Legionary1

The lead of my 1943 mint set has increased yet again, as I have upgraded my 1943 Mercury dime from NGC MS67+ FB to NGC MS67+ FB CAC, thus netting me an additional 937 registry points.

My efforts to maintain and improve the standing of my 1943 mint set have taken another step forward, as I have upgraded my 1943-S steelie from the grade of NGC MS67+ CAC to NGC MS68.

Lay on Macduff and damn'd be he who first cries 'Hold, Enough...'

The 1943-S NGC MS67* CAC quarter that I purchased arrived in the mail earlier today. The obverse looks to me like it was struck with a proof die; the surfaces are fully-reflective; not smooth-satiny like a fresh business strike. .

As time and finances permit, I'm planning to upgrade the 1943 and 1943-S steelies to NGC MS68..

You're quite welcome. As regards our competition over the 1940 mint set, rest not upon your laurels good sir, for you're next...

You're quite welcome, sir. I have bids out on a 1943 Walker in NGC MS67 CAC and a 1943-S Walker in NGC MS66+ CAC. Kept my fingers crossed on those two; ended up losing both bids...

I have just now taken over the #1 position in the 1943 from my most-worthy competitor Chancey MS60+. I was able to do so by upgrading my 1943-D Steelie from the grade of NGC MS67+ CAC to a full NGC MS68 My1943-D and 1943-S quarters have been upgraded from NGC MS67 to NGC MS67 CAC and NGC MS67* CAC respectively.

Your kind words are most gratefully accepted, sir. The only way to upgrade those steelies would be to get them all in NGC MS68; that would cost about $5,000-$6,000 or so.

My hearty congratulations on that 1940 Walker; the MS67+ CAC is next best thing to an actual MS-68. You really stole a march on me with that one.... You'll pardon me if I don't let you rest easy on the throne... I'll just have to send my stuff to Mr. Goodman for imaging; the images I have are all from NGC and the CAC stickers on many of my specimens don't show them in the pictures.

Greetings all: My 1940-1944 mint sets are all #1 in the NGC-only registry; while the 1940 and 1943 sets are #2 in the combined registry behind my worthy competitors Coinbuf and ChancyMS60+, respectively. It's been a good year. My lead for the 1943 set in the NGC-only registry increased after the judging for 2021 was over; it so happened that I just purchased a 1943-S steelie in the grade of NGC MS67+ CAC...

Your kind words are most gratefully accepted, sir. Good luck on trying to find an NGC-certified MS67 '40-S Walker at anything close to a reasonable price. Currently, the only one I see for sale in ebay right now is going for just under $9K. Congrats also on snagging that 1940 Merc in NGC MS67FB+ CAC; the next-best thing to NGC MS68FB, I say....

Upon further consideration and based on your sage advice, I'll not pursue getting a '40-D Linc in NGC MS67+; the kind of money you say I'd have to pay for only 20 more registry points makes it not worth the time and trouble. In other matters, my congratulations on your acquisition of that 1940 Walking Liberty in NGC MS67+ CAC; you really stole a march on me with that one. Such a grade is the next best thing to MS68. Might I enquire what you paid for that coin?

I purchased the coin back on August 29th of this year, and it was already slabbed as a 67+. I presume that it had been submitted for certification by a previous owner. I am looking for a 40-D Linc in NGC 67+, but the few I have seen are PCGS, not NGC.

I have now increased the lead of my 1940 mint set over that of my worthy competitor Coinbuf via the purchase of a 1940-S mercury dime in the grade of NGC MS67 CAC. All that remains for me to complete the set is a 1940 Walker in NGC MS67.

My 1943 set is still in the #1 spot in the NGC registry; however, I've dropped to the #2 spot in the overall registry thanks to Chancey MS60+, who has more than a few MS68 specimens in his '43 set...

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Can anyone venture an opinion as to why the '40-S to '45-S Walkers in NGC MS67 are going for so much more than the '39-S Walker in the same condition? For example, there's a '40-S Walker going for just under $8,900 on e-bay right now, and we all know how scarce a '41-S Walker is in the same grade. By way of comparison, I've seen '39-S Walkers for sale at under $1,000...

Congrats on your purchase; that certainly is a magnificent specimen. I'm still nipping at your heels, though... Edit: just upgraded my '40-D Merc from an NGC MS67FB CAC to an NGC MS67* 2nd Edit: just upgraded my 40-S Lincoln from an NGC MS67 CAC to an NGC MS67+; the census for this piece is 7/1. 3rd Edit: just upgraded my '40-D Washington quarter from an NGC MS66 to an NGC MS67; this one puts me over the top.

Lay on MacDuff and damn'd be he who first cries 'Hold, Enough'....

I have just carried off a coup of my own. Between 2006 and 2019, T S Chase absolutely owned the rankings for the 1943 set (except for 2013, when someone else had the #1 spot). In those years, he had the #1 ranked 1943 set in the NGC Registry 13 (!!) times and the #1 ranked 1943 set in the Overall Registry seven times. In 2020, this worthy gentleman was knocked off his perch by Geoff and Sandy Katz, whose 1943 set occupied both of the #1 spots in the NGC and Overall Registries for that year. Today, I am pleased to report that I am now have the #1 position in both registries.

I'm starting to catch up with you; those two Lincoln cents I purchased returned my 1940 set back to the #1 spot in the NGC rankings (where it rightfully belongs...). Now, I've got just 2,216 points to go until I take the #1 in the overall rankings. NGC finally got around to awarding me the points for that '40-S CAC Linc I picked up on May 22nd; seems that it was on file in the registry under someone else's name, even after I bought it. My next objective is for my 1943 set to take the #1 spot in both the NGC and overall rankings...

I looked up the auction, and that piece was MS67. If you had won with that low-ball bid of yours, it would have been the steal of the decade...

It already has. I think the highest I can get it to is the #2 ranking.

I also picked up the 40-S NGC MS67 CAC, too. I only have NGC-certified coins in my collection, because PCGS is another service. if I were to drop something like $900.00 on a PCGS-certified coin (because it's in a grade I want), send to NGC for a cross-over and have it come back as a lower grade, I'd be very angry I'll be after you like the Wild Hunt after a guilty soul......