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shootnstarz
Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
 Posted 06/22/2014 09:29 am
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I don't collect vintage coins in albums, or even try to collect an entire set because of that very reason.
And that is why my sets are all modern silver proofs and ASEs, and some of those are quite pricey. Instead of paying $1K for a rare Morg I'd rather buy $1K worth of ASEs or modern silver proofs, which IMHO stand a much better chance of doubling in value than a single rare coin.
Rick |
| | Forum: US Classic and Colonial Coins |
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| What To Do With Tokens/Foreign Coins
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shootnstarz
Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
Posted 06/20/2014 12:11 pm
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I have inherited an 8 1/2 lb bag of tokens and foreign coins that I have no interest in. I'd like to sell/trade the entire lot without having to go through and separate coins from tokens and separate coins from different countries.
Would it probably be best just to dump out the bag, snap a pic and list the whole thing on eBay describing it as a grab bag or should I take the time to sort it all out?
Lots of Canadian and Bahamian coins as well as coins from many other countries, no silver. Tokens are from casinos and other famous places.
Rick |
| | Forum: Tokens, Medals, Challenge Coins, and other Exonumia |
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| Degrees In Numismatics
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shootnstarz
Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
Posted 06/18/2014 2:42 pm
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I did a search on obtaining a degree in numismatics and only came up with limited information. From what I can gather there is only one PhD and few BSs in the US. It also seems to be tightly connected to metallurgy.
Anybody here have a degree in it? What institutions offer classes on the subject? Would it actually be worth the effort or worth anything at all?
Apologies if this has been covered already, I did a forum search and found zero.
Rick |
| | Forum: Main Coin Forum |
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| Post Your Park Quarters
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shootnstarz
Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
Posted 06/17/2014 08:54 am
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I have a huge jar of clad change, no idea what's in it. I'm collecting only silver proofs and have every state, territory and ATB to date in NGC PF69 slabs and most all of them in raw.
Rick |
| | Forum: US Modern Coins |
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| Fooled Again
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shootnstarz
Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
Posted 06/15/2014 1:04 pm
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Not at all discouraged, just very surprised that I didn't see the condition at the show as hard as I looked. It takes some strong light to see the issues.
And yep, it's worth close to what I paid, it is still a beautiful coin to the naked eye. As you can make out it has close to zero wear, if not zero.
Rick |
| | Forum: US Classic and Colonial Coins |
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| Fooled Again
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shootnstarz
Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
Posted 06/15/2014 12:34 pm
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Here's a little better pic of the main scratch area. It really took some doing to get them to show up. I had to turn off all other lights and use an ordinary flashlight held at just the right position for them to show.
The field scratches are mostly light but the parallel scratches across her ear are deep, go from top to bottom and are a strip about 1/4" wide centered on the coin.
All of these are very hard to see without good magnification.
The reverse shows very, very slight parallel vertical scratches on the field, really hard to see even with high mag, and the reverse shows no other sign of being cleaned.
Rick
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| Fooled Again
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shootnstarz
Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
Posted 06/11/2014 10:36 am
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No Dave, I'm not sure it's not die polishing, I'm way too new to this to know what that looks like.
I do know the coin has zero wear, has a good size nick on the rim and what looks to me like brush cleaning scratches, as well as plenty of bag marks and some heavier bag scratches. It's the discoloration around the finer details and the relatively shiny areas in the open field.
I plan to take it to the LCS to see what they say, mainly to see if I'm reading the book correctly.
Rick |
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| Fooled Again
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shootnstarz
Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
Posted 06/10/2014 09:51 am
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Yep, it's no huge loss, I'm more upset I didn't see the issues with it at the show, and I looked hard. But to just hold it in your hand it's one of the best looking Morgs I have. I'm still amazed how the camera under LED lights brought out so many invisible issues.
Rick |
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| Fooled Again
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shootnstarz
Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
Posted 06/09/2014 12:44 pm
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The scratches don't bother me as much as the fact I didn't notice it was cleaned, and I really looked hard, just not hard enough.
The pic was taken under a LED light, it really brought out the flaws. In the unshrunk image you can enlarge it and really see the fine details.
Rick |
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| Fooled Again
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shootnstarz
Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
Posted 06/09/2014 09:38 am
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Went to a coin show Saturday and found this 1880S Morg in a bargain box, for $35. With my magnifier it looked like a brilliant uncirculated coin with a few bag marks and one scratch I could see.
I shot this pic of it this morning with a Nikon DSLR, no flash and discovered numerous scratches and hard evidence of cleaning I couldn't see with my magnifier, in good light.
Pic's kind of blurry, as I was hand holding the camera but it is good enough for me to see the coin isn't what I thought.
I am amazed how much detail the camera revealed that my eye could not see. In your hand this Morg looks just like it came from a new roll.
Rick
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| Modern Silver Proofs
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shootnstarz
Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
Posted 06/07/2014 11:48 pm
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Yep Weld, that what I am mostly acquiring, the silver quarters in the OGP. I do buy raw coins when they are priced right but when I find a set of 5 silver proof state quarters for $25 or less I have to pounce. same goes for the full sets, priced right and I will get them too.
I do love bright shiny coins but I'd be lying if I didn't say I have investment potential in mind, it's what got me started in coin collecting, vs just silver hoarding. As a construction contractor I am depending on asset investments for my retirement, no 401Ks or handsome pensions for the self-employed. And scarfing up genuine United States silver proof quarters very near melt value just seems like a wise investment. At worse I should be able to recoup what I paid for them.
Rick |
| | Forum: US Modern Coins |
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| Pensacola Coin Show
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shootnstarz
Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
Posted 06/07/2014 11:34 pm
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Pretty good show, enough vendors to cover most everything. Prices were higher than what can be obtained online except a few bargains I ran across.
A Beautiful 1880S Morg, has to be 62 or better for $35, an unc 46 Rosie for $2 and a 47D BU+ (looks almost prooflike)Rosie for $5. Those and a 2014 ASE, a 76 bicentennial silver quarter and an 82 George half proof were my haul for today, spent $80.
Rick |
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