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Lastufka Collection

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    Lastufka Collection

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    On 1/25/2020 at 5:14 AM, MIKE BYRNE said:

    I have the same token. As a matter of fact I collect Condor Tokens. I put a P.Kempson set together the one from Warwickshire Coventry 19 tokens all grade from 63 to 66. I had a 65 saw a better token and upgraded. It's on this site as custom set. It took five years. They said I never will complete it a set from 1797. The last one two years. I searched every auction house in Britain I got most from Baldwin's Basement. Some are red brown and some are proof like I have a complaint Handels Reverse. More that have to be sent in. I have been asking everyone from Bill Mckivor on down. NGC does not know if a complete set. One auction house said They event seen one in ten years. I should of known that it was here in the U.S. I would like to know more of your collection. My God save the King is waiting to be sent out. I have them slabed for protection. The environment is changing every day and copper and bronze does not do well. Take care enjoy. Mike P.S. My set of Coventry is on this site under custom sets. There are forty more with tokens from all over Britain. I'm not in competition with any set. I'm to old.for that. I'm proud of what I did. Mike

    Mike, thanks for watching! Sounds like you've put together quite the set, congrats! This coin is in my Symphony Set, which is also under the custom sets here on NGC, the direct link is here: https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/CoinCustomSetGallery.aspx?s=9450

    Master Of Coinage

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    It really depends on the coin, from what I've seen, CAC can add anywhere from a 5% premium to a 100% premium (look at the selling price in MS Pre-33 gold for PCGS graded coins, CAC stickered gold coins sell for almost double in the same grade). I tend to think of CAC as a perk, a bonus, like credit card cash back... it's not going to get me to buy a coin I wouldn't otherwise, but when it's offered on a coin I like, it just makes the deal even better. In your example here, I would go with whichever coin has the better eye appeal to you. Which one do you like looking at more? Chances are other collectors will like looking at that one more too and will pay for that when the time comes to sell.

    coinsbygary

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    I like the powerpoint idea, I might have to try that, I've been wrestling with how to digitally display my collection as well. I tried making PDFs of sets, and I might do my own online gallery on my website, but I hadn't thought of powerpoint. I just want something that's a bit cleaner and better organized while the Registry is such a split mess here. 

    Lastufka Collection

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    @Revenant Totally! Which is why I mentioned it is sometimes referred to as the reverse, I've seen listings describe it as both, there doesn't seem to be a consensus and maybe that's something Forster never even thought about, I don't know. I just didn't want to state "this is the obverse" so absolutely without mentioning that others call it the reverse, and then throwing in my two cents on why I consider it the obverse. Also, that's a nice 10G!

    Lastufka Collection

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    16 hours ago, deposito said:

    Just because they are offering them on Ebay for that amount, does that mean people are paying that reliably?

    Yeah, the big dealers are pre-selling hundreds/thousands of them at that price, they are setting the market price (for now, anyway) on these coins. Why would anyone come along and sell for less when a.) there's no profit to be made already, and b.) they know they can easily sell it for the same price as MCM and the others.

    Lastufka Collection

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    15 minutes ago, Revenant said:

    Well... How many 70s do you expect? I almost guarantee you'll lose money or barely break even on 69s.

    Based on last year's numbers, you can expect 87% 70s and 13% 69s. And yes, the 69s lose money. The only way I can see making some decent money here is by getting First Day of Issue Labels, as those only cost $8 on bulk submissions per coin, but you can charge $35 more for them (meaning, MCM and the other majors *are* charging $35 more for them). So that takes you to a $20 profit (once you subtract the label fees and increased selling fees on the higher price). But with how backed up the Mint's shipping is right now, good luck getting them to your house and then back out the door to NGC within 7 days, which is what they require for FDOI labels.

    Lastufka Collection

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    25 minutes ago, Coinbuf said:

    Very nice video, I would be somewhat concerned about security by mentioning your name on a platform like youtube, but otherwise well done.

    Thanks! Most of the valuable coins aren't kept here at the house most of the time. And I work from home, so I'm always here, the house is not left unguarded ever. It's been well known that I collect coins on my social media for ten years now without incident (aside from a few people assuming I'm super rich and asking for "loans" from time to time).

    Lastufka Collection

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    21 minutes ago, gherrmann44 said:

    I like it, especially when you show the coins luster. The historical context with a picture of the Liberty Bell is especially compelling. Perhaps a few more pictures along with the artifacts you show would better give the viewer an idea of how big this event really was. The only other thing I noticed was a technical error. You stated the coin was struck in pure gold, technically speaking the coin is only .900 fine. Otherwise, it looked very professionally done. Gary

    Thanks so much! Regarding the technical error, you're right, of course, I guess I meant to say it was struck in gold as opposed to copper or brass or any other metal (obvious to collectors, but not so to my facebook friends and YouTube followers). Unfortunately winging it without a -script usually ends up with small errors like that. But when I've tried working with a --script in the past, I sounded like a robot. So I'd rather have the more-human presentation with the potential for a few small errors than the perfect robot presentation. If I were a better actor or voiceover performer I could have perfection of both, but c'est la vie! :)

    Edited to add: I put a note about the gold/copper alloy in the video description on YouTube.

    Lastufka Collection

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    Thanks everyone for the comments! I have a lot of fun working on design projects like the above in my spare time, it's what I went to school for. I also had a bit of fun reading up again on the Exposition for this post, it's a shame there isn't any video or more photos of the gigantic light-up Liberty Bell from the event.

    Anyway, looking forward to digging into the research for highlight number two next month.

    Lastufka Collection

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    1 hour ago, gherrmann44 said:

    Alan

    Good to see you back after a while. I love your idea to display your first day covers. There is a balance between security and displaying your collection for enjoyment. Too many of my coins are locked away of necessity and I miss enjoying them. Do you still do the symphony collection? I always liked that set. Gary

    Gary! Glad to see you're still here! I do still have the Symphony Set (it's a custom set so doesn't show on the new Registry yet), and in fact, I just sent three new raw coins in to NGC this week for that set. I'll write a journal update with pictures when I get them back from grading. :)