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Absolutely.. I had already told my granddaughter we were going to see some coins that day. I had just not told the wife but she is a smart coin shopper and knows I try to only by stuff for 30 to 50% less than retail. I just look for sharp looking coins at the MS63,4 and 5 range. That is why most of my coin collections are not key dates. The Keys are always a higher price no mater what they look like. and ya never know maybe one of my coins will be a Key date... some day ....LoL

I don't know why NGC is asking for a 43/2 to complete the registry set I would think of that as a error coin ? And I don't think I will find a good looking 43/2 picking through bank rolls in 2021 unless it is a estate clean up that has been overlooked. It does happen around here but not to often. When you say 42-P Proof are you talking a type 1 or 2 ? I have a 42-P type 2 MS66 that I got for $28 it is not a proof but it is real sharp.

I am trying to build a poor mans WWII Nickel set. So far this 43 D is the most I have spent out of 8 coins so far at $32 for this coin but still a good deal I think. Now when I find a 43/2 for that price I will have gotten a good deal.

Yes I agree looking for coin shops now days is tough. He does a lot of estate buying, selling and appraisals it is a great shop mostly selling NGC, PCGS + third party graded Morgan's and 2X2 flips graded by him that are all very nice reasonably priced coins. Some gold coins and lots of mint sets, silver and clad. Gold and silver bullion rounds, bars Proof and graded eagles not to many half's, quarters, dime or nickel trays out. but he has stuff all over the place so maybe I just have to ask for them. He also sells collectable war items paper money and star notes. All in all a cool place run by great guy and his wife , My wife and 7 year old granddaughter were with me today and he gave her a 2000 Sacagawea and 2 arrowheads to go with it. I have seen him giving stuff to customers kids lots of times. Kids just glow when he does stuff like that and it is good for future business.

We were apple picking today and the orchard just happens to be up the road from the coin shop. I saw this coin last time I was in the store it was a already a good deal at $85 but I heckled it down to $75 because the case had some scratches on it.

I am very proud of this FS one I found on line. It just came in today.

I find cleaning scratches on a coin tend to go all one way. but also one way every different direction when you tip the coin different ways. Sometimes they are hard to see with a magnifying glass or a loupe. I have been fooled a few times but I can always see them with the USB Magnifier when I bring them home LoL.

Slab Labels and hype are not important. Grade is important for resale. I started out wanting Bullion Gold Eagle coins but then found there value is more just market. It did not seam to hold as well or go up like the real gold coins do. I have 2 older $5 liberty and a Indian so far. I just like the real coins better than the bullion. in the end you can always get melt but a real coin means a little something more like a piece of history.

As I said I know nothing about Ancient's . Thanks for the input Oldhoopster

How were you able to get coins fresh from a dig ?

As I said I am not knowledgeable on this type of coin but until you have gotten someone who is.............. leave them as they are.

Do not clean anything . just leave it the way it is

I know nothing about this type of coin but no matter. I don't think the coins are close enough to see anything to go by. And in the flip you cannot see the edges. Just my observation andjeff19

Yes I am happy the AU 58 liberty is a worthy coin any gold coin between 55 and 65 are in my opinion. The 1851 2.5 coin I returned was kinda beet up from go .It was a good deal at the time but this $5 coin is much better.

Yes Kurt this coin is my reminder to always look past the face and see if there is more. I hope to see some photos of your coin cabinet some day VKurtB it sounds like it is going to be quit elegant.

Yes , it is not always what it seems to be

Yes I would only pay 50 for it. It is already graded a MS 63

This is one of my favorite Morgan's it reminds me never judge a book by it's cover. This is a face only a mother could love. Would this be cabinet friction. What grade is this girl in.

Well after all the excitement of getting my gold quarter eagle replaced with a half eagle and picking up a O/CC Morgan I forgot about a delivery in the afternoon of a coin I got online. I saw this toned WWII coin in a collection and thought it may be cool to get it was below market and from a Lava Skylight Collection ,whatever that is. Well after winning the bid I see it is not part of the collection just the same tone coin mixed in on the same page of the Skylight Collection Nickels. LoL very clever of them. I still needed it for my MS WWII collection. I wonder how this will all tone out in the end.

oh my, you sent it out to be slabed ,that must have cost more that the worth of the coin ?

I did not want to jump on the band wagon on this coin but a few long time coin dealers have said to me to stay away from the blue coins most of them are not naturally toned blue is the easiest tone to create. Sorry J just wanted you to know my findings through the coin jungle world.

I have not seen any of these for almost 9 months I was beginning to wonder if they had all been snagged up and put away. They don't look as nice as they did a year ago but still fun to find

Thanks Mike, Sometimes another set of eyes is all you need to put things into perspective. After posting I noticed some of the other letters have a MD look to them also. Oh well it was worth a post I think I will still keep it.

I just got this coin today and I was looking at the MM it looks to be RPM . So I looked it up on the NGC variety's and it looks very close if not a better example of the 1886 S/S VP- 001 I am sure someone may know more about this than me? https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/gold-half-eagles/liberty-head-5-1839-1908/818254/

Yes Bill, It was in that batch of CC's that coin store near me just got in. I have been working on a turn of the century Morgan set and I have always wanted a 1900 O/CC but way to rich for my pocketbook. But I saw this VF25 and it looked really nice almost a 30 so I could not pass it up. I like odd stuff.