MikeKing

another 1823

and my first Dahlonega gold piece, a bit softly struck

Here's a new 1834 Bustie. Didn't sell in a Heritage auction and picked it up with a buy it now. Don't understand why it didn't sell. Great coin.

good pickup Jeff. I really like those $20 gold pieces.

that looks like a nice one Zach

RGT that 1921 Peace Dollar DOES have really nice eye appeal

Cladiator, I love the clash marks on that gold piece. Really nice.

flipping back for a moment

Got me my first CC Morgan in today from Conquerer (John). Thanks again John!!

This too, is quite a lovely coin. amazingly evenly worn...just think of the commerce...the place...the time. Great pickup.

I was fortunate enough to have these coins offered to me by TomB. Thanks again Tom

 

great pick ups Winston.

The twenty cent piece and SL $1 especially lovely and historic.

The dollar, hard to ever find in that condition.

Gladiator - Congrats on the 1859 Seated Liberty as well as the 1853 Gold.

 

Dwaine - Awesome Steel Cent

 

Well, today I stopped by a small local coin shop in Odessa, Texas located off the beaten trail. Quite a few nice, interesting coins to view so I spent some time there. I came across this beautifully toned Long Island Commemorative and I just couldn't help myself.

 

I wish the images showed the true brightness of the coin on the obverse, it really shines.

 

Grade opinions??

 

Rey

 

 

this is a very nice coin with beautiful toning!

I just picked up this coin recently. It is a piece that I had always wanted, but never thought I would be able to obtain.

I love it

a very worthwhile coin to have and becoming more scarce each year.

Dwaine, seeing that is attracting me towards Morgans...

Here's a new one, well, old, but new...

HOOT, I'm gonna need your help with this one.

Irvin,

 

Does that Franklin show some Relief or what? Nice looking coin.

 

Wayne - Nice Shield, lots going on with it.

 

Here is my latest compliments of Lee. Unfortunately my pics are not as good as his were of this coin, it is actually more colorful with blues, etc.

 

Thanks Lee,

 

Rey

 

 

very nice looking coin!

Winston, how about pairing them up with the prior ones...which I can't find

By the way, I went through the past dozen or so pages of this post looking for those photos and GOSH there are a lot of incredible coins posted. Absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

very pretty Zach

Here's one I've had in mind for years, and finally came accross a specimen that looked worthwhile to actually buy. Thanks Doug Winter (I had to use his photo because I don't have it yet).

edited to add: I'll post a writeup on it as soon as my hand recuperates so I can do the typing and I get some reading done as well.

Got some nice flow lines on that Mike. What is that in front and under Miss Liberty's chin? Is that maybe a die clash? Pretty coin. I like it.

I believe this is from a clashmark from the reverse Eagle's wing upside-down that's been lapped out, producing this effect, fairly often seen.

I sent in 5 coins when I joined. All were graded by NTC, Granted, I know how they overgrade, but they all come back in bodybags. I wonder how the outcome would have been If I cracked them out of the holders. "I'll never know."

I have to agree with Zoins. The only NTC coin I ever bought I returned immediately to the seller since it was clearly altered surfaces.

edited to add: try sending them to anacs and see what happens, they've gone downhill.

It looks to me like you fellows are saying crossovers should not be attempted, simply break out the coin and submit it to the new grading service. Am I reading correctly?

Actually, most of the discussion has been about re-grades, not cross-overs. Even with respect to cross-overs, however, it depends upon how big of a gambler you are, as you have more upside AND downside in cracking the coins out.

I have had coins regraded that upgraded and some that didn't.

I've also crossed NGC graded coins to PCGS and had them upgraded in the process.

Similarly, I've had coins not cross.

I've had coins regraded that didn't upgrade which really should have (this is not hopeful thinking).

So I guess there's truth to all of the above. I'm just not too willing to gamble, since I've had coins rejected by one service as AT or altered surfaces or environmental

damage and then graded by the other (I'm only talking NGC and PCGS here).

edited to add: then there is the cost to consider. I just had a raw copper graded by pcgs as vf20 when by eac standards, it is a vf30, so I expected them to grade it a vf35. I was surprised, but I can understand why they did it, but that's because they don't understand early copper. do I send it in for regrade? cross it to NGC? niether, it's not worth the effort, even the $20 presidential review which takes over a month to get back. Hell, I'll just crack it out the day I want to sell it.

Nice Bust half, Victor.

 

Are the shape of the stars on this half characteristic of all Bust halves? It almost looks like a die break from the point of the star to the dentils.

Bob, during that era, these coins were pressed without a collar, and what you see is the metal flow outward towards the periphery which becomes more evident as the die wears, so the star points which point to the edge, become drawn out.

Victor

 

John

the famous 1963 Franklin.

It's a bit fugly but I still love it.

I like that one too, very nice. wouldn't say it was fugly at all. looks like a real coin!

That is a super Washington cent, Mike. Doesn't that have the edged lettering?

unlike the Washington Liberty and Security pennies, which have edge lettering, I can't find reference to edge lettering on the Washington Small Eagle (which this one is) or the Large Eagle Pennies.

I'm borrowing these photos from the coinrarities web site, hope they don't mind, but I could not resist this coin