Is there no end to the "Madness"?

Greetings Collectors,

Since my last post where I was crying about having a "problem", well it's confirmed. I do. And you know what? I don't give a rats a--. As long as there is electricity on at the house, gas in the trucks & Heaven forbid, the major auction houses are still in business, well, I'm fine.

I just finished posting a few more pics to several gallerys and wanted to share several of the latest aquisitions. I picked up the coin you see pictured here at a very good deal and was torn between this AU-58 and two others I had been watching. One was an MS-61 and the other a 62. What made up my mind was the "eye-appeal" of the three coins. I was debating between going for one of the higher graded pieces and this one but had to go with this "58". The others would have only been around $100-$125 more and the points of course were a little more but I went for the coin that looked the best. For what it's worth, I'm glad I went this way. It will now be the start of yet another gold set and a very important piece to my recently started 1853 mint set. I am glad gold has pulled back a tad because the way things had been going, these little "gold pieces" were starting to be the only denomination within my reach. I fear I have purchased my last "double eagle".

Two other coins I purchased fit nicely into my two favorite coin series in silver and gold. The first was a nice 1952 Franklin NGC MS-66 FBL that went into set #1, replacing a PCGS MS-65 FBL that I moved down the line into another Franklin set. This FBL-66 came today and it puts yet another NGC coin into that set #1. I want to end up with all NGC coins in that set if possible. I think I am somewhere around "50-50" at present, NGC to PCGS.

The last purchase was an "outstanding" $10 Liberty, a 1847-O in an NGC AU-50 slab. This coin looks a whole lot better than the "50" grade on the slab. It's also my 1st New Orleans "ten". I now have a $2.50, a $5.00 and this $10 from this affordable "southern branch mint". The "type one "O" twenties are anything but affordable. A $20 example may be a long time coming. The 47-O ten should be here tomorrow and when it does arrive, I will share a photo of it. I couldn't beleive the points it had. With that entry I moved into the "top 250" overall. My next "milestone" will be to push through 200,000 points. And then after that it will be to make the "top 200" and then.... Anybody else relate to these types of goals? Oh well, it's just another exciting aspect of this great hobby. I am having a "blast" with my coins. I hope all of you are as well.

Happy Collecting!

WKF