zadok

Thanks for the heads up zadok......but I sadly do not have aureus money at the present time   But if I did......I'd be trying for sure.  Thanks for the heads up anyway.....that was an awesome thing to do and I appreciate it 

nothing to do with ethics, nothing different than sending the coins in for conservation n grading....no big deal.....

not due to non-sequential numbering, issued as replacement notes for ones destroyed....not exceptionally rare as tens of thousands r issued.....

as mentioned by others, yes ethical....

Please don't leave. All us non-serious collectors can learn from your vast 40 years of knowledge. I can see the topics now:
How not to make your coins look their best so you can get a low grade. How not to have your coins professionally graded to help maximize their value. How to undergrade your raw coins and sell them as AU+ when they are really choice UNC. How to complain when others resell coins they bought from you for more money. How to be 15 years late to the party on the forums about the blue copper debate. How to be 200 years too late the introduction of blue to copper US coins. How to be dismissive of others using industry accepted solvents to clean a coin and instead call it "altering". How to collect only unaltered coins, like 150 year old blast white silver coins. How to leave the forums when not everyone agrees with your opinion since you have super thin skin.

The problem here appears to be one of first blush.  What is a polite way to tell a gentlemen -- new member or not -- who's "been collecting, buying and selling coins" for over 40 years that it would be advisable, if within the realm of possibility, to submit a coin for authentication and certification, i.e., encapsulation, minus dirt and oxidation so as to present it to the discriminating customer in the most favorable light possible?    🐓 
 

Perhaps his point is that in over 40 years you haven't learned much about the coin business. He bought a coin from you. He used an industry accepted solvent to remove dirt and oxidation. He sent it in for certification. He put it up for sale in a true auction starting at 1c. He took the risk and will get the reward. You could have done any of this. He is a true capitalist and no amount of whining will change that. And if you think me pointing out that a vast amount of people in this country other than a sliver of the ultra-left think capitalism is "political" you need to get some thicker skin.

I dont understand why you would think that persons actions were unethical. He bought a token, restored it a bit and then paid to have it slabbed, which increased its sale value. You could have done the same thing he did and with over 40 years "collecting, selling, buying coins" it would seem to me to be a logical step for you to take.

It's called capitalism and other than with a few left-wing loonies, it's considered 100% ethical. 
He removed some dirt and oxidation by using MS70. The TPG allow this as it does not harm the coin. 

That was one very very strange and troubled man. That is one thing I think we can all agree with. Who would have thunk in a hobby like numismatics you would find a character like that? There is a good article in coinweek from 2015 this makes me think of. Good reflection on how we should think about balancing his contribution to the hobby with all of the bad that was also a contribution he made to this world. 
 
https://coinweek.com/editors-choice/confronting-breen/

I have read. I have taken live courses. I do NOT go by 30 year old definitions. Cabinet friction is allowed up to MS63. Among really really old coins, perhaps up to MS65. The ANA just announced a MODERN grading course for the January FUN show. I strongly recommend you attend, and stop misinforming people.

Your comment is an absolute lie. Your should known better. You're supposed to be a Big Shot ANA Judge -- with powdered periwig and monocle. Read the standard definition of "uncirculated." It only goes back 200+ years in the US... As for YOU not knowing what "Roman finish" is -- I can understand --- no one does. It was never been defined and is totally meaningless. Merely invented to garner bucks for an ignorant pedophile who's biggest success was dying in prison.

why stop there could have the "shoe box" or  "under the mattress" collection.....actually if u go back far enuf having a special cabinet for anything was considered elite, common folk couldnt afford to waste money on superfluous pieces of furniture other examples...sugar n spice chests, cased sets of pistols etc etc.....

The item quoted is merely cheap cut glass and paste - no real gems there.
I tend to state the truth, even if the "sacred received wise ones' " can't factually support their lies; it is a matter of playing the sucker coin-com game, or standing aside and laughing at them falling over their own words. A coin with so-called "cabinet friction" is no longer uncirculated by any definition of the word. The term "cabinet friction" is not generally accepted any more than Breen's "Roman proof" or any other lies built on greed and the purveying of ignorance.

Every word of this post is a complete gem. One must be appropriately wary of everything posted by @RWB. He tends to state his own minority opinions that nearly nobody in the field agrees with, as indisputable facts. It’s annoying as all get out.

"cabinet friction" is a totally accepted numismatic term n is accepted by more than a majority of collectors, dealers, catalogers....only a few mis-informed n overly opinionated individuals continue to disregard the terminology....obviously there r individuals in the numismatic community that attempt to use the term in a dishonest manner as in almost any other collecting community, the best avoidance of this is to become an accurate coin grader in ur own right......

Coin and medal collections were sometimes kept in cabinet furniture with velvet lined drawers and spaces for various items, including minerals, ancient pottery, etc. The term "cabinet" both described the thing hold coins, but also had a connotation of quality or broad extent. "Name" collectors had "cabinets;" ordinary folks had "drawers" or "boxes" of coins in little envelopes. The term also relates to "curio cabinet" and "cabinet of wonders" - which were common middle class decorative items holding conversation pieces for the amusement of visitors. Some older people still have curio cabinets for their collections of Hummel kitsch, Bradford Exchange plates, and similar.
"Cabinet friction" is the lie told by a seller who is attempting to pawn off a circulated coin as one that is uncirculated. "Virtually uncirculated" is an equally loathsome lie.

The same date punch was used for each coin. Its position varies routinely, due to hand punching with the use of a jig. The apparent size varies with the depth to which the numerals were punched initially and with how much the die was polished subsequently. A repolishing of the die can diminish the size of the numerals and make them seem to be further apart.

...traveller, little sorrel, old abe...doesnt get any better than that.....

...traveller, little sorrel, old abe...doesnt get any better than that.....

Apparently, Ms. Doone has never had a real job - in other words, a job in the private sector. I can't say that this fact gives me high expectations concerning our coinage.
I may just be overly cynical when it comes to lifetime government employees, though. 

subset is a good description....total produced 2787, mint did several different offerings using the 1 krugerrand in single coin packaging n in various multiple coin offerings some 2 denomination sets some 4 coin sets etc...apparently only 1000 of the 2787 were used in the single coin sets n the rest were sold in different packaged sets of other limited edition offerings....so the coin u pictured is number 10 of the single coin sets....

Not sure but scrap price is $0.25/lb by me. $1.50 is what I see online for but not sure of the grade.
Picked this 5oz cube up a few years ago, makes a nice group of tchotchkes with the others on my desk at work.

Required? I don't know. There are some slabs that are just so scratched and beat to hell. Personally, I think I did really good with my 10G set when they came back home, all 8 in pristine, new, unmarked, scratch-resistant holders. But, even then I have to deal with the prongs / supports blocking out part of the rim, so the images might fail your test on that basis.
Set Details | NGC Registry | NGC (ngccoin.com)
 

I hope you realize these may have been raw coins submitted by a collector with no present plans to sell. I hope you can get them, but I would not EXPECT it.