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I just finished going through a box of quarters. Found these 2 West Point Quarters. Now om to the box of nickels. 😊😊😊

@Coinscratch said:

@Eldorado9 said:
I bought some 100% Kona coffee the other day...Always love the taste of the Hawaiian stuff. Spent some time in San Fran this week, and visited @SethChandler and the crew at Witter Coin. Seth has an enthusiasm field around him that is infectious....and a beautiful store to boot. Highly recommend visiting if you are out there...Super fun.

-Never get tired of the Pop1/0 1907, so here it is again.

I wouldn't get tired either. It has the appearance of laying in shallow creek water.

At an auction house it might sound a little different; amber and gold reflections of the sunlight glisten’s through the slow trickling back waters.

This thread is the best and love the sharing of quality coins.

I'm a big fan of non-messed with early gold, although extremely hard to find and validate.

This one to me speaks to history as it is as it should be for any old time coin.

@Goob said:

@jmlanzaf said:
Don't be so sure.

Is ICG strict on Morgans and Walkers?

Strict or lenient or whatever, the point that the vast majority of collectors don't understand is that each TPG (or whatever level of respect you want to accord a company) has its own proprietary grading standards. What one must hope for is that the TPG adheres to those standards in a consistent manner. Very few collectors, and this includes many, many collectors you will read on this board, understand that fact. How the market accepts and reacts to those standards is key. Currently, the market values PCGS and CACG the most, in my opinion and experience and over the most broadly defined term of "accepts", while it gives significant weight to NGC as well. CAC is a different entity from a TPG in this discussion, in my opinion.

I accidentally looked at the grade of the 1878 7/8TF, it was MS62!!
$300 value (according to PCGS) that I paid $85 for!

@Goob said:

@RedRocket said:

@Goob said:
crossover PCGS vs NGC images:

Next assignment, if you're up for it:
See if all those coins will now cross to ICG.

they’d prob grade 1-2 higher lol

Don't be so sure.

@MasonG said:

@cladking said:
Sure. But this is still a process that has been unfolding along highly predictable roadsigns for decades. I'm not new here. I've been watching and reporting on every aspect of this for many years.

Some might say "editorializing" rather than "reporting". Po-TAY-to, po-TAH-to, I guess.

So- it's been 60 years now, when do you suppose the market will realize it's been wrong all this time?

It's remarkable how cheap non-precious metal (clad?) Roman and Greek coins are after 2000+ years. But I hear they are going to get hot any year now. It's only a matter of time...

@MFeld said:
I’m glad for you that the coins crossed. However, the cost to do so amounted to a high percentage of the coins’ values.

I used vouchers so it was really only around $10 per coin

Old Gen 2.1 holder from 1989:

Nice condition too!