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Just got a 2011 S 1C PF 70 RD Ultra Cameo Ranked 56 top performers

Life is to short to worry about the future. Today my 2011 S 1C PF 70 RD Ultra Cameo arrived. Finally I got to complete my 2011 Silver Proof Set. As I check all of my other modern coin sets that need to be filled I come to the conclusion I am in for a long wait. I am a 60 year old cancer survivor who has gone through 3 bone marrow transplants.I started collecting in 2009 when a friend got me involved in it. That is the year I found out I had bone cancer. I love my coins but I do not know how l
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What a surprise I got when I returned home and found that a set was updated.

4 REVERSE PROOF coins added the Presidential Dollars, 2007-Date, Proof set What a surprise I got when I returned home from a bone marrow transplant in NYC.. Spent 5 months away from home and my coins. I have been working on the Presidential Dollars, 2007-Date, Proof set. I had all except the year 2015. Went on Ebay and found them at a good price. When I finished entering them I noticed that there were 4 coins added to the set. REVERSE PROOF of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and LBJ to my su
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Will there be a 2016 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set with three or four.

I have been collecting the Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set since 2007. This year's 2015 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set of four coins included Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson dollar coins in proof finish. Will there be a 2016 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set? With President Nixon, Ford and Reagan.( just looked at my set and the 2016 only has Nixon and Ford Reagan is missing.) Hopefully Carter will survive his cancer. And the 2016 will only have two. Wha
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Why are there no NGC 70 graded coins of the Sacagawea Coin and Currency Set

No Graded 70's for the SP Enhanced Sacagawea Dollar Coin and Currency Set Why are there more 70's graded 2014 S Sacagawea $1 Native Hospitality Ultra Cameo while 2014 SACAGAWEA $1 Native Hospitality SP ENHANCED DOLLAR COIN & CURRENCY SET are graded 69? You would think that the mint would have been more careful with the 50,000 coin and currency set. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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2014 S 50th Anniversary Set SP looks like a DPL?

Is it worth it to get send a coin back to get a SP to a DPL Just got this set and when I open the box my eyes were wide open...it is the WOW! factor. A nice Xmas and birthday gift to myself . My one thought is should I submit the 2014 S 50th Ann. Silver Kennedy Half Dollar High Relief SP 70 for a DPL SP 70 grade? To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Coin jumped 26.88% after no movement for years.

Has NGC started to adjust price value? Has anyone notice that the price guide has been updated. What I mean some of my coins have no movement on the price forever but my 1992 1C MS 69 RED INCREASED 26.88% To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Started Collecting in 2009 and have not turned back since.

Top of the list fininaly. I started collecting back in 2009. I am still new at this but through the years I have found the hobby to be an expensive and challenging one. Well I just go my four 2013 President 1$ PF 70 Ultra Cameo coins back. I have 3 more years before the set is completed unless we lose a president. When I first started collecting I never would have known that within two years I would some day be number one in a coin set. That day came in 2011 when I landed on the top of the lis
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Is it cheaper to send your coins to NGC or buy them already graded? Update

Just Received My 5 Coins From NGC 4 ASE Set and 100 Greatest 100 #86 I started to get my modern coins graded because my insurance required appraisal for my coins or I just get melt value for them. Not having a lot of money I just get 5 coins a year. Well this year I got two sets of the ASE West Point. So I started to debate whether to send them or just keep them un-graded. Well after seeing the market for ASE WP 70's set for $289 and up it was cheaper to send them off and hope for 70s. Total c
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Just Received My ASE WP SET Back From NGC

3 -70's 1 69, I just received an email from NGC with my photo of my 4 coins I submitted for grading Two - SP 70 2013 ENHANCED FINISHED FIRST RELEASE One - PF 70 2013 W EAGLE REVERSE ONE -- PF 69 2013 W EAGLE REVERSE Very happy that I got 70's for my Enhanced Finished coins. And to have a West Point set graded 70. All coins are labeled with the West Point Label. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Should I have or shouldn't have send in my ASE WP set to NGC.

Coins arrived at NGC I was debating to send in my 2 West Point Set or not.. I sent them in then I heard of the submission from the coin cook that got 2% of his coins back as 70's. to date. I also heard that he told his audience that he brought 10 percent of the total WP ASE on sale. He is selling 1600 coins at 69. Here is hoping for 70's. and not paying an arm and a half for it. Happy Collecting, To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Damage Capsule West Point Two Coin Set.

Where is the quality control? My wife called me at work to let me know that my coins have arrived. When I got home and open the boxes and to my surprise I have two damage capsule. My plan was to send in one set to NGC and keep the other for show with my other sets. Both enhance coin have damage capsule. One not so noticeable the other damn noticeable. I can not win. I did not want to send in two sets but I might have too. I am going to wait till the weekend to look at the coins closely before
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Inside Video of the U.S. Mint West Point

A story on the West Point Mint Here is a video and article on the U.S. West Point Mint. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/west-point-mint-celebrates-75th-anniversary-article-1.1364535 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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NEW W 2013 W ASE Enhanced Coin

Have you seen the pic of the upcoming ASE that the U.S. Mint will be releasing in May of this year? It will only be sold in a set from the West Point Mint. The Mint is calling it an enhanced Uncirculated American Eagle. The 2013 American Eagle West Point Two-Coin Silver Set will include the enhanced Uncirculated American Eagle and a reverse proof American Eagle. These coins will not be sold separately.. Unlike the SF set this will be a unique set since. Your thoughts on this coin. Happy
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I Wish NGC Would Tell Why Your Coin Graded The Way It Did.

5 Ounce ATB's 2010 Two 70's Three 69's I have 8 ATB's 5 ounce coins that I purchased from the Mint. I decided to take the chance to get them graded. For the first 5 from 2010 series I got back two 70's and 3 69's. I look at the coin and thought they were all 70's...what the hell the US Mint takes very special handling in the coins so I figured they should rate high. Well they did not and I would like to know why. I wish NGC would tell why your coin graded the way it did so I know what to loo
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US Mint is Releasing A 2012 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set...WHY?

Do we need another Over Priced Silver Proof See? What is going on with the US MINT? According to Mint News Blog the mint is releasing 2012 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set, which is scheduled for release on November 27, 2012. The 2012 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set will include the following proof coins: * American Silver Eagle with W mint mark * 5 Quarters in 90% silver * 1 Half Dollar in 90% silver * 1 Dime in 90% silver At a price of $149.95. with a 50,000 maximum mintage - two
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Selling BullionCoins on Ebay Not A Good Idea

Selling Bullion on Ebay warnning In 2010 I brought 5 Vancouver 2010 Olympic Silver Coin .9999 at a price of $26 each at different times a total cost for 1 coin was $28.50. So I put one on Ebay 2010 Canadian Maple Hockey Player .9999 Silver Coin 1 Ounce Silver Bullion for $40.00 and $4.50 for shipping which had only one bider at the starting price. After the shipping, ebay,and paypal cost total of $7.24. Now silver is trading at $32.38 an ounce. Subtacting my expensess I sold the coin for $1.
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2011 25th ASE Anniversary vs. 2012 75th San Francisco Anniversary

Which set is more value? Question which one of the two 2011 25th ASE Anniversary Set and 2012 75th San Francisco Anniversary Set was a better buy or value? As I see it the 25th had a low mintage and the reverse proof was only the second one ever minted at Philadelphia the only special coin was the uncalculated coin minted at San Francisco. But I see the 75th a better value because, although it has a high mintage than the 25th, that it has two coins minted at the San Francisco Mint with the
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Just got my SF Eagles Set after spending time in hospital.

Got ny SF Eagles today. Just got home from NYC from a bone marrow transplant I had in August and when I got home awaiting for me, beside my family, was my American Eagle San Francisco Two-Coin Silver Proof Set. Seeing my family and seeing my Eagles were truly a nice feeling. . I am waiting for my Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin to arrive to add to my collection .Now to start back collecting it has been while. To see old comments for this Journal entry,
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Only 131,512 of the 2012 American Eagle San Francisco Two-Coin Silver Proof Set sold.

Is the 2012 American Eagle San Francisco Two-Coin Silver Proof Set going to be a low mintage? As of Friday 15th the total sale of the 2012 American Eagle San Francisco Two-Coin Silver Proof Set was 131,512. With only 19 days left what do you think the mintage will be. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Rare Penny 1792 Sold for $1.15 Million

Ever feel you can't save enouugh money for a coin. If you haven't read this here it is. Rare penny minted in 1792 and never circulated was auctioned off for $1.15 million. There are believed to be only 14 copies of the rare penny in existence.The rare penny, made from copper and incases a small plug of silver, depicts Miss Liberty in the front side ringed by the phrase "Liberty Parent of Science & Industry." At the back side of it, it reads "United States of America One Cent." Todd Imhof,
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Just receive my 2012 Silver America The Beautiful National Park 25c Proof 70's

Bragging Rights? The US Mint did a nice job on stamping out these proofs. I love this years design better than 2011 except for the Gettysburg National Military Park. I might start getting some of the 5oz if my wallet can afford it. $204 is such a better price than the price I paid for the 2010 series. On another note. Since starting my collecting and joining NGC in 2009 to keep track of my coins in the year of 2011, I ranked #1 for three coin competitive sets and received a (3) BEST CATEGOR
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100 GREATEST MODERN US COINS

Just added two coins to my Jefferson collection. My search has ended now I have two of the Jefferson's that are in the . The first one I found is Rank #44 and #15 100 Greatest U. S. Modern Coins; 1st Ed. 1994 P 5 cent Jefferson nickel Matte "Special Uncirculated" NGC SP 69. In 1993 Thomas Jefferson was honored with a commemorative silver dollar for the 250th Anniversary of his birth. The US Mint issued a special Thomas Jefferson Coin and Currency set that included an uncirculated 1993 P
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Picked another Jefferson #15 100 Morden

1997 P Jefferson Nickel NGC SP 69 RANK #15 100 GREATEST MODERN US COINS After missing out on this coin last week I finally was able to secure it. Trying to get as many 100 Greatest Modern US Coins and believe that will take me well into the future. Unless I win the NYS lottery. I have to settle for a 69 because the 70's are way too expensive for me at this time. Hell I shouldn't have but I did. On another subject I found out that I was once number one for the Registered Sets in National Par
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Added a Jefferson #44 100 Greatest

Added some Jeffersons to my colections and one being Rank #44 of the 100 Greatest. This week I had a little money buy some Jefferson coins. I got beat out in an auction for a nice 1994 P Jefferson Nickel Matte "Special Uncirculated" NGC SP 69 Rank # 44 100 Greatest US Modern Coins for $41.00. My wife asked me a question and I forgot to increase my bid within the last 5 seconds. Found it on another auction and won it for $67.00 so I learn my lesion when bidding at the last seconds hide from
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Why I started to collecting coins

2009 was a great year for collecting coins fo me. Hello to all my fellow collectors I hope 2011 was great year for all you're collecting. I started collecting back in 2009. I have come across some nice coins here in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain. I fell in love with the ASE and started to collect them only to be shot down by the US Mints miss handling of the series. Now I do not know if the broken series is worth the hard work of collecting the full series. My first purchase was the 20
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