GoldFinger1969

I'm hoping my 2024 is much better than my 2023.

That's weird....why do the registry thing and NOT make them publicly viewable ? Isn't the whole reason for doing the registry bit competition....show others your collection...etc. ?

I agree....but it now appears (I could be wrong here but don't think I am) that the CAC sticker on PCGS and NGC coins means that the coin was appropriate for the grade (A or B coin stickered) but is NOT guaranteed to cross at the same grade into CACG. Huge debate over ATS and somewhat at CAC Forums about coins going from MS to AU with the whole "rub" and "wear" debates. You have 1 of the 3 big TPGs doing a 180 from market to techincal grading and it's causing some angst.

A bigtime collector over ATS noted that "PCGS has recently started calling certain of the HRs 'SP' because they are different- they are struck with the UHR collar..." Not sure how long this has been going on, and I know this was covered in Roger's books. Anybody got any thoughts on this ? What is the importance of the UHR collar -- that's the metal that wraps around the coin, right ? Why would it matter in terms of apperance and why would it enter the proof debate (I realize the UHR collar was part of the striking of UHRs, which ARE proofs) ?

Is this legit, CB ? Unless someone is going to get hundreds or thousands of coins graded and seek CAC beans how much are we talking about -- especially relative to the value of the collection itself ? I thought -- and maybe I'm wrong -- that people SELECTIVELY sought CAC stickers for a few coins here or there. And if someone had a pricey collection, wouldn't grading costs and/or CAC stickering be a rounding error compared to the collection itself (or are grading/stickering costs also tied to the values of the coins) ?

Technical analysis is more for trading (short-term) and identifying tops and bottoms. You can use it for intermediate and long-term forecasting but that's where fundamentals come into play. OTOH, you can't use fundementals for short-term trading. As Keynes said, "the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."

It matters because people THINK it matters. Most relevant to currency traders. Ever hear of Robert Prechter ? Had the pulse of the stock market in the 1980's like few ever did with some esoteric TA called Elliot Wave Analysis.

I've thought that could be an issue for many collectors who've been at it for decades. My friend has 3 closets full of coins !! I guess that's the good thing about mostly focusing on bullion, Morgans, and Saints: I can't buy too many of them !!

I find that every site has different strengths. Ditto the CAC Forum. For me, this is probably the best place because of the volume of information I have here on the RWB Saint-Gaudens Book Thread. Many of you have contributed valuable posts there, including of course Roger. It's irreplaceable, which is why I have saved it on my own PC every 5 pages or so. Good stuff elsewhere, especially from the veterans with decades of experience on grading standards, MS vs. AU, Friction vs. Rub vs. Wear vs. Cabinet Friction etc.....and other similar debates. Though I have no interest in Franklin Halfs, that Franklin Gradeflation Thread at CU was great.

The search function here to check for topics is not the most user-friendly. Unless I created a thread or was active in posting multiple times, I might not recall its existence. I recall a major site change/upgrade about 2014 (?) here and lots of useful threads didn't make it, as I recall. Some very useful stuff in older threads, like the JA/CAC interview with Maurice Rosen from 2008.

Oppenheimer Technical View for Gold in 2024:

I want to get back to FUN 2025. I'd like to add some coins and some currency notes. I'd LOVE to get an MCMVII HR, but that is probably a few years off. I'll settle for adding a top-notch 1908 No Motto Wells Fargo in MS-66 (MAYBE a 67).

Any idea for numbers at CU, here, or CAC ?

We should ALL go and meet one another (some of us have done that already). I think it would be very beneficial for many of us to see the faces attached to the type ! Family & other considerations prevented me from going this year, much to my disappointment. I desperately plan on going to FUN 2025 as it will be 5 years since my last and only FUN Conference. One day, I'd love to do a presentation if they would let me.

OMG, is that MCMVII HR beautiful !!!!

It's frustrating to see coins change. Had my first one change on me.....a PL Morgan....like creeping black fungus around the edge on both the obverse and reverse. 120 years and nothing...including probably 15-20 or more in a holder......and THEN it changes. WTF....

I never heard or saw that show until a few months ago.....runs on MeTV.....guess it was pretty popular in the late-1950's/early-1960's. Those Westerns had damn good writing and you saw ALL your favorite future TV/Movie stars in them, too. I never saw these in re-runs growing up in the 1970's for the most part.

LD, do you own these or are considering buying them ? What did you pay for them if you own them and what are they worth if you could somehow get them back to their original, un-stained condition ?

Because it's heavily weighted towards Samsung, APPL introduced the iPhone, and it's top-heavy in large-cap technology. Comparing an ETF which doesn't represent the index (KOSPI) doesn't make sense.

Then what drives the price ? What would cause YOU to buy stocks ?

You think those coins once belonged to Hetty Green ? If someone is selling them as proofs, not knowing their provenance, then they could be worth purchasing based on the lineage of ownership alone. But I wonder how one would trace these to the Colonel and his mother.

I'll await the experts and semi-experts, but to this novice it is post-mint damage. The quarter is worth $0.25.

I mean handling, dropping, fingerprints, etc.

It was a closed market manipulated by the CCP and riding the wave of the post-South Korean 1988 Olympics developing markets bubble. You may not follow these items -- I did.

Not at all -- it does. You have to look AT the fundamentals and BEYOND them, too....at times. Because the expectation was that China would adopt democratic liberalization measures that would aid U.S. and other business interests in China. This followed the 2000 WTO/GATT acceptance of China. Without that, China doesn't become the world's manufacturer the next 2 decades. Chinese stocks SUCKED for about 5 years until 2005 and then soared like 6-fold in 2 years. I don't need to know fundamentals to know that any market or item that goes up 6x in 2 years is probably overvalued and priced for perfection -- and perfection didn't happen the next 10-15 years for China. Ergo, market-losing returns except in select stocks.