My Questions is " ARE YOU DONE ! " ......

[jgrinz]

Yes I am Done

 

 

http://www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=17289

 

Unless someone knows of a 1883 Cameo Indian head

 

Mike

[zrlevin]

Very nice set!

[Architecht]

Well, these aren't quite up to date... and it's a uh... sneak preview that will probably change a bit before release.

 

But in honor of your accomplishment, here:

 

[jgrinz]

C00l; Thanks Arch

Very thoughtful of you

Mike

[Architecht]

Oh yeah, here's the UBB code you would use to put these in your sig (if you want to):

 

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[EZ_E]

Wow! I am more than just impressed! A couple of those coins I can only dream about right now.

 

Another collector after my own heart is Rexcat that also has a completed 1883 proof set.

 

Congratulations on a job well done!

[IGWT]

Congratulations! And thanks for putting up nice pictures for all of us to enjoy.

[chinook]

Great collection. I am very happy to see one of my old friends in your set.

[Excaliber]

Dam that's NICE! CONGRATS on a beautiful set!

[rexcat]

Wow! I am more than just impressed! A couple of those coins I can only dream about right now.

 

Another collector after my own heart is Rexcat that also has a completed 1883 proof set.

 

Congratulations on a job well done!

 

Thanks Victor, yes my set is complete and none of coins are slouches...

 

But like you there are a few coins in Mike’s set, cough, Trade Dollar, cough, I can only dream of having. (Or sell off many of my type coins to upgrade the 83 set, which I think you might enjoy see happen, but it will not happen, no way hose A, they’re mine all mine I tell you and I’ll never let go, BWAHAHAHA!! )

 

 

Any way, good to see Mike that you found the cameos for your set, I’ve have never seen a better 1883 proof set then yours.

 

Yeah I thought about your old three cent nickel, 2 point up grade, but my focus is to plug away at the old type set, which my 1883 proof set is actually part of along with two others.

[HaydenTubbs]

Sweet stuff Mike

[TomB]

Nice work, how long did it take to put together? Also, what's next?

[toyonakataro]

Nice set. That T$ is breathtaking

[jgrinz]

My Other Pet Project is My Morgans ..Already not a slouch but going to be difficult to complete.

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[Architecht]

We shrunk the banners a little.

[zrlevin]

But now I gotta squish my eyeball on the screen to see them. I liked em better before.

[TomB]

Hey Arch, what are the little colored blobs you have in your sig line area?

[Architecht]

Hey Arch, what are the little colored blobs you have in your sig line area?

 

 

Little colored blobs... why I oughta...

 

[zrlevin]

Seriously though, my laptop monitor is 17.1in at 1920x1200 resolution, and it is difficult to read the words on that tag.

 

Zach

[pendragon1998]

At 1024x768 it is also hard to read them.

[Architecht]

 

We'll probably bump the size up again on these just a wee little bit. We'll try to get the text point size up by 1 or at most 2, but we'd like to preserve a size that doesn't tend to make people's signatures longer than their posts.

[MunkyMan95]

I can read them fine the way they are now. Kinda small, maybe even too small for some users, but I can see them fine.

[EZ_E]

I can read them fine the way they are now. Kinda small, maybe even too small for some users, but I can see them fine.

 

I agree. They were certainly too big before but maybe an increase of 10% would be good.

 

I would increase the height and decrease the width a tad.

[jgrinz]

TomB had asked how long I was working on this set ... Well only about a year and a half. I Purchased the initial nine coin set From DLRC and as you can see with the pictures and the coins - 5 came back under a designation review as CAMEOS - the last one being the Morgan which came back last week as such. Then the rest is searching high and low for upgrades that the vendors would take tradins and cash for - so I am not stuck with dupes of the set tying up needed cash. The other costly investment was completeing the set - The Trade Dollar. I am sure as graded I overpaid for it BUT it also was sent out and came back as a cameo designation so I am proving to have a good eye when it comes to the LOOK graders are looking for cameo designations. I am going to try to attach a picture of the original set so you can see what I saw when I purchased it KNOWING some would cameo out

 

 

 

 

There are only a couple of the Original Set Left a you can see

 

http://www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=17289

 

 

Enjoy

[Newmismatist]

Yes I am Done

 

Unless someone knows of a 1883 Cameo Indian head

 

Mike

 

I used to own a beautiful toned 1883 RB Cameo Proof IHC - It ended up in an NGC holder as a PF67RB Cameo which would a top pop coin. It was sold in this ANR Auction: (The ANR image is not an accurate picture of this coin - it looks much nicer in hand.)

 

Here's the link: 1883 PF67RB Cam IHC

 

Edited to add:

 

There are 9 total slabbed 1883 Cameo PF IHCs. Here's the POPS for the 1883 Cameo PF IHCs

 

NGC:

1 PF64RB Cam

1 PF67RB Cam

1 PF64RD Cam

1 PF67RD Cam

 

PCGS:

1 PF64RD Cam

3 PF65RD Cam

1 PF66RD Cam

 

I have personally seen approximately 4 of the nine coins, and owned 1 of them.

 

 

 

[jgrinz]

Wow thanks for the link - that is a Beauty BUT - I do have a limit

on how far I will go to get one ..

It will probably will not happen as I think I am pretty content with

the set as it is ... and would probably NOT want to down grade grade for the

designation of cameo.

Thanks for the response

 

Mike