As my welcoming gift to you, and because I found your forum name amusing, I present you with your very own custom avatar.
I went with the "original recipe" old Obi-wan, so you wouldn't look too much like a young whippersnapper. There's nothin' wrong with the newer young Obi-Wan, I suppose- I never saw the more recent film- but c'mon- Alec Guiness as Obi-Wan was the coolest character of all in the first one.
I see you don't have the newbie red-X avatar, so obviously you know how to choose one off the list under your profile.
To upload a custom one, you must wait for the 15th of each month, for Icon Upload Day.
Since the 15th happens to fall on a weekend this month, the moderators will likely raise the curtain on Friday or Monday, before or after the weekend.
Save the image to your computer, and when the Icon Upload curtain is open, you will see a box for "upload a custom author icon" in your profile. (At any other time besides Upload Day, it's not there, so if you miss the window of opportunity, you gotta wait until the 15th of next month.)
Use the Power, Jedi master Obi-Wan Canoli!
Enjoy!
PS- you'll wanna activate Private Messages while you're in your profile, too. That is how most business negotiations go down on this site.
Oh, and you'd better like the avatar, 'cause it was b*tch to make, with my primitive software. I still didn't get that perfect "lightsaber glow" comin' off the canoli, but oh, well. (And the rest of you Photoshop Jedis had better not go making him any alternate choices which make mine look bad, now, OK? I worked hard so Obi-Wan could have his canoli. Don't go giving him any other canolis.)
A grand welcome. Not to hijack your arrival, But I thought Yodas' smoking problem was solved on the Forum about a month or so ago.The particular coloring of the picture used in this Thread has an uncanny similarity to John Wayne at the end. Again, welcome,and you are asking some very good questions that can also serve as refreshers for us. Respectfully, John Curlis
And for the kudos on the moniker... I get a lot of that, and can only blame a long-ago divorce (long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away) and a persistent light-saber battle with a foot-long sweet tooth!
I've saved the image (barely computer savvy here, but I manage to get some things handled), and will check in Monday to see if I can upload that image. While I love to ride, the harley image seemed a little out of place, and somewhat inconsistent with the other imaginations and creativities amongst the membership...
Again, I appreciate the welcomes - thanks. Any response to my queries and observations? Hammer away!
UBERCOINER
A Truth That's Told With Bad Intent Beats All The Lies You Can Invent
I was reading you post at the top of this page, and thought I'd throw my two bits in on something
First, while there are a few books on coins, pricing, grading, etc. that are on my list, my very limited experience to this point suggests that "guides" - such as the online PCGS guide I've perused for AE's - seem to be off by a wide margin, compared to prices some people actually pay for these coins.
Not sure what's best for AE's and such, but the Online Numismedia price guide is a fairly good starting point for circulated coins Fair Market Values
Secondly, insofar as current [read: new] coinage is concerned, coin dealers must be buying these in bulk from the US Mint, unwrap or unpackage them, apparently sending them to be graded, with the hope they'll come back with the highest possible grade, and thus, bless the profit they hope to make in selling them. However long this process takes - and however much it may cost - would it, and does it make sense for an insignificant guy like me to send MY brand new, shiny "proof", first strike coins off to some far-away critic to have MY coins graded? If grading equates to value - even for a personal collection such as what I want to build - is it practical to do so? Why, instead, don't I simply forego the middleman, so to speak, and buy graded coins from somewhere other than the US Mint?
Unless you train an expert eye after viewing many hundreds if not many thousands of the modern coin type you want to have graded, it will probably always be cheaper to buy from the sumbitter than to submit yourself.
If you want graded coins, buy them that way. If you prefer raw, then buy them that way. If there comes a time that you have viewed many hundreds or thousands of coins, then you may want to give it a shot to seelct raw coins for grading ... the pay-off can be good if you score, but the cash drain will be very noticeable when you dont.
Oh, one last thing ... and I may get flamed for this, but it is my opinion and I do stand by it ... the usual difference between a 69 and a 70 in modern proof, commem and bullion coinage probably does not warrant the usual multiples in the prices paid.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Comparatively speaking, I'm so green to this, if I were Kentucky Bluegrass, I'd have to be mowed every other day.
I appreciate your perspective. Candidly, this is a two-edged sword for me...
There's something euneek about the pristine state of newly minted coins. And one goal for me is to build the entire series with Mint coins, ungraded, but all 70's in my heart (got that from Jimmy Carter).
When I run across a "70" that I feel I can afford, I might consider adding THAT one to the "Graded" collection. This will, of course, require a longer period of time, but if the coins can wait, then so can I.
Someone in an earlier post suggested I "hoard the keys"... After only a few short months, I very much undertand what he meant, and pay a little closer attention to it.
Of course, there will come a time when I feel the need to move beyond a "series" collection, and turn my eye toward more esoteric, perhaps eclectic, singular pieces. It will be then I try to pick your collective brains on this... I know this is not now the direction for me - evidenced by the recent discovery of the very first $2 Bill ever made... and the $1.375M the owner wants for it...
Way outa my league... for the moment...
Have a great weekend.
UBERCOINER
A Truth That's Told With Bad Intent Beats All The Lies You Can Invent
By the way, you all seem to get some pretty fine pix of your coins... guess I haven't yet mastered the "macro" functions, but I have a 5 mp digital with that feature, among others...
What are you using, and how are you setting up?
UBERCOINER
A Truth That's Told With Bad Intent Beats All The Lies You Can Invent
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As my welcoming gift to you, and because I found your forum name amusing, I present you with your very own custom avatar.
I went with the "original recipe" old Obi-wan, so you wouldn't look too much like a young whippersnapper. There's nothin' wrong with the newer young Obi-Wan, I suppose- I never saw the more recent film- but c'mon- Alec Guiness as Obi-Wan was the coolest character of all in the first one.
I see you don't have the newbie red-X avatar, so obviously you know how to choose one off the list under your profile.
To upload a custom one, you must wait for the 15th of each month, for Icon Upload Day.
Since the 15th happens to fall on a weekend this month, the moderators will likely raise the curtain on Friday or Monday, before or after the weekend.
Save the image to your computer, and when the Icon Upload curtain is open, you will see a box for "upload a custom author icon" in your profile. (At any other time besides Upload Day, it's not there, so if you miss the window of opportunity, you gotta wait until the 15th of next month.)
Use the Power, Jedi master Obi-Wan Canoli!
Enjoy!
PS- you'll wanna activate Private Messages while you're in your profile, too. That is how most business negotiations go down on this site.
Oh, and you'd better like the avatar, 'cause it was b*tch to make, with my primitive software. I still didn't get that perfect "lightsaber glow" comin' off the canoli, but oh, well. (And the rest of you Photoshop Jedis had better not go making him any alternate choices which make mine look bad, now, OK? I worked hard so Obi-Wan could have his canoli. Don't go giving him any other canolis.)
An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.
-Randy Newman
And for the kudos on the moniker... I get a lot of that, and can only blame a long-ago divorce (long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away) and a persistent light-saber battle with a foot-long sweet tooth!
I've saved the image (barely computer savvy here, but I manage to get some things handled), and will check in Monday to see if I can upload that image. While I love to ride, the harley image seemed a little out of place, and somewhat inconsistent with the other imaginations and creativities amongst the membership...
Again, I appreciate the welcomes - thanks. Any response to my queries and observations? Hammer away!
A Truth That's Told With Bad Intent
Beats All The Lies You Can Invent
I was reading you post at the top of this page, and thought I'd throw my two bits in on something
First, while there are a few books on coins, pricing, grading, etc. that are on my list, my very limited experience to this point suggests that "guides" - such as the online PCGS guide I've perused for AE's - seem to be off by a wide margin, compared to prices some people actually pay for these coins.
Not sure what's best for AE's and such, but the Online Numismedia price guide is a fairly good starting point for circulated coins Fair Market Values
Secondly, insofar as current [read: new] coinage is concerned, coin dealers must be buying these in bulk from the US Mint, unwrap or unpackage them, apparently sending them to be graded, with the hope they'll come back with the highest possible grade, and thus, bless the profit they hope to make in selling them. However long this process takes - and however much it may cost - would it, and does it make sense for an insignificant guy like me to send MY brand new, shiny "proof", first strike coins off to some far-away critic to have MY coins graded? If grading equates to value - even for a personal collection such as what I want to build - is it practical to do so? Why, instead, don't I simply forego the middleman, so to speak, and buy graded coins from somewhere other than the US Mint?
Unless you train an expert eye after viewing many hundreds if not many thousands of the modern coin type you want to have graded, it will probably always be cheaper to buy from the sumbitter than to submit yourself.
If you want graded coins, buy them that way. If you prefer raw, then buy them that way. If there comes a time that you have viewed many hundreds or thousands of coins, then you may want to give it a shot to seelct raw coins for grading ... the pay-off can be good if you score, but the cash drain will be very noticeable when you dont.
Oh, one last thing ... and I may get flamed for this, but it is my opinion and I do stand by it ... the usual difference between a 69 and a 70 in modern proof, commem and bullion coinage probably does not warrant the usual multiples in the prices paid.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Comparatively speaking, I'm so green to this, if I were Kentucky Bluegrass, I'd have to be mowed every other day.
I appreciate your perspective. Candidly, this is a two-edged sword for me...
There's something euneek about the pristine state of newly minted coins. And one goal for me is to build the entire series with Mint coins, ungraded, but all 70's in my heart (got that from Jimmy Carter).
When I run across a "70" that I feel I can afford, I might consider adding THAT one to the "Graded" collection. This will, of course, require a longer period of time, but if the coins can wait, then so can I.
Someone in an earlier post suggested I "hoard the keys"... After only a few short months, I very much undertand what he meant, and pay a little closer attention to it.
Of course, there will come a time when I feel the need to move beyond a "series" collection, and turn my eye toward more esoteric, perhaps eclectic, singular pieces. It will be then I try to pick your collective brains on this... I know this is not now the direction for me - evidenced by the recent discovery of the very first $2 Bill ever made... and the $1.375M the owner wants for it...
Way outa my league... for the moment...
Have a great weekend.
A Truth That's Told With Bad Intent
Beats All The Lies You Can Invent
always remember...shiney side up..rubber side down..
and ask away!!
Got just two more to go... a '91 and a '94... well, the '95-W, too, but THAT's a longshot, eh?
Have also obtained a couple of the 20th anniversary 3-coin sets, though these, of course, would never be graded as such.
Who's a Morgan specialist in here? I'd like to put together a reasonable collection of these as well, as my next project...
Gotta upload that canoli image next month... missed it this past week, too many biznis goin' on...
A Truth That's Told With Bad Intent
Beats All The Lies You Can Invent
What are you using, and how are you setting up?
A Truth That's Told With Bad Intent
Beats All The Lies You Can Invent
Also looking for VF-EF Seated halves.
Sell me your old auction catalogs...
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As my welcoming gift to you, and because I found your forum name amusing, I present you with your very own custom avatar.
I like that one
Its very fitting for this forum
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