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Some of my Dads toys

Am I the only forum member who finds it irritating when someone keeps referring to themselves in the third person?

@Catbert said:
Call me a snob, but I think Dannreuther cheapens his reputation by participating in this.

Agreed. There are a few people in numismatics that, rightly or wrongly, I think of as shining examples of putting the hobby first.

In no way does this invalidate a lifetime of irreplaceable and invaluable numismatic research but it does take off just a tiny bit of luster IMO.

The 1843s...

WB-11 AU53

WB-12 VF35

WB-25 raw VF30

WB-27 ANACS XF45

WB-35 XF45

I know it seems odd to spend so much time and energy trying to achieve plus grades but, I enjoy it immensely. What is even better is making them yourself, you know getting recognition from the big guys saying, wow you have nice coins! Anyways, I just had a submission come back were I received 12/17 upgrades, batting about 70%, my previous record being around 50 and change % if I remember correctly. I will also post my failures for reference for everyone to see.

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I will start of with a coin that I usually wouldn't buy because I collect bust half dollars, but I saw it years ago and knew it was a real one of a kind.

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1920 AU55+FH

Next a coin I am super proud to own because it involves my other niche passion, Gold CACs

1814 AU55+ o-103 GOLD CAC, one of my favorite die marriages nicknamed "Wing Bar"

Next up, a very rare and interesting die marriage.

1817 AU55+ CAC O-106a Single Leaf

Now I will just show off the rest and add some comments here and there,

1823 AU53+ CAC O-108

The first failure,

1823 AU55 CAC O-104

1824 AU53+ CAC O-106

Another GOLD CAC ! ,

1824 AU50+ GOLD CAC O-107

1824 AU55+ CAC O-112

1824 AU55 O-115

1826 AU55+ CAC O-106a

1827 AU55 CAC O-123

1827 AU55+ CAC O-115

1830 AU55+ CAC O-122

A very flashy PL R4+ die marriage, nice !
1830 AU55+ CAC O-109

1830 AU55+ CAC O-107

1832 AU55 CAC O-113

and last but not least, my worst failure of the submission(thankfully there were not very many)

1810 LG Date, LG 5 $5 AU53 CAC

_Since I didn't make a post about my previous plus only reconsideration submission I will post the successes here as well !
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1808 AU50+ O-103

1812 AU55+ CAC O-107

1817 AU50+ CAC O-110

1818 AU55+ CAC O-111

1825 AU55+ CAC O-102

1830 AU55+ GOLD CAC O-102

1830 AU55+ CAC O-123

1837 AU50+ CAC

**Please note that none of these coins are for sale! Thank you for viewing! **

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I now own 41 plus grade bust halves ranging from AU50+ - AU55+ (I don't keep the AU58+s)

@jmlanzaf said:

@Catbert said:
Call me a snob, but I think Dannreuther cheapens his reputation by participating in this.

You're a snob.

You're a needlessly exacting forum participant who must have the last word as often seen in your nearly 40,000 posts.

I think it's perfectly fine for the mint to adjust both mintage and product limits before release. After release isn't right.

@jmlanzaf said:
Call me Catbert's Hero, but this thread needs more memes. @Morgan White