Elbesaar

Brandon,

I also fell in love with the 1895 Dime the moment I laid eyes on her.

There was another collector who was at the dealer's table before I

had looked at his cases. The collector was occupying an entire case

and seemed to want to block anyone from looking at the case's contents.

I was with Broadstruck at the time and we edged in to the left of the collector

in an open aisle space where I spotted the 1895 Dime. Still not saying anything

to the dealer, aside from Hello, I patiently waited for the collector to finally say

something. He did... " can I see the Barber Quarter in MS 67 ? "... My heart

jumped ... and my mouth uttered ..." I'd like your best price on the 1895 Dime".

The other collector was examining the fantastic Quarter he asked for as I

was peeling off $100's to pay for my newp.

You asked about my new 1893 Half... you think its a 50 ?

Its got WAY to much detail for a 50 !! ...you think it might be a 53 ?

Its close ... but if you really look at the detail it'll show you its a true ....

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Keyman64 - Greg:

Yes I have been busy - especially since I retired in 2011. The group of Dimes

imaged are not all new coins - some I have had awhile but never had imaged.

I just put together another submission to Messydesk for a half dozen or so Dimes.

My MS Date Set of Barber Dimes is now at 78% - and the only ones left are

the more common ones ! The complete set is missing a few tough coins - I did

locate one missing coin - the 1895-O in AU 55 - but will have to hold off until

I sell off a few things that no longer interest me anymore. The other very tough

date which I have only found once, in my 2nd set of Dimes - was the 1909-S.

Try and locate one in AU 50, 53, 55 or 58 !! Can't do it !!

Oddly enough some common dated coins have proved to be quite scarce:

try and locate a nice 1906-O in AU... let me know, would ya ?

I have family coming down to visit me the first two weeks of April so I won't be

going to the Central Florida show in Lakewood next month. Have fun when you

do go.

Ok... 1916....

The YN who assisted Glenn and I at FUN has decided to sell off off his

AU 58 Collection - and I just found out about it this morning. Sorry but

he had already sold the nicest 1900-P Halves I have ever seen with great

rim toning on the OBV. Guess if you snooze, you loose.

I was able to text him and this little baby is on its way to me, its a coin I

found at FUN for him as I took his 1907-P and he only wated a type coin.

This is an upgrade for my 1903-P in 53.

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PCGS 58

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Time for a few Mercury Dimes !!

Found this upgrade for my VF 35... its got the right amount of crust !

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I just received the CD with all the images of the dozen Dimes I had imaged.

I will follow up later with an edit to this post to show them off. Messydesk was

the photographer.

I have other images of the missing dates - but I have posted those before.

These are the newest images of a dozen newer Barber Dimes...

1916-S PCGS 62

1914-P PCGS 64

1913-P PCGS 63

1912-D PCGS 63

1907-O PCGS 63

1906-P PCGS 64

1899-P PCGS 64

1897-P PCGS 64

1896-P PCGS 63

1895-P PCGS 64

1894-P PCGS 64

1892-P PCGS 64

I have another half dozen Dimes that need imaging... so... to be continued !

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Newp for the MS Date Set:

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Added three Dimes tonight - two of which were once in my better set and

originally purchased from the TCP-III Collection - will dig out the old images

and post them soon.

Always pleased to bring back some old favorites.

Here is my old 1899-P - PCGS 58 - CAC - upgrade for my current AU 50:

Another of my oldies... a 1914-D - PCGS 58 - CAC - upgrade for my current

AU 53...

..and lastly, a new entity to my collection - an upgrade to my current set:

1915-S - PCGS 55 [ upgrade to my AU 50 ]

I had no idea every 1906-O in AU or MS was tied up...

being impatient... here's a filler until I find a nicer one:

Really nice Morgans...

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PS: Non CAC'd coins will be sent in for their Green Stickers soon.

I just received my Intro Package from CAC the other day !

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Yeah, so it was 2011...time does go by fast. The earlier set was mostly AU, right? I think that was the sale I never got to see...I was lazy and could have seen them up in Beverly Hills at the Heritage building there.

 

jom

Jom,

The earlier set which sold in 2010 was sold in its entirity to one collector :

{ JMW Collection - Beancounter Collection }, no one but he, my friend

Glenn Holsonbake, and a local friend { Chris Machuga} and the graders

at PCGS ever saw these coins

As JMW upgrades these XF45-AU 55's, I have been buying them back at

the same prices I sold them to him for. I remind you that these were the ones

that never saw the light of day for over a dozen years and were stored in the

Dansco album inside the Safe Deposit Boxes in hot and humid SW Florida.

The bank shut off its A/C every night and on weekends - causing major

temperature swings inside the vault. It affected the toning of the coins greatly.

I ended up buying a precertified collection from Tom Casey { TCP-III Collection } -

and those coins were even nicer than my old ones - couldn't

resist these beauties.

Ok... here are a few more new images....

Jom... Late to the party are we ?

 

Yes, I started another set last year and have virtually another

AU 50-58 complete set - missing only a few in AU for the

complete set (*) ; and for the MS 62-66 Date set, I am approx.

66 % Complete.

 

 

 

(*) = Elbesaar-III

 

Plus another VF/XF set I am working on for a cousin's 14 yr old son.

which is approx. 35% complete.

 

I thought it was last year you SOLD the set? Time goes by way too fast....

 

jom

In 2010 I sold one set [ raw coins that I had graded ], and

in 2011 I sold my set that I bought piece meal already certified.

This is an entirely new set.

Continuing on with my Date Set - All MS coins:

NEWPS:

more to follow...............

Jom... Late to the party are we ?

Yes, I started another set last year and have virtually another

AU 50-58 complete set - missing only a few in AU for the

complete set (*) ; and for the MS 62-66 Date set, I am approx.

66 % Complete.

(*) = Elbesaar-III

Plus another VF/XF set I am working on for a cousin's 14 yr old son.

which is approx. 35% complete.

I just had a dozen of my MS Dimes imaged.

I'll post a few a day to keep this Thread from getting buried...

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Thanks, Dwaine.

No additions to the Follow The Leader Thread ?

Ok... here's my newest Dime...

New addition for the MS Date set....

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Thank you, Collector12 - and welcome to the NGC Boards.

For only having one Barber, you have a Beauty !!

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Ok... I think my 1916-S has been up long enough...

another Barber Dime... earlier date...how about 1909 ?

Looking forward to seeing some nice Lincolns now !!

Just before the weekend, I was accepted into CAC.

I have every intention of doing submissions to them

of coins that I feel are on the high end of their respective

grades.

Before I sold my last Barber collection in Chicago, 2011,

I had instructed Heritage to have any coin above a certain

dollar figure certified at CAC. I will do so again, when the

time comes.

In the mean time, I'll cherry pick out a few things to be

CAC'd within the next few weeks.

This baby is coming home... its from the Elbesaar-II Collection

which was auctioned in August, 2011. When I saw it on TeleTrade

this week, I knew I wanted it back for the Elbesaar-III Collection.

I had to chase it ... but I think it was worth it.

Here are old images of the 1902-O - by Todd Pollock - BluCCphotos:

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