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@lobo54 said:

@dollarfan said:

@lobo54 said:

but you never answered why CAC collectors may be nervous fools.

Just a tad defensive eh?
That wasn't your original question, this was.........,
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I was having a hard time trying to read between the lines here. So if you are a CAC collector, you are a nervous fool? Could you please clarify....................., so I clarified. Guess I hit a nerve.

Why would current CAC collectors be nervous? If anything, if the grading service were to somehow take a nosedive, I think the previously stickered pcgs coins would probably soar to the stratosphere. Coins like this are not getting uglier anytime soon and they will continue to be in heavy demand.

@JWP caught wind in one of the threads that I only had one civil war token. We struck up a conversation on PM.

Received these CWT's and Store Cards in the mail a few days ago. Thanking @JWP for your generosity!

I've been looking for a type example for about 6 months, after selling another SLD that I liked, but didn't love. So many of the coins in this series look scrubbed or messed with, even if they're straight graded.

This 1870 presented itself at a GC auction recently, and it checked all my boxes—great original-looking eye appeal, a thick skin, some character/color, generally uniform surfaces, and no problems. It arrived this week and I'm very pleased.

The coin I sold was a 58, but this is a happy downgrade to this 50 (my minimum grade for my type set). Any and all comments welcome, even if you don't like it as much as I do.

GC Auction Photos

My iPhone Shots

@Cladiator said:
I'm happy to add this little darling to the collection today. It's something I've desired for over 20 years and can't stop grinning now that it's here. I don't know why but this issue along with the '46 half dime have always mesmerized me more than any other key. One down, one to go. The photos don't do it justice, the coin is beautiful for it's level of wear with a soft understatement of an amber hue to it. Maybe she'll get submitted for a TV photo at the Money Show.

That is a very appealing 1822 Dime, and at the top end of the majority of currently known examples. Congratulations!

Like you, I was strongly attracted to this date early on in my collecting career, in the 80's and 90's. - these are the two example which I managed to obtain. Both still ungraded.

As an update to yesterday's post, my daughter eventually dumped her piggy bank to get access to more coins and pulled a 2020 W Quarter! I've never been able to find one after 3 years of looking, and this kid does it all by herself in ONE night.

I put it in a 2X2 for her and wrote the date on the back, so she will remember finding it. She couldn't stop smiling!

She's hooked.

The reverse of the counterfeit has an easy tell: note the ray going through the O in of. I could not find any other dates with the ray going through the O. The rays below the eagle are crude on the counterfeit.

OP Counterfeit

Genuine 1924 example

Laura gave me clearance to tell you that she is doing great after her kidney transplant. She will be at the ANA. Don't blow up her phone, please, she is in in pain and had "a softball inserted" in her side. Wish her well.