Found in Circulation

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I (sort of) found the final coin in circulation to complete my War Nickel set.....

 

I started high school in 1965, the year clad coins started coming from the Mint.  Soon afterward, silver coins started to disappear from circulation.  I had filled up my Jefferson and Roosevelt folders, along with most of the Washingtons, but hadn't started any half dollar sets as my limited income wouldn't support them.  Still, as circulation silver was slowly but surely vanishing, I started putting War nickels and Mercury dimes in a box and eventually addded silver Washingtons, Roosevelts and half dollars to the stash.  By the time I graduated from high school there was close to $200 in the box, including about $25 in War nickels.

 

I cashed in the Washingtons and Roosevelts during the great silver boom of the early 80's but held on to the War nickels, Mercury dimes and half dollars.  Silver prices collapsed and the box went back on the shelf.

 

Recently I started a certified War nickel set, and soon had all of the regular issues in NGC MS-67, mostly in old no-line holders.  The one hole in the set was the 1943/2 overdate.  Those just don't seem to show up often in auctions or on ebay.  One rainy day with nothing to do, I pulled out the box of silver and my 10x glass to see if there was anything interesting in there, and found this.

 

My War nickel set is now complete, and I found the final piece in circulation (with a 48 year delay). No, it is not a MS -67, actually F-12, but I like it anyway  

 

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Here's a pic for Rick

Maybe this will "liven things up" a little.... OK Rick, I'll add a pic of my latest addition, a NGC MS-63 1935-S Peace dollar. Not a huge rarity or even a vety good photo, but the next to last slot to fill in my Peace set. The 1934-S will just have to wait because my first grandchild is due in a couple of weeks and our spending money seems to be going for baby clothes, toys, strollers, books....... it's all good. Dena says we have some changes coming in the Journal area. I'm hoping that m
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Need A Response Option

Too much chatter With the series of journal posts and counter-posts involving # in the last few days, I sincerely hope NGC will bring back the response option - and soon!
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A picture is worth.....

An ACCURATE picture is worth a lot more. I just received my latest ebay purchase, a 1921 Peace dollar. The photo from the ebay listing shows what appears to be some light, fairly even toning on the obverse, with a dark spot near the last digit of the date. That's not what I saw when I opened the package. Here's the ebay photo. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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"Finalized/Imaged/Shipped"

Latest round of (mostly favorable) results The status of my two recent submissions changed to "Finalized/Imaged/Shipped" today. My previous results have been mixed (most of us can probably say the same) - some grades as expected, some higher, some lower, and a few purple labels or, years ago, "body bags". I submitted four GSA Morgans with my "free" Collectors Society coupon. I didn't have a fifth GSA so that slot went to waste. The first coin was a 1880-CC Reverse of 1878 I bought recent
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GSA Set

Tough set - is 100% achievable? GSA Carson City Morgan dollars are an interesting and historically important subset. Other collectors have fairly extensive writeups on the history of the Carson City mint, the silver mines and the GSA sales in the 1970's, and I won't try to repeat them here. I started the GSA subset as part of my Morgan set. My objective with the Morgans was to get as many dates in MS-65 as I can afford (while also limiting the search to nice, appealing examples). Same f
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Slow Season

Not a lot of journals lately on CS Seems like there have been few journals on the board lately so I will add one, as I so infrequently do. I guess summer is here, at least according to the thermometer (90 today in SC), even if the calendar says three more weeks of spring. My collecting has slowed down this year as the price tags for the coins i'm looking for are geting pretty high. I added another GSA Morgan dollar to my set early this month I got a mixed bag of results from my last NGC s
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GSA Morgan #2

A Golden Eagle, not a Gold Eagle My second certified GSA Morgan finally arrived today, a 1884-CC graded NGC MS-65, from kryptonitecomics via ebay. I must have looked at a thousand GSA 1884-CC's, graded and raw, on ebay, Heritage, other websites and coin shows. When I started chasing GSA's about a year ago, another CS member, Mr Bo Jingles (who has a spectacular GSA set of his own) advised me to be patient, that there were lots of MS-65's out there. This one stands out from the MS-65 pack
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Update from my Nov. 5 journal (Sad News)

An arrest has been made Update on my previous post: "Albemarle police say they have made an arrest in the Halloween robbery and slaying of an 81-year-old coin shop owner. Police say Ryan Anthony Efird was taken into custody earlier Wednesday without incident. Efird, 45, of Albemarle, is being held without bond in the Stanly County Detention Center. He has been charged in connection with the death of Eldridge Roger Gibson. Gibson, longtime owner of B&G Coins on West Main Street, die
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Sad News

Albemarle, NC "A Concord real estate company owner said Tuesday he wants to start a reward fund to help find the person who killed an 81-year-old Albemarle coin dealer during a robbery last week. Police say Eldridge Roger Gibson was shot during a robbery around 5 p.m. Thursday at B&G Coins, the West Main Street shop that he operated for decades. Gibson died of his wounds late Thursday night. Albemarle police say the man suspected in the robbery and killing drove off in Gibson's 2010 pi
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The good, the bad and the.......huh???

It's been an eventful week Two good things, actually. Good thing #1. After months of searching ebay, Heritage and other auction sites, several coin store visits and two local shows, at last I found the last PCGS FBL Franklin I needed to complete my set. This was only the third 1963 MS-64FBL I had seen in over six months, and the previous two went for way more than I wanted to pay. I entered a bid on it. Within hours after this one came up for auction, another one also appeared. Several
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My First GSA Morgan

Started off with a good one For the past dozen years or so, my collecting focus has been first completing and then upgrading my Walking Liberty half set, with Franklin half sets and a few Mint sets to keep things interesting. I pretty much ran out of Walker upgrades within my budget so I recently started working on Morgan dollars. 105 (!!!) slots to fill! Some of them easy,some difficult, some I'm sure will prove to be impossible (again, within budget). However, i'm trying to be very parti
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Final Franklin (NGC,that is)

NGC set is complete! About two years ago I decided to split my Franklin half dollar set by grading service. The criteria for Full Bell Lines is quite different at PCGS compared to NGC. Other than the 1953-S, my objective was to complete a NGC set in MS-64 FBL or better (the 53-S is virtually unobtainable in FBL). Last week, the last one appeared on ebay - a 1962-P in MS-64FBL. It's not exactly "rare" but NGC has only graded 63 of them, with 15 graded higher in FBL. It was only the sec
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Final Franklin (NGC,that is)

NGC set is complete! About two years ago I decided to split my Franklin half dollar set by grading service. The criteria for Full Bell Lines is quite different at PCGS compared to NGC. Other than the 1953-S, my objective was to complete a NGC set in MS-64 FBL or better (the 53-S is virtually unobtainable in FBL). Last week, the last one appeared on ebay - a 1962-P in MS-64FBL. It's not exactly "rare" but NGC has only graded 63 of them, with 15 graded higher in FBL. It was only the sec
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Last "Upgrade" of 2012

...or is it? I entered my last upgrade for 2012 in my Walking liberty sets, replacing a NGC VF-20 1921-S with a VF-25. The Registry points are the same, so it didn't change the set score. This VF-20 was the lowest grade I had in the set so it improves the set enough to be worth it to me. I don't expect to do much with that set in 2013. There aren't many (if any) affordable upgrade opportunities left. The "+" grades may be a possibility, along with a high-end AU or low-end MS in some of t
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New "Focus"

Actually a new camera (iPad variety) I have about run out of affordable upgrades in the Walking Liberty half series. The addition of '+' grades opened up a few possibilities, and I will add another 66+ as soon as it arrives, but there aren't many more upgrades in my budget. I have one slot open in my NGC FBL Franklin set (the 1962-P in Ms-64). I have only seen one of these for sale in the past year and i was outbid on that one at the last second. So, it's time to start something new. I'll
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No Longer Top 10

I didn't expect it to last forever When I made my last post, I had just achieved a Top 10 ranking in all of the circulation strike Walking Liberty half dollar categories. I said at the time I was sure it wouldn't last. So congratulations to mkm4mkm who recently bumped me out of the #10 spot in the full set listings (by 26 points!). My only collecting action in the last six weeks was the Heritage auction the first of June. I won one Walker (a 1946, NGC MS-67) and a couple of PF-70UC silve
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Top 10

Top Ten in all of the Walking Liberty categories.....for now This probably won't last more than a few days, but my latest auction win (a 1944, NGC MS-67) puts my Walker set in the Top Ten for all of the Circulation set and subset categories: 1916 - 1947: #10 1916 - 1947 with varieties: #2 1916 - 1933: #6 1934 - 1947: #9 1941 - 1947: #8 One Per Date: #5 Of course, the #1 in each of these sets is at least double my point total, and I'm about out of affordable upgrade possibil
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Stack's Auction

Upgrades, upgrades.....how many can I afford? Some of you mat have seen and/or participated in the recent Stack's auction. They sold one of the most extensive collections of high-grade Walking Liberty half dollars ever - hundreds of lots, multiple SETS of MS-66 and MS-67 graded short sets (1941 - 47), dozens of single MS-67 coins. I bid on several lots, expecting to be outbid on most or all of them (as typically happens on ebay or Heritage). Sure enough, the "You've been outbid!" e-mails s
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2011 Review, 2012 Goals

Hope everyone had a good year. 2011 has been a good year for me, and I hope everyone else inthe Society. A few (collecting) highlights from 2011: - Found a few upgrades I had been searching for: (1) a 1947-D Jefferson in MS67 5FS. Very tough to find; only 4 exist in MS67 5FS and 2 in MS67 6FS, none better. (2) 1918-P and 1933-S Walking Libertys in MS-64, both at affordable prices in the same Heritage auction. (3) 1932 $10 Eagle in MS-63+ (4) Five 25th Anniversary Eagle s
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25th Anniversary SAE Grading results!

Not as good as some have reported, but not too bad... Results are in, and while I didn't get 23 out of 25 in the "70" category, there are two complete sets of MS/PF 70's. 001 2011 W EAGLE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SET S$1 MS 70 002 2011 W EAGLE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SET S$1 MS 70 003 2011 W EAGLE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SET S$1 MS 69 004 2011 W EAGLE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SET S$1 MS 69 005 2011 W EAGLE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SET S$1 MS 70 006 2011 W EAGLE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SET S$1 PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
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25th Anniversary SAE Grading results?

PF70? PF69? Have any Collectors Society members received a grading report from their 25th anniversary sets? The population report for the regular issue proof 2011 SAE's shows about 70% were graded PF70UC. I'm wondering if this trend is holding true for the 25th Anniversary sets. My five sets arrived in Sarasota yesterday so I'm not expecting a grade report before early December. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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25th Anniversary SAE

Anyone else having a problem with the Mint's website? I logged in on the Mint's website at 11:55 and tried to place an order for the 25th Anniversary SAE sets at 12:02. As of 12:21 the website hasn't even placed them in my cart, much less let me check out. Has anyone successfully placed an order? To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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What to do....

about an incorrect label I just received the latest addition to my NCG Franklin FBL set - or not. I bid on and won an auction for a "1951-S NGC MS-64FBL" Frankiln half. The photos in the listing weren't high resolution, but the label information was clear and the coin looked good. It arrived today; the label is 1951-S, MS-64FBL. The coin inside is a 1951-D. Does anyone attach any value to an incorrect label such as this, or should I just send it back? The original photo from the eba
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NGC Franklins

Are all FBLs created equal? Based on my Franklin collection, I believe the answer is "No". NGC seems to be much more strict in granting FBL status that PCGS is. I have read journals from several other collectors (WKF for one) that seem to support this. I know my NGC FBLs seem to have stronger bel llines than most of my PCGS FBLs, and I believe several of my PCGS coins would not cross over to NGC with a FBL label. I decided to work on an all-NGC set of Franklins with the objective of comple
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Another Completed (for all practical purposes) Set

Finally went for the gold..... I have been working on a 1932 Mint set (the year of my mom's birth) for several years. 1932 was an unusual year for the Mint. Deep in the Depression, there wasn't a lot of demand for circulating coins. Cents were produced at Philadelphia and Denver, and the first Washington quarters at all three mints. No nickels, no dimes, no half dollars, no silver dollars. The Washington quarters were supposed to be a sort of commemorative issue of the 200th anniversary o
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