Woods020

I haven’t taken decent photos of this one. Just threw it in my keep pile in the safe. I don’t see a lot of colorfully toned mercs. 
 

I haven’t taken decent photos of this one. Just threw it in my keep pile in the safe. I don’t see a lot of colorfully toned mercs. 
 

Getting back to the ANA question I think it’s a very important one. And not one easy for them to tackle. However if they are to remain relevant, which I sincerely hope they do, they have to stay up to date with current collectors. I’m not saying that they need to abandon sound numismatics in any way, but to expand the use to the modern collector. A big part of that is online. I am willing to bet that more coins change hands on a given day from either eBay, Facebook and Instagram individually than all brick and mortar shops combined. And the scary thing is it’s mostly collectors that don’t have a clue.
 
The ANA needs to figure out how they can better educate new collectors on these new platforms. Like it or not it’s the future of the hobby. So they need to adapt and hopefully create smarter online collectors. And to be honest I don’t know that they are equipped. It’s mostly a bunch of very smart and seasoned numismatists that just so happen to be old men. No dig in any way but factual. They don’t know what the current market is like or how to adapt. 
 
Has the ANA done any market research? In my world we live by it. We won’t pick the color our drugs name has on the label until three or four focus groups have weighed in. Perhaps the ANA needs to do some of that research and see where the newer collectors are, where are their gaps, and then determine how they can remain relevant and help the hobby. I would be willing to bet atleast 50% of collectors who started in the last 3-5 years know nothing about ANA.  And for what it’s worth I sincerely hope they do because I think they are needed. 

It’s not that I necessarily enjoy it, it’s more that it’s a reality of collecting today. And as long as there is a return policy I’m fine with buying from a reputable source online. I would venture to guess that well over 50% of coins purchased today are online either auctions or online web sales. I’m afraid LCS will be a thing of the past before too long. Talking to most dealers these days they say if it wasn’t for walk ins to sell collections they wouldn’t have a store front. 
 
I sell online and it isn’t to rip anyone off it’s to reach customers. I have a no questions asked return policy. If you aren’t happy I’m not happy. I’m not trying to use trick photography to sell coins. 

I haven’t taken decent photos of this one. Just threw it in my keep pile in the safe. I don’t see a lot of colorfully toned mercs. 
 

I haven’t taken decent photos of this one. Just threw it in my keep pile in the safe. I don’t see a lot of colorfully toned mercs. 
 

We see many threads/posts bashing NGC.  Some may be legit some less so, but I wanted to thank NGC and specifically Matthew Masterson.  I had purchased a coin from Stacks last year which had a series of mechanical errors.  I was able to use the coin in my registry but I wanted to  have the errors fixed.
Matthew was very helpful in resolving this situation with no cost to me, and today I received my coin back in it's new holder with the correct grade now showing as it should.   And they didn't even swap my coin for a cheap imitation.  
So thanks NGC and Matthew for providing excellent customer service. 

The OP must not be confident, possibly wanting someone to make an offer. This is a very easy variety to recognize and all he needs to do is post better pics. But I assume at this point that the bad pics may have been strategic considering the radio silence. 

Nothing fancy here. Just upgrading my Birthyear Proof Set:
NGC image.
 

Thanks Woods, I already have the 75th I ordered it in 2021 because it was going to be a anniversary issue and that is what led me to look for the the 50th anniversary issue. The ones I have are the spiral books but the hard covers you may want to hang on to there is a listing with prices in the back of the 2022 red book and most issues are collectable. I bet even RWB books are collectable ( but don't tell him he may ask for more money)

It’s not that I necessarily enjoy it, it’s more that it’s a reality of collecting today. And as long as there is a return policy I’m fine with buying from a reputable source online. I would venture to guess that well over 50% of coins purchased today are online either auctions or online web sales. I’m afraid LCS will be a thing of the past before too long. Talking to most dealers these days they say if it wasn’t for walk ins to sell collections they wouldn’t have a store front. 
 
I sell online and it isn’t to rip anyone off it’s to reach customers. I have a no questions asked return policy. If you aren’t happy I’m not happy. I’m not trying to use trick photography to sell coins.