Congratulations coin928 by JAA USA/Philippines Collection

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Congratulations to coin928 for his well deserved Best Presented Set award. Assembling a complete collection of high grade USA-Philippine One Centavos is a tremendous accomplishment and this set is a real beauty. Coin928 always does a wonderful job in presenting his sets and this set is no exception.

 

All of the coins in this difficult to complete series have excellent high resolution photographs and comprehensive and informative descriptions. If you haven't viewed this amazing set yet please do so, it is quite an educational experience. http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=34793&Ranking=all

 

The NGC judges were right on in selecting this set for a Best Presented set award. My only quarrel with the judges' comments is that in their discussion of this sets noteworthy condition rarities they failed to mention the beautiful Top Pop 1908 S/S One Centavo (Allen number 2.06a). This rare variety has a combined NGC/PCGS population of only two specimens in MS65 RB with none graded higher. In my opinion this specimen is the single finest example of this variety and could easily have graded Red rather than RB. Take a look for yourself. http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinView.aspx?PeopleSetCoinID=1440949

 

Congratulations coin 928 on your well deserved honor.

 

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[hunter's gold]

Wow. All I can say is both of you as collectors should be very proud of your sets. Some of the most informative description coupled with great pictures takes your sets too the next level. Congrats too both of you

[coin928]

Thanks guys.

 

Congrats to you too JAA on your Journaling award and on your Best Classic Set award. We need to talk some time. I have some questions that I've been unable to resolve, and I suspect you may have the answers, or at least know where to start looking.

 

I've made four upgrades to my One Centavo Set since the awards:

 

1918S - PCGS MS62BN ===> PCGS MS65RB - from the "justhavingfun" collection

1922 - NGC MS63BN ===> PCGS MS64RB - from the "justhavingfun" collection

1903 - PCGS PF64RB ===> NGC PF65BN - raw coin, freshly graded

1904 - NGC PF64RB ===> NGC PF65RB - raw coin, freshly graded

 

The 1903 and 1904 proofs were both acquired as raw coins in 2005 and just recently graded by NGC. I don't have them back yet, so the pictures are of the raw coins. I will be replacing the pictures as soon as I can. I was actually quite surprised by both of these grades.

 

Lastly, I suspect that the NGC judges didn't point out the 1908 S/S since it is in a PCGS holder. I can totally understand why they didn't highlight it, and I have no problem with it. I would prefer all of my coins to be in NGC holders, but in this case, there's not a lot to choose from.

 

 

[mkman123]

congrats, whats next?

[coin928]

@ mkman123 - Good question. All of my other primary sets are between 40% to 60% complete, so for now, I'm just going to keep on writing descriptions for my US/Philippine coins. All of the proof coins first, followed by each of the denominations in ascending order. Of course, this plan could change at any time given a few good opportunities.

[mkman123]

Keep it up!!!