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Joe does some great work, congrats on both the new photos and on some very attractive coins.

Good hunting!! You have a nice lead now but a little extra point buffer never hurts.

While it is not a massive issue the registry does not have any way (other than the denial of transfer) to actually know who owns the coins that are placed into sets. This leads to a few random slimeballs that try (and are successful with some coins) to build sets with coins that they do not actually own. Sorry that this has been an ongoing issue for you, the registry is great but there always seems to be that one person. Hopefully the registry team will be able to toss this bum out on his ear. I have proposed in the past that NGC (or any competitive registry) should every year attempt to confirm ownership of a few random sets by contacting the set owner to verify that the coins are still valid. I get that the staff is limited and extra work is just that; extra; but it sure could be useful in weeding out the sets that have been sold but not removed, and the few that are trying to game the system. Bty that 1922 matte Peace you recently acquired is amazing!

So you read about something where only 5 have been found, went to an estate auction or garage sale and found 8 more of these all at one time. You should also buy a lottery ticket.

These have been discolored form having scotch tape placed over the coin. Perhaps to hold it into a coin board or holder of some type, this is considered damage and it would a huge waste of money to send these in. 1922 and 1923 Peace dollars are common and coins in this condition are worth $25- $35 full retail.

Interesting question, unlike the PCGS registry which has the top five sets of all time listed active or retired, I'm pretty sure that once you delete your set from the NGC registry it is just gone. One possible solution is to rebuild your set as a custom set, noting that the coins are sold and not active but saving the set "look" for everyone to view.

Great choice, that 1800 is a very tough coin and I'm sure that you will enjoy it for many years. And congrats on moving into the #3 slot, not an easy task at all.

Just a heads up as you are still new to the forum, this marketplace section of the forum is for members that are trying to sell coins. Conversations and questions about coins are better suited for the US/world or newbie sections of the forum. To answer your question, yes there is a premium for these holders, much like the GSA coins. How much of a premium depends on several factors and certainly the actual coin itself plays a large part in that calc. I do not know if NGC will certify these with the band similar to the way they do the GSA coins as I have never submitted one, perhaps another member knows this. I have flagged this post so that a mod can move it to a more appropriate section of the forum.

Big mistake! These guys want that coin! I bet someone here will step up big and you can go from happy meal to dinner at Applebee's money!

I like the 06 best, if the obv of the 25 were more even in color like the rev then it would be a much harder call for me.

Yes the Pilgrim has obvious issues, so I'll just speak to the Columbian. Any coin that dark has reached a terminal state and it is highly likely that the silver has been etched by that tone. It is my opinion that you would have to immerse that coin into an acidic dip solution so long to remove that heavy a layer of tone that the surface would be burned, dull and lifeless. Simply put I do not think the surfaces are original and no amount of restoration is likely to have any positive impact. It also looks like a hint of green (maybe PVC) just under the chin, and the hazy area around the rim and letters of the reverse also look to have a greenish tint on my screen. Perhaps that is just my eyes, monitor, or a photographic artifact and no green is present on the coin in hand. Your AU assessment seems highly optimistic in my opinion as in order for a coin to grade at the AU level it has to have some mint luster. I see no luster at all in the photo so the best it could grade is XF, and from what I see it would be a no grade/environmental damage grade at any TPG. Of course I do not think that you bought them to submit, just thinking out loud on what I would expect if they were submitted. Aso I'm not trying to bag on the coins, they are what they are and there are many collectors that would and do buy coins with this look. As I said I just think the price was a bit high for the condition as I see them in the photo. But as long as you like them and are happy then what I think of the price is really not important.

Both coins have environmental damage and I personally think that you overpaid for these, but if you like them and are happy then no harm no foul.

You should value the coins at the price you paid for them. In the unfortunate event that the coins are lost that is the only proof that you can provide to the shipping carrier you ship with. If you are blessed with high grades from NGC and the coins would now be worth more in the market than you paid for them, you can then contact customer service (prior to the coins leaving NGC) and have them increase the value (and pay the subsequent higher insurance cost) for the return trip to you.

Correct this time.

@Derek Bentley, are you thinking that the date portion of the NGC label which reads "1870 S$1" means that this is a dollar minted in SF? The S after the date is not for the mint but rather it stands for silver as in a silver dollar, not a dollar minted at the SF mint. Here is one of my Morgan dollar slabs, as you can see it also has the "S$1" but the mintmark (in this case S for SF) is placed before the "S$1".

Welcome to the world of copper, and my personal favorite series.

I'll take honorable mention all day long. Totally my fault there, I looked at the coin AdamL posted and my brain saw a bust half, DOH.

This would be a very good question for you to post in the currency section of the forum that Mike linked for you.

I am afraid that like @Fenntucky Mike I only see a damaged coin that has been run over in a parking lot a few times.

Only once for me, but I've been away from the internet for most of the day.

Not a very good photo, I need to redo this one.

Reminds me of a recent thread on the CAC forum, you may recall it. A member there was firmly convinced that his comm coin would get a gold bean, most who replied thought perhaps green but few or none saw it as a gold. Turns out it received no bean at all.