Show us your upgrades and the duplicate you upgraded

Mr_Spud

winesteven

Unfortunately I upgrade much more often than is financially “smart”. It’s better to be patient and wait for the grade you really want for the coin, instead of not having patience, buying a coin, only to upgrade that coin a short time later. Then when you sell that lower graded coin, you often net less than you had paid for it!

Here’s just a very few of the hundreds I have upgraded in my collection. I know that some seeing these will indeed feel they like the lower grade coin(s) better:

MS65+ w/CAC:

MS66 w/CAC:

MS64FH w/CAC:

MS66+FH w/CAC:

Steve

humanssuck

New one - 66 DCAM

Old one - 66 CAM

coinbuf

Old MS67

New MS67+ CAC

Old MS67

New MS67+ CAC

AdamL

MS65

MS67

liefgold

old

new

liefgold

giorgio11

MS65BN CAC

MS66BN CAC

Kind regards,

George

NeophyteNumismatist

Wow - I would love to have this group's duplicates.

P0CKETCHANGE

old: 1864 MS62BN CAC



new: 1870 PR64+BN CAC

Barberian

Old:

New:

P0CKETCHANGE

old: 1932-S AU58



new: 1932-S MS62

Cladiator

Just posted this yesterday in another thread but it seems to fit here too so...

Old coin VF35 (bad pics)...

New coin XF45 CAC...

oldabeintx

Some awesome upgrades. The only one I might disagree with, based on the photos, is the '77 20c. the before coin looks more original IMO. In hand....

pcgscacgold

New one a 66+CAC

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Old one a 65+ CAC

BryceM

Old:

New:

Here's a fun one:
Old:

New:

asheland

I don’t have pictures of the old coins anymore, but:
MS63, to 64 to this:

MS63 to this:

asheland

63 to this:

64 (common date) to this:

pcgscacgold

Now a 66CAC

Was a 63+ non-CAC

Downtown1974

I have this duplicate which I still keep in my gold type set.

MS62

But I have this upgrade in my collection as well.

giorgio11

I'm gonna call this one a sidegrade! Keeping both.

1914-D MS64+BN PCGS CAC

1914-D MS65BN PCGS CAC

Kind regards,

George

pursuitofliberty

First one

1813 O-101a "50c/UNI" P53 (101.3 discovery piece)

Second one

1813 O-101a "50c/UNI" P55 (101.2)

Yeah ... and I still have them both!

Well, they are different Die STATES!!

WilliamF

Old:

New:

asheland

Like mentioned above, I try to not buy coins that I’m going to want to upgrade but rather I buy the right coin the first time, but inevitably, you do buy Coins from time to time and then find one better that you want to upgrade…

I usually delete pictures when I sell the coins, but happened to find these, so…

This:

To this:

And this:

To this:

asheland

This one I want to upgrade, but I like the lower grade one enough that I will keep it especially being in the old holder:
I’d like a 65 in addition to this:

winesteven

@asheland , I agree with you on each of your two points in your two most recent posts:

1. Collectors don’t like to buy coins that they will end up replacing with an upgrade, but as humans, certain emotions and fears overrule better judgement. It happens to me plenty of times. We have an empty slot, a coin becomes available, and although we prefer one at a higher grade, we wonder “Will a nicer one come along in the grade and eye appeal I want in the next few years, or NOT?” A psychological trick that helps me deal with submitting to this fault, is I then say to myself after buying the upgraded coin and selling the coin that was replaced, “The $xxx loss I took on the lower graded coin sold is “the rent” I paid to have that coin temporarily fill that slot for that time period until this nicer coin came along”.
2. Something important I learned about six years ago that I think is valuable, is when a new coin comes along that’s an upgrade, before pulling the trigger, I now always ask myself “Does this coin in the higher grade have nicer eye appeal than the coin to be replaced, OR is the eye appeal of the coin to be replaced at least as nice as the eye appeal of the higher grade coin? If so, I pass on the upgrade.

Steve

WAYNEAS

A pair of Kennedys.

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Upgraded to:
64-D ms66 QDO FS-105(013.6)

Wayne

CharlotteDude

The upgrade - PCGS XF45

The original - PCGS VF30. (I still have this one)

asheland

@winesteven said:
@asheland , I agree with you on each of your two points in your two most recent posts:

1. Collectors don’t like to buy coins that they will end up replacing with an upgrade, but as humans, certain emotions and fears overrule better judgement. It happens to me plenty of times. We have an empty slot, a coin becomes available, and although we prefer one at a higher grade, we wonder “Will a nicer one come along in the grade and eye appeal I want in the next few years, or NOT?” A psychological trick that helps me deal with submitting to this fault, is I then say to myself after buying the upgraded coin and selling the coin that was replaced, “The $xxx loss I took on the lower graded coin sold is “the rent” I paid to have that coin temporarily fill that slot for that time period until this nicer coin came along”.
2. Something important I learned about six years ago that I think is valuable, is when a new coin comes along that’s an upgrade, before pulling the trigger, I now always ask myself “Does this coin in the higher grade have nicer eye appeal than the coin to be replaced, OR is the eye appeal of the coin to be replaced at least as nice as the eye appeal of the higher grade coin? If so, I pass on the upgrade.

Steve

Great points made. 👍

CharlotteDude

The upgrade - PCGS AU-58

The upgraded - NGC AU55

lermish

This is barely an upgrade but technically it is. Upgrade PR63CAM

Upgraded MS63

HighRelief

DisneyFan

@P0CKETCHANGE said:

new: 1932-S MS62

Very nice coin. I have trouble believing this is only an MS62!

DisneyFan

@giorgio11 said:

MS66BN CAC

Very nice coin. I have trouble believing this is a BN

DisneyFan

@P0CKETCHANGE said:

new: 1870 PR64+BN CAC

Another very nice coin. I have trouble believing this is also a BN

pcgscacgold

Just won this upgrade last night at GC. It's an 1878 MS64CAC and replaces (well kind of since the 1854 is technically a one year type) my 1854 MS62CAC.

Not sure why this is not a type of its own. Easy to see they changed the font DOLLARS.

vulcanize

Have upgraded a few of my SLQ and trade dollars etc. but currently can find only pics of the 1885 CC Morgan (GSA) and 1931-S penny in my archives.

Upgrade the Morgan to MS 64

From MS 63

And the penny to an AU 55

From a VF 35

Will post the rest later after going through my hard drive.
Cheers.

neildrobertson

Old MS65, pop 3/3

New MS66, pop 3/0

neildrobertson

When I have a top registry set, I live mostly in the space of making small incremental improvements wherever I can find them.

Old MS65

New MS65

drddm

My old 1814 CBH E/A PCGS AU58 CAC

My new 1814 CBH E/A PCGS MS63+ CAC

Dave

pcgscacgold

Very nice @drddm I have been liking the CBH coins since buying my 1811 $5 capped bust.

keyman64

This was my first toned 1943-D in 67+FB CAC that I picked up at GC.

Then I bought these two together from a private seller. Not sure if either are upgrades. It could take me a few years to decide so I will just hang onto all of them, most likely.

Another 67+FB

A 67FB but this one might go in for another visit one day.

humanssuck

Cant ever have enough proof walkers.....

drddm

@pcgscacgold said:
Very nice @drddm I have been liking the CBH coins since buying my 1811 $5 capped bust.

Thanks @pcgscacgold
Be careful if you do buy a CBH, it’s a slippery slope

Dave

bramn8r

bramn8r

bramn8r

upgrade for 100 Greatest Women on Coins PR66 to SP68 Anne Bonny

csanotes

For my type coins in rattler holders set I upgraded a $3 gold in xf40 to an au50.

124Spider

Incumbent:

Replacement:

pcgscacgold

My other gold type set upgrade.

I don’t have a photo of the 64+ 1903S $5 Liberty but here is the 66CAC replacement I won Sunday.

drddm

My old 1824 Over Various Dates CBH PCGS AU53

My new 1824 Over Various Dates CBH PCGS AU58+

Dave