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of course I have, just make sure there is a return policy if you don`t like it

Auction firms should just leave the MAC, CMQ, Eagle Eye, or any other legitimate stickers on the slabs. Let the new owners decide if they want to remove them or not.

@HATTRICK said:

@Rc5280 said:

@adzeesh said:
I’m guessing if it sells out within 24 hours they won’t lift the HHL for cancellations just like Sacagawea.

Agree, and with a dwindling "ats" currently 'available to sell' at 5285 coins, it looks like a quick sell out.
Also available at the ANA, but the line will be long.

Mintage limit 12,000 ats 5,285 before they even go on sale ?
Make lying wrong again

@jmlanzaf said:

@HATTRICK said:

@Rc5280 said:

@adzeesh said:
I’m guessing if it sells out within 24 hours they won’t lift the HHL for cancellations just like Sacagawea.

Agree, and with a dwindling "ats" currently 'available to sell' at 5285 coins, it looks like a quick sell out.
Also available at the ANA, but the line will be long.

Mintage limit 12,000 ats 5,285 before they even go on sale ?
Make lying wrong again

They don't have to mint them all and they don't if they don't think it will sell out. It's not lying if it's true ..

ATS - we are guessing means "available to sell." This is not a mintage. This is not a limit.
I witnessed on the Kennedy Half Dollar rolls that they did not load the entire inventory into the system on day one. The number dwindled close to zero and then suddenly about 40% of the product limit was 'ats.' Now they are completely sold out. Why this happens we can only speculate and it's really none of our business. The important thing is to know what the number starts at when it goes on sale initially.

@NJCoin said:

@HATTRICK said:

@NJCoin said:

@HATTRICK said:

@Rc5280 said:

@adzeesh said:
I’m guessing if it sells out within 24 hours they won’t lift the HHL for cancellations just like Sacagawea.

Agree, and with a dwindling "ats" currently 'available to sell' at 5285 coins, it looks like a quick sell out.
Also available at the ANA, but the line will be long.

Mintage limit 12,000 ats 5,285 before they even go on sale ?
Make lying wrong again

I've been very unhappy with a lot of the games they have been playing lately, but I REALLY think it is a week too early to get worked up over what you see on ATS. With a mintage of 12K, it's reasonable to expect between 1-2K to go to ABPP, and maybe another 1K between the ANA and the retail outlets.

That leaves between 9-10K to be available via phone and the web on 8/21. I'll wait to see what ATS shows at 11:59 a.m. on 8/21, and then, if it's around 5K and they sell out in minutes without being replenished, I'll join you in screaming.

I actually think the Mint has been fairly transparent lately with respect to what they make available to retail. Gold Sac at 7500 and Superman at 10K had no advance sales. These, with a mintage of 12K, do.

I think around 10K will be available to the public. Which includes the ANA show and the retail counters. No way they are going hold back 7K out of 12K.

And, I sure hope they don't short strike these, based on past demand. I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt for the time being.

I don’t remember how long for the second batch before, however could it be the mint wants to give a later group of collectors who could not get on at 12:00 a chance to buy ?

Anything is possible. But, with a widely announced start time and a waiting room, why?

We honestly have no idea what is going on, and we are speculating based on hidden code we are not even supposed to have access to.

Why are we not supposed to have access to it? It's a publicly available webpage. Just because they haven't bothered to make it pretty and presentable doesn't mean the public isn't supposed to access it. If they wanted to keep it hidden, they certainly could have chosen to.

@ScarsdaleCoin said:
While CAC is stickering based on technical standards CMQ tends to sticker based on WOW factors CMQ may catch on especially if CAC phases out it’s stickering operations in a few years but as others have said only time will tell. While great collections does not currently recognize CMQ I find it odd to remove a sticker that might increase value on a coin. As previously stated the difference is that CMQ has an auction house partnership while CAC does not. We do post coins that have CMQ and at times have submitted a few coins to test their service and do find it to be pretty accurate for what their standards are …again looking for “w9 a” factor

I agree. I think CMQ's focus is more on what's 'market acceptable' as far as defects (cleaning marks, abrasions, other surface defects & designations) as well as accurately graded where CAC is very strict and won't tolerate things that a lot of collectors would or could easily live with.

I believe our very own @oreville proudly owns a PCGS OGH 1916-D Mercury Dime in G-4 with a gold bean. And if I recall, there's a fun story behind how he convinced JA it deserved a gold bean.

$2,200 on Mint site.
No HHL

@U1chicago said:
Didn't you just recently post it as a cool new purchase? Did the in hand look change your mind about it?

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1116013/new-cherry-pick-1892-pcgs-63-semi-pl-barber-half-tripled-die-reverse-fs-801-variety#latest

Well.... Thats something huh...

This has to be a record.