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286 coins out for grading (None left!)
DelawareDoons
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At what point do you cross over that line between hobbyist and dealer that collects on the side?
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
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When you are issued a 1099
282 coins out sounds like your are a dealer.
Congrats
Maybe if you have and submit hundreds/thousands of coins, and never sell any, you are neither a hobbyist or a dealer...
'hoarder', 'maniac', 'speculator', ...
When you send in a bulk submission to the TPGs
Young Numismatist, Coin Photographer.
I got about 200 I have to submit myself, but my day job gets in the way.
I consider myself an advanced collector selling off duplicates
hmm.... are they collectible coins or did you send off a silver eagles monster box
Still got 10 months then!
Not sure if I should be congratulated for turning a hobby into an obsession.
Gosh, I couldn't afford to not sell most of these unless I wanted to be bankrupt.
Ok yeah, I definitely crossed this line in December.
Yeah, duplicates, that's the ticket.
All collectable. Well, I mean, the bulk sub has something like 120 1879-S Morgans on it.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
Looks as if you are both now.... Good luck in both your endeavors... If the business does not work out, you can always enjoy your 'collection'.
Cheers, RickO
Thats more than all of my orders (barely) since I started in 2020. Takes quite a bit of ... fund-allocation commitment, doesnt it?
You're ... dedicated.
Good for you keep the best sell the rest.
Hoard the keys.
The only way. Keeping maybe uh, 5 of em? Absolute tops.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
This, This, This !!!!!
My mantra
Also my mantra... Here's one that got added to the keep pile today... just a glimpse of it going home.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
Oh I can play that game ...
2/5 PCGS subs in encap.
2/3 NGC subs in encap.
Hopefully some grades next week.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
First 3 grades in from a regrade sub, no changes. Tight! New certs though so hopefully some beans in my future.
32 coins in QA at PCGS, F5ing today.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
What is F5ing?
Having the submission page open and pressing f5 on the keyboard to refresh. A lot.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
WOW my 32 coin sub did amazing!
2 body bags, both of which I expected (16-D Merc and 42/1 Merc) and everything else straight graded, including some thousand dollar coins.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
@DelawareDoons Do you mind sharing what was in there? I’ve been wondering for a while now lol
Young Numismatist, Coin Photographer.
Everything starting with that second 79-S (graded 65) is a toner.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
Good job 👏
BHNC #248 … 108 and counting.
Wow that’s quite the haul congrats!
Young Numismatist, Coin Photographer.
The two walkers and last ASE aren't mine either... but everything else is. Several of those coins have featured in recent threads of mine too, like the 1984 Olympic $1.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
NGC Bulk sub results are in, and my other PCGS order is in QA, so probably have those by end of day.
NGC Bulk standouts;
1878 8TF MS64 X2
1879-S MS66 X11
1879-S MS65PL
1880-S MS66+
1883-S MS60
1885-S MS61
1887 MS66
1892 MS63 x2
1900-O/CC MS64
1900-O/CC MS65
1900-S MS61
1902-S AU58
Whole buncha other really good $200+ coins too but I had to draw the line somewhere.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
Where the hell do you get 11 79-S's at 66?
@DelawareDoons I don’t think there’s any doubt in my mind anymore that you have transitioned to dealer. I don’t know any collector that has 11 duplicates of the same coin.
Congrats!
Young Numismatist, Coin Photographer.
I purchased 17 original, unpicked rolls. That's where the 67 in my earlier sub came from, as well as all the other 79-S toners in the latter half of that group.
There was also 30 65's, 54 64's. The 65pl came from those too.
Here's the one toner I'm going to keep.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
I suspect that toner looks better in hand - I think TV mutes the luster too much at times on the toners.
More grades in.
Thought the FEC was a 58. Figured the half had a 50/50 shot at grading, I'll crack that one and try again. 1920 quarter came in a grade higher than I expected. Everything else pretty much as expected. The Merc, I graded that because it was a $10 cherrypick lol.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
@DelawareDoons How on earth do you manage to cherry-pick a 1941 proof Merc in 66? And for ten dollars at that! I’m stunned!
Young Numismatist, Coin Photographer.
I got lucky... But luck is the intersection of hard work and opportunity.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
Got the other grades in over the past week... Though I have sent a handful more out for grading as well. Not sure how I missed the PVC, I'll have to fix that.
I was expecting a solid 25% of these to bodybag, so this many straight grades is a big surprise.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
@DelawareDoons.... You have done extraordinarily well.... Super huge submissions. You have a good eye... Cheers, RickO
Amazing result @DelawareDoons!
Lots of interesting coins!
Trade Dollar
Half Dime
CC Morgans
1921 HR Peace!
Congrats! That's quite the "batting average"!
As far as the dealer/collector conundrum... I recall something about "not getting high off your own supply" that makes you a dealer...
Thanks again for taking a look at my quarter eagle!!
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
Congrats.
Hopefully my 27 coin order since 2/9 will progress from Grading soon.
I had a pretty good system going last year.
Submit six, sell five, and keep one.
Nothing major but I never lost money.
I have thousands of baseball cards milling around and being listed on Ebay.
Seriously, careful what you wish for... lol
BST: KindaNewish (3/21/21), WQuarterFreddie (3/30/21), Meltdown (4/6/21), DBSTrader2 (5/5/21) AKA- unclemonkey on Blow Out
You still did not tell us where
Also, would like to know your favorite spots for catching 10 lb largemouth bass.
Wonder if any are going to CAC?
I believe you crossed over to dealer
Congrats
Mike
My Indians
Danco Set
I got the first of the last batch (the group that includes the '77-S trade) back yesterday and sent a box to CAC today, yeah, with about 85 coins and $56k in stuff in it. Sorry JA and CO.
Times like right now where I've bought maybe 5 coins this week don't make me feel like a dealer... It's really slowed down, I'm just left with this pile of like 250 slabs to unwind. Not that I'm complaining, I really needed a slower month here to get things unwound and make some money back, my poor credit score is looking rough since I run this whole shebang off credit cards.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
These last two orders were Regular and Econ received 12/27 and finalized a week apart, with the econ being done this AM. So... don't get your hopes up too much, but I'm rooting for ya!
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
Thanks... Just a blind squirrel getting nuts.
Well this is me with coins;
And you're welcome Re the QE. They check it in yet?
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
Just checked... received today for express service and a TV. I'll let you know how it goes...
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
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will you, at some point, add the first cert # to each order, if regular or higher, so those of us nosy curious people can look through them. diverse orders like yours are especially interesting, imo.
I've added the grades via screenshots for everything that is mine (at least for PCGS) and the rest I don't want to step on toes, so I can't do that.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
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no probs.