Some Grades from across the street. Another AU58!

tonyhar · October 26, 2005 11:36PM

Coin List
Coins for invoice number 2750627 Line
Item Year Mint
Mark Variety/Pedigree Denom. Proof Grade Strike
Char Comments
001 1977 SILVER IS.OF MAN SILVER JUBILEE CROWN PF 67 CAMEO

002 2001 IS.OF MAN JOEY DUNLOP MBE OBE CROWN MS 68

003 1953 SO.AFRICA 3P MS 64

004 1953 SO.AFRICA 6P MS 64

005 1953 SO.AFRICA 1S AU 58

006 1953 SO.AFRICA 2S MS 62

007 1953 SO.AFRICA 2.5S MS 63

008 1953 SO.AFRICA 5S MS 62

009 2002P CANADA GOLDEN JUBILEE 50C MS 63

010 1964 JERSEY 1/12S MS 63 BN

Fairlaneman · October 27, 2005 12:58AM

Tony did the 8 Doubles go into NGC ? I do not see it on this submission.

Ken

tonyhar · October 27, 2005 1:28AM

Another set : TWO BBs!! ( I will have wait until they are back before seeing what I missed, the 2Pnd was bought new from Guernsey PO in 1989! )

Coin List
Coins for invoice number 2750609 Line
Item Year Mint
Mark Variety/Pedigree Denom. Proof Grade Strike
Char Comments
001 1920H GUERNSEY 8D MS 63 RB

002 1982 IS.OF MAN 20P PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO

003 1989 GUERNSEY HENRY I 2PND MS GRAFFITI

004 1929H GUERNSEY 2D MS 63 RB

005 1830 GUERNSEY 1D MS ENV DAMAGE

006 1900B SWITZERLND 10R VG 8

007 1970 SWITZERLND 1/2F MS 61

008 1956 NETHERLAND 1G AU 50

SYRACUSIAN · October 27, 2005 1:45AM

006 1900B SWITZERLND 10R VG 8

007 1970 SWITZERLND 1/2F MS 61

008 1956 NETHERLAND 1G AU 50

Tony, I'm losing you here, this sounds like pocket change from trips abroad.

drjules · October 27, 2005 1:57AM

003 1989 GUERNSEY HENRY I 2PND MS GRAFFITI

Maybe you shouldn't have drawn the moustache on Henry with that biro!

Dr J

tonyhar · October 27, 2005 2:03AM

Yes Sy. I tend to include the odd ( sometimes more than one ) coin for my one country pocket change collection. A fun collection that will keep me going for years!

FilamCoins · October 27, 2005 2:31AM

I'm interested to know why you would spend the time and money to slab these particular types of coins (not being sarcastic, but truly interested). I'm new to the hobby and I guess I was under the impression that people slab coins for a few reasons:

1. Easier to sell sight-unseen (grade and authentication)
2. Very high grade pieces for registry sets
3. Protection/Storage

Anyway, just curious and trying to learn something.

Thanks.

tonyhar · October 27, 2005 2:44AM

Hi F.
The coins for my own fun collections are slabbed for protection ( the Isle of Man is a damp (wet!!!) place ).
Because I live on the Isle of Man all the coins I sell have to be on the Internet ( ebay ) and I usually only sell PCGS and NGC coins ( the one exception is the 2001 Isle of Man set ) as the buyer can verify the coins from the labels and it reduces the possible returns.
My Canadian and US coins are for my registry sets and the weaker coins are sold.

I hope that gives some idea of my reasons

SYRACUSIAN · October 27, 2005 3:21AM

In this case Tony, I retract the above statement. A one per country ,circulated set, slabbed by PCGS is actually not a bad idea.

FilamCoins · October 27, 2005 3:28AM

Thanks so much, Tony. I learn something new everyday

One more question, if you don't mind. I love the idea of collecting one coin from each country. But if year and denomination does not matter, wouldn't you want to find the very best piece you could and have that certified?

That is, unless you're collecting a certain kind of coin from each country that is harder to find.

Thanks again! It's interesting to learn about how different people enjoy this hobby.

JamminJ · October 27, 2005 3:36AM

What grades were you expecting on the SA stuff?

tonyhar · October 27, 2005 3:42AM

Hi James
The S A have been sitting in a drawer for a while and I decided that they needed moving, hence having them graded. The grades were much as expected except the AU58 !!

FilamCoins · October 27, 2005 7:48PM

<< <i>One more question, if you don't mind. I love the idea of collecting one coin from each country. But if year and denomination does not matter, wouldn't you want to find the very best piece you could and have that certified?

That is, unless you're collecting a certain kind of coin from each country that is harder to find.

Thanks again! It's interesting to learn about how different people enjoy this hobby. >>

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I guess Tony didn't like my question

What about you JJ? What's your reason/criteria for slabbing???

SYRACUSIAN · October 27, 2005 8:28PM

JJ likes coin pimping.

JamminJ · October 28, 2005 1:16AM

<< <i>What about you JJ? What's your reason/criteria for slabbing??? >>

For my own collection I like slabs due to the protection they offer, the uniformity of holders and the ease of sale should an upgrade or change of direction occur.

For the resale stuff I slab everything that has a good chance of increasing the sale price by more than the slabbing fee. There seems to be a pretty strong demand out there for moderately priced slabbed stuff, especially in high grades. I get lots of e-mails from buyers mentioning how they've been trying to get a nice one for soem tiume but had been burned on raw purchases.

The reason I asked Tony his opinions of the grades as slabbing lower value coins can give educational benefit amd I was wondering ih he was taking advantage of this. It's much cheaper to learn, for instance, how to pick out AU/MS liners on inexpensive coins than on true rarities.

JamminJ · October 28, 2005 1:17AM

<< <i>JJ likes coin pimping.

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Oh, and coin pimpimg is a wonderful hobby.