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Early Releases - Aren't They All The Same?

2011 25th Anniversary American Silver Eagle Set Coins are ALL Early Releases If every 2011 25th Anniversary ASE set was sold by the U.S. Mint in less than one day how can any of the coins in these sets not be Early Releases? Assuming the box was sent to NGC unopened then all the coins are the same. The cut off date is just a silly way to force folks to send in their coins quickly and pay for labels that add no value or points. Of course the U.S. Mint will make you no promise as to when each co

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February 7, 2012

1938 D MS 67+ Buffalo Nickel

Who Doesn't Love a Nice Buffalo Nickel While it is easy to find NGC 1938 D MS 67 Buffalo Nickels for less than $150, the MS 68 version will set you back to the tune of $4,000 or more. A MS 67+ is really a nice compromise. You get more than double the NGC points of a regular 67 for just a few dollars more. You also get a really nice coin for the price.

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January 16, 2012

Rare Label Collecting?

Another RARE NGC "WINTER LABEL" is this Coin Collecting? I am still curious by the ever increasing number of NGC labels. It used to be folks collected coins based on quality, condition, rarity or even historical interest. Today the trend seems to be heading in the direct of Rare Label collecting. In this example it is not so much the ASE coin as the RARE "WINTER LABEL" that seems to be the prize. If every new coin is a 69 or 70 maybe this is the future.

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January 7, 2012

Superb GEM 1900 Liberty Head Quarter Eagle - NGC MS 67

Look an actual non-bullion U.S. Coin for a change with no "Special Label". Just wanted to show some folks what an acutal Pre-1933 U.S. Gold Coin looks like in Superb GEM condition. One can only read so many journals about modern silver or gold bullion coins all grading 69/70 with "Special Labels". True this coin grades just MS 67 (Superb GEM) and has no special label, but less than 100 exist at this condition or better (NGC and PCGS combined) and this coin is almost 112 years old. This is a co

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December 14, 2011

25 Anniversary Silver Eagles Sets - All Early Release?

Isn't every coin really an Early Release no matter the Label? How can you Really Tell? With only 100,000 25th Anniversary Silver Eagle Sets from the U.S. Mint and all sold the same day, doesn't this really mean they are all early release despite the label or date? That said at least several of these coins could have been minted much earlier and just added to this set by the mint. They may be "Early Release" for this set, but they could have been minted long ago. So what's the difference betw

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December 9, 2011

American Silver Eagles - Coins or Bullion?

Glad to see all you American Silver Eagle (ASE) Folks had Fun with my last Post. I was curious to see if the American Silver Eagle (ASE) folks could find anything interesting to say in response to my last post. A few comments actually got the point that the U.S. Mint is churning out recycled images from the past to sell mountains of Silver and Gold bullion in the form of coins. The quality of the U.S. Mint ASE and American Eagle Gold coins is such that nearly all are Mint State or Proof 69/70

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November 24, 2011

American Silver Eagles - Why All the Love?

Borrowed Obverse and Dull Reverse - Can't You Find a Nicer Series of U.S. Coins to Collect? Seriously - why all the love for American Silver Eagle (ASE) bullion coins. For 25 years the U.S. mint has been banging out these same tired coins with the Obverse "stolen" or "borrowed" from the very nice Adolph Weinman Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1917-1947) and a dull reverse by John Mercanti of a heraldic eagle. Sure the reverse proof ASE is interesting but why all the fuss? Can't you simply collect

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November 23, 2011

NGC ReGrade Vs. Crack-Out: What Works Best?

How Do I Get the Best Result for a Coin in an old NGC Holder? I have a number of nice coins in older NGC holders, some in very old holders. I can submit the coins to NGC using their ReGrade service. Does this work? Has anyone had success? Do I have a better chance with coins in very old NGC holders? The higher risk is to Crack-Out the coins and resubmit them to NGC for grading. The downside is always the potential lower grade. Any suggestions? To see old comments for this Journal entry, clic

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November 19, 2011

25th Anniversary Silver Eagel Set - U.S. Mint

Got through on-line! In took over 40 minutes of loading and re-loading multiple windows but I managed to order five (5) 25th Anniversary Silver Eagle Sets on the U.S. Mint web site. I've got my order number now. Good Luck! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

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October 27, 2011

#1 For a Day or Two - 21st Century Type Set, Proofs Only

How I Beat the NGC Scoring System (sort of) and Achieved Sole #1 Status for a few Days! Thanks to a quirk of NGC fate the scores for coins in the 21st Century Type Set, Proofs Only were suddenly changed. With a bit of quick thinking I saw the minor change NGC had made in scoring, for no apparenent reason. I quickly moved around the coins I already owned and Bingo I achieved Sole #1 Status, well for a few days. NGC caught their mistake in scores, changed it back and now I am back to sharing #1

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July 26, 2011