Lem E

On 3/31/2022 at 11:28 AM, Coinbuf said:

Sweet silver Ike @Lem E does the year 1974 have a special significance for you?

Thanks. It is my birth year, and I didn’t expect the set to be as difficult to put together as it seems to be.

Very nice piece. Congrats.

On 3/29/2022 at 3:11 PM, VKurtB said:

Refresh my memory. It was the ‘58 with the larger star, wasn’t it?

57 and 58. The date was also enlarged.

On 3/24/2022 at 5:36 PM, Fenntucky Mike said:

That cat looks like he is on some good stuff. 

On 3/24/2022 at 5:25 PM, tj96 said:

Really like those Lem!!  Very nice!! 👍🏻

Thanks. I think it should be a nice little set when completed.

Be aware that not all signed slabs are “hand signed” by the actual person. Some are just printed signatures. It should be noted under the signature if it is hand signed or printed facsimile. Here are examples of both. 

On 3/21/2022 at 3:45 PM, The Neophyte Numismatist said:

Good to know.  I will definitely want to take you up on that chat before I buy.  Thanks to everyone, and @Lem E, I am sorry if I hijacked your thread.

Not a problem. My threads are always open to everyone.

On 3/21/2022 at 2:22 PM, Buffalo Head said:

You are absolutely correct in your observation.
What happened here is I was balancing my lights along with my aperture and shutter speed of course the white balance is set with a grey card.  I mistakenly sent my friend here the wrong picks.  The brighter of the coins you’ve illustrated here were pounded with light and flooded the surface of the coins with way too much light along with and incorrect shutter speed and aperture. I shoot everything in a manual mode as this gives me more control over my images. The darker of the two coins represent the coins in hand. 
Thank you to all for the compliments on my photography.  It means a lot,

Joe 

The brighter versions of the two pics above were not sent to me by mistake and are not your test pics. They are modified versions of the originals.

I think the images represent the coins quite well.

On 3/20/2022 at 7:27 AM, The Neophyte Numismatist said:

Team - Need a little clarity here... Joe, Bob, or Joe-Bob?

Its Joe. Around here known as Buffalo Head and Crazyhounddog ATS. I think he does amazing work. 

On 3/18/2022 at 5:09 PM, J P Mashoke said:

Ya it has been on my want list for a while it is not a flashy coin only a 64FS but what caught my eye the most was It looked like it had a crack in the New and improved 40 reverse. LoL  So here ya go. 

Very nice, and the steps look to be pretty clean from the section I see. Typical area for die cracks on these. This is one of the hardest coins to find in the series. There just aren’t many of them out there. Great piece my friend.

That is a tough coin to get ahold of. Congrats on that find JP.

On 3/15/2022 at 1:28 AM, GoldFinger1969 said:

Demand is up even if the mintage/supply is too compared to earlier special coins like the 2019-S....you have all these new Keyboard Kollectors who have $$$ and these coins are still way more affordable than more expensive coins and gold ones.

The mint will keep cranking them out and they will sell. No doubt about it.

On 3/15/2022 at 12:41 AM, GoldFinger1969 said:

The reverse, I guess.....the one selling for high-3 figure and low-4 figure prices.

Ok thats the one I thought you were referring to, and that’s why I said the Morgans and those don’t compare simply because of the mintage difference. 

On 3/14/2022 at 11:35 PM, GoldFinger1969 said:

2019-S ASEs didn't come down to regular ASEs, what makes you think these coins will ?  They're trading below the price of 2019-S's but way above regular business or proof strike ASEs of recent years.

Are we talking 2019 S Reverse proof or regular proof?

The burnished versions have a finish similar to the standard bullion, but will carry a mintmark. Usually a lower mintage than the rest of the series per year. The mint calls these “uncirculated”. When buying slabbed coins, the burnished versions will not have parentheses around the mintmark on the label. 

On 3/14/2022 at 9:50 PM, GoldFinger1969 said:

You would think so but the recent experience with these ASE or other 1-ounce silver special coins is their secondary trading spikes ease off but do NOT collapse.  Think of the 2019-S ASE.

These may be way overpriced to us....but to many of the new Keyboard Kollectors....they are at least AFFORDABLE relative to pricey Morgans, Saints, or most gold coins.

I think these are the people buying and keeping the prices afloat.

Seems like after the initial release hype and inflated prices at the start, these fall in line with ASEs price wise. I agree they seem to settle into their normal price range and stay put. Same with ASEs. They are basically the same thing. Collector bullion. I don’t feel that any of the new Morgans or Peace dollars are quite on par with the 2019 S ASE. There is no particular Morgan that has a lower mintage than the other by a significant amount. I feel like these will be on par with ASE pricing if the series continues.