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Jason Abshier

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  1. Please do all us on here a favor either burn this book or throw it in trash …. If it were true ! All of us collectors who been collecting 20-30-40 even 50 years we would have been stinking rich by now ….. sadly our hobby been under attack by “uneducated people” who rip off newer collectors with dumb YouTube videos and books written by some author we never heard of in numismatic hobby nor do they even collect or study coins or coinage history …. Beware what you read and believe about our hobby ! Stick around here read some forums learn from older collectors who been at it for years all this knowledge is FREE to you if you’re willing to sit back and learn error coin collecting is not an easy field to get into , I know few guys that’s all they collect is error coins they devoted their entire years into collecting errors and varieties coins they are good at it because they study up on it know what to look for …. If varieties are what you want to get into start studying Morgan dollar varieties or Indian cent varieties will keep you busy busy for long time a lot newer folks getting into the hobby are jumping right in “error coin collecting” … I myself been collecting 30+ years I have no intention or desire to even look for error coins ! I get it there’s a lot misinformation out there pulling in new people to hobby looking for error coins in their pocket change is like chasing a ghost ! It doesn’t exist that easily … our hobby is being mocked like all of us older collectors are I-D-I-O-T-S don’t know how to strike it rich with basic pocket change!!!! Books already been written in past by well know authors who studied coins and patterns and errors over the years … please stay away from newer books being written to day all full of misinformation … we are passionate about our hobby turns into a lifelong obsession! Anyone who’s in it just to get Rich They have no respect for our hobby nor history of our hobby it’s not about getting rich at all
  2. Brings me to another subject … always always take pictures of your graded coins in your collection keep stuff on flash drive never know when theft will happen you’ll be glad you got those pictures with cert numbers alert NGC and PCGS and local authorities with all stolen coins and cert #s …. Now a raw coin collection ? It’s lost after a theft
  3. Reading the article it stated her son was selling the coins to a local dealer … but authorities were not able to arrest the son due to fact he died …. Wondering if her son was a drug addict ? Sure seems like that why she was stealing valuable items for son drug addictions? …. Either way two wrongs don’t make a right
  4. Employee working at USPS caught red handed stealing thousands and thousands of dollars worth coins only to get a light slap on wrist 37 months prison sentence ! Should be in jail for a good 10+ years for breaking a federal crime like that! https://www.numismaticnews.net/us-coins/coin-thief-sentenced-to-federal-prison
  5. @Coinbuf then my bad I didn’t know it started that far back … I’m behind catching up as usual I thought it was last week or so when they started that ….
  6. @Coinbuf I joined it for grading quiz … which anyone can practice grading there sure are some tricky coins on there then Again I don’t agree with some grades … I’m terrible at grading GOLD COINS ! I cannot lie !!! I tend to under grade gold coins due to distraction marks I see on the coins then again I have to remember gold is softer metal bag marks show up easily on gold … but the grading quiz does get a little addictive once you try it I don’t think I’m going to posting a lot on there we’ll see … but they just installed grading quiz like last week , it’s a free platform if I don’t like it then I’ll just deactivate my account and leave
  7. Never ever wipe any coin with a rag or anything …. Only way to remove finger mark oil it soak the coin in 100% acetone let it naturally dry off itself do not take paper towel or old tee shirt and try to attempt to dry coin off by wiping will leave hairlines on the coin …. I dip every raw I owned into acetone when I bought them from other collectors or coin shows soon as I get home I open the coin 2x2 flip open and soak coin in acetone let it dry off I transfer it to a fresh new 2x2 put it away in storage
  8. In time it might catch on … it’s still a new platform , I’m just dabbling in to it today I haven’t navigated around it or looked into any of the chats yet nor added a picture on profile yet
  9. @Henri Charriere Mycollect is free ! I don’t know what one you were looking at where someone needed a credit card https://www.mycollect.com
  10. @GoldFinger1969 @Henri Charriere the grading test is pretty fun definitely need work on my grading skills I tend to over grade gold , and under grade certain coin series I have hit a good bit of them perfect score …. Remember grading is subjective !
  11. It was free to join , it didn’t ask me for credit card
  12. I know I’m behind on little on time I just joined Mycollect today I e heard of ot last year but didn’t look into if … Anyone else enjoying using it ? How do you like it so far ? I heard they just added “guess the grade” contest or quiz something like that …. I’ll be sure to check it out later on when I can …. Sounds interesting
  13. @tj96 I would assumed some of Cheerio gold dollars were probably spend and sent into circulation that’s only thing I can think of happened or folks tossed them in dresser and jewelry box …. It wasn’t discovered until much later they were scarce and worth some $$$$ to coin collectors , most of the general population is not aware of this ? What happened to boxes that did not sell at time with Cheerio coin inside every store removes expired boxes in timely manner about 5-7 years ago I had a guy at work literally at candy and pop machine everyday he would put $5 in machine hit release button it would give back $5 in gold dollars … He knew i was coin collector , he would always bring them to me asking if any were the Cheerio dollars i think he did that to get on my nerves somedays … I was like No , No , No , No , NOPE ! now get out of my area Johnny !!!!! I got so tired of looking at them
  14. The eagle bird was a symbol not only used by America at the time , but several other countries also used eagle on their coins Germany , Austria ,Mexico , Russia , Romania , Poland …. To name a few
  15. I was looking at her breast (sorry ma’am!) ha ! I notice on one OP showing there no breast line even on badly worn one you’d see at least a breast line …. Unless on the fake coin it’s a dude wearing a wig ? All joking aside ! not only that the stars don’t look right nor does the curls in his’s/her’s hair
  16. Imagine long time ago when gold coins were treated according to their face value used sometimes sparsely among hard working Americans walking down street to go to store reach in your pocket oopsie got hole in pockets lost a couple of gold $2.50 on side walk or in store somewhere or between couch cushions (just a little humor $2.50 back then was big money ! I’m sure people held on to their change better back then compared to today if we lose a quarter or nickel in our pocket change we don’t fret over it) , fast forward today $2.50 gold coin even in worst condition has melt value $260 ! How far we have come !!! most gold didn’t circulate much during 19th and 20th century , same could be said about certain world gold coins you can find a lot world gold coins in mint condition they did not circulate very much as well during that time.
  17. 1796 doesn’t look legit ! Definitely looks a little funky , as for 1943 there’s a lot fakes out there with copper plating over steel cent …
  18. Old sealed proof sets , old original wrapped coins are pretty cool even sealed mint bags are neat …. Not my cup a tea tho , that’s like buying coins blindly not knowing what they look like inside …. I wouldn’t be able to hold myself back I would be to tempted to break the seals just to have peek inside I would be dishearten to find all coins were ugly toned …
  19. If you’re referring to what looks like a rim rub or rim nick … possibly none has graded higher than 69 for that year so far
  20. A lot people didn’t know he was collector until a few insufficiently_thoughtful_persons broke in his house stole his coin collection they tried sell his proof Morgan dollars to local coin dealer the dealer knew about it called the police they got arrested… wasn’t long before words got out in news about it
  21. Looking in my gold part of my collection apperantly I had one as well same thing MS64 … I can remember when I got it and where I got it must been long time ago tiny little gold coin I’m sure I only paid like $60-$70 for long time ago I don’t collect Mexican coinage how I got still puzzle me maybe trade in with another collector
  22. @GoldFinger1969 I agree … some collectors love gold coins nothing wrong with that they earn their place in numismatic world I know several collectors that pretty much all they collect is gold coins simply because they are attracted to the coin and designs on the coins …. As for investors ? I would not blow all my money buying graded Gold coins as an investment , there’s much better stuff to invest into during 21 century such as Real estates ? Stocks? I never really looked at a coin collection as an investment more of something I would want give my kids or my grandchildren some day if they are interested … I really don’t want a dime back from my collection but if my kids don’t want in further I guess I’ll just dump it out in auctions get whatever I can for it and turn around invest money into something the kids want