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I'm im super excited. I ended up winning some tokens from my home town. I couldn't be happier. They are worn but worth every penny due to my family history. My papaw on my dad's side worked at the Olive Hill brickyard. And my papaw on my mom's side owned the store from Grahn.  My uncle still has the old vintage cash register that even has the tag on it. That says made for Grahn Mercantile on it. The store is falling in but still stands in front of my uncles house. I see it all the time. It blew my mind to see these old tokens on Ebay. I knew I had to have them no matter the cost. The same seller also had another token from my hometown but I didn't want to be greedy so I let the other bidder take it. These are screen shots I took. 

its called collecting...

its called collecting...

What purpose would this serve and how do you envision this would operate? 
Most professional certifications and designations have the effect of making it more difficult for new entrants to compete against incumbents (the equivalent of a medieval trade guild) and duping an ignorant public with a false sense of confidence. (For the record, I have three for my profession.)
I consider certification and professional designation requirements in the current labor market to be one of if not the worst developments in my adult lifetime. 
It needlessly makes it more difficult to enter or change job fields or start an independent business.  It's a gold mine for those who are sanctioned to grant the designation and the subsequently required CPE (a total scam if there ever was one) but that's a different thing entirely.

guess could add the stone mountain commemorative half with ala counterstamp, bit pricey though...

...several observations n comments, try to be succinct...no obligations period, legal or otherwise...the "story" has nothing to do with the coin(s) themselves, its just cream on top, nice to have...certainly not crucial in any sense of the word...not divulging sources has nothing to do with anyone's professionalism, its discretionary pure n simple...has nothing to do with trade, profits, finances, mark-ups etc...its simply a choice, sometimes entwined with other considerations such as privacy or confidentiality...not everyone needs to know where everything comes from, some items or discoveries r transacted in strict non-disclosure terms...i have bought items where the transaction was contingent on not revealing the source, either honor the terms or not buy...sure pedigrees on coins r great, own a few such coins myself, not crucial, just cream....pedigrees from public auctions just that public info, pedigrees from private sales not public if so desired...i fully support the historical n research aspect of numismatics, makes it more relevant n interesting, spent a few thousand hours at the national archives myself doing research, have published articles on coins as well, but never believed anyone has an obligation to provide any more info on their coins or discoveries than they wanted to...e.g. one individual on this forum constantly bemoans that a certain historical dealer destroyed all his records rather than make them public, i knew this dealer n actually had a discussion on same subject when i requested some historical info on certain coins, some i was provided some not...in this situation the privacy of various sellers n buyers n other financial considerations far outweighed any nice historical aspects of the records, i fully support that decision...rwb's book has some hoard info, interesting, personally i prefer tripp's research on certain pedigrees, bower's book has even more hoard info....im personally aware of several mini-hoards, one in ur collecting wheelhouse, but i have no obligations to reveal that info to anyone, the owner's privacy n the confidentiality we share far more important than any revelations on making the info public...as u r personally aware, i am not opposed to sharing of information if its pertinent to providing accuracy i.e. the previous info i shared with u on a certain issue, which was private n which u honored...i have likewise provided some personal insight to qa on mini-hoard info on his beloved roosters, nothing earthshaking but info i preferred it directed to him n not on the open forum...personal choice, right or wrong....so while i support ur enthusiasm for the rest of the numismatic story i take exception to the position that numismatists r obligated to divulge their source info if they choose not to....none of this has anything to do with the actual coins that we collect, they dont know where they came from...not as succinct as i wished...

our definitions of hoards coincide...read into that what u will...

thats cool, at first i thought it mite be hoghead himself pre-beard, but realized it is good ole dan'l boone himself, the guenther brothers founded blue grass canning co. circa 1895....great local history item...

I agree. I bounce around ebay once in a while looking at morgans. You're lucky to be able to pickup a common date AU morgan for less than $30 anymore. Especially with silver being up right now. 

Others have questioned the likelihood of someone having 2,000 coins that would benefit from grading. While this is unlikely, it is not impossible. 
NGC Bulk: They want the same type coin, so 100+ Morgan Dollars. They allow a mixture of dates/mints. Posted prices start as low as $5. If less than 50% of the coins meet the minimum grade, a fee is charged.
PCGS Bulk: A minimum of 100+ coins, with a maximum of 5 different dates, mint marks, denominations, or varieties. Posted price is $14 for each coin that grades, $2 for each coin that does not meet the minimum grade. 
If you have a wide variety of coins with a bunch of repetition, I'd suggest contacting Scott Heller or Miles Standish who handle the bulk program at NGC and see what they can offer. Be prepare to know what you have, how many, their value, etc. 

I must disagree.  The coin must be graded by NGC or PCGS BEFORE it is sent to CAC.  When it is returned, with or without the coveted bean, the grade remains the same.  It neither gains nor loses a grade in the process.

I have never seen one before, it looks like some type of promotional piece that a bank might have used or something that a basement slabber would fill with low AU coins.   As to the price you paid its high retail, not unusual for eBay but certainly not a great deal.    Assuming its real and not a fake you paid $33 for $21.60 (todays spot value) in silver value.   I'm not trying to beat you up and if your happy with the deal that is what matters, just suppling you with some facts and knowledge that you may or may not be aware of.

Yeah... Well, for us Split Householders that walk on both sides of the NGC/PMG line there's not many good alternatives. For anyone that wants to do anything with signature sets there's not a lot of good alternatives to using the old site.
The three things that probably keep me from having any meaningful use of the new site is:
- There is absolutely no PMG aspect to the registry in the new system.
- There is no signature / custom function in the new system.
- Even if / when PMG and sig sets join the new system, if these boards are any indication, it will be much less convenient / easy to switch between the NGC and PMG sections than with the old system, which made it very easy.
But... the old site is slipping away step-by-step.

op's ques was concerning display of oversized slabbed coins in album pages not bout grading or cross-grading....a prob encountered by others...sometimes littleton coin company n wizard coin supply has access to various size album pages but most these items r currently on back order or out of stock...some of the more sophisticated office supply stores can order custom made pages, i had a few custom pages made for slabbed oversized medallions not cheap but served my needs....

checked the chicken chicanery check engine checklist n it said fenntucky mike ate it all...

where is the chicken dinner?....

it could be the addition n removal of the outhouse but ill just go with the size of the star on the obverse....

checked the chicken chicanery check engine checklist n it said fenntucky mike ate it all...

it could be the addition n removal of the outhouse but ill just go with the size of the star on the obverse....

taking that one step further...im sure there were n are top-notch collectors who felt the same way bout getting their whitman/dansco/raymond album coins certified back in the 1980s or now....u either do it or u dont....personal choice...

remember to cac its how that date coin in that grade compares to other coins same date in that same grade...not how it compares to all other coins in same series.....peace dollars historically have lots of issues, in my opinion much more diff to cac, especially gold beans....i have worked on a peace dollar cac set in ogh (first gen) for many years, getting there but only one gold.....

and here i thought low mintage meant single digits....who knew?

that currently be stuart w.......