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Re: Let's talk about our "Jimmy the Greek specials"
@stevek said:
@stevek said:
Yea the casinos always reminded me of the fox throwing a party in the henhouse for the chickens. Admittedly, I played the chicken role far too many times. LOLAt least with sports there's some handicapping involved. Very interesting game on Saturday with the Chiefs and trying to handicap how Mahomes injury might play a part in the game if he starts, or how Wentz will play if he starts?
Under normal circumstances in my opinion, the Chiefs at home would be around -5 or -6 in that game.
Now the Chiefs are +2.5
Chiefs suddenly went to -3
That certainly means that Mahomes is expected to play.
If Mahomes plays hurt then shame on them, they want the first round bye is that why they would play him?
If he further hurts that ankle then they are making a big mistake because without Mahomes their chances will plummet
perkdog
Re: Half cent experts: would you send any of these in to PCGS?
I have nothing new really to add to what people above have mentioned, so I will just reiterate what was essentially said:
Nothing really WORTH submitting.
EAC guys, and those needing 7070 examples may well purchase them, but if you had them slabbed, you likely would lose money. I just don't see it being worth doing.
I've got an Everyman's Set of half cents, and have done them for more than a few years, and have sent some in for slabbing, but I've been pretty picky on doing that. I wouldn't send these in but would keep them raw.
Bochiman
Re: We Want Kennedy - Post your Kennedys!
Some DDO and/or DDR coins are not discovered until years later. I suspect that is not the answer to Why? that you are looking for but that is just sort of how the discovery process works.
coinkat
Re: Uffdah’s RIPPING Journey – Packs and Vending – All Sports and Non-Sports
@UFFDAH said:
Send this card back in to PSA. A 5 is way to low.
Re: 1833 Capped Bust Half Rattler.....GTG Grade Revealed
XF 40, but would come back cleaned today.
Re: 230th Anniversary Flowing Hair High Relief Gold Coin (24YG)
@Goldbully said:
Not much change in the Pop Report since December 14th.
Looks like most of the FH Au's have been graded now.
Granted 87.8% have been graded PR70DCAM First Strike, but what I like is there are only 239 of these coins which is great for us mere mortal collectors like me.
The Mint really skewed the numbers by allotting 20% of the mintage to the ABPP.
Ergo, does the Mint want to continue to direct production to the dealer program or return production to the collector going forward?
I bet @NJCoin has some thoughts on the topic. ☺️December 14th....
December 17, 2024
You might be surprised by my thoughts. I honestly have no issues with them doing whatever they want. My problem is with a lack of transparency, and then with them not doing what they say they are going to do.
Maximum of 10% does not mean whatever they want. Or 10% of a maximum mintage they don't produce.
With respect to how many they make, I am not an advocate of flooding the market in order to satisfy immediate demand at the expense of intermediate and long term value. I am also not an advocate of them creating instant flips by under pricing anything, nor of having them milk us for every last cent.
What they did last year with the Morgan and Peace Dollars was perfect, even though they slightly overproduced the proofs, both in terms of quantity and pricing. What they did this year with the FH, both with giving an over allocation of silver privys to dealers, and then with intentionally under producing when there was excess demand and they had not produced up to their announced limit, was an absolute disgrace.
I'm not for a minute suggesting they should not give 20% to ABPP, or make 50K or 10K of anything. I am saying they should be honest and upfront with whatever it is that they choose to do, and to then stick to it. The alternative will inevitably result in annoying enough people to eventually negatively impact demand, and long term value, for everything.
NJCoin
