Do you still own your first PCGS coin?

blu62vette

Corresponding with another forum member it was interesting to hear that he still had his first PCGS coin, a Morgan in a rattler, because I have the same. I think I bought this at my B&M about 18 years ago, not really sure on the timeframe. At the time the dealer was doing a lot of green PCI coins and some PCGS. I have always liked this coin guess that is why I still have it and it has survived the non-PL purges of my collection. If you still have your first PCGS coin, lets see it!! Or if you know what it was and it is gone maybe let us know when you got it and what you had.

Here is mine:

1TwoBits

I don't have a picture handy, but I still have my first PCGS coin. It's an 1850 AU55 large cent.

1TwoBits

JamesMurray

I do actually , come to think of it.I got it already slabbed on the BST , i can't recall exactly who sold me it but its a cool Franklin.I got an Australian Kookaburro slabbed by PCGS as well at the same time.Again it was already slabbed by the time i got it.Im warming to the idea slowly of having some done.

chumley

no longer have them but I bought each of my kids(4) a Morgan from the public tv auction...they were so wizzed you could prob use em as flashlites at nite.......think I sold em to Todd

Steve27

Here's my first PCGS coin (and yes I still own it):

Barndog

BillJones

I own one of the first four PCGS graded coins that I had. Back in the late 1980s I had a dealer send in four gold coins from my eight piece type set for PCGS grading. In those days only PCGS authorized dealers could submit coins for grading.

When I got the pieces back, the grading was ultra conservative. I traded one piece in the PCGS holder for another coin. I eventually cracked out the other three, which all got up-grades and sold two of those coins. I still have one of the coins left.

Bochiman

Don't know if I do for sure or not.
I probably do as I haven't sold many coins (aside from newly issues USMint "flippables").
I actually have no way to really remember, unless it shows on my spreadsheet with the earliest date (I did lose my first group of records and had to recreate with receipts what I could).

To me, a coin is a coin, regardless of the holder. Heck, I may have even gotten an ICG before a PCGS back then.

123cents

I don't but remember it was a blast white Morgan in a PCGS rattler holder graded MS-63.

Kove

Yep, still own my plain 1923 MS 62 Peace Dollar in a rattler holder. Not very attractive, with water spots. As a kid in the 1980s, I was really excited to own a certified coin!

Dennis88

Nope. It wasn't special anyway. A 1997-S PCGS PR-68DCAM cent. Kind of embarrassing, now that I think about it.



Dennis

Hotfootspin

Yes, mine is a Buffalo Nickel in a rattler holder.

Mark

LindeDad

No, it was a MS64 1953 Franklin that I held about a year before upgrading.
Side note I was not a member here back then.

HighRelief

The very first PCGS coin that I put into my collection and still own.

Zoins

57loaded

one from my first submissions, yes

TahoeDale

Yes, an 1883 cc Morgan in 66. Probably a 67 DMPL today.

partagas

Yes 1883 cc morgan rattler. Bought in 1987 or 1988. Definetly would upgrade. Just a white coin no toning.

JamesW

Don't post very often, just read the posts, but I still have every coin that has ever been in my collection. My first PCGS coins were 4 on a collector's club submission, 1877 Trade Dollar - XF45, 1885-O Morgan MS62 and 2 cleaned no grade.

MrHalfDime

Yes, I still have my first PCGS slabbed coin. Of course, it is no longer entombed in plastic, but I still have it. It is an 1829 LM-1/V7, in PCGS AU-55 grade, purchased from J. J. Teaparty on August 13, 1994. Of course, in 1994 we didn't use the LM designations, as the Logan/McCloskey half dime reference was just an idea at that time, so we referred to it as V1.

Sonorandesertrat

No. It was a 1924 Saint in MS65.

johnny9434

yes, an 1883 morgan ms 63.

ModCrewman

Part of my first submission to PCGS; this is the only one I kept. (BluCC photo)

scottgardener

I bought this one maybe ten years ago, before I started collecting at my present level. I still have it.

illini420

I actually still have mine, but I cracked it out and it's in a Dansco album... it was a 1943 steel cent in PCGS MS66 that I got on eBay for around $30. Cracked it right out and put it in the Dansco album. No way would grade MS66 anymore as it just doesn't have the same luster to it and now is had thick layer of haziness/toning on it from the album. Looks pretty junky actually, oh well!

JJM

I dunno ??????????

WoodenJefferson

Nope, traded a 1955 Franklin (my first slab) plus some cash for another '55 that had FBL's. Never looked back, no remorse.

SkyMan

Nope, not my first one. I do however have my first toner I bought specifically as a toner, circa 1990. While rather tame by my current standards I still like it, and given it's "1st" position I'm planning on keeping it. It's in a PCGS MS66FB rattler.

SoCalBigMark

No, it was a MS64RB 1909 S VDB and PCGS bought it back.

anablep

I really have no strong emotional attachment to my coins or their holders, so there is very little reason for me to remember such things.

Now that I think about it, I think I cracked my first few out to send to ANACS back in the day.

Now I'm considering sending most of my ANACS to PCGS.

AuroraBorealis

Vette very nice Morgie as well as Skyman`s beauty Merc...

My very first PCGS coin is this 92 Proof Injun and i still consider it to have tech. the finest surfaces in my IHC set to date...

AB

roadrunner

My first PCGS coin ever was bought raw for me at Auction '86. A gem 1867-s quarter which I had to wait 6 yrs for it to reappear at auction after a record
setting price in 1980. After winning the coin in August 1986 it was immediately sent in for grading....PCGS MS66. Seemed like a good grade at the time considering
the coin was always just considered gem MS65. I had the coin for the next 18 yrs. It now resides in the finest seated quarter collection ever assembled (now MS67)

Ironic that my first official PCGS coin happened to be my dream coin, and the best coin I ever owned. It's been down hill ever since.

roadrunner

19Lyds

Actually..............Yes!

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blueifalcon

Still have her. MS64 1880/79-S (TOP 100 VAM 8)

jessewvu

Yeah, it's the worst looking PCGS PR69DcAM I gave ever seen. There is a HUGE gash right across her chest. It would probably grade 63 today judging how they graded the ATB coins. It's a collectors club ASE graded that I got for free with my initial membership. I always look at that and wonder why they put such a terrible coin in their slab for new members.

Do they even do that anymore?

pakasmom

<< <i>no longer have them but I bought each of my kids(4) a Morgan from the public tv auction...they were so wizzed you could prob use em as flashlites at nite.......think I sold em to Todd >>

JRocco

Nope
It was a 66 Merc in an old rattler that I gave away to a youngin on these boards.

ArizonaJack

No....1909-VDB 66 RD

InYHWHWeTrust

Yep.

jesbroken

Don't have a photo handy, but stored away I still have my first PCGS coin which was a 1913 P TI Buffalo Nickel in AU55.
Jim

Moldnut

Yes, I still have all three that I bought at the same time in 1994. One 1922 Peace Dollar and two Morgans in MS64. To this day, its the only Morgans I have ever bought.

goodmoney4badmoney

The first real "collector" coin I ever purchased was a PCGS coin, I don't own it anymore.

pontiacinf

my first was a body bag and yes I still own it, as a reminder.

till this day I still do not know what I was thinking when I sent it in...

nough said dont ask lol

Teva

Yes and its been regraded and then secure plus graded
via cc special.Third time was the charm

StubbyMcNumbthumbs

Yes, I got this from Glenn Holsonbake in a forum giveaway. It's the only slabbed coin I've ever owned. I like it and will keep it the way it is. Thanks again Glenn!

notwilight

Yes, my avatar. Was my first PCGS coin purchased and my first coin purchased period. I seem to have misplaced the photo of the slab. OGH of course. --jerry

melvin289

Yes I do. It's an MS-64 Cleveland Commem I bought from the local "Coin shop." I'll never darken their door again. I probably have between 150 and 200 PCGS graded coins now. Anyone ever having read any of the threads about selling coins knows that I never part with a coin once I get my hands on it. But since I have 2000 posts coming up sometime in the near future I might have to give away something if I can bring myself to do it. It would be like sending my children out into the world.

Ron

Edited to add: I actually have 3737 posts. Once upon changing computers i could no longer access my old account and had to start all over. I lost 1813 posts. I have to sneak OT stuff in on threads like this to see who is paying attention.

CharlotteDude

Here's mine. Purchased raw in Aug 1991, submitted to PCGS in Nov 1991 through a Pacific Grove, CA dealer and was graded as VF-30. Cracked it out & resubmitted in Nov 2003, came back in its still current XF-45 holder.



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WaterSport

Yes, 1939 MS 66 Lincoln.

WS

ThePennyLady

I don't remember if this is the actual first PCGS coin I added to my collection, but this is the FIRST raw coin in my collection that I specifically sent to PCGS to be graded. Though it is far from being the most monetarily valuable coin in my collection, it is the MOST special and MOST meaningful coin out of any coin I have in my entire collection. And though I have had several offers to purchase this coin, it is one that I will NEVER sell. The reason it is so special is because this is the last coin I kept from the raw collection that I inherited from my aunt several years ago - which is how I even came to learn about and become interested in coins (and ultimately why I became a coin dealer). And let me just say that I REALLY LOVE THIS COIN!

BillyKingsley

Yep, I do. I bought it at CoinFest in 2009...because it was the cheapest one I could find ($6 IIRC).

I only have two in my collection, this one and one I won from a giveaway on here.



Sorry for the dust in the scan.