John5123

You submit the standard submission form with the coin/medal. Section 8 on the form is titled "NGC Reholders". Check the box you want. The fee is currently $13 for a submission valued under $10,000. You will also pay the shipping fees. I had one done last year and it really was done in less than 10 days from officially being received. Remember, it sometimes takes weeks after physically being received by them to open because of backlog.

Yes. The ZT 1848-12 is 32mm and comes in white metal, silver, brass, and copper. The campaign medal is a reduction of the larger congressional medal awarded to Taylor. Both the congressional and campaign dies were cut by C.C. Wright. The original 1848 campaign medal is the one in white metal. The others are restrikes circa 1860. The ZT 1848-13 and 14 are 30mm and come in white metal only. The ZT 1848-15 is 30mm and comes in (silvered) copper, silver, brass, copper and white metal. The ZT 1848-16 is 30mm and comes only in brass. The reference book does not mention who the manufacturer was. Remember, the differences in the varieties are all punctuation marks either on the obverse or reverse. That means different dies. It is possible the varieties come from different companies.

Forgot to add. There is one graded in brass in the NGC census at MS-62.

The medal is listed in listed in American Political Badges and Medalets 1789-1892 by Edmund B. Sullivan. Published in 1959. 

No. ZT 1848-15 Obv. Inscription around, MAJ. GEN. ZACH: TAYLOR. enclosing civilian bust of Taylor to left. Rev. Inscription, FORT HARRISON/OKEE CHO BEE/PALO ALTO./RESACA DE LA PALMA/MONTEREY.?BUENA VISTA. 30 mm, found in silvered copper, silver, brass, and white metal. There are other varieties of this medal ZT 1848-13 & 16, have slightly different punctuation marks, and 14 has a blank reverse. There are also cross references to other catalogs published, Satterly #185 and Bushnell (Election Medalets) #52. Unfortunately there is no reference to quantity struck. 

Very nice. I would get it graded. Check the Fuld Store Card guide again, I think it is listed as R-2. If you go to the Heritage Auction or Stacks & Bowers web site you can navigate to historical prices. You can do Stacks auction archives without setting up an account but you have to set up at Heritage to see the historical pricing. You probaly won't find a match for the F-105 store card, but you will get an idea of range.  You are going to find that prices are all over the map. An example: if you go to Heritage in August 2021 an 1864 Great Central Fair Civil War Store Card F-750L-1A in NGC MS-65 R-2 went for $120 with the 20% buyers premium. The seller got about $90 because there is a seller's commission too. On the other hand, the same month an 1863 Milwaukee WI Empire Brewery F-510C-1A MS-63 R-2 went for $360 with buyers premium. 

I am a so-called dollar/medal collector. But I have seen a similar drop in pricing since the pandemic disrupted the economy. Prices can only be high if there are people earning enough money to have the disposal income to invest in a hobby.

I am a medal/so called dollar collector. NGC is hands down superior in identification and description to PCGS.  

The Columbian exposition was supposed to open in the summer of 1892. Construction delays caused the fair to be postponed until 1893. The original 1892 dated coin was supposed to go on sale at the expo that same year. When the expo got delayed it was decided to also do an 1893 dated version.

I have traditionally submitted my Washingtonia medals for grading under Baker and Rulau. I have noticed in the market the trend on NGC graded medals to use Musante's GW reference on the slab. Should I be using the GW reference on my Washington medal submissions going forward, the older references from Baker and Rulau, or both? Don't have a preference, just want to go with the flow.

You were right. It went for $1,320 with buyers premium. Did you bid and were you the winner?

Your Stone Mountain at MS65 would be between $300-425 based on recent Heritage Auction activity. Any less grade than gem mint will be below $300. With that said the cost of sending it in by itself for grading with shipping and handling will exceed the extra $13 ($35 standard versus $22 economy) of just adding it to your Morgan submission. 

In my estimation it is not worth grading. Here is some auction history (Heritage and Stacks & Bowers) for PR-20 for high end mint state specimens and a low end mint state. Because of the dings and gouges, you would probably receive an AU or XF details non grade. By the time you pay the grading fee, the freight both ways and the processing fee it will be about $75 just for the grading. The issue on the low prices is not so much the scarcity of supply, but the scarcity of medal collectors looking for James Garfield. Other than dying in office, he is not famous for anything.

I am exclusively a medal collector. If you have questions on or interest in any other medals let me know. John

Sold at auction for $305 with 20% buyers premium in 2016.

Sold at auction for $132 with 20% buyers premium 2020.

Sold at auction for $432 with 20% buyers premium 2021.

I have the book by Julian, 'Medals of the United States Mint - The First Century 1792-1892". In the appendix it gives the mintage of all medals by fiscal year. In total there were one silver and 89 bronze medals struck. For bronze by fiscal year:  1881/82 - 25; 1882/83 - 37; 1883/84 - 25; 1884/85 - 2. The silver medal was from 1882/83. I have attached the page from the book for PR-20.

There is currently a PCGS MS65 1927 Philadelphia Peace Silver Dollar at auction at Stacks & Bowers. Here is the link. https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-RGAWC/1927-peace-silver-dollar-ms-65-pcgs 

Current bid $420. Live bidding starts June 16th 9am pacific time. Based on previous auction sales at Heritage it should win at around $1500-1700 including the 20% buyers premium included. Sales tax and shipping will be extra.

32 minutes ago, DES1958 said:

I have been collecting the Saint-Gaudens set that I believe started in 2015. Being a private issue (non-US mint) it is very hard to find a complete listing of all of the coins. I just obtained a 2021, but does anyone have a complete list of the collection? Or know where I can find it? Any help would be appreciated.,

Thanks in advance, and God Bless.

Denny

All I can find is an add to purchase the 2019 issue. However the add says the medal was struck by the Commonwealth Mint. I googled the Commonwealth Mint and it's a U.K. company. Unfortunately there are no references in the products section of their website as the issue is probably sold out. However they do have a contact us tab in the upper right corner of the home page. You may want to contact them and see if they would provide a list. 

Link to the add with the info.  https://www.moderncoinmart.com/2-piece-set-2019-1-oz-silver-cent-saint-gaudens-last-cent-national-parks-medal-ngc-pf69-uc-bonus-1-10-oz-copper-nickel-antiqued-medal-with-coa-storybook-mercanti-signed-label-sku58217.html

Link to Commonwealth Mint  https://www.thecommonwealthmint.co.uk/

Good luck and happy hunting.

On 4/8/2021 at 8:31 AM, Woods020 said:

Moderator - can you tell my why this isn’t being approved? I’ve twice posted this and waited a month now from the first post. What is the problem?

I am a so-called dollar collector. In my experience the medal people at NGC are pretty good at divining between originals and restrikes. A restrike from the 1960's would not have the toning that this bronze metal has. It would not be old enough for this hue..   

Here is how to access the NGC Census. I will use your 1934 cent reference.

Top of home page click "Resources". The click "NGC Census", Then click "United States". Then click "Cents", Then click "Lincoln cents, Wheat reverse (1909-1958)". Toggle down to 1934 and you will see the census of all graded 1934 and 1934 D pennies by grade assigned, and whether they were designated "BN (Brown", "RB (Red Brown)", or "RD (Red)".

Hi,

Here is one offered currently on E-Bay for $15.00. https://www.ebay.com/itm/GERMAN-MEDAL-25TH-ANNIVERSARY-VICTORIA-WILLIAM-II-1881-1903-28MM-BWC1045/193295066025?hash=item2d0148a3a9:g:50QAAOSwhbZeGOpw

It looks to be in the same condition as the one you have.

If you go to ebay italy and type in "1906 Wilhelm medaglia", you will find allot of them for sale between 9-19 euros + international shipping (runs $15.00).

Hi,

Can't find any current graded offerings of either.

An F-425A-3B graded PCGS AU-53 sold at Heritage Auctions 10/14/2020 for $2,640 including the 20% buyer's premium, sales tax on top of this if applicable. It's the only one ever sold there. Nothing at Stacks.

I have not seen an MS-65 HK-402 (R5 76-200 Known). But graded MS 64's seem to be all over the place on price. I have seen them at Heritage and Stacks for between $105 and $480 with buyers premium.  An NGC MS-63 sold on E-Bay auction December 29, 2020 for $123.45 + $5.00 shipping + tax.

I have only submitted one re-holder and it did not go well. It was a medal made out of aluminum which is soft. It went in as a MS67 PL from ANICS and came out as NGC Uncirculated Details - Bent. Can't say for sure if it was damaged during extraction, but it is probable given the soft aluminum metal.

Looks Heritage may have resolved their shipping issues. I won a coin on January 21st auction. Paid January 22nd. Just got priority mail ship notification on January 28th, 1-3 day delivery.

The green coloring is called verdigris. It can be removed by applying olive oil to a copper/bronze coin/medal. The olive oil removes the dirt and grime on the coin/medal and also dissolves the verdigris. You will also find that because of the organic removal, the coin can be submitted for TPG grading and not come back details improperly cleaned, so long as you don't overdue it. 

This is for Kentucky Mike. Hibler and Kaplan only catalogued 20 medals associated with the Century of Progress Expo. Nathan Eglit catalogued about 200 in the Token and Medal Society Journal, Volume V, August-October 1965, Number 4. Here is the web address for an online copy. archive.org/stream/journaloftokenme5n04toke#page/116/mode/2up

The last two pictures were of the reverse.

Here is the 20 plane obverse (black toning mark at 11 o'clock.

And the 24 plane obverse.

Same die or different?