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Iceman

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    Iceman

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    On 2/15/2022 at 12:03 AM, jgenn said:

    Yes, please continue to use the journal to post your valuable information on the coinage of Iceland.  Although you may not think there are many people that view the journals section of this site, your posts will be indexed by Google so anyone searching on keywords in your post should be able find it.

    Thank you jgenn for the info and I will add more entry.

    Iceman

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    On 2/14/2022 at 3:26 PM, coinsbygary said:

    This information on the Icelandic monetary system is really interesting. Especially, since I went to Iceland in October for my daughter's wedding. Concerning Iceland, I loved it! It was quite an adventure. We may return at some point in the future to visit the sites we didn't have time to visit because of the wedding. Iceman, did you get a chance to read the post I wrote about my visit? If not here's the link.   

     

    Hi Gary

    I'm so happy you made to Iceland to have your daughters wedding and from the looks of your photo you had a blast. I have not been on the site for some time but I will take the time to read your post. Congrats to your daughter and son in-law and I wish them the best for the future.

    Revenant

    Posted · Edited by Iceman

    That was a very moving journal you wrote and there was many things that I can relate to from having papers published to being a workaholic as well as spending a great deal of time on my collections. I always wonder ,,like the plaque you mentioned in your journal will my collections of things and awards be dumbed in some dumpster or disregarded as anything of any value or worth to anyone....and I don't mean monetary worth but a value that is based upon me as a individual,,,, a person of worthiness?       

    Iceman

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    3 hours ago, Just Bob said:

     

    You nailed the grades on these two in your prediction. (thumbsu Just curious: what grades did you have in mind for the 1970 Krona that scored a 64, and the '74 50 Aurar that got an MS68?

    Thank you.....The 70 Krona I figured a 63-64 and the 50 Aurar at 67 being 68 is a hard grade to get.  I'm starting to get rather good at this....:bigsmile: But the two 73's krona's because of the subdued luster i figured the both would have come back 64's.maybe 65's at best.

    Iceman

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    6 hours ago, ColonialCoinsUK said:

    Many many years ago when I lived in London, and only collected British coins, there were plenty of places to go and spend time going through coins before selecting a coin for my collection. Now that I live a very long way from London and my collecting is now mainly world coins this is no longer possible as the availability of world coins in the UK is extremely limited, so if I want to spend a few hours looking through coins this tends to only be possible at dealers, usually on trips to France, Spain and Italy.

    As a result I tend to now buy only at auction, typically overseas, and graded coins or ones that are only available in lower grades as I find it extremely difficult to determine whether a raw coin is MS64 to MS67 from a photo - this is much easier by hand when you can view it at different angles and the lustre is easy to see.

    I suppose I could just go back to collecting British coins xD

    I know what you mean about having to look at the coin in hand to determent the grade from photo and it can be very difficult. I got rather good at it over the past 17 years of searching on ebay and other sites as long as the seller has good photos . what I hate is when these auction houses in Europe post pictures of coins using some kind of photo technique that hide the luster of the coin...they almost look like a animation of the coin and can be very deceiving.. I guess they do this on purpose in order to hind the true appearance of the coin. What kind of coins are you looking for ...The U.S..  auction houses like Heritage and Stacks has great amount of foreign coins that come up for auction. I would give them a try.

    Iceman

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    3 hours ago, ColonialCoinsUK said:

    Fantastic results - how many coins do you have to go through before you find the ones you submit?

    I ask as it has been years since I got to see raw coins in the flesh before purchasing and the nearest place is in another country!

    THANK YOU....I may look at hundreds of each type or year for each coins and about 70 percent of them I found on ebay. Some of the coins in this submission I've had for over 14 years like the 10 Aurar's and the 50 Kronur's and the others anywhere from 10 to one year ago. and the 1957 1 Krona I found about 3 weeks ago on ebay. Once in a while someone puts up a good one.

    Why do you have to go to another country to see the coin's you are looking for ...that must be really hard or expensive to do. 

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    Iceman

    Posted · Edited by Iceman

    14 hours ago, Jade Collection said:

    goodluck and don't forget to post pics! Kronur

    Thank you .....I did get the results from the express tier and the 1966 2 kronur thick planchet got a MS-65 and the 2000 Gold 10,000 Kronur got a PF 69 Ultra Cameo.

    I will try to post pictures but its rather hard right now since my right arm is in a sling from a surgery I just had.

    Revenant

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    46 minutes ago, Revenant said:

    I mean, it has had some major cute moments. When he was younger he used to ask Alexa what time it was (still can't read a clock) and he couldn't say the name right so he would be trying to activate it by saying, "Lexa! Time is it!?!?" There really is some cuteness but I was not thrilled when I got a 1 month Amazon Music membership.

    Every thing they do ....No matter what it is ...Is cute and funny  but when they get older it becomes less cute and more like a horror and then in the back of your mind ...way way back ...you begin as time goes on....When things get crazy.... :headbang:  .....When the hell are they going to move out..... :preach:

    Revenant

    Posted · Edited by Iceman

    I always wondered about if the old fattys really added values to the coins..I know people collect them and maybe NGC was very conservative then they graded coins then ...I've seen that before. Maybe you should wait until you have the whole set completed then send them in to be reholdered ...I guess that would be a better move. 

    I have to take a picture of his arsenal when I go to see him in the next few days.....(thumbsu 

    coinsbygary

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    I always dread filling out those darn submission form....But happy when its all done and I myself do the same thing as you as far as consistently checking the status from the time I mail the coins to the return of them sometime 2-3 times a day..I'm worst then a first dad waiting for the baby to be born...:ohnoez:

    Its a interesting story behind those metal and yours looks great...And your gut proofs to be right ...I always trust my gut..sometimes its the only thing that keeps me from making mistakes even when I'm thinking in the opposite way...I wonder what a 24 and 14K would be worth. Definitely out of my price range.....:gossip:   O.oO.oO.o   :o:o:o

    Enjoy your wonderful new addition to your all ready awesome set.....(thumbsu(thumbsu(thumbsu 

    Revenant

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    17 hours ago, Revenant said:

    Thanks! When I first started looking there were no MS70 NGC graded Pigs out there, then this seller came out with some and they were Early Releases on top of it all, and I like ER labels for my premie.

    We have quite a collection now too with three big drum / clip loaders, two single-shot rifles and two little one-shot pistols. I was hoping to get at least 1 more big gun and some revolving barrel handguns.

    It sure sounds like you did great on finding these beauty's ...It's always wonderful when you can put a set together that has all the same labels on them .I have been thinking of sending my best coins in my set to have them in all matching slabs and labels... it just makes them all look better ..In my opinion.  

    Well if we ever go into an nerf war we will be sure to call on you and your son's to band together and defeat our enemies....(thumbsu