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GoldFinger1969

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  1. GoldFinger1969
    Good to know the FBI can find tiny coins less than 2" in diatmer, but has trouble finding serial killers, terrorists, and foreign nationals.
  2. GoldFinger1969
    But the bigger point remains....NGC decided not to go. Hmmmmm.........could be strictly Covid, could be other reasons, though I think the Long Beach Show would have to fall alot in prestige for NGC or other "biggies" to remove it from their calendar.
  3. GoldFinger1969
    True. But reverals happen on far more important and substantive issues, like PLESSY V. FERGUSON.
  4. GoldFinger1969
    I just checked the invaluable price matrix in Roger's book.....in 1982, the 1920-S sold for about $15,000 - $17,000 in MS-63 and low-$30,000 range for MS-65. So you have to figure a legit MS-66 would be worth $50,000 at least. Quite possibly more as the rarity of Superb Gems was probably well known even though the TPGs were still a few years away.
  5. GoldFinger1969
    On thing I forgot....even if you went back in time but had to pay CURRENT prices...you could still make out like a bandit because many of these auctions were pre-TPG. As a result, many of the coins were either misgraded or deliberately UNDERGRADED so as to be priced to sell. The 1920-S Saint at the Eliasberg '82 auction comes to mind. I believe it was listed as "Choice Uncirculated" or something akin to MS-63 and when it got sent to the TPGs a few years later it came back MS-66.
  6. GoldFinger1969
    Really ? I wonder if NGC will focus on FUN closer to their base of operations and PCGS is going to do likewise with Long Beach. Or maybe Covid and the long travel for each entered into the decisions. No idea, just speculating.
  7. GoldFinger1969
    I've never been to Long Beach, but reading on other forums it appears that PCGS is doing some heavy lifting to keep up the prestige of the Long Beach show since it's practically in their backyard. So maybe they are spending more time promoting, advertising, sending more people, etc. to Long Beach to make sure it stays up there with the ANA and FUN Shows. You vets who've gone to Long Beach for years....what say you ?
  8. GoldFinger1969
    Alibaba has been known for years. I didn't know TenCent was really big in selling stuff, they're an entertainment conglomerate into gaming, communications, etc. Both companies in the crosshairs of the CCP.
  9. GoldFinger1969
    Great report ....I liked the photo of the PCGS founders, wow, 36 years ago....everyone looked alot younger (check out JA's hair !!).
  10. GoldFinger1969
    I meant most collectors. Most Americans were not concerned with gold coins in 1933 at the depths of The Depression. Probably finding a job, buying food, stuff like that.
  11. GoldFinger1969
    They kept striking tens of thousands a week for a few months thinking that EVENTUALLY they'd probably be released. The Bank Holiday closed banks -- they reopened. Most people probably thought that something rationale would happen to gold and you'd use most or all of the struck 1933's. I mean, they were striking the coins until May.....why do that if you knew they'd be melted down ?
  12. GoldFinger1969
    Another coin that didn't appear at auction until 1937.
  13. GoldFinger1969
    I've SEEN references to them, yes. But I'd like to know WHEN they asked, WHO they asked, and if they were regular buyers.
  14. GoldFinger1969
    Yup, I remember that from your book now that you jogged my memory.
  15. GoldFinger1969
    I don't know what Museum buying patterns were pre-1933 and if they changed because they expected that 1933's might be the last one. CT State Museum bought Saint DEs but I am unaware of others that were regular buyers. Maybe you or Roger know if museums were active buyers, I don't recall seeing too many on the list of direct purchasers after the 1929 Crash.
  16. GoldFinger1969
    Agreed...and it shouldn't be the case, IMO. Get another judge who sets different rules (or if the Langbord's hadn't turned in all 10 coins) and things might be different. I've heard that but not seen hard evidence. Got proof ?
  17. GoldFinger1969
    Do we have confirmation/proof that the first auction of a 1931 Saint was in 1937 ?
  18. GoldFinger1969
    https://www.kiro7.com/living/shopping/rare-1974-d-aluminum-penny-returned-to-mint-sparks-hope-for-retrieving-1974-p/236347893/
  19. GoldFinger1969
    Links To The Saints Mentioned Above: For those who want to know what the coins referenced above look like, here they are.... 1928 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle PCGS MS-67 1928 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle PCGS MS-66 1928 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle PCGS MS-66+ CAC 1927 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle PCGS MS-67 1908 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle No Motto PCGS MS-66+ CAC
  20. GoldFinger1969
    Well... I was told here and on other forums that Die Cracks (again, I believe on Saints and Morgans) did establish authenticity or helped to do it. Maybe only on those 2 coin types ? If the die crack runs through "high points" that means it is in the low-recess of a die, right ? Isn't this tougher to recreate if legitimately on a real die but you are trying to copy it/recreate it on a fake ?
  21. GoldFinger1969
    Conder, I can't see the die cracks even with a blown-up image (which isn't really blown up when I click on it).
  22. GoldFinger1969
    It appears the sale went on over 12-15 years, am I correct ? It's not like they sold the whole collection in 2 or 3 years it appears. I was in college when it started so I had lost interest in coins at that time and was unaware what was going on.
  23. GoldFinger1969
    How was the show ? Attendance ? Dealer tables ?
  24. GoldFinger1969
    If you are into Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles, our own RWB's book is The Bible, IMO.
  25. GoldFinger1969
    Are they striking regular business strikes and proof ASEs in 2021 and 2022 ? I'm not sure if a coin struck in 2021 -- 100/80-something years after last being struck -- count as part of a "series." At least the Morgan Dollar had a gap of only 17 years from 1904 vs. 1921. Would the MCMXII 2009 UHR count as part of a Saint registry set ?