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  1. Iceman
    I have seen a Ebay seller from Maryland put up around twenty Icelandic 1942 5 Aurar's coins in ANACS holders with a grade range from MS-64 to 66 and from RB to RD but he wants anything from $75 to $250 for the 66-RD. I offered him $150 for the best looking 66 red but would't take it and since you couldn't magnify the image of the coin so there was no way to see the details. I have read in the past that ANACS have graded some coins as much as 2 points higher then NGC or PCGS so all this had me very concern about just how nice these coins really are. 
    About two weeks ago I was searching the internet and came across a coin site by a Dr Bruder and he had a 1942 5 Aurar MS-64 RD in a PCGS holder and only wanted $59.95 so I snapped it up and it now in my collection . Until these coin were on the net I have never seen a red 5 aurar before I have RB ones but no RD's Someone must have been to Iceland in 1942 or about that time and saved a whole bunch of them.  

  2. Iceman

    Unbelievable

    By Iceman,

    What a bunch of insufficiently_thoughtful_person's
    I was watching a ebay listing for a 1959 1 Krona that was graded by PCGS at MS-65 sell for over $39.00. what kind of person has a $3.00 coin graded by PCGS and tries to sell it on ebay and expect someone to pay that kind of money or more for it unless that person has a few people bidding on it for him/her (Plishing The Bid)in Hopes a person like me will be willing to pay that kind of money for it,,,Yeah Right ,,,not in this life time since I have a group of great people in Iceland and here in the States looking for these coins for me without such high prices,,granted the cost of grading and all,,There are only a few people that really collect Icelandic coin and those people will not pay those kind of over priced coins unless they are worth more then $3.00 I'm putting a set of Icelandic coins together from 1946 to 1966 and no matter what the condition of these coins are they are not worth spending that kind of money to have them graded because they would never ever be worth it. So to the poor sap that payed all that money for this coin,,,You have my sympathy.
    Another listing I was watching last week was a 1973 50 Kronur graded by PCGS at MS-65 that had a so so toning, And to my amazement it sold for just over $114.00. I know people like toned coins and so do I,,,But 114.00 bucks for a less then a five dollar coin,,,,That's INSANE pure and simple. And for the poor sap that bought that coin I have two thinks I can offer you,,,,One...A straight jack or Two..A bridge that was built in Brooklyn. There has been a few dealers on ebay that have been trying to sell a key date 1931 5 Aurar in a nice UNC for around 40 to 100 dollars with no bites...The one that is listed now had been started at $100 and then at $85 and the dealer has since listed it two more times for under $50.00 and no bites...Now why wouldn't anyone that collects Icelandic coins not jump on this...But if I was to bid on this coin all soughts of people would show up out of nowhere to bid the coin way up. Since I stated buying Icelandic coins on ebay back in June of 03 I started to notice that people that never had bid or won a Icelandic coin was showing up at those auctions to bid so I started to keep track of all the bidders that participated and keep a list of them and checked there feedback,sometimes they would win,if the bid didn't reach the full value of the coin and sometimes they would lose,,,If it became over prices... but the funny part of it is that they never seemed to have bidded on Icelandic coins before but just bidded on coins from that dealer,,,but now since ebay keeps the bidders ID hidden you don't know for sure if he's bidding for the dealer. Another funny one was a dealer that was selling Icelandic notes from the years 1948 to 56 and one person was bidding on them all for just under book value...He must have won everyone of those auctions,,,enough to wallpaper a small room and all of them had the same signature's on the notes,,,either he was working for the dealer or he's another one that needs a straight jacket. So to my fellow coin collectors beware of what the dealers on ebay are doing. Stop buying coins on ebay since there is so many good dealers and reputable auction house's out there to deal with.
    Thanks for taking the time to read my rant
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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
    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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  5. 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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  6. 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.

  7. Iceman
    A COIN THAT WAS MINTED FOR ICELAND
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  8. 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
     
  9. Iceman

    Merry Christmas

    By Iceman,

    To All
    I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years and for our Jewish friends a Happy Hanukkah,,,,and for the rest of you a Happy,,Healthy and prosperous New Years

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  11. 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.
  12. 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....          
  13. Iceman

    RE:OK Just exactly

    By Iceman,

    The future of Coin Grading
    RAM-VT Journal entry has sparked some ideas of want the grading system will be like in the future. I can remember as a kid looking at both the Redbook and the Bluebook and only seeing the one price for any coin in UNC only. The dealers back then would have a higher price's for those coins if they were better then most and even higher price for those that showed exceptional quality of preservation. Its always been a dealers game even before the Sheldon's scale was put in affect. After the grades of Unc, Ch-Unc, BU, and Gem-Bu has come and been accepted for a number of years, The coin dealers were very happy, but after a few years has past with this grading system well into affect they stated adding a (plus) sign next to the grade that they felt was a little bit better then the grade that they assigned to that particular coin, Thus pushing there asking price a little bit higher. Now all this did was to help confuse and make the new collector very weary of coin dealers because many dealers had over graded there coins in the first place and thus making it harder for the collector. By Know ANACS has come into the picture, but was not fully accepted because not many people liked the idea of having there coins entombed in plastic,,,I know I didn't, But the idea slowly became more and more popular because people started to awaken to the fact That the art of coin doctoring and other shady practices was well rooted in the coin hobby. Well then came PCGS and NGC, Both great TPG to give a more sense of worth and honesty to this great hobby of ours and making the coin dealers more respectable if not more honest. Now to the present time and with the introduction of the full 70 point system and its + and * designations pushing it to 30 to 39 different Unc grades as VAM-VT put it and with the CAC now in the picture, There is only one way we can go now with this is to take the human element of grading process and replacing it with a Super high laser scanner and digital electron microscope cameras that would be so sensitive That it would pick up every mark,blemish,toning with colors as well as all the features of the strike of the coin. Those giving us a 101 point scale for a MS-00 to MS-100 and now after something like this comes along it would also be applied to all grades below MS-00.... Another crasy idea would be if these machines can be installed, Like a ATM at all the Major coin shows and someday have a compact unit like the size of a scanner next to your laptop or a Apps for you IPhone, Don't laugh its right around the corner.
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  14. Iceman
    Well For the past few months I have been pondering on sending in the Icelandic coins I have been collecting for the past 15 years from the Republic era from 1946 to 1970's and being that modern tier from 1955 to date is $5 dollars cheaper I decided to mail in 21 coins for grading....Mostly 5 Aurar's  and 1 Krona's with two 2 Kronurs and as well as four proof coins....Well off to the post office.   
  15. 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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  16. Iceman
    It was getting a little nerve racking
    I put a absentee bid on Ebay for the 1929 1 krona and watched it live on Ebay ready to bid again if it went over that amount i placed. The scary part was when i placed my cursor on the bid now button it went to the (I) form which, i think meant that i was not going to be able to bid again NOOOOOoooooo. But it didn't reach my maximum bid . I am truly a coin junkie I always knew i was. anyone out there got a Valium. Well I hope everyone out there has good luck finding and getting the coins you are looking for.

  17. 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.
  19. Iceman
    Proberly one of the few countries that has a very small amount of coins minted (that is not enough) for a population of less then 250,000 residence of this small island country in the middle of the north atlantic ocean. Another words thier just wasn't enough coins to go around.
    Well this is my first entry in this journal,since I first joined the collectors society over a year and a half ago. I started to collect Icelandic coins around four years ago. since only having a paupers pocket with a kings taste, well I had to get away from U.S. coins and as well as really liking only the very early stuff. Just made it so much harder to collect when all you want is the perfect coin. So i sold all the U.S. Stuff and started to pay all my bills Not that they were worth alot of money but it took care of a large part of what i owed. Well to get to the point or moral of the story, icelandic coins can be very hard to obtain in unc condition for early coins and to get really nice ones that would grade anywhere near MS-65 maybe as hard as obtaining the 1913 V nickel and in comparsing just as pricey. So even though icelandic coins are much cheaper they can be very hard to find in truly nice unc condition you will properly have to pay a very good buck for them. Like one of my latest icelandic coin I got at the Ponterio Auction this weekend at the 2008 New York show. But I must say this, if there is a perfect coin of this year (1925 1 Krona) I might just have it now. It is truely a beauitful coin. And sometime in the near future it will be sent to NGC for grading.
  20. 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.

  21. Iceman

    Re; Missing Coins

    By Iceman,

    Make a Report
    I would make a report to the police and give them the cert# numbers and call all the coin shops in a hundred mile or more radias and tell them the numbers as well you never know they might just show up. I hope you find them.
  22. Iceman
    Is It better to remove the tiny spot or not
    From my last entry of my journal I mentioned a coin a 1925 1 krona that was in beautiful unc condition. what i failed to say is that this coin even though it has a wonderful chartwheel, but seems a little dull to me and i think that maybe a little conservation may help it along to a possible MS-66 and or better. And having a brass coin from Iceland that I sent to NGC last summer for grading that came back a MS-62 with note attached to it saying that this coin is a good candidate for conservation and knowing that the coin is much much better then a MS-62 maybe a 65 or better . now mind that this coin is a commemorative and never was placed in circulation, they are very tough on grading of Icelandic coins and medals. I also found another coin at the New york show this pasted weekend it nearly knocked me over when I took It out of its white 2x2 envelope It was a 1937 25 Aurar It was like a sparkling diamond, never seen such a bright 25 Aurar in my life. Buttttt, It has a very very tiny spot on the edge of the rim. Under a 17x glass it seem like tiny spot of gunk. And I also found a proof Icelandic 2 Kronur From 1962 that I was told from another dealer at the show that I know that, this coin has a film on It. So back to the start of this entry do I conserve all these coins or not , were does it end. I'm not made out of money. Even though my 12 year old daughter thinks so.
  23. Iceman

    Re Apologize

    By Iceman,

    Hard Times
    We live in uncertain times that can be very scary for many of us and praying for good fortune is not something uncommon for any one of us, we all have done this in the past for many reasons we can not even fathom. So what he asked for your prays, He was just reaching out for help, For what ever reason he had. When I first read his journal about this I thought to myself that it was odd to ask people to pray that he gets 70's on some if not all of the coins he submitted to NGC and then a few moments later figured that he must be in some financial need for him to post a journal for prays about these coins.
    Well I would almost call ourselves a brotherhood of the Society and we should try to not jump on other members because of personal differences or believes and try to understand were they are coming from. And if you don't know what a member is saying ...why not ask them yourself instead of jumping to the wrong conclusion.
    We all have our own hardships so lets not take it out on other members of the collectors society.
    I wish you all good health,fortune and happiness
  24. Iceman
    Only 10 slots to fill
    Well I finally completed adding all the coins in my set,with only 10 slots to filled. Out of the 10 slots, I have seven of them in unc that need to be graded and one, The 1933 25 Aurar that would properly grade a low end AU which would leave only the 1940 Proof 1 Krona and 2 Kronur. Only by a act of God would I ever acquire such coins. The Royal mint in England only produced the 1Eyrir to the 25 Aurar in proof and the King Norton Mint (ICI Imperial Chemical Industries ) made the 1 Krona and 2 Kronur and the only coins that I'm aware of other then the circulated strikes is the specimen's they struck for there own collection that came up for sale a few years ago. Harry Spencer wrote a paper about the proof collection of coins that is housed in anyone of England's museum and noted in his report of all the coins in the collection as proof and no mention of a 1k and 2 k being a proof and only the 5 other coins as being proof, so there may just not be any. I have included a picture of one of the 1940 2 Kronur Specimen I have, with the other one being struck from a yellowish brass alloy. As you can see that this coin has a silvery looking metal alloy that properly has much more Tin in the brass alloy. Now is this coin a proof since they called Specimen's proof back in the day in England and no one ever bothered to use the correct terminology as described today. Please if anyone knows anything about how England differentiated the proofs from the specimen strikes and how they used it in its history of coin making, would be greatly appreciated.

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  25. Iceman
    WHATS HAPPENING
    I HAVE NOT BEEN AROUND FOR SOME TIME NOW AND JUST ABOUT A HOUR AGO I READ A JOURNAL BY A MEMBER HERE SAYING THAT NO MORE PCGS COINS WILL BE ALOUD IN ANY OF THE SETS AND ABOUT THE HIGH COST OF HAVING THERE COINS GRADED BY NGC COMPARED TO PCGS. I FELT IN THE PAST THAT NGC HAS GONE A BIT OVERBOARD WITH THEIR FEE'S MAKING ME THINK THAT I WOULD BE MUCH BETTER OFF GOING TO PCGS AND ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THIS IS THAT NGC SEEMS TO BE CHANGING THERE STANDARD FOR GRADING WORLD COINS. i HAVE BEEN SENDING ICELANDIC COINS FOR GRADING TO NGC FOR ABOUT 5 OR MORE YEARS AND I CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE FROM HOW THEY ONCE GRADED THESE COINS OVER THIS PERIOD,,,MEANING THAT AT FIRST NGC WOULD GIVE A COIN ONE GRADE AND BY SENDING IN ANOTHER ONE JUST LIKE IT NOW OR EVEN THE VERY SAME COIN,,, I WOULD GET A GRADE HIGHER,,BUT WHATS EVEN GET MY GOAT EVEN MORE IS THAT ALL THE COINS I SENT IN BEFORE THE CHANGE IN GRADING HAS TAKEN PLACE IS THAT THE COINS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVIN A GRADE OF 64 GOT A 63,,,,HAS ANYONE ELSE NOTICED THIS. I REALLY LIKE NGC AND THEIR OTHER SERVICES, I HOPE THEY GET BACK WITH THE PROGRAM AND STOP RAISING THE FEE'S BECAUSE I THING MANY PEOPLE WILL BE TURNING TO PCGS FOR GRADING THIER COINS,,,,I KNOW I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT.
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