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P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭✭✭

The CAC+EEPS+CMQ Trifecta has been achieved on my FE type coin. I’m hoping to get it upgraded to a 58+, as PCGS has only certified 11 coins in that grade across the entire series. If you have a Trifecta, feel free to post it.




Nothing is as expensive as free money.

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  • P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    If PCGS gives it a +, they will have to reslab it and you'll lose all your stickers. How much will it cost including shipping to send it back to PCGS, CAC, CMQ, and EEPS and is it really worth it just to get a +?

    If one wants to own the best Everyman FE, yes.

    @Maywood said:
    Yeah, collect the stickers and forget about the coin. I think the OP should submit the coin to PCGS so it can upgrade to MS60, lose the stickers on the slab and fail to qualify everywhere again. You know, a win-lose. :p

    Easy to select the “plus only” upgrade option, so that’s not a worry.

    Nothing is as expensive as free money.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,073 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @P0CKETCHANGE said:

    @PerryHall said:
    If PCGS gives it a +, they will have to reslab it and you'll lose all your stickers. How much will it cost including shipping to send it back to PCGS, CAC, CMQ, and EEPS and is it really worth it just to get a +?

    If one wants to own the best Everyman FE, yes.

    Does PCGS award extra points to whoever has the most stickers on their slab? ;)

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,073 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @P0CKETCHANGE said:
    Easy to select the “plus only” upgrade option, so that’s not a worry.

    That's true but you'll lose all your stickers and you'll have to pay postage for three round trips including insurance costs to get those stickers replaced.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:

    @P0CKETCHANGE said:
    Easy to select the “plus only” upgrade option, so that’s not a worry.

    That's true but you'll lose all your stickers and you'll have to pay postage for three round trips including insurance costs to get those stickers replaced.

    I typically drop off coins to those services at shows, in which case I’d only be charged for return shipping.

    Nothing is as expensive as free money.

  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 5,886 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:

    @P0CKETCHANGE said:

    @PerryHall said:
    If PCGS gives it a +, they will have to reslab it and you'll lose all your stickers. How much will it cost including shipping to send it back to PCGS, CAC, CMQ, and EEPS and is it really worth it just to get a +?

    If one wants to own the best Everyman FE, yes.

    Does PCGS award extra points to whoever has the most stickers on their slab? ;)

    Not yet. Perhaps the sticker registry is on the horizon. Crazy world. RGDS!

  • dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,731 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have seen AU58+ coins sell for 65 money.

    Collector and Researcher of Liberty Head Nickels. ANA LM-6053
  • Don't do it. The coin will sell for what it is and it's in a 3 sticker slab which will raise its desirability to some future buyer. Wait a few more years and the TPGS will be calling AU coins MS-64 rather than 62!

  • ScarsdaleCoinScarsdaleCoin Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Can you remind me the company that is grading the stickers on slabs

    Is is slab stickers grading company

    SSGC

    Jon Lerner - Scarsdale Coin - www.CoinHelp.com
  • WiscKauWiscKau Posts: 135 ✭✭✭✭

    Sorry, but looks like a great coin as is.

  • Coin FinderCoin Finder Posts: 7,149 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh dear lord....

  • GoldminersGoldminers Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Send it to QA coins and go for a quadfecta. LOL

  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,068 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You own some very nice coins @PocketChange ! You've posted about a few of your proof 20 centers that you like that have failed CAC review. So, what is it about this coin that drives your wish for reassurance? You said you want the best everyman FE, but does overlapping opinions of the coin prove this? Not sure I'd agree with that assumption.
    I'm trying to understand your motivation.

    Then again, @winesteven 's Indian cent collection with CAC and EEPS stickers was a focus for him too.

    Then again again, I have an obsession to build an Indian quarter eagle set with only OGH with CAC. Perhaps I need to ask myself why! :D

    "Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
  • david3142david3142 Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you were to get the 58+, would you resticker it three times? It wouldn’t tell you anything you didn’t know and if you aren’t reselling it, is it worth $100 and 3x shipping risk to have a coin with three stickers on it?

  • P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @david3142 said:
    If you were to get the 58+, would you resticker it three times? It wouldn’t tell you anything you didn’t know and if you aren’t reselling it, is it worth $100 and 3x shipping risk to have a coin with three stickers on it?

    Yes, I would have it restickered by all three services. It would feel incomplete to me otherwise.

    Nothing is as expensive as free money.

  • RobertScotLoverRobertScotLover Posts: 901 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 27, 2024 6:31PM

    Perfect 1858. Are you telling me if it had zero stickers you would pass on it or wouldn't enjoy it. But only with the stickas are you interested in it? Tell me that ain't so. I guess the koolaide is muy tasty

  • P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RobertScotLover said:
    Perfect 1858. Are you telling me if it had zero stickers you would pass on it or wouldn't enjoy it. But only with the stickas are you interested in it? Tell me that ain't so. I guess the koolaide is muy tasty

    I’m not telling you that at all…I certainly didn’t say that. Believe it or not, it is possible to appreciate a coin’s inherent merits AND to appreciate a range of expert opinions on that coin. The two are not mutually exclusive. Or do you only buy raw coins?

    Nothing is as expensive as free money.

  • RobertScotLoverRobertScotLover Posts: 901 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I typically buy all my coins in holders and with medals it doesn't matter. The holder doesn't matter and the sticka is a plus. I ignore all plusses and stars on the holder due to its ridiculously subjective motives and meaningless purposes. Any holder is fine because its all about the coin and a sticka is an added welcomed bonus

  • shishshish Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 28, 2024 5:27AM

    "Let it be" is a great and classic song.

    Many members including myself choose a different style of collecting. I'm old school, although the vast majority of my collection is encapsulated and I have much respect for J/A it's mainly about the coin.

    Let the op enjoy his style of collecting, he seems to have a healthy passion for collecting.

    Peace

    Liberty Seated and Trade Dollar Specialist
  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,103 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Finally found someone who cares about the CMQ sticker

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,142 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 28, 2024 4:50AM

    Congratulations on your results! I hope you achieved whatever it is that you were seeking to achieve.

    I imagine in the not too distant future, this hobby will borrow from the pharmaceutical industry. Instead of peeling back adhesive labels to see dosage and other drug information, we will be pulling back labels or perhaps an entire adhesive window to see the coin (after having cleared precious slab real estate for more stickers).

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,142 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pretty FE cent by the way!

  • hummingbird_coinshummingbird_coins Posts: 1,074 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Send it to Littleton.

    Young Numismatist • My Toned Coins
    Life is roadblocks. Don't let nothing stop you, 'cause we ain't stopping. - DJ Khaled

  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,521 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No, send it across the street.

    "Vou invadir o Nordeste,
    "Seu cabra da peste,
    "Sou Mangueira......."
  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,448 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Checking the pops, only 3 coins graded AU58+ and 178 graded AU58. Aren't your chances slim getting the + bump? And it adds only $10 to its value.

    Leo

    The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!

    My Jefferson Nickel Collection

  • LuxorLuxor Posts: 465 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If only you had sent that coin to PCGS in the mint sealed box you could've also had a First Strike designation and that American flag tag.

    Your hobby is supposed to be your therapy, not the reason you need it.

  • P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @leothelyon said:
    Checking the pops, only 3 coins graded AU58+ and 178 graded AU58. Aren't your chances slim getting the + bump? And it adds only $10 to its value.

    Yes, the chances are slim, but I believe them to be higher than other AU58 FEs given the confirmation of quality by multiple services.

    I strongly disagree on your estimate of the potential value difference. There is a niche market for 58+ coins, especially with CAC approval.

    In fact, I’ve already had more than one unsolicited inquiry about buying the coin if it makes the upgrade, although as I stated earlier, I’m not planning on selling.

    Nothing is as expensive as free money.

  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,448 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @P0CKETCHANGE said:

    @leothelyon said:
    Checking the pops, only 3 coins graded AU58+ and 178 graded AU58. Aren't your chances slim getting the + bump? And it adds only $10 to its value.

    Yes, the chances are slim, but I believe them to be higher than other AU58 FEs given the confirmation of quality by multiple services.

    I strongly disagree on your estimate of the potential value difference. There is a niche market for 58+ coins, especially with CAC approval.

    In fact, I’ve already had more than one unsolicited inquiry about buying the coin if it makes the upgrade, although as I stated earlier, I’m not planning on selling.

    Not my estimate, shows in the PCGS price guide. But you're right about a niche market where sales aren't reported.

    The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!

    My Jefferson Nickel Collection

  • RobertScotLoverRobertScotLover Posts: 901 ✭✭✭✭✭

    PocketChange,
    are you concerned that if it got the plus, cac will not recognize the plus and just recognize it only as an au58 once again

  • shishshish Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Not my estimate, shows in the PCGS price guide."
    Your statement seem to imply that because PCGS lists a price for plus graded coins they are accurate.
    There are many PCGS plus coin prices that are not based on actual sales data.

    Liberty Seated and Trade Dollar Specialist
  • johnny010johnny010 Posts: 1,445 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RobertScotLover said:
    PocketChange,
    are you concerned that if it got the plus, cac will not recognize the plus and just recognize it only as an au58 once again

    CAC gives no acknowledgment to the +. So any coin that gets a CAC at any grade that subsequently gets a plus later…will automatically qualify for reapplication of the sticker.

  • DMWJRDMWJR Posts: 6,004 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It’s at best a $500 coin. If you want to spend another $200 in regrade and stickers, go for it. It’s a hobby, so do what makes you happy. Just don’t consider it an investment.

    Doug
  • privatecoinprivatecoin Posts: 3,360 ✭✭✭✭✭

    With a sense of humor, it needs a QA sticker too. ;)

    Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc

  • P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DMWJR said:
    It’s at best a $500 coin. If you want to spend another $200 in regrade and stickers, go for it. It’s a hobby, so do what makes you happy. Just don’t consider it an investment.

    CPG for a 58 CAC is $750. The coin previously traded in a DLRC auction at $700. You must have skipped the comments, because I already made it clear that resale profit is not the primary motive.

    Nothing is as expensive as free money.

  • P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @privatecoin said:
    With a sense of humor, it needs a QA sticker too. ;)

    I would, but they only accept moderns. http://qacoins.com/coins-we-accept/

    Nothing is as expensive as free money.

  • M4MadnessM4Madness Posts: 307 ✭✭✭✭

    Wonderful coin! Too bad Carson City didn't mint cents, or I'd have one. Lol!

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