you guys are really too much. He sells PCGS, he starts his auctions at a penny, he has a 99.5 rating and you guys are on his back. Geez, Merry Christmas.
It's official. Any SIlver Eagle that comes out of a silver eagle crate dated January can have the term "First Strike Coin" printed on the holder. PCGS has trade marked the term so they will be the only grading service that has this. There is already a wholesaler pre-selling them for $19.50 a coin if you buy over 60. Just so you know inside every silver eagle box is a piece of paper from the mint that has the date the coins were minted.
Does it also have the time it came off the assembly line- that's important information ya know- becuz if it came off at 9:14:58 the press's were getting ready to shut down for break and that would be a weak strike right??????
I want the 1st coin off the line after break- pressure is back up to full stikeability- which makes it a ms70++
Maybe, juuuust maybe they will be sellin them on the SHATV netowrk starting January 2, 2005 and you can get them in a set with time stamped edition for only 149.99 on the easy 5 pay plan of only 29.99
Yea, it's silly but it's going to be popular. Maybe one day they will mark who packed the box. Then you can get the complete set of mint employees who work on that line. One day you'll hear, "Do you have a Packed by Martha? That's the key to the set!!!"
How pathetic. So they buy a roll immediately after the mint offers them to the public and therefore offer them as authemticated first strikes??? Losers!
The extra amount PCGS is charging for grading fees is nominal. Something similar to the flags. My bet is that someone that collects silver eagles wouldn't mind paying a few bucks extra for something that says "first strike" on the holder. If I collected silver eagles in MS-69 and had a choice between a regular MS-69 for $25 and a First Strike MS-69 for $29 I'd take the first strike. It's actually a pretty brilliant marketing move on PCGS's part.
"The extra amount PCGS is charging for grading fees is nominal. Something similar to the flags. My bet is that someone that collects silver eagles wouldn't mind paying a few bucks extra for something that says "first strike" on the holder. If I collected silver eagles in MS-69 and had a choice between a regular MS-69 for $25 and a First Strike MS-69 for $29 I'd take the first strike. It's actually a pretty brilliant marketing move on PCGS's part."
I agree - what got lost in the discussion here is that at the outset the added "value" being assigned to these coins is the cost of the box of candy I bought at the movies last night (a small box at that). If PCGS can possibly attract hundreds of new collectors into numismatics (perhaps with the same mentaility as stamp collectors who pay a small premium for first day covers, or folks who buy state quarter flag holders), then the dealers (and fellow collectors) can later explain to these folks why the $4 or so premium they paid would have been better spent towards some other kinds of coins, including classics.
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The extra amount PCGS is charging for grading fees is nominal. Something similar to the flags. My bet is that someone that collects silver eagles wouldn't mind paying a few bucks extra for something that says "first strike" on the holder. If I collected silver eagles in MS-69 and had a choice between a regular MS-69 for $25 and a First Strike MS-69 for $29 I'd take the first strike. It's actually a pretty brilliant marketing move on PCGS's part. >>
I collect eagles and one of those slabs will be in my collection
I think I'll snipe that auction.
Herb
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Cameron Kiefer
Russ, NCNE
I want the 1st coin off the line after break- pressure is back up to full stikeability- which makes it a ms70++
Billy
Packed by Martha? That's the key to the set!!!"
Billy
interested in early strikes I thought they looked to first day covers.
The extra amount PCGS is charging for grading fees is nominal. Something similar to the flags. My bet is that someone that collects silver eagles wouldn't mind paying a few bucks extra for something that says "first strike" on the holder. If I collected silver eagles in MS-69 and had a choice between a regular MS-69 for $25 and a First Strike MS-69 for $29 I'd take the first strike. It's actually a pretty brilliant marketing move on PCGS's part.
I agree - what got lost in the discussion here is that at the outset the added "value" being assigned to these coins is the cost of the box of candy I bought at the movies last night (a small box at that). If PCGS can possibly attract hundreds of new collectors into numismatics (perhaps with the same mentaility as stamp collectors who pay a small premium for first day covers, or folks who buy state quarter flag holders), then the dealers (and fellow collectors) can later explain to these folks why the $4 or so premium they paid would have been better spent towards some other kinds of coins, including classics.
Wondercoin
<< <i>This is the first time PCGS has done this.
The extra amount PCGS is charging for grading fees is nominal. Something similar to the flags. My bet is that someone that collects silver eagles wouldn't mind paying a few bucks extra for something that says "first strike" on the holder. If I collected silver eagles in MS-69 and had a choice between a regular MS-69 for $25 and a First Strike MS-69 for $29 I'd take the first strike. It's actually a pretty brilliant marketing move on PCGS's part. >>
I collect eagles and one of those slabs will be in my collection
I think I'll snipe that auction.
Herb