Maybe There IS A Silver Lining by Iowa Silver Baron Bammer

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Taking the time to really look at my coins

 

Well, I think I have most all the coins I want to send to an auction house in the custom set. I have a feeling I am going to use Teletrade, personally I think they do better with modern but this could just be a personal perception. I probably will call them Monday, I do possibly have an in because of the coins I consigned to Stacks/Bowers which did fairly well.

 

The silver lining is I am taking the time to look, no really look, at each coin. Quite frankly on a handful of coins I found flaws (to me at least) which made me decide since I am going through all this work, I decided to improve the quality of my collection, plus week out a little duplication.

 

As far as PCGS coins in my competitive sets, I am going to end up with 8. This number breaks down as follows: 3 proof Westward Jouney nickels, 1 satin finish Westward Journey nickel, 2 Proof Silver statehood quarters (Nevada and Arizona), 1 Silver Proof ATB quarter (Olympic) and the 2009 proof Sac Dollar. I based having these to a reply from Max to Six Mile Rick's thread in the Forum.

 

We will see how everything goes. I believe this is giving me a great start to 3 goals: less coins means more time to take great photos, a great start to decide how to present my custom sets, and finally start writing descriptions and coin presentation items for them.

 

Photo of the journal entry is the reverse of my 1970 Old Monterey medal.

 

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[Six Mile Rick]

Brian,

That sure is a smooth and well lighted/shaded pic of that medal. I checked your for sale set out and you sure have plenty on there for someone to pick from. A well presentation with price values and all. Good luck on the sales.

 

Speaking of Silver Lining----- Did you guys hear about the sunken ship found off the coast of India ----- It has 2000 tons of silver on it. That should put a big dent in silver values for a while......

 

[Thane]

Good luck with Teletrade and slimming down the collection. Here's to the quality, not quantity, club!