BillJones

I just received my "sample slab" for the NGC cocktail party which was canceled because of Covid. It is a very nice red Uncirculated 1964 British penny. It's an attractive, collectable coin. Thanks NGC! It's a very nice gift!

On another forum I ran into a suspect 1876-CC $20 gold. It is in "an NGC holder" which must be bogus. When I checked the serial number on the NGC verification site, the item in the bogus holder is not the same. When I tried to copy the picture of the coin to warn others about the counterfeit, I was not allowed to do that because "this image has a copyright." Okay NGC, you made your point, but I am trying to stop the sale of the bogus coin in a fake NGC holder and get the word out about it. It seems to me that this restriction is penny-wise and pound foolish. Here is a picture of the fake item. It is being offered on Face Book according to the person who started the string of posts.

I have been posting on "Cointalk" for a couple of years, and have found it most enjoyable. It is great to be able to give an honest opinion about Third Party Graders and not get banned for doing so. The site is strong on giving appreciation to those who try to help other collectors. I have no idea what the OP poster did to get banned so quickly. There are a couple jerks on the "Cointalk." I have put them on "ignore" and the problem is solved. I don't even know they are there most of the time.

I have also not been able to get into it. Perhaps it's for maintenance.

It could be, but I would not pay though the nose for it.

It looks like a PCGS holder, but there are not PCGS markings on it. I didn't know that these existed. I doubt that there is any bonus for "MAGA" unless there is some sort of "MAGA" registry, which I doubt.

We can't help you very much when we have no idea what you have. It sounds like you have U.S. coins. Are all of your dad's coins in albums, or are some of them in certification holders? Either way, you could have a little or a lot.

Here is a 1943 Steel Cent in MS-66.The zinc coat finish is not extremely bright, only rather lusterous.

The other night I was reading about the Wells Fargo hoard of 1908 No Motto $20 gold pieces in the Encyclopedia of U.S. Gold Coins 1795 - 1933 by Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth. This hoard contained 19,900 double eagles. Many of them were Gem Unc. quality including one that graded PCGS MS-69. It was stated that these coins were found in sealed bags that had not been moved for decades. The name came from their temporary storeage place which was a Wells Fargo bank vault. My question is, if these bags were never moved and deep in the vaults of a bank, how did they escape the 1933 Gold Surrender Order? And if they had been held in the bank, how did the bank get away with it? I thought the Roosevelt Administation required that all of these coins had to be turned in for melting.