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    Proofs????

    in Newbie Coin Collecting Questions

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Mohawk said:

    I'm so glad I have Mr. Hale on ignore now.........my boards experience has been improved immeasurably since I've done that.  I'd recommend that course of action to everyone on here.  

    I do like to abuse myself every once and awhile :-)

    Proofs????

    in Newbie Coin Collecting Questions

    Posted

    8 hours ago, Travis Hale said:

    Proofs have been made for 1000s of years starting with the Chinese & into every ountry since. You’re reading is narrow. Most of the boys that worked the New Orleans mint came from France. We bought it from them if you remember history.  Their coins are some of the best of that time. They knew how to make gold proofs, silver proofs & yes reverse proofs. History has thousands of examples of this. Don’t pridefully believe the American Mint is the first to ever do any of this. Plus your numbers from their site is even off. I have reverse proof coins Benjamin half dollars & they were considering doing more in 1940’s. But, if you had money or power, you could get anything such as Victorian proofs, faberge proofs I witnessed in the museum myself. The Chinese have done it for thousands of years & were held to strick standards. If you know how to mint, you’ll always want that perfect copy made & it’s just human nature. You can’t limit your mind in a box. To do so is to stop learning or purposely push a new agenda...

    ** Ignorance is Bliss **

    Your Steps Ain't Full, Buddy.

    in US, World, and Ancient Coins

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    1 minute ago, CRAWTOMATIC said:

    @jgrinz Yep!  Already certified then they get this ugly sticker on them telling you that it's almost one of the recognized designations but not quite.

    Just did a quick eBay search again and apparently there's a "RNBO" sticker for toned silver.  Didn't even qualify for a "Star" but you get this janky sticker.  Woohoo!

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/1879-S-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-Grade-by-NGC-MS67-Beautiful-Toned-MAC-RNBO-Certified/122293597299?hash=item1c79443473:g:s94AAOSwZQRYaFrq&frcectupt=true

    Oh jeez....here's a quarter that got 2 stickers....

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/1947-D-SILVER-WASHINGTON-QUARTER-NGC-MS-67-MAC-CERTIFIED-FSBK-FULL-SPLIT-BEAK/253906572212?epid=170422994&hash=item3b1e02d3b4:g:j8sAAOSwscda17KT&frcectupt=true

    Yep see my previous to previous comment ... Not a big sticker on my slab guy 

    Your Steps Ain't Full, Buddy.

    in US, World, and Ancient Coins

    Posted

    11 hours ago, CRAWTOMATIC said:

    Just venting, but grrr, the MAC certified sticker for 4 Full Steps really irks me. 

    There's 6 steps total. 

    4 of them is 67% at best.  

    You're just celebrating above average.

    Grrrrr, again.

    Are these already certified coins??? I guess I am confused as the 2 biggies already have assignments for step designations.

    WTB 1930 - S Merc MS65FB

    in Coin Marketplace

    Posted

    On 3/20/2019 at 11:58 PM, Coinbuf said:

    Thanks @jgrinz I looked at the top 25 NGC merc registry sets and there is only one of this date/grade in all those sets; I have to wonder just how many of the reported 26 there are and how many have been moved to PCGS plastic but not removed from the pops.  As a side note it's rather sad that most of the top ten merc sets here are (or almost) 100% PCGS coins.

    I dont look at them - I flick the switch from all coins to NGC only and then it recompiles the top sets by NGC coins :-) I am evil like that