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Completed Goal of Proof Run in NGC Multi-Holders 1954-1964

My run is done.. A few days ago I finally found the 1962 Proof set in the NGC Multi-Coin holder. This completed a run of 11 consecutive proof sets in the NGC multi-holder format from 1954-1964. The "hunt" took 22 months beginning with the first set purchase (the 1964) in Sept of 2013. Completing this set was a good side adventure for me, and filled a gap in my collection, as basically these are the only certified Lincolns (both Wheat and Memorial), Jeffersons, Roosevelts, Franklins and Kenne
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Why I am Certified Holder Agnostic

as long as its NGC or PCGS .... First, congrats to all NGC Registry Award Winners -- WELL DONE ! In the IT word, when you are technology agnostic it means that you are open to buying computing components that work with each other without any special adaptation. In the coin world I consider myself HOLDER AGNOSTIC as long as the certified coin is housed in a NGC or PCGS holder, with the lone exception being that I will also purchase the old ANACS small holder coins when opportunity knocks. I
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So less can be more

or maybe Blue has turned Red, no, no I mean Red turns Red Brown, that's it! This March at the Baltimore Show I cherry picked a raw 1900 Indian Cent that came back MS65RB from NGC. A few weeks ago at the November Baltimore Show I then sold my long ago acquired 1900 PCGS MS65RD Registry Indian Cent for a tidy profit and have now taken it from my inventory and replaced it in my Somerville registry set with the new 1900 NGC MS65RB.       What, less points and substituting an intentionally
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My Dahlonega and Stone Mountain GA. Trip

There's Gold in them there hills...... Hi All,       About a week late in posting this entry, but attached are a few pics of the trip.       Visiting Dahlonega was certainly worthwhile. Of note, the Gold Museum now houses a complete Dahlonega Gold collection in addition to a great collection of scales and other mining tools, pics and memorabilia.       The complete Dahlonega gold set was housed in what appeared to be a customized Capital Display holder. Visitors could photo eve
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Monday Morning Musings

Just a few random thoughts Just a few random thoughts on a lazy Monday morning, ( I guess everyday is lazy for me now in retirement).       Reading about the ANA show and the US Mint's latest offering fiasco wasn't all that surprising to me as I saw the crazies and the lines at the Spring Baltimore Show. What did Gordan Gekko say about greed?       Speaking of movies, caught one of my favorite comedies that I hadn't seen in a long time, Trading Places with Eddie Murphy. One favorite
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Another coin titler ?

Maybe, just maybe... Maybe, just maybe, we can look deeper and find a hidden meaning and lesson's learned in Mr Decker's posts       So, with apologies to Hercule Poirot......       First Mr. Decker, I forgot to thank you regarding your previous 1804 Dollar post. You were right, I traveled to local coin shops in NJ, and then Pa. and NY while fly fishing. I asked the shop owners if they had any Silver Dollars dated 1804 that they would be willing to trade.       I've been watchin
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Coin arrives in the nick of Trime

Coin arrives in the nick of Trime I received today the 1859 CAC MS-63 3 Cent silver I had ordered last week. Initially I had received a package from the seller on Monday, but when I opened it, my jaw must have dropped as I was looking at a 1926 MS65FB CAC Mercury Dime, certainly a nice coin, but not a trime by any means. I called the dealer and he was quick to make amends. I sent the Mercury back, and was credited with my shipping plus an addition "inconvenience" credit and all is now well.
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MId Year - Coin Goals check

How is everybody doing against their collecting goals ? I am a "planner", others may not budget and target goals to the extent I do, so with tomorrow the last day of June, for me, its time to make sure basically on-track with annual goals. Right now I'm way ahead overall, only behind on my Buffalo Set and my 19th century Type Set. My Flying Eagle Cent variety set also stagnant as is my small cent pattern custom set, but these not the highest priority, and I will wait for opportunities down
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I will take Numismatic Potpourri for $10 Vanna

Lots of Summertime Registry Stuff I just returned from a great vacation in the New Hampshire White Mountains. My wife and I hiked a few trails, sipped the local brews (well me, she is hard to get away from the Pinot Grigio), and of course pursued and caught a bunch native wild brookies on the fly, they are not big but lots of fun on a 3 wt. On to coins, and to remember the 2000 NH state Quarter, I have attached a pic of where the Old Man in The Mountain once stood, (he fell in 2003) watchful
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Treasure Hoard Comparison

Brother Jonathan (BJ) vs Saddle Ridge (SR) Every once in a blue moon I get smitten (more likely bitten) by the gold bug and the romantic lure of treasure gold. What was it that Seinfelds Kramer character said about LA ? Oh yes, to quote: Jerry, its L.A.! Nobody leaves. Shes a seductress, shes a siren, shes a virgin, shes a whore ! Yup, this sale got me, and after the prerequisite hemming and hawing, I final purchased a 1879S $20 Double Eagle. Now let me say right away that the coin is pr
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Good For A Scent

Lost my best friend Although I still read the board and occasionally comment, I haven't posted any journals lately. mainly because even though I have recently retired I haven't been very motivated to write as I recently lost my best friend, my faithful mini schnauzer Bogart to cancer. Bogart, or "Bogie" was truly my best buddy. I have previously read ( and I am paraphrasing) "that in a way its a blessing that dogs don't live too long, else the pain would be too great to bear as we grow to lo
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My big score

Bundled the purchase of 4 Proof sets in one internet deal Hello friends, As I have previously written, I have added to my collecting goals the completion of Proof sets from 1954-1964 in the NGC multi holders. After diligently searching ebay for months I had found the 1955, 1958, 1960 (small date cent) and 1964 sets with the 1955 PF 67/ PF68 (the nickel) set clearly the crown jewel of these holdings. Constant ebay searching resulted in no new purchases for over two months, not necessaril
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She's a beauty !

NGC Journal Award Plaque just arrived, I am very honored with this award This chilly Saturday afternoon in snow covered northern NJ a package from NGC arrived and I was initially thinking that my annual membership renewal was enclosed. I was pleasantly surprised to see that instead, my 2013 Journal award had arrived. The 8*10 plaque is a glossy black with gold lettering and is just outstanding, a DPL PF70* to be sure ! Already in 2014 I have read some simply outstanding journals, with gr
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A Few Good Points

For a Few Good Collectors - my parody on the never ending saga NGC rep: You want accurate points? Collector Kaffee : I think I'm entitled to them. NGC rep: You want accurate points? Collector Kaffee: I want the truth! NGC rep: You can't handle accurate points! Son, we live in a collector's world that has graded holders. And those graded holders have to be scored by men with magnifying glasses. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Collector Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can
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A bit early but my 12 Days of Christmas ( with Poetic license) to All

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all on the NGC Board On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me: A Feuchtwanger Token in an NGC Holder On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Two 2 cent Pieces and a Feuchtwanger Token in an NGC Holder On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Three Type III Trimes Two 2 cent Pieces and a Feuchtwanger Token in an NGC Holder On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: A Four
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Late season unplanned Buffalo pick-up

One last 2013 coin addition, next year's plan TBD This late season December Buffalo purchase of a nicely struck 1935 probably ends my 2013 coin acquisitions. I started this Buffalo set in March and it has come along way, but I have noticed that I haven't focused all my energy on it as with other previous sets such as my Indian Cents and Two Cent pieces. As I make up my mind on this set, I may focus next year on just the later dates, from 1934-38 with the possibibility of reverting to just the
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Got the Holiday off to a great start

GSA grading result in, coin arrives safely thru Northeast storm Hi fellow collectors, As an update to the Nov 12 journal I posted on the Balt Show, I wrote that I purchased a crescent obversed toned 1881 CC GSA and was hoping 63* to validate the puchase price Well, last week I saw that I indeed received the 63* grade and today the coin safely arrived, finally ! I rarely submit raw coins, in fact this was my only grading submission to NGC in 2013 so very happy with the result. The 1881CC
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1964 Set proved "Proofetic"

NGC Multi-coin Proof set collection grows In September I posted an article describing a NCG 1964 multi-coin holder Proof set I added to my collection. I really liked the look of the holder and this way of collecting proof sets. Subsequently I bid on ebay and also purchased the NGC multi-coin holder box in anticipation of future proof set additions. The years that I am targeting are 1954-1964, with 1964 being the final year of regular issue silver coinage and the 1st year of issue for the K
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Baltimore Show Recap

New coins, new Club, new friends Last week I attended the Baltimore Whitman Show on Thursday and Friday. As usual, I departed my home in Northern New Jersey mid morning and arrived in Baltimore around 3PM. This works well, as I avoid the morning commuter traffic and still gets me to the show for a few hours on day 1. So after checking in to the Holiday Inn, I promptly walked over to the show and checked out the bourse for about 2 hours. The show had only opened to the public at 12PM and the
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Something Different for my Registry Set

My 1st NGC Multi Coin holder Proof Set In continuing the search for the JFK Accented Hair varieties on e-bay (see my journal from earlier this week) , I came across a NGC multi coin 1964 Proof set that caught my eye. As my currently construed collection is 100% classic coin focused (except for a few modern uncirculated gold commemoratives that I half heartily dabble in), this represented an entirely new registry collecting area. Before bidding I calculated that the starting bid represented
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Combining vacation, reading , coins and more

almost 50 years ago , JFK and the 1964 PF Accented Hair Variety Hi everyone, I recently returned from a great vacation last week in Hilton Head, SC. The low country is quite beautiful and except for the fact that I got skunked flyfishing for tailing redfish I had a great time (actually I always have a great time fishing whether I catch or don't catch fish). One thing I was able to do on vacation was catch up on my reading, and I devoured both of O'Reilly's "Killing Kennedy" and "Killing L
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Trime Time

Cool coin added in the summer Recently added the 1862/1 3 cent silver variety to my Somerville Set. Three Cent Silvers are a great 19th century set to collect as they were only produced from 1851 to 1873. The set features 3 Varieties, "1851-53, No outline to Star", "1854-58 Three Outlines to Star", and "1859-73 Two outlines to Star". The only mintmark in the series is the 1851-O. and the referenced coin in this post the only major variety for the series. What's interesting about this coin is t
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Hall of Fame 2014 U.S. Mint Program

Maybe I'll play a little hardball with the registry Good article in this weeks Numismatic News that went into detail on the scheduled 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin program. The program will have 3 designs , $1 silver, clad half-dollar and $5 Gold. I buy/collect but 1 modern coin issue, the $5 Gold Commemoratives in Unc. so I will definitely be watching for this release. Last time a baseball related $5 commemorative was released was in 1997 for Jackie Robinson and the UNC $5 was
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Broke the 100 herd set mark

But just by the hair of a curl on the bison's head With the addition of this 1926 Buffalo I jumped into the top 100 for the first time at #99. I started my Buffalo Nickel set in March of this year with a #220 ranking. With a completed Indian Cent collection that was finished way back in 2006 at # 8 and having now slipped to its present #15 ranking, I committed to putting together a representative Buffalo set with a top 25-30 long range goal. One interesting piece of information that I wa
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My 1st GSA Morgan CC Purchase

I haven't made a purchase for over a month but couldn't resist this coin's..... I haven't made a purchase for over a month but couldn't resist this Carson City Morgan's great crescent rainbow obverse toning. This picture doesn't due this coin justice as the luster just jumps off this NGC 1884CC GSA MS63* graded Morgan. I looked at a bunch of GSA's the last few months, and when a bid on a Buffalo nickel I went strongly after fell through, this coin became the "consolation prize" and I couldn't
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