2000 Post Giveaway. WINNERS POSTED Tell a nice story about another collector or dealer.
markglicker
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Share a nice coin related story about a fellow collector or dealer. Perhaps someone that inspired you, when you were starting out, or maybe a dealer that went out of his/her way, to do something special for you. I will choose 3 winners on Thursday June 9. Each will receive 36 flag holders, for your slabbed coins.
Winners are:
JRGMAN2004
Dickeybetz
MBBIKER
Special prize. If Laura at Legend, PM's me, I will send a dozen, to show off the nice $4 mil Nickel.
Winners are:
JRGMAN2004
Dickeybetz
MBBIKER
Special prize. If Laura at Legend, PM's me, I will send a dozen, to show off the nice $4 mil Nickel.
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Anyway, this particular dealer who sold me this masterpiece went by the name of Mark Glicker or something like that, ebay name of greatservice, and this kindhearted fellow was generous enough to send the coin in one of those beautiful flag holders. This magnanimous gesture brought me unabashedly to tears, and my thoughts turn to love and goodwill towards my fellow man whenever I think about it.
By the way, do you disqualify people for brown nosing?
Bennybravo (he doesn't post here anymore unfortunately), for inviting me over to these boards after we had some deals on Ebay for PCGS JFKs many moons ago.
Frank Corso - sold me his duplicates for my Jefferson Registry set many moons ago, at unbelievable prices. All coins he had submitted himself, and many were close seconds to the ones that remain in his top-ranked set today (according to Frank). Thanks, Frank! The coins have since gone to the winds.
JR (I think he got bammed) - we had a fight here when I first joined these boards b/c I had an ACG coin for sale on Ebay. I didn't know all the wonderful things about ACG (the world's #1 grading service) at that time, and let's just say, JR enlightened me.
Many others.
Man, dial it down a little......
My little story deals with mostavet, the poster above me. A while ago, he had outbid me on a toned morgan on ebay- an 1878-S two sided toner in a 63 anacs holder. A few days ago, he pm's me, and says that he has to sell a few items, and wanted to give me first dibs on that morgan- since I was the one that he had outbid for it. I accepted, and thought the gesture was very cool........
Millertime
Complete Dime Set
this response,"What the heck, its Friday night,why not."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
gave my brother and i a bunch of common stuff when we were little, taught us some basics about coins but didnt push us, and collected primarily at face value in the late 50's and throughout the 60's. just really cool in my eyes, and he got me started!
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I'd really been wanting one of these coins for a longgg time - and especially in my Dad's birth year in remembrance of him - and specifically wanted one was not cleaned.
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It has never been cleaned and is full original as I have stated before.
i will guarantee the coin has not been cleaned or dipped.
RE: 1926 Oregon Trail
Not to be overdramatic, but this coin is incredible. Many people would call it Ch. Bu. In reality I call it Ch. Au 58+. It is a truly spectacular coin. The coin itself almost looks high relief. I have never really studied it before tonight very well, as I haven't looked at it in 20 years. The coin has tremendous 85% original mint lustre, it is 99% white with just a little very very light toning near the lower rim on the reverse, so little that you cant even see with the naked eye.
There are absolutely no problems with the coin at all.
It has never been cleaned and is full original as I have stated before.
There is no spootting and no rim nicks or scratches of any sort whatsoever. You would have full 5 day return priviledge if you were unhappy with the coin for any reason. I take limited paypal and could send you an invoice. Grey sheet is $100 for AU50 and $127 for MS60. As in many cases, and this being one of them, the AU58+ is nicer than a typical MS60. Cost would be $115.00 including postage. If you want insurance you pay $2.20 for $100 insurance.
Edited to add: I will admit it did take me a little while to get it sent in for grading and just got it back. It has been several months. However, the fact that it is cleaned has 'just' been verified - and fact remains - I was ripped off.
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<< <i>Well, a few weeks ago I bought a coin on ebay, an 1885-0 Morgan graded by PCGS as MS65 in an old rattler holder. It has gorgeous golden rim toning on the obverse that reaches a crescendo exactly at the bottom, creating an amplifying effect on the date. The coin has tremendous luster, and the very few contact marks it has are miniscule, and this particular coin could easily be in an MS66 holder.
Anyway, this particular dealer who sold me this masterpiece went by the name of Mark Glicker or something like that, ebay name of greatservice, and this kindhearted fellow was generous enough to send the coin in one of those beautiful flag holders. This magnanimous gesture brought me unabashedly to tears, and my thoughts turn to love and goodwill towards my fellow man whenever I think about it.
By the way, do you disqualify people for brown nosing? >>
Markg Licker is a good guy.
He's one hell of a nice guy, and nothing would please me more than to give him the credit he deserves. But alas I am sure he would prefer to remain anonymous.
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Bridget
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Thanks Terry
Great giveaway and congrats on your 2000
I bough my first coin from this dealer.
He is a old and nice man.
Every time, I go to his shop, he teaches me some numismatic knowledge.
He is just like a numismatic teacher for me.
One bad news is that he is going to close his store soon.
A few years ago, at a regional coin show in Boston, I passed a dealer's table and was immediately drawn to a small stack of Wayte Raymond National Coin Album pages. These pages were for the Liberty Seated half dime series, and although not full, contained about twenty +/- XF and AU gorgeously toned coins. I asked to see them, and after studying them for a while, I asked the dealer if he would give me prices on a few of the coins. He responded rather abruptly that he was selling them strictly as a group, and would not consider breaking them up. A few attempts to pursuade him to sell me the six or seven coins I was interested in fell on deaf ears, and did little more than etrench his position, so I gave up in frustration.
Several months later, at one of the relatively recent ANA summer conventions in New York, I stumbled across the same dealer, and there in the corner of his case were the very same album pages, with the same half dimes still intact. My renewed attempts to pry the few half dimes of interest from him were no more successful than before, so I walked away determined to never do business with that particular dealer.
Within minutes of that frustrating event, I happened to meet Liz Coggan, of J. J. Teaparty in the aisle. I have enjoyed a wonderful relationship with Liz for many years, and it is always a pleasure to talk coins with her. I related the previous incident to her, but to this day I am convinced that I never revealed the name of the other dealer; I simply described the incident anonymously. We exchanged pleasantries, and Liz made a parting comment along the lines "Well, you win a few, you lose a few".
No more than 15 minutes later, Liz caught up with me in the aisle and handed me the pile of Wayte Raymond half dime album pages, with a big smile on her face. She instructed me "Take them home, study them, take out the ones you want, and return the rest. We can always use new stock". I was stunned. Now how's that for customer service?!
In another thread, Mark Feld advised collectors to identify a dealer with whom thay can work, and whom they trust, and 'stick to them like glue'. This would seem to be good advice. And the old saw about "Do unto others" should be added. I have attempted to reciprocate some of the favors to Liz over the years, but she always seems to be ahead of me.
Should you determine that this story is worthy of winning, like the other participant before me, please give any winnings to a YN in the hopes that he/she will continue in this wonderful hobby.
A few weeks later I went to visit my grandfather. I brought all of my coins with him to show him. I had every date from about 1965-1998. He said that he has something that I might be interested in. A few minutes later he brings out this huge box. In it he has thousands and thousands of coins. He had two $1000 dollar Morgan dollar bags that he got in the sixties. He had countless wheat pennies, buffalo nickels and a lot of various coins ranging from the 1820's to the 1960's. He had been collectings coins since the forties. I was in awe. I loved looking at his coins. While I was looking at them he handed me an Indian head cent whitman folder, a Lincoln cent one, and a Buffalo nickel one. He told me to go through his coins and try to fill the folders. I said ok and began doing it. Hours later when it was time to go home I was getting ready to leave and he said, "Wait you forgot your coins." I stared at him in disbelief. He was giving me the folders! I couldnt believe it. In these folders I held a 1909-s VDB cent, a 1909-S lincoln AND Indian head cent. I had a three legged buffalo nickel. I had a 1914-D Cent. I had a 1955 Double die. I couldnt believe what he was giving me. He is the one that really started me out collecting coins. He taught me the golden rules of coin collecting, never clean the coin, only grip it on the edges, and protect the coins. He taught me what Numismatic meant. He got me into collecting and I have never stopped. He always gives me coins because I am only 16 dont really have the money to buy them. He buys me subscribtions to coin magazines so I can learn more about this wonderful hobby. He has influenced me so much in my early numismatic career and his teachings will be with me for the rest of my life.
<< <i>7 years ago when I was 9 years old i was cleaning my room and i noticed my oled coin jar that I had sitting on my desk. I opened it up and started to look through it. I took out all of the pennies and I separated all of the dates into piles (I knew nothing about mint marks at this time). This is when i started collecting coins.
A few weeks later I went to visit my grandfather. I brought all of my coins with him to show him. I had every date from about 1965-1998. He said that he has something that I might be interested in. A few minutes later he brings out this huge box. In it he has thousands and thousands of coins. He had two $1000 dollar Morgan dollar bags that he got in the sixties. He had countless wheat pennies, buffalo nickels and a lot of various coins ranging from the 1820's to the 1960's. He had been collectings coins since the forties. I was in awe. I loved looking at his coins. While I was looking at them he handed me an Indian head cent whitman folder, a Lincoln cent one, and a Buffalo nickel one. He told me to go through his coins and try to fill the folders. I said ok and began doing it. Hours later when it was time to go home I was getting ready to leave and he said, "Wait you forgot your coins." I stared at him in disbelief. He was giving me the folders! I couldnt believe it. In these folders I held a 1909-s VDB cent, a 1909-S lincoln AND Indian head cent. I had a three legged buffalo nickel. I had a 1914-D Cent. I had a 1955 Double die. I couldnt believe what he was giving me. He is the one that really started me out collecting coins. He taught me the golden rules of coin collecting, never clean the coin, only grip it on the edges, and protect the coins. He taught me what Numismatic meant. He got me into collecting and I have never stopped. He always gives me coins because I am only 16 dont really have the money to buy them. He buys me subscribtions to coin magazines so I can learn more about this wonderful hobby. He has influenced me so much in my early numismatic career and his teachings will be with me for the rest of my life. >>
This story sucks.... dammmm, if you don't win...
<< <i>How does my story suck arlea? >>
Cause it is so much better than mine......
It is a great story... please don't let my sarcasm reign, it was touching, informative and well written.....almost brought a tear to my eye... but then real men don't cry...
I sell a few, Mr P. It is certainly not a high volume item, but it is a product that I designed, and enjoy seeing used by the coin community.
I am always inspired by LucyBop! First off because she is a very prominent female figure on this forum
You do realize that Lucy and Russ are the same person, right?
<< <i>They are?? I never would have figured that one out. >>
Be Bop A Lula.
Russ, NCNE
"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
<< <i>what condition were those coins? >>
They are anywhere from good-fine.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
<< <i>btmoore...
I am always inspired by LucyBop! First off because she is a very prominent female figure on this forum
You do realize that Lucy and Russ are the same person, right? >>
Hu? I hope you're pulling my chain
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Bridget
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(My beautiful children!!)
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Bridget
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(My beautiful children!!)