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Well...if you submit enough SMS Lincolns....eventually you get lucky :) HUGE Upgrade

VamCollectorVamCollector Posts: 347 ✭✭
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I got the results over the phone from Teletrade on a submission I sent in back in January. I'll post the rest of the results when they send me the official email but I did get a couple of hits on some 1965 SMS lincolns including a couple of surprising crack-outs:

Date Denomination Variety Grade
1965 1C SMS 66RD About what I figured....just setting up the last 2 coins
1965 1C SMS 65RD Thought 66 but ditto on the previous comment
1965 1C SMS 66RD Ditto
1965 1C SMS 66RD Ditto
1965 1C SMS 67RD I'll take it
1965 1C SMS 65CAM Cracked this out of a ANACS-65 (no CAM) holder......
1965 1C SMS 66CAM Cracked THIS baby out of a PCGS 65 (no CAM) holder....Pop 4 Coin

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>1965 1C SMS 66CAM Cracked THIS baby out of a PCGS 65 (no CAM) holder....Pop 4 Coin >>



    Rock on! Is that the one you picked off on TT?

    Russ, NCNE
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  • VamCollectorVamCollector Posts: 347 ✭✭
    That be the one image
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>That be the one >>



    Knowing what it cost - YOU SUCK!

    Russ, NCNE
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  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,652 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you bought it in December, I could only find two 1965 PCGS SMS 65RD cents on Teletrade. Neither of them looked like cameos to me, and both sold very cheap. You've got one hell of an eye if you could tell one was a 66CAM from Teletrade's images. Congrats.


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • VamCollectorVamCollector Posts: 347 ✭✭
    This is the one......

    1965 SMS Lincoln

  • stephunterstephunter Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭
    Nice!
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,652 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

    So did you give that a bath before you resubmitted it? Also, is that a big hit just above PLURIBUS and below OF?

    If you honestly looked at those images and thought "that looks more like a 66CAM to me," then you're a genius. I wouldn't have seen it then and frankly, I still don't see it now.


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • VamCollectorVamCollector Posts: 347 ✭✭
    I never said it looked like 66CAM to me when I bought it off of Teletrade. I thought it looked like a possible CAM and for the price it was not hard to pass up. I've bought enough off of Teletrade to understand what their pics show and don't show. The coin didn't need a bath and was submitted as is. A 1965 SMS lincoln in any CAM grade is a hit as it is just about the hardest post-1950 proof/SMS to get to go CAM. I'm not sure what your problem is with this. I have better things to do with my time than make up bogus "scores".
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,652 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I never said it looked like 66CAM to me when I bought it off of Teletrade. I thought it looked like a possible CAM and for the price it was not hard to pass up. I've bought enough off of Teletrade to understand what their pics show and don't show. The coin didn't need a bath and was submitted as is. A 1965 SMS lincoln in any CAM grade is a hit as it is just about the hardest post-1950 proof/SMS to get to go CAM. I'm not sure what your problem is with this. I have better things to do with my time than make up bogus "scores". >>



    I'm sorry if my earlier posts had the wrong tone - I don't have a problem at all with the grade or your score, I'm honestly impressed at your ability to see the potential in that coin from those pics.

    I'm always trying to learn from guys like you, Russ and Marty (and if you want to see how little i've learned so far, go check out the post with *my* latest grades image ), as I've always been a cherrypicker at heart and I think modern SMS and proof coins are the next frontier of the art.

    Again, please accept my apologies for any perceived slight, and my sincere congratulations on the coin.


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • DMWJRDMWJR Posts: 6,006 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is an awesome score! Even sweeter since you plucked them from TT!
    Doug
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Bump for congratulations on the sale of the coin and a great score! VamCollector is an excellent Coin Ferengi! image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • kryptonitecomicskryptonitecomics Posts: 9,185 ✭
    Wouldn't it be considered Modern crap?????

    J/K....very nice pick up image
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  • ss350camaross350camaro Posts: 4,529
    stole it for $21 !!!!!!!!!!!!! imageimageimageimageimageimageimage


    Congrats' and a well deserved "YOU SUCK!"




  • techefftecheff Posts: 2,285
    Nice job! image
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  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,652 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Bump for congratulations on the sale of the coin and a great score! VamCollector is an excellent Coin Ferengi! image

    Russ, NCNE >>



    Now that the sale is complete, can you share a link?


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2010&lot=1077

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • ss350camaross350camaro Posts: 4,529
    http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2010&lot=1077


    The Coin Ferengi Group should be very proud of the profit on this transaction !! image
  • DMWJRDMWJR Posts: 6,006 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was surprised. I dropped out at $1250.
    Doug
  • eagle7eagle7 Posts: 1,441
    Good for you, but sad for the poor sucker who sent it to PCGS the first time. That is a recent coin, sometime last fall. Im sure whoever sent it in was expecting a cam designation. They did not get it and you did. What does that say for our grading friends at PCGS. Who do you know there? image
    In an insane society, a sane person will appear to be insane.
  • DRGDRG Posts: 817 ✭
    Eagle7: My thoughts exactly!!!

    I think PCGS is great but this kind of thing is not acceptable. The first submitter got ripped by PCGS and has no recourse. I think PCGS should step up to the plate on this kind of thing and offer a refund when it happens. That would really put them on top.

    Someone should forward this to Mr. Hall for next weeks Q&A and get his opinion.


    VamCollector; Nothing against you! GREAT EYE!!!
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