What a difference a day makes

Yesterday I was bummed about the grades I received on my submissions and frustrated with the whole thing. I am probably not alone when I get feelings that my coins may not get the same consideration as someone who has submitted 200-300 coins at a time or who pays for the top tier for his 5 $10,000 coins. Anyhow, my entire attitude changed with one trip to the post office. My coin from American Numismatic Rarities came today...and it is even better than I hoped. The coin is a 1917-D reverse {very costly for my budget} NGC graded 62. I have studied this coin every time it appears in any auction for almost 2 years trying to fill one of the last 2 holes in my set and when I saw this beauty at this low of a grade I jumped. It was an on-line bid with a floor auction later and I didn't want to lose it...I bid $700 above the Trends list and fortunately I won and it didn't cost me my full max bid. This particular date is notorious for being a very weak strike in the centers..rarely do you see any of the draped flag lines across the left leg, a seperate thumb on the left hand, seperate hair/cap line and on the reverse the eagles breast and left leg are so weakly struck {on BU examples} that virtually no feathers are visible...this one has full feathers...a wonderful find and now my new favorite of my collection....I am not a good photographer but I tried to angle the camera and adjust the light so that some of the details show..but it leaves some areas darker..oh well, I can hold it and turn it in the light all I want now!!!

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