W.K.F.'s Journal

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The 4-Coin Lincoln Cent Proof Set & some news on '09 Proof Eagles...

For all of you "Lincoln Cent" collectors out there & those wishing for a miracle... Greetings Collectors, I also wanted to share the fact that Congressman Gary C. Peters Dem. Mich wrote a letter on Nov. 12th to Mint Director "Moy" and also wrote a "Dear Colleague" letter to the other 434 members of Congress asking them to "co-sign" his letter to Moy. In his letter to the U.S. Mint Director, Peters wrote. "We understand that there has been extraordinary demand for the "business strike
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"Tell Santa that you want"...

Anything Gold or Silver! Greetings Collectors, I am set up to get e-mail "alerts" from a company I have done business with on numerous occasions. This company is "Apmex". That is short for American Precious Metals Exchange. I have mentioned them before here but I felt it worth mentioning again, as at 2:16 EST, Gold pushed through $1200. It has since settled back just a few moments ago to $1198.30. Silver is up nicely as well to $19.14. I am always searching the "web" for the very lowest prem
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"T'is the Season for Thieves"

A few security tips for collectors... Greetings Collectors, Now that Thanksgiving is over, Christmas is less than a month away. As all of you know, our economy is not in the best of shape and not wanting to cross over into a political rant, all I am going to say is, if current policy remains unchanged, we are all in for alot more of the same, at least until 2010. Having said that, the criminal element still thrives, and I fear, it will grow even stronger. It seems that burglars, pick-pockets
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"Revised" Mint Numbers for 2008-W Coins...

A very "pleasant" surprize for those of us who collect/invest... Greetings Collectors, I was going to include this info in my previous post but I tend to "title" a post one way and then talk about it (the title) & and a "ton" of other stuff. This makes the post much too long for some. Many of you have grown accustomed to my "ramblings". I am sure there are a few who when they see the length, say, "I ain't gonna read all that". To those of you who feel that way, I apologize. The main re
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"PICS" Coin only VS Coin & Holder...

The survey results and an "Opinion" on... Greetings Collectors, A week or two ago I posted a question relating to whether you, the collectors, had a preference of when viewing sets of others, (or your own) would rather see a photo of "just the coin" or one that showed the "coin & the holder"? While there were some of you, I would have liked to have heard from and didn't, there were many, some close friends, and others I have never corosponded with, that did indicate a preference. I know
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U.S. Mint Suspends Sales of 2009 Gold Eagles...and...

I figured something like this would happen... Greetings Collectors, I have been at the computer all afternoon & this evening "tweaking" some photos and descriptions in several of my sets and had talk radio on in the background, getting my daily dose of "right wing" extreamism. During one of the news breaks while listening to "The Savage Nation", it was said that today, the Mint stopped selling the one ounce "bullion" Gold Eagles to all of the large distributors who buy them in bulk and w
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An "Unusual" Medal Found...

Re-organizing my safe & touching on some "security" methods... Greetings Collectors, I am feeling a little "lost" right now as my mad rush to finish taking my coin photos is, for the most part, complete. I am checking off items that I will not need at home so that I can make a "deposit" back into the boxes at the bank. I do not like to keep hardly anything of value at the house. I may be overly cautious as I live in a pretty nice area with my neighbors on two sides somewhat retired and "
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"The Obverse"

"Or is it the Reverse?" I couldn't leave you with just "half" the picture... Also I'm pretty sure the "bust" is King George the 5th and I think it's a piece from Great Britian or one of the British territorys. I just don't know what the rest of the markings/letters mean. Thanks in advance...
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"What is This"???

And does anyone know its history/value?... Greetings Collectors, I am coming to an end to my coin photography and the editing of same. I am not sure how many of you know exactly how time consuming taking as many photos as I have taken has been. Not wanting to sound "braggy", but if there was an award given for taking and editing as many pics as I have, and in such a short period of time, I would like to think I would win it, "hands down". Since the 17th of Oct. I have literly spent several h
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"One Month Anniversary Tomorrow and"...

I would like to ask the "masses" opinion...& to vote your choice! Greetings Collectors, As the "month" mark arrives on Nov. 17th from when I asked for help. I find myself "undecided" as to which picture looks best? I am refering to showing the entire "holder" with the coin "OR" crop just the "coin" only. I am torn between the two and the reasons are. One could take any picture of any coin with a particular date and mintmark and insert it there in the slot allotted. Of couse what's stoppi
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C.S. "Points" VS Numismedia "Value"

"Just an observation, but what do I know?" Greetings Collectors, I guess you all are stuck with hearing from me, every day or two. Sorry... My work has dried up here in N.E. Florida and while there are a "million" things I could be doing in the way of re-modeling my own home, I choose to surround myself with coins and magazines and cameras, and any and all things "Numismatic". I guess that old saying holds true, as in "the cobblers children all need shoes". As I have personally handled clo
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1955 Franklin PCGS-65-FBL...Reverse...

"The Flip Side" The reverse on this coin is nice enough to be "shared". There are not many of us that know just how rare, coins from this series are in "Gem" "Brilliant" uncirculated condition. This is a coin that I remember where I was when I bought it, what I was thinking, and how much I paid for it. I forget who it was but, they used a term "jump out at ya coins". Well this is how this one hit me. I hope to get "hit" by a '62-P soon... Keep Collecting! WKF
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"Graduation Day- Pic State University"

"The FEAR of the Unknown is a Massive One"... Greetings Collectors, On Oct. 17th I posted a plea for help. This help I needed was to obtain the knowhow of coin photography and even more so, the art of editing and cropping/resizing. I am pleased to announce that on a day which has always been a "Lucky Day" for me, Friday the 13th November 2009, is the day I feel very comfortable in saying, "I got this s--- down pat!" And I finished school ahead of my "self alloted" 30-day time frame. It has b
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Proof Coinage from 1950-1970...Part Four...

"An End of a primitive Era"... Greetings Collectors, As most of you know, my free time of late has revolved around an attempt to take & post pictures of my coins here at the Collectors Society. The joy and frustrations have been many and while I have taken well over two thousand shots, less than 100 have been deemed "worthy" enough to include here. Spending a great deal of time with many of my most favorite coins has made me think more "in depth" of exactly what goes into the "making of
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"A Little Sister for Jacksons West Coast Girl"

One day I hope I can take as good a "Pic" as he... Greetings Collectors, It is so very strange that I had on my table before me, my Walker half collections and had just taken a break to read the "journals" after loading images from my "short set #2" which is basicly extra, extras from Short Set #1 and the Walker middle date set I am trying to complete. I wanted to, and have been experimenting with shots from sets that are not as important as others. In hopes that I will get the process dow
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WOW! Look @ Gold and Silver...

"Honest Value NEVER FAILS"... Greetings Collectors, "Please focus your attention to the latest NEWS FLASH from Wall Street"... "GOLD approaches $1100, while SILVER hovers near $18... Spot Price on both is $1095.10 up $4.80 & $17.42 down $.02 respectfully at 11:19 Eastern... *Further Note: United States Constitution Article One, Section 10 states "NO STATE SHALL MAKE ANY THING BUT GOLD AND SILVER COIN, A TENDER IN PAYMENT OF DEBTS" What Happened? Happy
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One of The "Most" Stunning Two Coin Sets!

"In my opinion"... Greetings Collectors, As 2009 began, many awaited the release of the much "hyped" Ultra High Relief "Saint". I too could not wait for that day, halfway through the month of January. I can still remember the night before that day at "noon", when sales would begin. As I lay in bed, thoughts of how I had saved my money and had the funds set aside."BUT" I had also been "drooling" since August 2008 about a set, a set that was much different than any other, a set I thought I mus
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"Lincoln Coin & Chronicle Set"

Sometimes a picture is worth a "thousand" words... In this case, it's barely worth the few words here... Greetings Collectors, Speaking of thousand, which is about how many shots I have taken in the last few weeks, I am still encountering mega problems with taking the pictures, as in lighting, distance, angle, glare and on and on. Now I am having some MAJOR problems with "Picasa 3", & with the "exporting" to a folder and then when I want to put the pics into a set, only one pic is showin
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"Testing, One, Two"... (Part two)

A little more trial & error... Greetings Collectors, Just wanted to see if the "colors" on the "obverse" of my 1956 Franklin would show as well as the reverse. As I said before this is my favorite coin "series" in silver and some of the colors, on these mint set Franklins, are awesome. Lots of sulfer in the packaging associated with those 1950's mint sets. Anyway this is the "flip side" of the '56. It's a PCGS MS-65 with Full Bell Lines. Sorry for the last post being so long. I can get
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"GOLD $ DIAMONDS $ PLATINUM"

"Scrooge McDuck Here!... with a little more than "Two Kilo's... Greetings Collectors, Wow what a weekend. The "tranny" went out on my van while I was out of town, got a new (rebuilt) put in, got back to Jax, and bam! it's fried again. Don't have a clue as to what the problem is. All I know it's doing the exact same thing again that it was doing when I started all this. I have been talking back and forth with the people who did the repairs but I'm not confident they will drive the 90+ miles t
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$20 Type Three Gold Double Eagle...

A very brief history of my 1898 Double Eagle, by far, my favorite coin series...(in gold) Greetings Collectors, It is amazing how "bored" one can be on Friday night in the little town of White Springs Fl. with a total population of about the same amount as this 1898-P "twenty". (less than 2500). When I get home I am going to crop and edit my entire gold coin collection, starting with my #11 Type Three Double Eagles. Over 70% of them were purchased when gold was around a shade north of $500
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A Very Beautiful Coin Series...

I don't own but one of these slabbed but.... Greetings Collectors, I am leaving to go back to Jacksonville Fl. in the morning after spending the week with my dad. While I was here I had the unfortunate occurance of having my transmission go out on my van. When something like this happens, as in a large expenditure, I always think of what coin or coins I could have bought with the money. Is this "sick" or what? Anyway while I have had the chance to spend some quality time with my 81 year old
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Proof Coinage 1950-1970 Part Three...

Planchet or Blank Preparation... Greetings Collectors, I have taken a break and gone out of town to visit my father for this week and while I would have taken some more pics on this break, as I brought all of my coins with me that were not in the bank vault, along with my camera and tripod. I left the battery charger and USB cable at home. Just another example of my excelent memory and thought process. So anyway I did bring some numismatic study material and the last couple of issues of "Num
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Coins are truely beautiful!

The Barber and Mercury dime were some of my very first coins,... back in the day. Greetings Collectors, I apologize for the "constant" posting but as in coin purchases, I have trouble with this thing called control/moderation. Rightly or wrongly, I have always said, "If your'e gonna be a bear, be a grizzly bear, not a panda bear or a koala bear but a GRIZZLY. This meaning, when I start something, a project, a job, a deck, treehouse or whatever, I jump on it with both feet and continue until
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