Why did PCGS make “gold foil” Ultra High Reliefs ?
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“Gold Foil “ ??
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PCGS didn’t make any High Reliefs - “Ultra”, “Gold Foil” or otherwise.
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I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
maybe it automatically means its a PL
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
Same reason they did it for the Eliasberg 1913 Liberty nickel?
And the SSCA coins?
No. It's just a fancy label. If it were proof like, the grade would be MS70PL.
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With these coins, there are about 938 different labels. I think a few were signed by the part-time parking attendant at the U.S. Mint. I like the gold foil ones the best.
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They made them so that people would pay extra for the labels, and then the people who later bought the coins would pay extra to have them reholdered with a normal label.
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Nice looking coins and pictures.
The 1913 nickel was reholdered, but into a another special label, and slab.
But would the nickel CAC again?
They may have done it because they had extra foil inserts inventoried and this was a logical way to get rid of them. I write this because I sent in one of the first, if not the first, batch of Canadian gold from the 2012-2013 RCM sale and PCGS asked me if they could go with the gold foil insert until they produced a custom insert for the pieces. I told them to go ahead and they holdered 100+ coin for me with the gold insert and then immediately switched to their multi-colored insert. See images below of how mine were holdered (top) and how later coins were holdered-
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The first coin is also labeled correctly. The second coin is a $5 gold, but identified as a $10 on the label. 😉
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Label colors, slab generation, stickers.... Are there any coin collectors left out there?
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I think one of my customers saddle ridge coins has gold foil label
No one yet?.. I'll do it then.
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thanks for that. i wondered if they were created for the saddle ridge hoard circa feb 2013, as i think it was the first time i recalled seeing a gold foil insert.
a side note, it is odd, now i see this it makes me think of the pcgs generations threads and how i don't recall seeing insert variations inserted into the timeline. ya, i know trakcking those would about drive a person mad but surely there are a few individuals that either have done or are up to that...
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i think the answer is probably simple. gold coin, gold foil insert. it is what i thought when i first saw it. it would make even more sense if the gold foil was introduced the first year of the UHR.