Ever cherrypick your own collection?

fivecents

As your grading eye and numismatic knowledge improves have you ever found something special that you've had in your own collection worth certifying or regrading? I have done this on quite a few times thru the years.
I had a partial 1952 mint set that I had for about a year,it produced some high grade PCGS toners:
1952-S MS65 FBL Half
1952-S MS65 Half
1952-D MS65 FBL
1952-S MS67 Quarter
1952-S MS67 Dime
My dealer had already pickout what he thought was all the high grade coins to certify and sold me the rest of the mint set coins at roll price.

I had a 1946 walker half in a PCGS MS63 rattler holder that I cracked and had regraded as a PCGS MS64 Double die reverse.
These are only a few examples of what I have cherrypicked from myself.

Tassa

Cool.

razorface1027

I'm doing just that as I'm posting to this thread. Pickin' through me Washies and finding many DDOs & DDRs. Coin collecting is far cooler than I gave any credit, especially after I joined this forum.

DrPete

I bought a set of well-worn barber halves about four years ago for $850 from a dealer that mostly works small coin shows. About a year or two later I took a closer look at the 1892-O half and found it to be a micro O coin! It was sent to PCGS and graded AG3. I was very pleased, but can't believe I didn't notice the variety at the time of purchase as I was already well aware of this rare coin and have other examples.

Stuart

That's exactly what I've been doing for my 2 recent PCGS Grading Submissions...

It's a lot of fun to have some grading success by submitting some good old coin buddies that have been around with you for between 25-35 years -- it is very gratifying to get some high grades on some tough coins

PCGS Morgan Dollar Grades Thread

PCGS Type Gold & Silver Grades Thread

mercurynut

GoYankees

I have a 1908-S IHC my dad got for me when was a kid and last month sent it to PCGS (VF-20). Other coins from my childhood...

1921 Mrecury Dime - sent to ANACS net AG03 Rim Damage
1921-D Mercury Dime- sent to ANACS G06

In the last 4 years...

2001 Lincoln Cent - sent to PCGS MS69RD (from 2001 US Mint Set)
2003 Lincoln Cent - sent to PCGS MS69RD (from 2001 US Mint Set)
2004-D Peace Medal Jefferson Nickel - sent to PCGS MS67 (From US Mint Bag)
1921-D WL Half - sent to ANACS VG08

mrearlygold

Usualy the "oh heck" coins disappear in the box for a number of years.

Tom

seanq

I do it all the time, as I'm constantly learning new things to look for.

The first time it happened, I was in high school and had just spent several days going through about $100 in cents my uncle had culled from the register of his bakery. I found what I thought was an 1983 DDR, and brought it to a local store for confirmation. That was when I learned about strike doubling. The store owner let me thumb through a copy of John Wexler's "Lincoln Cent Doubled Die" book, so I had a better idea what to look for and what other dates to examine. Not long after I won a bag of UNC wheat cents from a local bid board, and found inside a 1941 Doubled Die Obverse 1-O-I, which ANACS later certified as 64RB. I went back to the store, bought Wexlers book, and have been into variety and error coins (and cherrypicking) ever since.


Sean Reynolds

morganbarber

I was an avid collector from about age 4-9. After returning to the hobby after about 15 years off, I was amazed at how well, as a child, I had attributed everything.

mgoodm3

Not really. I generally found most of my raw coins to be worse than previously thought. Quite a few cleaned ones on close examination. i sent off all that were worth slabbing recently.

airplanenut

I haven't... on purpose...

I bought this half dollar because it was a nice, original coin for my type album:



After posting a picture here, someone asked for a closeup... turns out it's a WB-103, errant 4 in the gown... R4/R5



Good buy at below VG sheet

Jeremy

KlectorKid

As of yet, No. But, I'll be going through my rolls of silver washington quarters when(if) the new cherry pickers guide comes out. Maybe I will be able to find something then.

fivecents

Those are some great cherrypicking stories.

TheLiberator

Yeah: My Dad and I collected when I was about 14 and now after 13 years I have gotten back into this stuff and so I decided to cherrypick his raw coins for him. There was a morgan labled ms63 that he bought for 80 bucks. I KNEW there was no way it was a 63. Came back ngc 65 and is going for around 600 bucks now!
Same with a trade dollar: vf-20 to ef-40!

Sadly, my george washington proof 1982 commem that I bought for 14 bucks is now worth...12 dollars! Whoo hoo! After 14 yeras What an investment!! Hahahah!! Actually, I still love the coin the way I did when I was 14 so it's fine by me!


Also, my whitman albums full of moders rossies are also full of another surprize after being in the safe so long: verdigris!! Heheheheheheeh! Clads seem really suceptable to this.

NoGvmnt

Actually have fairly often, most recent:

Bought a pair of 1887 O Morgans that both turned out to be the Breen 5596 - Vam 2 repunched date varieties,

Picked-up an 1876 Seated Half which turned out to be the F.S. 007.3 (6 in denticles below 7 blundered die) variety,

And a while back I picked-up a 1900-O Morgan that turned out to be an O over CC.


And very recently bought a 1961 Proof Roosie for $2 (just loved the toning) which turned out to have EXTENSIVE doubling throughout the reverse.

Jim