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hi coinman....
to address your point, but for the sake of brevity, 'I put the coins in my pocket'...should have included every thing you mentioned....I wasn't brutal but the coins saw a lot of attention...
I was not trying to lower coins incrementally, I started with coins that graded the 64 - 66 spread most fell in....and as JTO stated....the 58 has the appearance of a higher grade with high point wear or 'breaking the luster'....every coin I submitted had high point luster 'broken
Part 2
@ yehrah, I tried that joke on Erin, good thing she didn't hear me...
Re the Morgan Set:
When I said I couldn't work the set anymore, I meant I could not afford upgrades or the 1893 S (AU55 or 58) to my Morgan set, basically all are 5 figure purchases each. Rick says it well, one has to find series and budgets that match. Now, the Morgans will fund projects or buy whatever we need as I have decided to slow down and smell more roses in my business life.
I am more a fan of clas
Do it yourself 58s
As I previously wrote, I have enjoyed working on the everyman sets. Modern AU58s are tough, exception being higher price mint errors in circulated.
I needed around 17 newer coins, and I had lots of mint packaged singles from mint sets. I figured, heck, I'll just make some 58s. I carried them around in my pockets when I could, big and small, business and proof (for silver issues), mixed together. I looked at them under my microscope and felt each coin had been frictioned
Breaking my Morgan Set
Morgan Dollars have been a favorite of mine for over 20 years. I have collected and upgraded, trading and selling as I went. I was lucky enough to assemble a respectable set, placing to a high as #9 set, to holding #13 now for a few years. Missing the 1893 S, I couldn't bring myself to settle for a mid grade coin. All but 2 of my original set were Unc, the 1892 S and the 1895 O were AU58.
I found myself in the dilemma of the high cost of upgrading/completing this
Doing it the hard way!
As a salesman, 'breaking the ice' with a buyer can mean an easy profitable outcome. I have used jokes many times, but on my recent sales trips, I used a numismatic riddle which stumped every buyer.
I asked, "If I have 3 coins in my pocket, and together they total 25 cents, but I DON'T have a nickel or dime among them, what do I have?
I had brought a 2 cent, 3 cent, and a 20 cent coin with me. When no one came up with a solution, I would toss the 2 cent piece up a
Top Pop
It's been a super busy summer for me. Being in the motorcycle industry in summer means constant travel and little time home for our hobbies.
I had decided to certify my large cents to keep a little excitement going in the numismatic life. I had assembled a raw large cent collection a while back, technically the last century (). The 1804 is always a tuff one and I hadn't found one yet. I chanced upon a restrike on Ebay back in 2004. It was a buy it now at $800 for an 'uncirc
1889 CC bought au/raw
After reading about those buying raw coins and being disappointed, I present the other side of the...uh...proverbial coin. I preface this by saying, early on, I preferred raw coins and had a great looking set of Morgans in Dansco albums. I was searching for the 1889 CC and found one (on 8/19/2002) on Ebay that i watched and tried to snag at the last minute. It was sitting at $1700 or so and with 3 seconds left, I threw a $3500 bid on it. I won it for $1895. By the pi
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