Alex in PA.

I have no idea. Sorry.

Not me. Pinehurst wants 38.00 a Generic ounce.

Kitco today says $27.50.

This is all I have to show you. What can you tell me about it?

Thank you very much. I personally have one rule that I have lived by for many years. If the coin is Silver I send it to PCGS. If the coin is Gold I send it to NGC. This is my opinion and only my opinion. I can find no fault in our Host's treatment of the Gold coins i have sent them. I am also a fan of NCS Conservation Services as I had three CC Gold $20 conserved by them. All came back looking great and one, an 1875, bumped up a grade. One day you will have to explain this Rooster fascination and just what they are.

On 25 March 2004 gmarguli said: I believe it still holds true today. NGC is slightly looser above MS65, but I believe that is a good thing. With PCGS you have a grade distribution like this: MS66: 131 MS67: 52 MS68: 0 With NGC it is frequently: MS66: 127 MS67: 43 MS68: 7 Some people point to this as NCG being looser or PCGS be more conservative. I believe it shows that NGC is being more accurate in its grading. With PCGS they have lumped a bunch of coins into one top grade. Perhaps all those coins do technically grade MS67. However, the marketplace values the higher quality examples more than the lower quality examples. With PCGS you have to take the dealers word or know how to grade them. With NGC they have put the top few "possibly technically MS67", yet superb for the grade coins into a higher grade slab to separate them from the rest. Basically, they have helped rank the quality of the coins. PCGS has taken MS66.8-to-MS68.2 coins and put them in MS67 slabs. NGC has taken the MS67.8+ coins and put them in MS68 slabs.

I do believe you have a winner. Number 8 of known.

Yes, how very true. And Hoghead515, if you watched Mr. Lange's presentation you will know some coins that you can barely recognize turned out to be 1 and 2 of a variety kind.

Nice looking coin and, as Coinbuf says, nice date doubling.

This is another NGC really good posting. We rarely see a lot of educational materiel on non-US Fractional Currency (California, Alaska, etc.)

Bulls Eye! That's what he has.

You should have a look at 'REAL' California fractional gold. All of what you have shown lack the info on a real Reverse.

Here's a real 1880 Specimen. Notice that it has the word 'Dollar' under the denomination.

Wallet Investor reports the following in it's forecasts: Palladium 5 Year $5,935.990 USD. There appears to be no shortage at this time and it is used in a variety of fields. Dentistry, Photography, Electronics and Jewelry

Yes, correct. And this theory has, over the years, caused people to no longer trust the TPGs. If I cannot trust the grade of my coin assigned by NGC that means I MUST send it to CAC. And if it fails to CAC a now educated collector will no longer send his/her coins to the TPGs. I believe we're seeing a resurrection of the Whitman album sales. Definition: grade inflation is the loosening of grading standards for the purpose of grading coins at a higher number on the 70 point ANA grading scale. Numismatic News Dec 20 2010

Absolutely the best advice given so far. Better to learn before we buy the high priced goods and everyone should ask themselves this question.

Yes, I am sure it is. I would love to know if my 1860 D $2.5 in NGC AU 53 has been there. However, after all this time I have come to the conclusion Mr. Albanese is running his company his way. We are only spectators in this game.

very well said dollarfan. The problems is, after ten years in business and millions of coins sent to CAC, people have begun to view coins, even great looking ones, as second classif they don't have a bean. This in itself has got to hurt some dealers.

Very interesting presentation. Thanks very much for posting it.

When will it be my turn?

Oh how right you are. I fell in love with the golden nugget and bought, bought and bought. And while I was buying Gold bullion I took my eyes of the other precious metals. Hind sight is 20-20.

Correct. I remember when no one wanted an ounce of the stuff. Hind end kick every time I think about it.

No Platinum but Gold and Silver. Should have put my money in Palladium back when. $2,833.00 now.