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Finally back after the whole user-id thing.  Here is one of my recent purchases:
PCGS MS66+ CAC.
 

Not valuable, but I'm pretty much happy with my NEWPS.  Images are taken by the seller.

Picked off a few more for my $20 Liberty set.
 
 

Picked up another nice 64 for my set. 
 
 

Just added this one yesterday...
 

I'm with Roger on this one as the  numbers written in permanent marker on the outside of the box are more or less a 'internal' tracking system used by the Mint. It was later learned that these numbers could be used to identify where these bullion coins originated from but not refutable evidence. The straps, the bar code and the packing slip where the key identifiers of origin. Put all that together and it gives credence to the number sequence used for tracking.
Enjoy your SAE's knowing they came from the Philadelphia Mint.

Note the article in Coin World where the Mint says the handwritten numbers do not necessarily correspond to a particular mint of production.
The whole thing is a money grab by greedy promoters. The coins are identical.

Yes, the Mint now says the info given out for the FOIA request may be 'erroneous'.  I wonder how nervous that Mezack character is NOW.  There are going to be ALOT of unhappy campers should this really toss a monkey wrench into his plans to conquer the entire bullion sector of coin collecting.  What goes around, comes around....it SHOULD be about time it's come around for HIM!

These two came in the mail today, unfortunately one is a duplicate 

I see this thread hasn't moved in almost 2 weeks, so...

I posted this coin in the gold/cigars thread.  These are a bit better pics.  Needs a little buff job w/Plastix on the holder's central reverse.

Some of mine. Thanks for looking.
 

Images by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.
 

Where's the lighter?
 

Added another Indian to my set.
 
 

Got this out of a box of coins left to me when my paternal grandmother died about 30 years ago.  I had no idea she (or my grandfather) collected coins, as I didn't start collecting until about that timeframe.  The images are by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.
 
 

Among my favorites...AU58 CAC.
 
 

After talking with a number of dealers about CAC, who have sent in a lot of submissions to the company, the candid answer is there is more going on behind the scenes, than just, "Is the grade on the slab right or not?" There is a grading verification AND a marketing component to CAC. Sometimes CAC has an interest in controlling the number of coins from a given issue and type that are on the market at a given period of time. CAC also provides a supply service to some dealers who are mass marketing coins to non collectors or collectors who are involved in the hobby in a casual way.
 
The CAC sticker means something, but it is not the be all and end all that some people make it out to be. In the end you still have know how to grade to avoid making mistakes or work with an honest, trusted dealer who knows how to grade.
 
Now those who are angry at me because I am not a blindly supportive CAC cheerleader can start with their attacks. You are entitled to your opinions and observations, and I am entitled to mine.
 
Those in the middle should bear in made that some of the most vociferous CAC supporters have big dogs in the game. In other words they have a lot of money and marketing invested in CAC products and will defend them to hilt regardless of the facts. The issue is not a "black or white" situation. It is a shade of gray, mostly in favor of CAC, but not supportive of the service 100% of the time.  

Images by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.
 
 

Congrats Pennyguy
 
 

Well since i am retired now and wanted to get back into collecting after raising 3 children and can now spend money on myself,I went full throttle to try and catch up over the lost years i i been out of the hobby.. here's just a few