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Walkerfan

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    Do You Know Why You Collect What You Collect?

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    -I love the artistic designs.

    -original beauty--color/toning & luster.  

    -I love the history that is associated with it.

    -I am attracted to the scarcity and rarity (both conditional and absolute) aspect, which offers good investment potential.

    -The TPGS have made it soooo much more mainstream and made it a more legitimate and easily traded asset class.  

    -The INTRINSIC value of the precious metals.  

    -My early influencers have affected me (my Dad & Uncle).  

    -The social aspect--Chat boards, coin shows, professional authors, dealers, friends & other likeminded folks.

    -The hunt and the adrenaline rush from a find or an auction win.  

    -My OCD and fixation with order, which is demonstrated by my satisfaction with completing a set.  

    Important date in history

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    On 5/26/2023 at 1:14 AM, Just Bob said:

    That is a great looking piece. Nice pictures, too. Did you take them?

    Thanks.  No, they are PCGS TrueView images.  Nobody has attempted to guess the grade, yet, so I will reveal.  It is an MS 62.  I got it for $100 below PCGS retail.  IMHO, GS CDN bid is REALLY low on this piece, so I didn’t pay much attention to that, when making my purchasing decision.  I paid 40% over bid.

    Virtual coin album

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    @Ali E. Forgive me if this has been suggested before, but wouldn’t it be so cool, if we had a virtual, Dansco-style, coin album for our registry sets, here at NGC, like they do ATS?  Mine would look so much better, over here, because it would be complete.  :grin:  Thanks!

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    Post your most recent acquisition: US

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    Wow, what NICE adds!!

    @AdamWLEarly Walkers are always a joy!  Those are some GREAT CIRCS!! @Buffalo Headcongrats on your Indian half eagle run!!  Your new 1923 BUFF is STUNNING and fits the rest of your set!!  @SandonGREAT Barber Quarter!!  @S.L.WNICE Frankie!!  I have a 1958 with MS toning like that in an OGH!!  @ldhairLarry-Great Bustie!!  They have always been undervalued and are NOW getting the recognition that they deserve!!  @Lem EGreat high end Jefferson, Also, love the SMS coins.    @Mr.Bill347Sweet Walker!!  @Hoghead515Your friend/benefactor and your old lady are keepers!!  LOL!!  TRULY NICE additions!! 

    CONGRATS ALL!!

    GTG 1837 Bust Dime

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    On 2/11/2023 at 9:32 AM, J P M said:

    The problem with a crack is everyone has to touch it and rub it that is why the tone is missing around it. Kinda like putting a wet paint sign up there will always be fingerprints on the paint.

    I don't think that is the reason. 

    I believe that it was harshly cleaned or improperly dipped.  

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    David W Lange, passed away last night

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    David and I exchanged quite a few PMs, over the years, and he was always so kind and generous with his time.  Besides his vast degree of knowledge and passion for numismatics, what I remember most about David was he was ALWAYS willing to help and contribute.   Every single picture I've ever seen of him, he always had a big smile on his face.  That's just the type of guy that he was.  This is heart-breaking.  

    Congrats to all the 2022 registry award winners!

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    On 1/8/2023 at 10:35 PM, MorganMan said:

    I was confused as to how I could have 86 best awards in the years since I had the sets. I had not had the sets that long.

    I went searching and saw that they have each set listed twice each year. One is just "Best in Category", and one is listed as "NGC Best in category".

    Why are they listed twice?

    Example:  The set below show top set 26 times, but no way, since they were made in 2006. 

     

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    ‘Best in category’ award for a set is calculated based on highest point scores from coin entries of both PCGS AND NGC coins.  

    ‘NGC best in category’ is based on the highest score calculated only from NGC graded coin entries.  

    So each set can, conceivably, win two different best in categories for each year.

    It happened to me, once, too.