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Online Auction

Question First, before I ask my question, I would like to share a find that I made today. I was making a deposit at work today and I found a $1 Silver Certificate. It has been through the wringer, but a fun find, none the less. So, this has happened to me twice in the past month with two different sellers, both with feedback of 500 or less. I bid on a coin, lose the auction and receive a second chance offer less than an hour later. To me, it seems like the seller or a friend bid up the p
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New Years Day

The Good, the Bad and the YUCK! On New Years Day, my wife, sister and I went down to D.C. and visited the Smithsonian Museum of American History. That is the Good. I got to visit my coin collection. (As a tax payer, I consider myself 1/380,000,000 owner of the collection. ) I always love going down to visit the National Numismatic Collection and I will love it even more in 2015 when the expansion is complete. I was telling my sister about some of the histories behind the coins; the 1933 D
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Out with 2013 and in with 2014

Checking in on 2013's goals. So as we get ready to watch the ball drop on 2013, I wanted to go back and see how I did on my 2013 goals. 1. Crack the top 1500 sets. (Ranked 1356) Yaaaa! 2. Finish my Lincoln Cent collection. (With the exception of 1955 DDO) Yaaaaa!! 3. Finish my Ike collection. (65% complete) 4. Get to 33% completion on my Morgan collection. (16% complete. Halfway to that goal) 5. Keep Kennedy, Sacagawea and Presidential Dollar collections up to date. (Complete)
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Question for debate

Toned coins A lot of the toned coins we know today are a result of the coin boards of yesteryear. I would imagine these old coin boards could still be found if you looked hard enough. My question is, would the grading companies consider them artificially toned nowadays? What are your thoughts? Merry Christmas to all and to all a new / old (Depending on your preference) coin! Marcus To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Checking in.

Coming up on the end of the year. Hello everyone. I don't get to check in as often as I would like, but I have kept up my collecting. I just added the MS Olympics Baseball coin to my set today and I ordered the 5 Star General PF coin last night. Once I get that one in, I will have 9 coins to go, to finish my Commemorative Half Collection. My Eleanor (For those of you familiar with the movie Gone In 60 Seconds" is the 1982 George Washington MS in 69. So far, I have only been able to find i
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Checking In

It's been awhile. Good evening, everyone. It's been awhile since I've had the time to be on here, so I thought I would check in and say hello. I am slowly getting settled into Maryland. The weather is getting colder, so I've had to buy a real coat for the first time in a long while. It took me a little longer that I would have thought to get a new job up here, but I am settling in nicely there as well. I have been buying coins to slowly plug holes in a few ongoing sets. I received two C
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Misplaced Texan

I made it to Maryland. I am now in Maryland. I decided with a little bit of time left before I start work, I would go to the Whitman Coin Expo in Baltimore. I was very impressed. I have never seen so many paper money dealers with a ton of great stock. Also, I ironically saw a bunch of dealers in Dallas that I couldn't seem to find when I lived there. Oh well. What I was kind of surprised to not see was coin clubs. I was hoping to meet up with one. I hope everyone is doing well. Hap
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New Silver Eagles

Is the mint serious? Well first, my wife and I have sold our house and will be moving to Maryland on May 21st. We're very excited to be back closer to family.   Now, I just looked at the mint website to see when the two coin West Point Eagle set is going to be released. I was absolutely shocked at the price tag: $139!! I can't believe they're charging that much for two ounces of silver. I'm sure they'll have a good selling, but it will be awhile before I get them on the secondary mark
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It's Finally Finished

Just a formality now I won the 1941 D Lincoln cent yesterday to bring to a close, my 1934 - 1958 business strike Lincoln Cent collection. The only exception will be the 1955 DDO. That one will stay blank for awhile. I have been working on this set off and on for about 5 years, but have really been grinding it down over the past year and a half or so. In about a week when the mailman drops it off, it will be finished.   Happy collecting, Marcus To see old comments for this Journal
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Question about a slab I just bought

A rattler Good morning, everyone. I wanted to see if anyone could help me out with this. I bought a coin a couple of weeks ago. The coin looks great, but it's sitting at a bit of an angle in the holder. I've tried tapping it a bit to see if I could get it reseated, but it hasn't worked. Does anyone know if NGC will reslab it for free, or whether there would be a charge? Thank you for your help. Marcus To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be
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A case of the Mondays

With a silver lining We were wondering today if there was an extra full moon out. Our clients have been extra crazy today, so to speak. A few minutes ago, we had a client ask for some rolls of coin for their business. As I was about to hand him 4 rolls of dimes, I see a Mercury Dime reverse staring at me! I put it back saying that it looked a little short and gave him another roll. When he left, I ripped the roll open and it was a 1936. Not too shabby of a find. Now I'm kicking myse
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Lincoln Cents

A bit of a detour Good morning. I've kept ya'll up to date on my quest to finish my Lincoln Cent collection. Since my wife likes to sleep in on Sundays, I sat down at the laptop and browsed around Ebay. I am down to the last 4 coins (Minus the 55 DDO) and have not seen any of them come up for auction. Because of that and my desire to finish the set and move on, I searched PCGS graded coins. I added the 1952 and 1952 D. The bad news is that these are a different grading company from the
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Coin Collectors Anonymous

I have a problem..... Hello, my name is Marcus and I love everyone's sets. I come here to the message boards and I read about people's love for the set they are working on. In reading their excitement, it makes me want to start up a similar set, even though I have sets that I am working hard to complete.....   I write all this in fun. However, I do enjoy reading about everyone's love of what they are collecting. The passion keeps me moving forward in my sets and the knowledge I gain fro
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Bombshell

Key Coins I was cruising around Ebay today looking for coins for my Commemorative Half set and I noticed that I have not seen the 1982 Washington coin in MS69... ever. Unfortunately, I can not see the population reports without a paid NGC membership, but by looking at all the sets, I found the writing on the wall. I looked at the #1 set and that person only has a MS69. I take that to mean MS70 either does not exist or is very, very scarce. The #34 set "only" has a MS68. That means tha
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Gold and Silver

In freefall? I've been keeping an eye on the movements of gold and silver as of late. In my short 33 years, this is my first "real recession" as a working adult. My wife and I have been lucky enough to have stable jobs, so it hasn't affected us as much as other people in the country. One of the things that I've formed an opinion about is that gold seems to be a "worry investment". As the stock market plummeted, more and more people got into gold and silver. Now that the DOW is back over
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Opinion, Please

1950 P Lincoln Cent http://www.ebay.com/itm/221187244199?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1431.l2649 I wanted to see if I could get some opinions on this particular coin. It is one of 3 that remain in my 1934 - 1958 Lincoln Wheat Set. I haven't seen one of these come up for sale in months. However, it is currently sitting at $75 with 3 days to go and NGC's price guide values it at $20..... The pros are that it has nice eye appeal with the red toning and it may be awhile befo
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Found out about a loss today

Don't miss out on opportunities. I found out today that Alan Herbert, author of NN's "Coin Clinic" column passed away recently. I enjoyed reading his column and was amazed at the information he could track down about the most obscure coin questions. I urge anyone who just glances at the chat boards on occasion to get to know some of the people on here. They are great people who love to talk about the hobby that we all share. And let's face it. How many of our family members understand
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Off from work

Having some remodeling done. Well, I took today off from work to have our bathtubs refinished. The smell is horrendous! It will be worth it though, because we are pushing to list our house on the market Friday. Cross your fingers for us. In the mean time, I am in the living room looking at coins. I like the ending soonest filter on Ebay. I am getting a few great deals. However, I did miss out on one, because I was watching a Michael Jackson video on youtube while I was waiting for an
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Patience

A virtue I don't have, but could probably use. I was bored a few nights ago, so I decided to look around everyone's favorite auction site, Ebay. Usually when I buy coins I look for the lowest Buy It Now price. I don't like to wait for auctions to end. Well, this night, I decided to search by Ending Soonest and as I was searching, I noticed the Civil War Commemorative Half, a coin I had never seen before in the Buy It Now offerings. I made a couple of bids and won it. It was kind of exhil
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Getting Closer

Almost there My 1934 - 1958 Lincoln Wheat set is getting closer. I just received and added the 1935 S and have the 1949 D en route. The 1935 S is in an old holder. This is my first old NGC holdered coin. The case is smaller and thicker than the rest of my coins and the serial number is one shorter as well. In this 25th year of NGC, it's a pretty cool piece. So, minus the 1955 DDO, which will stay enpty for some time, I am down to 7 coins needed to complete this set. I've been working o
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Coin World Problems

Food for thought..... Since boxes for slabbed coins hold 20 coins, wouldn't it be nice if coin sets were in multiples of 20's?   Are there any other "deep" thoughts out there?   Marcus To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Getting Caught Up With Photos

A little free time. I found myself with some free time last night, so I pulled out the coins I had recently purchased, along with my camera, light box and lights and set about taking photos of them to add to this site. Not too far into it, I bumped one of the lights off my coffee table, onto the floor. When I picked it up, nothing was broken, but the light wouldn't come back on. I'll start my search for a new bulb after work today to see if I can finish up. Such is life, though. I h
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2012 into 2013

Thank goodness the Mayans didn't get us. So as 2012 draws to a close, I wanted to take a look back. My goal for 2012 was not very rigid. I knew that I was not going to collect as heavily, because I wanted to build my photography gear, which I did. I bought some coins here and there as money permitted and I kept my Kennedy and Sacagawea collections current. I ended the year a little heavier, working on my Lincoln 1934 - 1958 Wheat collection. I am down below 10 coins needed. (Not counti
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Lincoln Cents

Getting Closer On Thursday I purchased three more coins for my 1934 - 1958 Lincoln Wheat set. I think that will put me around 86% complete. Other that the 1955 DDO which is out of my current price range, some of these coins are getting hard to find in MS65. That may pose a dilema. Although MS65 isn't the highest grade I can afford, it is the highest grade I could afford while keeping the set all one grade. I may have to look into MS66 for the last few coins that I just can't find. We'
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National Money Show

Dallas, TX Today was the last day of the ANA National Money Show in my backyard of Dallas, TX. Today was the only day I was able to go, but I had a fantastic time. The day started with me taking the light rail to the convention center. A nice ride and with traffic from the closing weekend of the state fair, it was nice to not have to drive. When I arrived, I went and paid my admission which included a show guide and a copy of the Numismatist. All the ANA volunteers were top notch great p
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