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    I would also like to add: KUDOS to NGC for such lightning fast turn around time! Holy cow! I hear the other guys have 3 to 4 month wait times. 1 week turn around is just darned great service!
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    Congratulations, Walter! That is great news! And a Saint is always a welcome addition to any collection!
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    I don't normally like toned coins, but this one caught my eye.
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    ...which is why I no longer buy silver bullion, and have switched to gold. Silver is nice, but it weighs too much if you plan on investing 10's of thousands of dollars. Plus, it's very difficult to sell that much silver unless it's to a local shop. So, yeah, the aluminum foil trick only works on individual coins, or a few coins. I just received a $5 gold Indian that was shipped this way.
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    When I buy gold or silver coins these days, I always ask the seller to wrap the slab in aluminum foil when they ship. This creates a faraday cage, and masks the gold or silver from metal detectors. All they will detect is aluminum. It's sad that we have to resort to such things, but here we are. Sorry your coin disappeared.
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    Nothing fancy, but this completes my SBA proof collection.
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    I can't think of anyone in the hobby that could come close to Q. David Bowers presently. Those are some exceedingly big shoes to fill.
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    Counterfeits in real PCGS/NGC slabs? Man, that really doesn't do much to boost confidence, does it? That is very scary...
  28. DSessom
    For about 15 years, I have been mainly collecting V nickels and Shield nickels, and buying other things of interest along the way such as US type coins, graded modern proofs, and US currency. Lately, I have shifted to US gold coinage, mainly because I see the direction gold is going and I'm afraid that gold will be far out of reach in future for me.
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    Just for fun, I calculated how much platinum it would take to equal a trillion USD in bullion value. That coin would have to weigh 64,330,746 pounds - or 32,166 TONS to actually be worth 1 trillion USD! To put that into perspective, imagine 9,727 Hummer H2's. That is the equivalent weight that a trillion dollar coin would have to be. LOL
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    A $1 trillion platinum coin could save the US from economic catastrophe in less than a month. It would be fast, legal, and no bigger than a regular coin. https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-trillion-platinum-coin-could-100000669.html
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    I am a Newbie and will remain that way for a long time. LOL I like it here better than CU. More relaxed atmosphere, and many of the same folks that I have known for years.
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    Agreed, except for the proofs and reverse proofs. They look spectacular in a TGP holder. Just my $0.02.
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    All great info above, but if were me, I would contact a reputable dealer and have it submitted for grading, just to insure that it is indeed genuine. My dad had two of these, about a decade ago and I talked him into sending them to get graded. Both came back counterfeit. I personally have a hard time telling the difference between genuine and counterfeit when it comes to gold, and some of the $2.50 and $5 Indian gold counterfeits are VERY good copies.