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  1. Iceman
    Another MS-66
    Well I added another upgrade to my Icelandic Kingdom Era coin set tonight a 1929 2 Kronur NGC MS-66. This coin I was looking for many years now and was one of only a hand full of Icelandic coins graded by NGC back some 12 or 13 years ago,, Back then I wondered if I would ever get to see this coin as the years gone by and around two years ago I came across a auction in England that had this very coin while searching the internet for Icelandic coins and I had missed it by only a few days after the auction had ended. Well I said to myself well I guess I will never see that coin again. Well Heritage just auctioned it tonight and I was the lucky one to win this gem for my collection for a measly $235 with the buyers premium included. Hopefully there will be other gems for my set in the future.
    Thank you for reading my journal and I hope you all find the coins you have been looking for.

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  3. Iceman
    When I arrived home today I noticed a thick large padded envelope sitting on the kitchen table that my wife brought in sometime today from the mail box and it was from NGC and thinking what can this be and to my delight it was a plague with my Registry award for my Icelandic Kingdom Era Collection. Was not expecting this at all, maybe a paper certificate.  Thank You NGC for this wonderful plaque and I will proudly display it in my home.    
  4. Iceman
    Wowwwww
    Hi Everyone
     
     
     
    Its been a while since I wrote in my journal.
     
     
     
    I just wanted to take a minute to do a little bragging about my reason upgrade of a 1929 1 Krona that was graded by NGC in MS-65 that I just Won at the Stacks online auction last night,,,They described it as having full luster which is a bit rare for these coins,,, I have a ms-63 in a PCGS holder that has full luster but with a planchet flaw,,,,So this will be a great addition to my collection,, especially at the winning bid of $153.00 with the BP.
     
    The picture does not show the luster of this coin,,,Its very hard to capture luster of these coins

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  5. Iceman
    Rim looks the same
    I just compared the two slabs side by side and if you look at the outer rim of both slabs you will see that they are exactly the same now what are the chance of that and it seems like just the inner parts from the rim has been changed and now their is the matter of the numbers being the same?????

  6. Iceman
    Back on June 2nd I submitted 21 Icelandic Coin for grading that I have collected for a number of years and finally decided to have them graded and did very well with them. I also mentioned that I had around 30 more to send in as well . Its been nearly 3 months now and I sent in a total of 22 more coins.... Most of these coins are from the Republic era that span from 1946 to 1980. What I sent in was a bunch of 10 Aurar from 65 to 73  a few 1 Krona 61 70, 71, both 73's  and to my delight a newly acquired ...last week.... a beautiful Gem 1957 1 Krona  I sent one in 3 months back and it came home a MS63 which I was happy with because it had a light fingerprint ..this year and the 57 is very very hard to find in MS UNC ...But the new 57 is in incredible condition and it will not surprise me if it gets a MS66 . and the other coins I got after the last submission is a 1959 5 Aurar and again the last one only got a 63 but this one should get a least a 65  These late 50's coins are really tough to find in very nice condition....I just got lucky   The other coins are a 50 Aurar and a 66 2 Kronur normal planchet   and 5 Kronur and a few 10 and 50 Kronur coins that should all grade around the MS 64 to 66
    But The best two are the 1966 Thick Planchet 2 Kronur and the 2000 10,000 Kronur Gold Comm in ultra cameo... I had both of these coins for years but about seven years ago I sold all my Icelandic Comm's because I needed cash and the only one I didn't have was the 1961 Jon Proof ...But a friend in Iceland did come across one that he sold at auction and got over $5000 for it and if I had the money It would have been in my collection...Boyyy The up and downs of collecting ....Its madding 
    As you can imagine it has been very costly to replace all these coins but its finished now and that makes me happy again..... 
    I will post the results when I get them ...I did send in the 66 and 2000 gold in Express Tier and they got them today....This coming Friday.........I hope
     
  7. Iceman
    A Very,Very Happy Camper
    Its been nearly a year and a half since I acquired a upgrade for my Iceland Kingdom ERA set from 1922 to 1942. Its a mark free 1926 5 Aurar in MS-66 BN with nice surfaces. Red/Brown and Red are virtually impossible to find prior to 1940 which is when the London Mint took over production from the Copenhagen Mint,,Which used copper planchets that has already turned brown prior to production.
    Any coins from this period is very hard to find in this grade and higher.

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  8. Iceman

    Can't wait for tomorrow

    By Iceman,

    Just waiting
    Well my world submission went through the normal time with out a hitch but it was stuck in quality control thursday and friday and I'm hoping it will be finalized tomorrow. It's tuff waiting like this . well it seems much better then most of the other folks here are having with thier coins. still hoping the grading gods have a big smile instored for me.
  9. Iceman
    Friend or Foe of the coins of Iceland
    While examining one of my newest addition to my Icelandic coin collection I thought of a few of the other 1 and 2 kronur Brass coin's that I either owned or looked at, and came to one conclusion or at least a thought came to mind. The Copenhagen Mint In Denmark produced some of the worst quality coins in modern times for one of its possessions (Iceland) I have ever seen, not that i have seen a lot of coins from around the world. Its just that it seams that they made no effort in making some quality planchets for mintage of the one and two Kronur coins. The problem is that when the metal was being rolled in to sheets they may have rushed the process causing the metal to maybe roll over its self again and again making the coin flake apart or you maybe able to see were the metal was flatten and leaving a seam somewhere on the coin. now i have noticed this on the 1 eyrir coin as well. But i must say that the 10 and 25 Aurar coins were of much better quality then the rest. Plus the fact it was made with a lot of nickel in it .It properly made a big difference in the manufacturing of the planchets. And now their is polishing marks we can talk about well anyway. So doing i worry about the coin having a processing error so to say or just be dang happy I have such a nice coin. I will further look into the minting process of these coins in the future.
  10. Iceman
    Do They Keep Blank Die's
    I think that the Copenhagen Mint must have stored unfinished dies at their mint. If you were to look at a group of lets say 2 Aurar's from the 30's that will consists of the 3 known variates of the 1938 2 Aurar. They are the open 8, half open or top of the 8 is filled in and the closed 8 which is both top and bottom of the 8 is filled in. And then the 1940 type 1 Copenhagen minted 2 Aurar, London minted the same year later in the year. The years on the coin is separated by the crown on top of the coin. Well lets get back to the reason for this journal. The 1 and 9 of the years in question are coincident in size and uniformity and the last two digit's of the years are irregular in shape and sometimes in size and can be rather crude all together. Like in the 1940 type I 2 Aurar the 40 in the year looks like it was engraved by grammar school child .If anyone has any info or knows of any book that may shed more light on this subject, will be most appreciated I can't down load the pic right now but will try again later. Thanks for reading my journal.
  11. Iceman
    You all need to read this
    This past week i wrote about the 1929 1 Krona pcgs coin I won last friday on Ebay Live Auction. Well for those who read the last journal on this coin should know and everybody else, that when i was watching this coin being bidded on, it when to $460.00 and according to Ebay thats what i won it for. I even got a statment from ebay stating that i won this coin for that amount of money. Well the other day i got the invoice from the auction house and the invoice said i won this coin for $250.00 dollars. I called them and asked them if that was correct and they said it was and they even double checked and that was the amount. So for those who will bid on Ebay Live Auctions should know is that there system is a bit messed up, I mean i was looking at the coin and everything on the page stated it was up and being bidded on. So those of you that will be bidding in the future You better be careful. You may not know what you are bidding on.

  12. Iceman
    A COIN THAT WAS MINTED FOR ICELAND
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  13. Iceman
    Paid twice the money but well worth it.
    On May 17th 2011 I mentioned that I needed a Iceland 1933 25 Aurar to complete my Kingdom Era collection. Well nearly two years later one showed up on Ebay. Its the only one I have ever seen raw or graded. Now my set is complete for the exception of the 1940 1 Krona and 2 Kronur in Proof,,,Which I mentioned that none excites in the royal mint collection according to Harry Spencer in his 1986 report of the Proof record of the royal mint ,,,I will not count them in my set

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  14. Iceman
    I'm the most happiest coin collector in the world right now. I just received my submission results from NGC and was super happy with the out come of the coins I sent in. I only needed two coins to complete this set a 1942 1 Eyrir and a 1942 10 Aurar and both are very hard to find in a grade above 63  that is worthy of sending in. The 42 1 Eyrir is a very common coin but never seen one that would grade above a MS-63.... I had one that would grade higher then a MS-63 put was holding out for something better.... may be a nice red one... but having searched for 16 years now I just thought best to send in the one I have been holding on to for 8 years now ... it has a very nice dark blood red with some  nice luster and toning to it that makes it a beautiful little coin.....And to my delight the graders thought the same thing they gave it a MS-67 Brown....WOW ...It nearly knocked me over.....The highest grade given to any Kingdom Era coin from Iceland......
    The other one I needed was a 1942 10 Aurar that was make out of a Zinc alloy and any one that is aware of how difficult zinc coin can be to find in nice MS condition will know  the searching involved to find one never mind the fact that this coin had a low mintage  of 2 million would be very hard indeed. Well after another many years of looking I finally found one that was worth sending in...It has a small planchet flaw but very nice luster with very little dark wood grain running threw the coin itself. It came back a MS-63 Very Very happy with the grade ...There is one graded higher that is owned by my friend Siggi in Iceland.   I had upgraded four more coins to my set A 1925 1 Krona to a MS-65..... A 1942  25 Aurar to a MS-63.... A  1923 10 Aurar to a MS-64  and addition to these coins I also found another 1933 25 Aurar that came back a MS-62 and also a 1925 2 Kronur  came back a MS-62.
    Well this is my happy day.....  
     
    OH.....Forgotten to Thank NCS and NGC......Thank You....          
  15. Iceman

    First Coin Part II

    By Iceman,

    Beautiful, Ain't they
    Well i was able to post the picture of one of the coins. Here is the other one. I had forgotten to mention that the names of the counrties are near the bottom of the coin where it appears to be a sea with the name of Iceland, Greenland and Faroe Islands in it ,but spelled in Danish. This two coins (Piastre) wore not meant to be legal coinage for these countries but meant to be used in Danish trade in the Far East. I hope you all find the coins you are looking for, just wish i had the money to buy this coins. Well thank you all for reading my journals and i hope you enjoyed them.

  16. Iceman
    Well found them $$$ WOW
    When i started this Icelandic coin collection I read about two coins that bared the name of iceland on it ( Island,Islan ). And also read that these wore very rare coins. Being the optimist i am at that time i said to my self, i will find them some day and put them in my collection. Well low and behold I didbut not in my collection. What a shock it was to find them, Well these coins wore struck in Copenhagen. Denmark for the years 1771 and 1777. But are very pricey. NGC Graded these two coins for the Ira and Larry Goldberg ,Millenium Collection that will be auctioned off this April. Well if you want to see this coins go to thier web site and click on the Greenland coins not the Danmark coins why ! I dont know, I guess that is the way they listed Them .I will try to post a picture of one of this coins and if successful I will post the other coin in the next journal.

  17. Iceman

    FRESH FROM NGC

    By Iceman,

    IF ONLY I COULD FIND A 1933 25 AURAR IN UNC
    On July 29Th I seen the results of my submission of a Icelandic 1925 25 Aurar and was happy to see that my coin was given a MS-64 grade, But was hoping for a 65. Its more about the coin then the grade when it comes to rarity, This is the only one I have come across in the 6+ years I have been assembling this set of Kingdom Era coins from Iceland. So how can I complain about a single point....NOT, As my teenage daughter would put it. Now if only I can find a 1933 25 Aurar that would grade even a MS-60 I would be happier then a pig in the mud, Well a 64 would be better.

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  18. Iceman
    ADDED SIX NEW COINS AND UPGRADED TWO IN MY ICELAND REGISTRY SET
    I added six new coins,one in which I won on ebay for a very fair price considering that it a 1942 5 Aurar in a NGC-MS64RB holder. Its a stuff coin to find that is worth slabbing since all the ones I have ever come across,which is many are always brown and full of contact marks and other not so nice looking things. This coin I have now has a very pleasing blood red color and nice surface condition. The other five coins I've had for about a year now and I still had my coupon for five free coin gradings and just got them back Monday,They did better then I ever hoped. They are a 1926 2 Aurar MS-65BN, 1937 1 Eyrir Narrow Date MS-65BN, 1937 1 Eyrir Wide Date MS-64BN, And the last two, 1939 1 Eyrir Large 3 and Small 3 with both grading a MS-64BN.
    One of the upgrades was a 1925 10 Aurar that I have in MS-64 and now have in MS-65 which was rather cool.
    But the best one is a new 1925 2 Kronur in MS-64, I have one in 63 but it took nearly eight years to find that one and is very rare in MS, You have all heard of when it rains it pours well after finding my first one a friend in Iceland got a very nice one few months later with only 3 to 5 known in the whole country and when checking the pop report for Iceland a few weeks ago I seen someone had one of these rarity graded and it came back as a MS-64, soon after that it showed up on Ebay well I won the coin at under Krause book value. Now just have to find a nice 1933 25 Aurar and the remainder is just a few common date coin that I may send in when i get my coupon next month. As far as the 1940 1 Krona and 2 Kronur proofs I don't think I will ever find, because I don't thing they exist. According to Harry Spencer that took note of every proof coin in the Royal Mint collections, He mentioned the 1,2,5,10,25,Aurar as proof but not the 1 and 2 K's
    Below is one of the four Specimen coins I have from 1940 which are, two 1 Krona which was minted in a nickel looking metal and two 1940 2 Kronur which I have with two different metal types one which looks very much like a normal brass alloy and the other that was minted with the same nickel alloy as the 1 Krona,,,I think the nickel alloy is what was referred as proof back then.

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  19. Iceman
    I Have Searched For Nearly Seven Years
    Hello Everyone
    After looking for seven years for a 1925 2 Kronur coin that was anything better then a VF may have come to light. About just a little over a month ago i got a email from Brunn Rasmussen Auction House in Denmark, Well I have been getting these notices for six years now and none of there auctions never held any Icelandic coins that I wanted until this one.
    With no thought of finding any thing in the auction I lazily browsed the catalog and came up to a listing stating that they had a 1926 2 Kronur a few other Icelandic coins and some danish commemoratives, Well there is no 1926 2 Kronur they must have meant a 1929. Well I clicked the listing and then the picture and they had a zoom in feature so I zoomed on to the 2 Kronur thinking it would be a 29 and HOLY-SH*TTTTT its a 1925 and it looked great, But the only problem was that they only showed one side of all the coins, well for a month up till this passed Sunday I checked 2 or 3 maybe more like 6 or 7 time each day waiting to be outbidded, I even got up early Sunday morning to make sure no one outbid me well to make a long story short I won the lot for 100 Danish Kronur under estimate. Well now comes the other waiting game for them to ship it to me. The coin looks to be possibly a AU so my fingers are crossed while waiting for the mail.

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  20. Iceman
    Don Quixote wrote me and just insulted me why?
    Well just got a email from member Don Quixote and he asked me why i talked bad about the seller of that Adams Proof 70 spouse coin last week. I really didnt say anything bad about the seller ( is the seller maybe you ) Well he told me to get a life and i was jealous. Now that was not very nice of you to say that to another member that was only looking out for their follow members and the pictures was very very suspicious they were doctored up or should i say made up, and with all the talk in the coin community about BAD Ebay Sellers and fake slabs going around what the h**l are we to do. So I accepted your apology weather you gave me one or not after reading this journal and have a good life. or at lest try to.
  21. Iceman
    I just got finished buying three more Icelandic coins from a Ebay seller and now I'm convinced that I have a problem with these darn coins. I have never been obsessed about anything in my life other then my work....But when it comes to coins especially my Icelandic coins I'm a total Loony-Tune. As I was scrolling down the ebay listing to see if anything good was posted ...My heart began to race and I intensely clicked on all three listings and bought all three of the four coins the seller put up. They are truly beautiful coins with two of them have some really nice toning....So I just had to have them.....God.... Please Help Me ,,,,I don't ask for much........LOL
    Well here are the pictures of my latest additions to my collection
       1929 2 Kronur MS-66  

    1946 2 Kronur MS-65

    1946 1 Krona MS-64

  22. Iceman
    My 1925 2 Kronur
    Well after nearly 8 years of searching for a Ex-Fine or better gradable Icelandic 1925 2 Kronur coin with a mintage of only 126,000 coins, My search has finally come to an end with much more then I ever expected result from my NCS/NGC submission. I obtained this coin from a Icelandic coin club auction back in early September. My friend in Iceland went to the auction on my behalf to bid on this coin for me but what was more interesting about this was that the coin was graded at 01 or Ex-fine to AU and my friend circulated around the auction that he was bidding on this coin for a buyer in the U.S. and was told that he was to bid what ever it took to win this coin....Well no one else bidded on this coin so I won this coin at the opening bid of $68 bucks. When he send me the coin I noticed that the coin had a thin layer of film on the coin which made me think that the owner of this coin thought that this was wear so after sending the coin to NCS and then to NGC the coin came back a MS-63. Now with a mintage of only 126,000 coins,,, only 3 to 5 are known or believed to be Mint State in Iceland and NGC was the first TPG to grade such a coin. Up untill now I have been only able to find a VF at best and I would have never thought that I could find such a wonderful coin like this. So to NCS and NGC Thank You for a wonderful job.
    Here is a picture of the coin just before submitting it to NCS

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  23. Iceman
    1940 OR BUST
    Coins from Iceland are not as easy to find in mint state as you may think for the year of 1940. The denominations of 1 Eyrir, 2 Aurar, 10 Aurar and the 25 Aurar are not as hard as the 5 Aurar, and the 1 Krona and 2 Kronur. Not that the lower denominations are easy. The 2 Aurar has two mintage's one at the Copenhagen mint (then became nazi occupied)Copenhagen mint of 257,280 and then the London mint at 1 million coins for the 1940 2 Aurar. The most difficult of this year is the 5 Aurar and the 1 and 2 Krona coins. The 5 Aurar with a mintage of 1 million coins , I have only found 1 with enough red in it that it might grade a red or red brown but is it a mint state coin. this is the best one i have found so far. Like the 2 Aurar the 1 Krona has two types one being the Copenhagen mint with a mintage of only 209,495 and the London mint with mintage of 715,000 for the year of 1940 and both are hard to find in good mint state grade. I have the 1940 Type 1 with good luster but is it a unc? I would be very happy with it being a AU-58 like the Type 2; 1 Krona I have in a ngc slab. Now comes what would properly be the hardest one yet for this series is the 1940 2 Kronur with the mintage of only 546,000 coins. I have two but at best they are in ex-fine condition nothing worth sending to NGC. The 1940 2 Kronur are so much harder to find the key dates for this coins. I spend a lot of time on the computer searching the net for Icelandic coin and coin auction archives and not to forget Ebay, not once have i seen anyone offer a 1940 2 Kronur in mint state for sale or ever been sold. Like U.S. coins with high mintages and higher price tag for UNC coins, there just is not any around to be had. Now I have in two PCGS slabs a 1940 1 Krona and a 1940 2 Kronur Specimen coins. now only a hand full of this specimens wore struck and that was for the some 4 or 5 museums in the British empire Thank you for reading my journal and i hoped you enjoyed it.
  24. Iceman
    Came in the mail today and the refund for the other
    I won a Iceland 2 Kronur coin a few weeks ago and when i received it in the mail last week it looked not so good, maybe it was some kind of scan that made it look so much better then it really was and to mention how good i thought it might be i payed nearly 80 dollars for it, krause book list it at $15. Well saw another one last week that i liked and the seller took a real good pic's of this coin and what i liked about this one was it looked to have cartwheel luster to it and for only $15. well got that one in the mail today and it looks great and the refund also was in the mail today. Moral of this story is, When you bid on coins on ebay make sure the picture is a good one and not a scan.
  25. Iceman
    Re: Heart aches of coin collecting
    Well my friends here at the collectors society I have finally found the 1940 proof set from Iceland that I was talking about last April when I wrote a journal entry about NGC grading a complete set of 1940 proof coins from Iceland and how I lost the bid on a seemlier set that was being auctioned off in Australia in July of 09 that sold for $2600.00 AUD and only to see that very same set being sold by Strand Coins (Who won the auction) in Australia for 15,000.00 dollars AUD. And then seeing that NGC graded a 1940 set from Iceland.....Boy did that make me depressed. Well that very same set that NGC graded came up for auction at Stacks last month and I won. Well to say the least I was so happy that it made me nerves because I was afraid that the internet bidding made a mistake because all the bids was not in yet because of delays....Well any why I got my invoice,,, payed for the set and became a very very happy camper once again. When I got the set from the auction house I see that the coins has a thin layer of film on them so off to NCS they go and to have them placed in individual holders

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