Walkerfan

Sounds great! Glad that I was able to help. I’m also glad that you have a good plan and have done your research. I like Standing liberty quarters, too. The 1916 is a great issue and I suggest that you look for one with the full head, as the price difference is only a little bit more. Don’t worry—that coin is not on my radar, right now, so I won’t be competing with you. 😉

GC, HA and other major sites are VERY safe. Hammer price is dependent on MANY factors. I only collect quality coins and have gotten great bargains but have, likewise, been buried, as the result of a bidding war. If it's a coin that you won't likely see again, then stretching for it is advisable. If it is EXPENSIVE but not RARE (i.e. 1909-S VDB Cent, 1938-D WLH, etc.), then I'd back off and try another example, in the future, if you feel you might be overpaying. Do your research!! Dealers get coins from MANY sources, not just auction sites. Just use your own discretion.

Coins from the NOLA mint can be VERY soft. I had an MS 1885 O that was just like that. My guess is that the color is MUCH better in hand. I'm guessing that it's a 64. Keep it going and, someday, you'll have a nice box of 20.

@VKurtBThose are nice. I have some, too, only smaller. But, I prefer the sturdiness and durability of the plastic ones. I have what I need, now, so I won't be getting any more.

I found the answer, on my own. Modern Coin Mart (MCM) is also selling them. They are obviously a new design by NGC (possibly an attempt to cut costs). I don't like this version, as much as the older ones, but they still serve their purpose. Edit to add: Old PCGS holders don't fit, either. Only thing that fits are brand new NGC slabs. I wish I'd have known about this---I wouldn't have purchased it. I would have found an older one instead.

I bought an NGC storage box on the secondary market. It was listed as new and came with the white box and plastic wrap/bag. The prongs/slats on the inside are different than on my older NGC storage boxes, so my fatties won’t fit in there…not even on the ends. Did NGC change its design or is this a counterfeit box?

I thoroughly enjoy them!!

Flippers and counterfeiters bother me the most. Also, money and numismatics have always been related. This is good, if you're a long term investor. I never cared for sky-high, 'ga-ga' grades but won't begrudge those who do. I simply avoid them. I never purchased much from the mint, so the quality of offerings and fairness (or lack thereof) of purchasing doesn't really affect me. Being tougher to impress is good, IMHO. It simply means that you have evolved into a better, more knowledgeable and discerning collector.

My term is also correct. https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-grading/pedigrees/

Theoretically, I could do better but WHEN? And at what cost? And would the eye appeal be as nice? So, my mindset was: "A bird in the hand is much better than two (or another) in the bush". I also love that it is PROOFLIKE.........That makes it SPECIAL. The pedigree is COOL, also. Thanks again, for the kind words.

Thanks, coin brother. I'm really happy with it.

The NGC software would not allow me to post the full name of my coin's pedigree, as the diminutive of 'Richard' has been deemed obscene by the powers that be.

Thanks, buddy. I appreciate that.

Thanks, guy for all the positive (I think ) remarks and encouragement. I am becoming somewhat of a Seated Dollar geek! LOL!! I have been reading up on them and searching for them, all over the internet. I am captivated by their beauty, history and scarcity, which are pretty much the same attributes that drew me into Early Walkers. I wasn’t really looking for this date, in particular, but just happened to come across it. When I researched it; I found out how truly scarce it was. I figured that it was a good buying opportunity, as the price was $400 below NGC retail. I guess that it was just in the cards for me. Work hard, do your due diligence, and luck will find you.

What a sweet story. Thank you for sharing. I took out many books like that, when I was a child.... that could have been any one of us.

Very sad news indeed. RIP to your coin comrade. I've enjoyed his many segments over the years.

Only 50 1844 Seated Liberty Dollars are known in ALL MS grades at both PCGS and NGC combined. Many HAD to have been resubmissions, so even that tiny number is likely inflated. The NGC Census for the 1844 Seated Dollar in MS 61 is just 9/8 with 5 in MS 62, 2 in MS 63 and a single (1) coin in MS 64 with NONE finer! The 1844 is a low-mintage issue with ONLY 20,000 circulation strikes, all from the same die pair. It is also one of the most interesting issues for its many die anomalies. The ONLY MS 62 that has sold in recent history was from the 'Hilt Collection'. It has smoother fields but it is dark and dull in color. The present example is a bright and lustrous with pale-gold toning and Prooflike field qualities. It also is OC Die State b/b. A Top-30 Variety. Misplaced digits 1 and 8 in the gown folds are readily visible with a loupe. The obverse is die doubled, where doubling within the shield creates sharply defined "quad stripes". Double die clashing exists as well, although the dies show no signs of lapping. The strike is a bit soft, at the left-hand stars, the left edge of the rock base, and at S in STATES and the nearby eagle's left-facing shoulder. It's also a centerpiece of the Reference Collection and an OC plate coin in the work: "Liberty Seated Dollars: A Register of Die Varieties", by Osburn.

You're very welcome. I appreciate the compliments. Graders, sometimes, get it wrong or, if nothing else, can be very conservative, at times. This is a perfect example of 'buy the coin and not the holder'. I think that one can do well, as a numismatist, if you learn to recognize and act upon the 'cherrypicks'. That's the way that I like to collect and have been doing it for a long time. I have a lot of coins that I feel are under-graded. Finding them can be fun and profitable. Thanks again for the kind words.

With a mintage of just 62,600 and an NGC pop of 16/56 in MS 61 and 18/38 in MS 62; I couldn’t pass it up. I don’t usually buy MS 61s but rather prefer 62s and 63‘s, for this series, but I really liked the original toning and great color on this piece. There are no problems or singularly distracting marks that I can see, anywhere. I looked at a MS 62, on eBay, and the surfaces were horrible...It looked stripped, spotted and dipped out. Other 62s were dark and/or unattractive, while others still had post mint damage, so my eyes kept wandering back to this piece. An archive search of GC and HA show VERY few examples sold in both MS 61 and MS 62, over the last 10 years, so I decided to act. I think it’s nice MS 61. Most 1849s were exported, a familiar scenario, although enough returned from Europe, in payment for goods, that the 1849 is now regarded as one of the more readily obtainable issues of its type, in circulated grades. However, mint state coins are elusive and survived purely as a matter of chance, there being no contemporary numismatic interest in circulation strike silver dollars. The peripheries are enhanced by blushes of vivid cobalt blue, lemon and reddish-apricot iridescence. It's provenance is from the Bimyway Collection, which is an old-time set that was recently broken up. It was crossed/cracked from an old, white ANACS slab. I might send it to CAC, someday, as I think it would pass. I paid $150 below NGC retail.

I don't think that the coin has been switched out. I think that the old NGC holder just has a small crack in it. It all comes down to whether you like the coin or not. If the cracked slab and the small white oxidation spot bother you, then I would definitely send it back. Otherwise, I would keep it. All things considered it's not really a bad coin.

I concur with this. May I add softness of date, as well, for the weaker struck pieces. Attempts were made in 1925 with a 'recessed date' design but it was only marginally effective. Also, I find that branch mints (D & S) tend to be weaker among type 2 and 3 varieties.