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@pursuitofliberty said:
Almost for sure unless something happens this weekend ... otherwise the next one will be at one of the New Year Auctions in and around FUN

This was a inexpensive pick off eBay

Ahhhh you snuck one by me

Awesome find!

Amazing! I never would have thought a device like this existed!

The chart you included goes from 2019-2022, a period in which the overall market increased. And while commemoratives participated, their price increase was considerably less than that shown in the PCGS3000® Index.
https://www.pcgs.com/prices/coin-index/pcgs3000

Classic commemoratives will be “on the rise” only when more people want them. I don’t see that happening now, if ever.

From your table, it looks like we'll be back to 1989 as soon as commem prices rise 6x from here. White coins are so plentiful and inexpensive that I don't see how we ever get back to the solid prices of the late 1990s.

There is definitely a stronger and disparate market for pretty coins vs the vast majority of white or unremarkable coins which still look dirt cheap

I'm like @OAKSTAR and play in the shallower end of the numismatic pool. My primary series is Morgans, collecting for about 20 years, and very pleased with below key date purchases from EBAY. NGC VF25, NGC VF 35 and NGC XF40, now all in my Dansco.

The Gimbels coin counter was selling both the Scan-O-Matic and the Rotagrader when I bought coins from them in the mid 1960s. I thought about buying the grading aid, but not the roll reviewer. The only grading reference available at the time was the Brown and Dunn book which had line drawings. Buying and selling rolls was a big deal at the time. I didn’t realize that the selection coins in the grading device was so limited.

Thanks!

@coastaljerseyguy - Yes, that's an excellent synopsis and sums it up for us nonprofessional numismatists! 👍

We're playing in the shallower end of the numismatic pool. 👍

I just did a patent search and found the patent for the ScanOmatic that was applied for in 1960 and granted in 1966