Numismatic, A.A.S.

4 hours ago, VKurtB said:

I'm not seeing a DDR, but you might just have something there for a DDO.

Machine Doubling

On 8/4/2019 at 7:38 PM, Just Bob said:

Lots of good looking coins on this page!

Newp for the circulated type set:

I like...even color throughout...

On 8/3/2019 at 12:58 AM, EleMint Man said:

I  purchased this superb 1938-D/S 5C MS66+ Plus PCGS OMM FS-513 Over Mint Mark Buffalo recently 

and am delighted with it! Has a lot more luster in hand and the eye appeal is great, a forever keeper!

 

 

I would keep, it's got it all for me!!

On 8/1/2019 at 12:00 AM, EleMint Man said:

Has great eye appeal and the green bean.

Amazing....stands out...

On 8/3/2019 at 1:17 AM, KarenHolcomb said:

2 cents coming at you, only because mine eyes are tired so I can't see my coins and I am bored...

I wonder if you Emicoins is still following this thread as you fellows go at each other about a whole lot of nothing except who can be pompous than the last. Lighten up, will you please?

We know you guys have 100+ years in the hobby and likely lnow more than the rest of us combined in whichever area you have chosen to concetrate on. So I shall judge you equal on knowledge of the coin. But only on your respective areas. So egos are a wash.

Errors are cool. I just got an Attribution for Wexler's/Ribar's Doubled Die website listings and am absolutely on top of the world. Anything that makes a girl feel this good cannot be bad. I have cracked/crazing skulls that would blow your mind and sometimes I like to look at simple Die Chips like they are clouds in the sky and I am a little girl lying in the grass making pictures of them. Tell me, Sir, how reliving a childhood joy can be useless or a big lie? Errors aren't only DD's. There are many different things that can happen during the minting process that can create a coin that is really cool to look at. Take ole boys 76 Eisenhower as an example. Is that not the coolest tidbit of Numismatic mystery you've heard about for quite some time? I know it has many of us scratching our heads. So, now error coins bring people together too. People who would otherwise be bored and lonely now have a common interest in figuring out how the spoon did that Ike wind up on the wrong metal when the weight matches nothing. 

Yes, youtube videos are bunk, for the most part. e. So yeah, stay away from BJ's whoever's page and any like it, but don't cast them all down to Hates, because some of us are not wealthy or even 'doing ok' enough financially to have ever had gone on vacation much less to an actual Mint Facility and see the workings firsthand. So please be clear with what you say and don't group things together that should be kept separate. 

Am I rambling again? I tend to do that when I'm tired. And I apologize, yet will continue on...

Making the same point repeatedly doesn't make the point any more acceptable. I get that, like my Dad, people get set in their ways and in how they think, but even Dear Daddy-O enjoyed sitting and watching videos of Rodney Dangerfield and Rockabilly Shows.  AC/DC and Nervous Norvous. He even listened to Cake and Lamb Of God. You wanna know why? Well ima tell you anyway...because as old fashioned and set in his ways that he was, he still saw the value of broadening his knowledge base and thus his horizons, because staying stuck in one place makes life monotonous and boring. And if ones life is monotonous and boring then so is that one. I'm sure none of us wants to grow old and cratchety. So get on your media device of choice, be it a PC or a CherryPickers Column and broaden your horizons. Because being narrow minded will leave you out and away from everyone else, all by yourself and lonely. And nobody wants to be alone, for real.

So let's am click this link ima sharing here, and stop this arguing and have a good laugh together instead. Ok? How about it? It'll be fun, just you watch it and see.

 

That pretty much sums it up.....peace 

On 8/2/2019 at 9:49 AM, VKurtB said:

What does that have to do with anything? I'm talking about formal exhibiting, at the Exhibits section of the show floor. There are 21 "open" exhibit categories, and 7 specific to Young Numismatists. Class 16 and Y-7 are set aside for errors and/or varieties. NOT A SINGLE PERSON has entered an exhibit in Class 16 or Y-7 at Rosemont, and that is not the exception in recent years. Yes, the 1955 Doubled Die 001 cent is a classic, so is the correct 1969-S 001 cent. Most of the rest that people are chasing are "meh" at best.

As a seller I see a different side of things. I don't think the enrollment issue means a serious drop or major decline happening. A 19 yr. acquired a "peg leg" when this whole conversation started and a client said his son who's 11 decided to start collecting different rare "wide/close am's". That is my recent reality check.

And actual error coins....there's several people going back and forth collecting certain years, by design, etc...just because some Adults with Children both decide not to enroll in class, (for financial,personal or vacation purposes) doesn't prove no interest or EXHIBITION SITUATIONS. 

I think Rosemount is a different situation. Club sponsorship I think. 

Financially people are still strapped badly (not a political statement) so interest is growing like in the depression years as our hobby did then. Kids and adults not participating in Exhibits on the show floor are for reasons not showing a drastic effect.

In Denver, CO during the ANA 2017 there were youth hockey, motor sports and a video gamer event around the same time the amount kids at the Coin Show was noticeably higher.

And I meant that those most known common error coins we older people dealt with....really are down in sales in my world. The exotic unknown or "uninteresting" coins to many are an underground movement along with Gold......

You Said...."Most of the rest that people are chasing are "meh" at best."

I'll leave that alone.....peace brother

On 8/3/2019 at 3:55 AM, Conder101 said:

You can do that is you want, was never much of an interest for me.  Once I got set complete that was it.  and as for the W mint quarters they have only been out for four months, most of the yourtube videos you complain about are considerably older.

 

Thanks, that answered that question.

 

I don't watch youtube videos are a general rule, but I've never noticed them implying that errors and varieties are the "mainstream", just that they coins they highlight are potentially valuable.  nd re you saying that the youtube vidiao are highlighting strike and die deterioration doubling?  Like I said I don't really watch them but most of what I have seen have highlighted real varieites.

 

I can believe it.  There are many collectors who just that, collectors.  All they car about is to have the best pieces they can find/afford.  They know the dates/mints in their series, which they have or still need and quite possibly guide prices of same.  And that is all they know. No history, nothing about how coins are made/distributed, why they exist etc.  They may or may not be able to accurately grade them, but in many cases they just read slab labels.

 

But are they exhibiting at the ANA shows?  Apparently not.

 

It is if that is what floats your boat, but you can still have an interst in that but have no interest in the errors themselves.  I want to know as much about the minting process as possible, but I have no interest in actually collecting error coins.

My passion for Coins in business and personal life override my rationale thinking at times, I concede.

That's where you risk being DEADWRONG. I buy the new Red Book every year and now the Mega Red, too. It is still my #1 source in U.S. Coins.

That's where you go wrong. It was my #1 source till I was like 12 then Eric Newman taught me how to source coin information....

"am a collector with 56years of experience, and frankly, Ihave never cared about errors orvarieties very much at all."

Anyone with 56 years of experience would never have that mind set. And age wise...I find it hard to believe you don't remember some of the most intriguing errors to come of light sense then? Real Game Changers on the value and interest levels...even if you don't like errors you couldn't of avoided this area of collecting and been a responsible dealer...

On 7/29/2019 at 3:09 PM, VKurtB said:

N's. Nobody, not one single person, has offered an exhibit of errors or varieties. No adult exhibitor, no YN. None at all

I'm in touch with the ANA as a Life Member and Donor, YN Sponsor. This is incorrect. Currently 4 are building sets and I know 2 volunteers that have dealt with Fred in California and purchase error coins to display/share and educate others....? Not to mention the other Great People in the error coin business who give their little free time they have and expenses they don't recover.

I noticed from other members comments what your rant is all about...just represent everything fairly please...and one more thing that is my only opinion here.....UNDERSTANDING WHAT CAUSES THE ERROR COINS IN THE COINING PROCESS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT AND REWARDING EXPERIENCE ONE CAN VENTURE INTO....

SOUNDS LIKE EGOS AND SHALLOW POCKETS DECIDED TO THROW THEIR ERROR 2 CENT PIECE IN...(PUN INTENDED)......OH YEAH, DID YOU KNOW 35% OF PEOPLE GET INTO COINS BECAUSE OF ERRORS....

56 YEARS...I WOULD SAY YEAH, NOT EVERY NEW COLLECTOR WANTS A 1955 OR AN 09-S....TIME TO MOVE ON FRIEND....

4 hours ago, TON Collection said:

You know I don’t really weigh a whole lot of coins. But Eisenhower dollars are  One of the most difficult Coins the mint Has  ever minted.  So I basically put two and two together.And find myself Examining these coins More than anything else

Yes, this...a huge variety and error collector of these....you are right on and cool underweight....1971's alone are a treasure trove....

On 6/5/2019 at 8:49 PM, leeg said:

I think I see some color on the obverse. Heritage Images.

 

Looks like a hint of blue on the reverse...or is it obverse...? This one tricks me...

On 6/8/2019 at 11:30 PM, Coinbuf said:

That looks to be a beautiful quarter eagle in a very nice OGH @Numismatic, A.A.S.

Yes, Thank You....So beautiful in hand moving back and forth....it displays a purplish fading into red then emerald green on that reverse....

6 hours ago, Mohawk said:

Really?!  Are you actually serious here?  What is Mason on to here, may I ask?

I'm being sarcastic...sorry, it's just another post by someone who could educate themselves but wants to believe only themselves...sometimes I wonder if it's legit....unbelievable posts...even some YN's comment about this happening and ask why people don't research first....OK, out of the pulpit and back in the saddle....

On 5/29/2019 at 4:31 PM, Mason254 said:

I was told by someone on here a while back that it was not possible that the coin on the right came from the mint in this condition upon futher research and examining the coin on the left that I picked from a small coin shop today i notice the same die characteristic Look between AM can someone help me on this please thanks

Seriously, I think your on to something.

9 hours ago, gtw-123 said:

not sure what the u.s. mint is thinking when they make

I totally agree...seriously, they confuse me, I thought I had the west point quarters figured out....

8 hours ago, joydeep said:

There is an on going trend of dropping Platinum prices for some time now (below $800 per ounce at the moment of this post). Is anyone here worried and more importantly is anyone trying to take advantage of this (opinions appreciated both from a hobbyist/numismatic and investment viewpoints) ?

P+ will continue to drop, supply side issue not demand. I Only really focus on rare date platinum and there's no discount on those coins. 

Got plenty of bullion put back. Traders are shorting, somebody on Tuesday bought over $750,000 but others are selling...in that world it's common though...

On 5/19/2019 at 3:15 PM, Jason Abshier said:

Nice 1945 restrike gold Mexican 2 pesos, I think it been undergraded again I won’t send it back in for regrading ...  

Maybe 65, has to have alot of flash to be a 67....I like it.....

On 5/23/2019 at 6:47 PM, bigmarty 58 said:

Currently graded MS 64, hoping for a 65 re-grade. 

 

Very nice...congrats!!

On 5/22/2019 at 1:32 AM, Collector3745 said:

Bob it looks just like mine 

My Unicorn likes your coin. Is it for Sale....?

Is your coin for sale?