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Mandate Mints! - PCGS Palestine registry set being sold @ CICF !
marcmoish
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Some of you probably know but I had decided to sell this collection, a rather tough decision, that took well over 20 years to assemble.
Heritage has just about completed it all, and it's coming up in April's CICF sale.
All I can say in a nutshell is I am very pleased with their effort, skills and what not in cataloging this set.
I never realized how critical all the nuances are of having something sold after years of effort in putting it all in place altogether.
Its a thrill to build, study and assemble any collection - but when it comes to selling if you don't know what or how to get it done you are probably doing yourself a disservice.
The set is here Text
Heritage has just about completed it all, and it's coming up in April's CICF sale.
All I can say in a nutshell is I am very pleased with their effort, skills and what not in cataloging this set.
I never realized how critical all the nuances are of having something sold after years of effort in putting it all in place altogether.
Its a thrill to build, study and assemble any collection - but when it comes to selling if you don't know what or how to get it done you are probably doing yourself a disservice.
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Best success!
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Sorry to see the whole set going, but wishing you the best of luck with the sale.
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Beautiful imaging. I hope the big day goes well.
yup tough to let 'em go -
this calls for some therapy and healing
What Marc has accomplished with this collection is therefore highly impressive. To put together such a top of the line collection demanded much patience and an excellent eye as these do not surface in exceptional quality every day. I doubt there is a better set out there. I am sure the HA data mining capabilities are making sure all collectors of these (My guess British, Israeli, Middle Eastern and US) will be there to bid.
Lastly, you made the right move with Heritage. The late forum member Gary Streich (OchoReales) gave his superb collection to Goldberg which did nothing to market it properly and it turned out to being a flop, to the detriment of Gary's heirs. What a shame. This auction should be a whole different story.
Good luck and keep us posted.
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I know you have other collecting interests, but is there a specific area in which you'll be focussing?
Jim
I'd love to spend more time and effort in Talers, and the like...I totally love the period, design, and cache of that area....maybe one day soon...
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Yes they did a commendable job - got my door stoppers today too - like I said I have no complaints.
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WOW!!
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I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
You must be very pleased. Many of the lots went for 5 - 15 times their minimum bids. Your quest for quality paid off handsomely!
Jim
..is all I can say.
I'm way more than pleased - yup most went for way multiple of what I ever imagined..
Thanks for the support guys...
edited to add the party
Keep a few catalogs highlighting the sale and accomplishment. This is quite a feat.
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How does one get a hater to stop hating?
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My other guess is that there are additional uncirculated pieces of this date/denomination in private hands that were never sent in for slabbing by U.S. grading companies. In fact, slabbing Mandate coins seem to be a rather new phenomenon, and I'm not really sure how good they are at it. I was once personally burned by a 50 mils slabbed NGC AU-50, turned out to be VF at best. That was years ago (and I got compensation from NGC for it!), so maybe things have improved since then. In any case, I wonder if these fantastic auction results will cause more owners of quality pieces to submit their coins for grading.
Even if they do, this does not detract from Marc's great accomplishment, of course.
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Been watching and following this series for decades - the grading (slabbing) of this series began about 2007 in ernest.
It is not a new thing - just becoming more popular in this decade, and reaching new collectors etc.
These are extremely difficult to find in true mint state conditions.
Most of the keys when found have been cleaned - many harshly - these are collected in Israel, Middle East countries (Qatar, UAE & Jordan that I know of..) and Britain (b/c of the British Mandate) besides here in the States.
In this series PCGS grades more strictly it seemed to me all along - the set had at least 40 lots that broke price records...all where hand picked carefully and upgraded over the years so at this point in our hosts holders they were mostly superior for the grade or easily a grade up in NGC holders.
Regardless of the reasons noted - in over 30 years I have seen strong interest in this short series since from around 1982 (well pre-slab days) when I sold privately an almost complete Mandate set (all 59pcs) missing a few key dates in UNC to Howard Berlin. It was a rather strong price at that time if I recall at 12K, and I had two others bidding against him.
Deslock the key date 1931 100 Mil in MS like your wrote unbelievable indeed, is avidly pursued worldwide - as is the 1931 50 Mil that also brought a crazy drop dead record price of 25K which is way finer than presently graded 63... in hand most likely one to two grades higher. The new owners will have many lovely nights with these under the pillow
At least I know the prices paid were deserving and not just someone buying hype - that has irritated me for long time - I have always been more in favor of eye appeal ..as in a better example in said grade, and overall presentation of the coin in hand..to my eyes... not the pop numbers or hype of being pop 1 .
What an incredible journey it's been.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Palestine mandate coins
1931 50 Mils - Heritage Reality ($$$$) for this item: $24,675 in UNC.
Congrats Marc - well done!!!
Tali..I know who bought the '31 50 Mil as he got in touch with me that evening and let me know.
He's putting together a top set also, and was ready to kill to buy that one from me..for much less..a number of times....I have since let go of my personal protection detail
I don't know who purchased the '31 100 Mil yet. But I do know it was the 2nd finest example known and just impossible to find this grade or level of preservation.
I understand most of the set sold live to the floor, and live phone ...the '31 50 Mil was phone bid live....I was predisposed at that hour and left it in the hands of the Lord - seems he carried his duties rather well for me this time around ...besides I probably would not mentally have been able to watch the action altogether
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<< <i>I have always been more in favor of eye appeal ..as in a better example in said grade, and overall presentation of the coin in hand..to my eyes... not the pop numbers or hype of being pop 1 . >>
I couldn't agree more. Congratulations!