ChrisInJesup

On 2/14/2021 at 2:08 PM, thisistheshow said:

Let me just take this moment to say that your idea for a custom set is very interesting. Well done! 

If you haven't, take a peak at what I have in it. I call it the "Camelot Collection". It's a work "in progress" and should take a jump this year.

https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=29690

I have a few JFK coins (one gold & 3 silver) in my current batch at NGC being rated. I have more gold and silver JFK coins to send in, but I'll wait for my 37 coins to return.

2 minutes ago, thisistheshow said:

I guess I missed it, but what kind of conservation are you having them do? Glad you are happy with the initial results. 

For example the Franklin Mint (FM) coins are hazy from either the blister pack or environmental. I have a 5 dollar BVI coin that the actual packaging from FM is stuck on it. I even have some coins that were in PVC pouches that either stained the coin on the device or left a gummy residue on the coin. The next batch I send will be conservative attempts which right now is 6 coins.

4 hours ago, thisistheshow said:

Thank you for the update. I hope you will share your results, and I hope they are good ones. 

 

Also, I really appreciate and relate to your experience here. Going through the collection, for any reason...but in your case to decide what to submit...helps us take another view of what we have and what we have for duplicates and how we are housing our coins, etc. 

 

 

One of the things I didn't do was take "before" pictures when I sent in the ones that needed conservation. The 3 coins in my last batch look so much better than when they left, so I'm hoping for the same results with that batch of 7 coins. The batch of 30 looked good.... but NGC may see a need to conserve.  

Just now, deposito said:

tell your wife to mail you coins from your own collection.  getting coins in the mail takes the edge off.

LOL.... If I was married I might try that LOL

1 hour ago, Quintus Arrius said:

Here's an obsession that puts all of you furlongs ahead of me.  After they took silver out of U.S. coinage, I took a sabbatical.  In 2018 I took a look at eBay and not surprisingly found something that appealed to me: an absolutely stunning 1904 20 Bolivar Venezuelan gold piece with stunning eye appeal.  I do not recall what the bidding started at but knew something all the others bidders did not.  Though I did not know what it was, did not need it -- or what it was really worth raw, I resolved to make it mine. I outbid 33 others for no other reason than to be the winning bidder. Other than that, I had no interest in it. I paid $333. for it and eventually had it graded shocked to find that PCGS, which assigned it AU58, did not find it to be of Uncirculated quality. That, respectfully, is obsession.

That's kind of what happened last year with some of my coins. Like I found a nice Austrian coin... the only thing was it was my birth year and was strikingly a clean proof. So I bid for it. So then when I got it... I said... I can't have an orphan coin.... so I bid on 4 more proofs... so I then went "OK, let's stop that!". But NOOooo..... I do it again... 5 times more....ugh!

1 hour ago, gherrmann44 said:

Sounds like a plan! Watch out though, like most plans, yours is easier to make than it is to follow! Especially when coins you don't currently own are tugging at your heart and wallet! 

Like a New Year Resolution LOL. I'm still waiting on some from November & December to be delivered from overseas. They slowly trickle in, so it will help take the edge off the withdrawals! LOL

On 1/21/2021 at 2:39 PM, coinsandmedals said:

Congratulations on the award!  I find myself in a similar situation of having more coins worthy of being graded than the $500 voucher will cover. For now, I am saving up a few more dollars in hopes of submitting it all at once to save on shipping charges. I have about two dozen Ex. Watt Jr. and Boulton pieces that I want to be graded and a bunch of "stuff" that should be graded before I sell it. It can be a delicate balancing act. Please share with us what you end up sending in and how it comes back! 

hmmmm

Congrats on your award!! 

8 hours ago, deposito said:

I always like hearing stories about how people get into coin collecting; and usually it is about how they get BACK into it after stopping in their 2nd decade of life for a long time

What really kicked me going was when my wife passed away. As I was going through her personal items, I found in the closet a box that would be full of coins.... circulated and some proofs. 3 things that caught my eye was her American Silver Eagles, Morgans and Peace dollars. She had quite a few raw coins. I smiled for that moment realizing I didn't know she liked collecting coins. Then I saw she put the coins she got in Jamaica in there as well..... closer examinination there were turkish coins and german coins.... places she had been. Then it dawned on me that told me those coins where her collection of memories. Made me appreciate my collection.

That's the kind of medal I'd add to my Kennedy collection. Thanks for sharing this.

Mine are mostly modern Euro coins. I like the style of the post modern, sometime I'll have to look into these coin.

UPDATE: I just realized I uploaded the wrong coin. I also have a gold one of Kennedy from Ireland as well.

Sometimes that passion can get a little out of hand LOL.

Already looking for a new safe as the 2 I have can't fit all the coins I have. Surprising how much can accumulate in a couple years. LOL

I thought it was Britannia myself, but it turned out the women is Athena. I stumbled on the BVI coins myself from auctions. I think they looks great in my opinion.... mostly UC mintage. I have a 1977 and 1978 standard Proof set and Jubilee set in the same year (Jubilee sets all coins are silver).