very popular on-line auction. I had bided to win these coins, but did not bid more than I could have bought them for at an on-line store I use frequently. There was nothing special about the coins, they were not toned and are considered very common. When the auction ended at 10:00pm that night, I had been outbid on all six of them. I was outbid big time. These coins sold for way more than they should have and I co
Will the new Presidential Dollars have a chance?
?The long line of monstrosities issued from the United States Mint, certainly received its crown in the new dollar. The ugliness of the piece adds another wrong to the original one of dishonesty: To ask the European bondholder to take this! ?? This was the opinion of the editor of the American Journal of Numismatics that was printed in April 1878. His opinion was given right after an article on the views and detailed description of the new Morga
Will a picture help me pick out that perfect coin to send to NGC?
I had received my 20th Anniversary Sets form the mint several months ago. I didn?t expect for them to arrive for another month. I thought that it was another order that I was waiting for from the mint to arrive, so I opened the box. How stupid could I be to expect a shipment form the mint to arrive 3 weeks earlier than their website stated. I?m not here to beat up the mint for early shipments, so I will get on with my story.
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I have been working on an ASE MS set for almost 2 years now
I have been working on an ASE MS set for almost 2 years now and the 1986 that arrived yesterday made the set complete. I could have, and should have completed it sooner, but I kept getting side tracked by some nice rainbow Morgan Dollars that I could not pass up.
With that said, now is the time to choose which direction I will be headed in the future. Should I continue with the modern sets that I have been working on, introduce a mo
