Jason's 1904 Quest for MS63... ( to be updated)
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please periodically check in to see how Jason and his coin is holding up through the stuggle and seperation of grading season.
Day # 1
Well i worked from 730 to 1. from there i managed to go to the post office to send the final payment on the 1881S out and also the 1904 $2.50 out to be graded. It ended up costing me $13.65 to express mail it ( which since lake placid is in the middle of nowhere) will take 2 days . priority ( 2 or 3 day would actually take 4 or 5 days) and snail mail think about 2nd week in december. anyway so i opted for $13.65 on shipping get it all to my friend to have this done. Im nearly cried when i gave it to the teller to mail. sigh that next to the 1873 closed 3 was the biggest coin i have in the gold collection.
wed he should have it. thurs or fri it should be off to PCGS. after everything Shipping Coin and Grading service this coin went to $300.00. good thing for me to get a value of $300 back i need AU 55 i think ( au is 265 and MS60 is 340) im scared for my coin. what do i do ?
how do you people live with yourselves when a coin is on a road trip? im panicing. Atleast Thursday i should have teh 1881 going to my job so i should have that , then the mint sets from E and it should be like a week or so later my 1904$. i remember you all were saying it should be a MS61-63 ( from the pics) sigh im scared. As day #1 comes to an end i need a beer.
Day # 1
Well i worked from 730 to 1. from there i managed to go to the post office to send the final payment on the 1881S out and also the 1904 $2.50 out to be graded. It ended up costing me $13.65 to express mail it ( which since lake placid is in the middle of nowhere) will take 2 days . priority ( 2 or 3 day would actually take 4 or 5 days) and snail mail think about 2nd week in december. anyway so i opted for $13.65 on shipping get it all to my friend to have this done. Im nearly cried when i gave it to the teller to mail. sigh that next to the 1873 closed 3 was the biggest coin i have in the gold collection.
wed he should have it. thurs or fri it should be off to PCGS. after everything Shipping Coin and Grading service this coin went to $300.00. good thing for me to get a value of $300 back i need AU 55 i think ( au is 265 and MS60 is 340) im scared for my coin. what do i do ?
how do you people live with yourselves when a coin is on a road trip? im panicing. Atleast Thursday i should have teh 1881 going to my job so i should have that , then the mint sets from E and it should be like a week or so later my 1904$. i remember you all were saying it should be a MS61-63 ( from the pics) sigh im scared. As day #1 comes to an end i need a beer.
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In memory of Tiggar 5/21/1994 - 5/28/2010
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First update ( surprised Dave emailed me at 9pm at night). told me when the coin comes in wednsday he will mail out the 1881 and take my 1904 to the coin show at baltimore( i believe) and have it graded in person. he said this may be faster than sending it in. he is one standup guy.
my coin forms are being filled out and i will get a copy of the sumbit # to give to who ever on this board i should give it too. i think mad marty kept updated on whos grades are back. who do i give the submit number to . i forget.
my days are still currently lonly only seeing 4 gold coins not 5 or now will be 6 when everything is home safely. dave said the coin looked to be a ms 61 or 62. and he said he is hopefully lowballing it. my heart is still set on a ms 63 grade. if its a 62 ill be happy cause thats what i originally eyed the coin at during the auction. MS61 ill be a little disapointed but life goes on. AU anything or lower. ill be cryin' you wait and see.
oh yeah i will also post my new find at work very cool look for it next to this post.
Dave just emailed me saying hes mailing the invoice. this should be fun when i get that # i will be checking my coin EVERYDAY from then out.
the 15th the number was entered into the computer, but no updates have followed yet. i see alot of people by near by entries used the 1 day turn around in the 8th out the 9th. sigh maybe i should have done that. but 100$ is alot to spend.
i guess also im doing this so newbies who send out the first time can see what they are in for when submitting to PCGS. its been so long i forget what my coin looked like.