1917

I say ms 63; it's nice-looking, but not exactly the greatest strike I've ever seen (disclaimer; I am not an experienced grader, particularly not with buffalo nickels. The grade provided is a guesstimate based off a general idea of grading, not how to grade buffalo nickels specifically)

1937 (no mintmark, indicating philadelphia mintage)

1 minute ago, VKurtB said:

I have absolutely NO use whatever for those who adopt the attitude of that emoji. Only my utter condemnation. 

I was using it sarcastically.... sorry, it's my first language....

2 minutes ago, VKurtB said:

Spite is ALWAYS a pure evil, no exceptions. But it is the stock in trade of the moderators over at CoinTalk and their favored cronies. Both of which are members already here. Some of them pushing for harder moderation here. It’s a baaaaaaad thing.

uggh morals....

2 minutes ago, jgenn said:

When you add a coin to a custom set you can select "Want" instead of "Own" and fill that new slot with images and notes for your raw coin.  I plan to do that for several new crowns that I've picked up but haven't yet sent in for certification.

really? Cuz there's a LOT of stuff I want.... "gee, he's got an ultra-high relief St. Guaden's Double Eagle on his income?"... is it possible to say you want multiples of something?.... "I never knew that there were that many 1913 liberty head nickels!"

9 minutes ago, VKurtB said:

Okay, in this context, the word is “fazes me”, not “phases me”, but I digress. I believe heavy handed moderation to be a pure evil, and I’ll tell you why. When Person A offers an opinion that might be counter to the pecuniary interests of Person B, Person A will IMMEDIATELY become a targeted individual BY Person B and his cronies. This is what happens on a DAILY basis over at CoinTalk. Worse yet, when someone offers an opinion that may negatively affect the bottom line at NGC, perhaps Dena herself will become “the assassin” personally. Slippery slope, NGC, slippery slope. But sooooo 2020, am I right?

"you can have a car in any color you want, as long as it's black," to paraphrase Henry Ford... I just don't understand what's wrong with simply blocking the ppl who say clearly wrong stuff, and leaving it at that... then again, who said spite was a bad thing?

it appears that the center of the coin is raised above the rest of the field, right? I've seen the reverse of this before (parts of the field near the rim are raised), but I don't remember if it was a striking issue or pmd...

well, I wouldn't recommend "sweet-talking", as part of competing in the market means getting a rep for unbiased grading, so they'd probably be more apt to hold it against you... anyhow, hey, why not? worst case scenario, you got them graded, so then you'll know. would recommend getting the add-on where they send you back your mint packaging, in case you ever decide to "crack" the slabs.

well, it has some copper, so in the mint's mind, same thing right? After all, would you be all that surprised if the mint came out with a "silver" coin with only like 10% actual silver content in the alloy?

this smells of fractional stock ownership... I'm not joking, it's literally now possible to buy a small sliver of a stock... a stock of stock, if you will

don't forget, that coin value and how many coins not only affects the purchase price, but things like shipping and insurance (not to mention, whether you're submitting internationally or not)

21 hours ago, RWB said:

If governors don't govern then why are they called governors -- is it just to let off steam?

probably just to make them feel good about essentially just being board members who didn't get a special title...

so technically this doesn't apply to everyone... but I'm doing it anyway

....when you enter a coin forum, and find a thread dedicated to bashing a specific member's teaching and posting... you know you're on ngc...

12 hours ago, zadok said:

there is always room for improvements n the ana is facing challenging times but it is currently well  situated geographically, financially n professionally.

uh, literally every issue of the numismatist for the past who knows how many months has pres ellsworth talking about how the ana needs more donations, and needs layoffs, and needs cutbacks on the length of the magazine (at least like four articles have been cut out, and only one added). Not to mention exec director Kiick has been also writing about a need to raise more funds, in addition to the various fundraiser ideas the organization has been trying, such as the past president slabs thing.

Sure, you could argue that the ANA is well-situated in the middle of no-where, but the idea that they're financially okay is entirely off from the reality of the current situation.

And far as your question of why any collector would want to go to those larger cities? Perhaps some actually need more than one reason to actually get a on a plane and go somewhere, not to mention that in a big city, a trip to the museum could easily be "slid in" the schedule amongst whatever else they may be already going there for. (btw, I am a member of the ANA, and would support the ANA museum moving, if it were practical and possible from a financial perspective, which it's not). At the end of the day, consider this; is the Smithsonian in some out of the way place? Is any large, major museum? I guess it's a decision of how you see the ANA's museum; a small little place put together, or a institution containing one of the finest numismatic holdings in the world.

The ANA is able to lease the building for the money museum at a very low cost... that alone defeats most of the motivation to move. If they ever did bother to move, realisticly the only reasonable place to move would be near some other popular museums... sort of, hey, we're already here looking at museums, let's check this out type deal; beyond that, how would a different location really generate enough increased foot traffic to justify all the cost and effort of moving, particularly since the ANA has already "slimmed" down it's magazine (I noticed those like four-five columns going missing without notice, btw ANA), and used ad space to market various campaigns to raise funds, in addition to increase in asking for donations.

kinda wish there wasn't just a dual system of tpg's today (realisticly, pcgs and ngc are the top dogs in the market), because it'd be nice to have more than two options (or in my case, one, because I'm too much of a cheapskate to bother paying for pcgs when I get ngc membership free)

On 10/17/2020 at 1:47 PM, VKurtB said:

Let me try to stay out of the worst of the fray by sticking to what I know for certain. The current President, Steve Ellsworth of Butternut Coins, is a very strong Type A personality whose ideas are highly controversial. Some members, including many of the most active members, frankly hate his guts. He has done many highly controversial things, and the Board has shot him down on many more. In all my years as an active member, I've never seen any President on the losing side of so many 7-2 or 8-1 votes.

The ANA does have a MASSIVE endowment, but Steve and some others don't want it used for operations, ever. They want a balanced current year budget every year, allowing the endowment to grow ad infinitum. Educational programs have suffered, and that's supposed to be the ANA's mission, not a coin dealer marketing association. That's about as far as I want to go for now. I am planning to run for the Board of Governors.

If you don't support that nonsense of presidents staying on, and other Ellsworth nuttiness (pardon the pun) I'll vote for you

On 9/17/2020 at 1:31 PM, Conder101 said:

That's been done.  Benin did a scratch and sniff marijuana leaf coin in 2010 and the Solomon Islands did a pizza coin in 2016.

wouldn't that be match and smoke?

3 hours ago, gmarguli said:

  

As much as I like the security of Registered Mail, the 7-10 days it can take to get to me is really annoying. I wish that NGC would use First class mail with private insurance for the lower value shipments. Given the volume that NGC ships and the extremely low rate of lost packages, they could significantly reduce shipping costs to the customers (and probably make more money for themselves) as well as get the coins back faster to the submitters. It's a win-win for everyone involved. 

 

 

perhaps it would cost more to be using two different mailing types, even if by the same "company"?

1 hour ago, Quintus Arrius said:

To All Concerned:  

I neither need nor require a signature line. (Why would anyone need  or require a signature line for a made-up user name?)

The very suggestion of the dissemination of signature lines is highly suspect.  If you really want to introduce a little excitement in your life, why not also include your birth date, social security number and right thumb print? 

There is not a single person frequenting this site who is unaware I am the one and only Quintus Arrius.  What most members, including my favorite, VKurtB, may be unaware of is, quoting Shakespeare, "Who steals my [change purse and wallet] steals trash. So act accordingly.

Don't forget about credit card numbers, pin number, and house address

6 minutes ago, Hank the spank said:

Well PCGS just graded it at UA53, they dont even mention the E in ONE

Very disappointed

perhaps it has to do with how you submitted? I know that with NGC, you need to pay for the varietyplus or minterror service for most errors and varietys (except for uber popular ones) to be recognized...

need a photo to see the coin...

so this thread is about 30 posts behind the lowest "pinned" thread (ancients,currently at 158).... we might wanna end it before this gets pinned...might not look good for the whole "this is a decent numismatic forum" thing....

7 hours ago, Alex in PA. said:

Welcome to Sleepy Hollow

 

I see you found a nice example of the rare ngc anniversary commemorative.... great find, although I prefer them with a little more luster...