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One just sold on eBay for $2,905 and I've seen a slightly higher one sell yesterday. Nuts! 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2019-S-1-ENHANCED-REVERSE-PROOF-SILVER-EAGLE-PCGS-PF70-FIRST-STRIKE-IN-HAND/123975943473?hash=item1cdd8ac531%3Ag%3A5uIAAOSwed9dyjgF&ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F711-53200-19255-0%2F1%3Ftoolid%3D20001%26campid%3D5338203720%26customid%3Dlink%26mpre%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.ebay.com%252Fitm%252F2019-S-1-ENHANCED-REVERSE-PROOF-SILVER-EAGLE-PCGS-PF70-FIRST-STRIKE-IN-HAND%252F123975943473%253Fhash%253Ditem1cdd8ac531%253Ag%253A5uIAAOSwed9dyjgF%26srcrot%3D711-53200-19255-0%26rvr_id%3D2181770586114%26rvr_ts%3D6c79e1e916e0ad319b572df9ffbb64ca&ul_noapp=true

There is a new look. I like it. I'll have to play around with it some - but I see all of my coins in the gallery view. 

Very nice - I always liked Moroccan coinage. I also rode my first camel in Morocco. 

Anyone pick one up in Baltimore? 

On November 13, 2019 at 11:54 AM, Conder101 said:

Seems like everything has "special" labels and designations now.

These are unavailable after about 15-18 minutes after going on sale. Cancellations may be availble at a later date, but it is unknown if that will happen or not. First day label doesn't mean much. Adding the COA number on the label is different as is slabbing the COA (PCGS). What's next - slabbing the sales receipt?  Some pretty high resale prices at this point. This may replace the 1995-W as the key to the series. A lot of interest. It will be interesting to see what they look like in hand.

Anyone pick one up at the Whitman Baltimore show yesterday? Heard the line was very long. Any Baltimore show reports (in general). I missed the show.

Very nice. 

8 hours ago, RWB said:

"Slab Doubling" is one of those unspoken problems common to coin collecting. Here's what happens: When coin slabs are stored too close together, such as in those plastic boxes, they emit gaseous pheromones. Once the lights are off and the box lid is tightly closed, the pheromones build up. This makes the girl-slabs and the boy-slabs "frisky" and the resulst -- well, to be polite, we call it "Slab Doubling" rather than some other more colorful term.

So...there you have it.

I wondered why I keep outgrowing my boxes.

On November 3, 2019 at 9:34 AM, RWB said:

See Eric P. Newman's updated book on the subject.

What is the release date for the updated edition? I saw a 1999 version, but am not sure if that is the updated or original book.

Post your Anti-counterfeit/fraud detectors of the past. 

Anyone rememeber this series which measured sized and thickness, but not weight as opposed to:

1 hour ago, coinsandmedals said:

Thank you! In this case, I would recommend Peck. There are other references, but none compare to the level of detail and analysis Peck provides in this book. However, I should note that it can be challenging to track down for a reasonably priced copy (i.e., $50-$75). 

Peck, C. W. (1964). English Copper, Tin, and Bronze Coins
in the British Museum 1558-1958. London: The trustees of the British Museum. 

Thanks - I'll take a look.

Nice work. Nice penny also.  In your opinion what Book would be the best in this example?

If I had that kind of money - I'd be discrete too. Thanks for the Einstein reference, I'll have to look that up. I remember seeing it some years ago.

On October 26, 2019 at 3:06 PM, RWB said:

All I'm at liberty to tell you is that one is in Switzerland but owned by an Italian family. Another is in France but the core was originally Russian. A third is supposed to be owned by a Dutch family business, but the source was skimpy on details.

In addition several excellent European collections were stolen by the Nazi SS, but only partially recovered and repatriated.

They don't count if they aren't publically known .  Kind of like a tree that falls in the middle of the woods and no one hears it. (Maybe someday - we will know and appreciate).

Good Luck - I think that you will like them.

1. Thanks for offering Roger - this should prove to be an interesting and worthwhile thread.

3 hours ago, RWB said:

There are several European collections that far out rank any that have been mentioned. They will likely remain within their owner-families for a long time.

Among US collections Eliasberg is well known, but only for its claim to completeness. If other criteria are considered, then Norweb and several others are the "best." Bowers gives no definition for "important" so I can't comment on that. (Almost every collection sold at auction was "important" .... )

Roger, what are the European collections that you mentioned? 

Going through these types of accumulations is a lot of fun.  Now you can look for variations of you really want to get into it. Pick the best - start a set. Dansco Alblums are nice, or go for the registry. Start your journey - It will grow on you.

10 hours ago, Timely said:

I went through the coins my dad had as a kid. I'll tackle the larger portion later.  Here's the list of what I uncovered along with the number of coins per date. Kind of interesting to see a truly random collection of what he got way back in the 1950's-1960's. Absolutely no CC's! 

 

1878 9

1879 14

1879-O 1

1779-S 4

1880 5

1880-O large  2

1880-o small 2

1880-S 3

1881 6

1881-O 3

1881-S 1

1882 3

1882-O 3

1882-S 1

1883 14

1883-O 7

1883-S 3

1884 13

1884-O 5

1884-S 3

1885 10

1885-O 3

1886 3

1886-O 11

1887 2

1887-O 5

1887/6-O 1

1888 3

1888-O 5

1889 7

1889-O 13

1890 10

1890-O 10

1890-S 1

1891 5

1891-O 4

1892-O 4

1896 1

1896-O 10

1897 1

1897-O 2

1897-S 1

1899-O 1

1899-o Micro 4

1900 5

1900-O 15

1901-O 7

1902-O 1

1904 6

1921 1

1921-S 1

 

600+ more to go!

When your finish going through all of them, I'd love to see the individual totals - like above.

If you are sending in silver or copper - please let me know how you think the photos came out. I haven't seen examples of those @coinbuf. I only wish they came out with this service earlier - so I could have had all of my collection photographed before stabbing. 

It is very close. I do not think it picks up all of the luster, however. I do like the photos. The combined photo for the 1880 S is a little blurry. That wasn't the case with the others that I have. They were all sharp. One thing to know is that they will photograph all of the coins on the submission form - you cannot, or at least you couldn't then, pick the ones you wanted photographed. Here is another one that isn't in the greatest shape.

This is not one of my attractive coins - I just had it in for grading and they ran a special introductory offer for Photo Vision. I wanted to test it out to see the outcome. They send you the individual photos and the combined. 

It would be interesting to see the coin out of the flip.

Even though I haven't purchase it yet Roger - it is high on my list. 

Type 2 - no motto

Type 1 - no motto