Just made my first PCGS PO01!! (pictures added)

Steve123 · February 18, 2013 11:36AM

Just checked the status of my order, and I made a 1976 Half Dollar PO01. I am very happy with the results.

bolivarshagnasty · February 18, 2013 11:40AM

Sounds like a good name for a punk band "The Slick Kennedys".

BTW- Your a sick man. Seek help.

MsMorrisine · February 18, 2013 11:41AM

pictures!

Steve123 · February 18, 2013 11:43AM

Sorry for not having any pictures. I will take pictures once I receive the coin back from PCGS.

Steve123 · February 18, 2013 11:49AM

Thanks, FTB.

MilesWaits · February 18, 2013 12:08PM

Way to nail the Holy Grail of underachieving coins, Steve!! Ain't no thing getting a 70, but a PO01!

Swampboy · February 18, 2013 2:16PM

I hope you Trueviewed that POS.

Just kidding

TwoSides2aCoin · February 18, 2013 3:16PM

Hahaha Swampy.

If it got any worse it would have been genuine.

ricko · February 19, 2013 1:03AM

I know these make some people happy, and great for them. However, I will never understand it....oh well, to each his/her own...Cheers, RickO

Coinsponge · February 19, 2013 1:11AM

You have to admit it can be a conversation piece. Of course you have to be very secure about the status of your sanity.

lcoopie · February 19, 2013 1:18AM

I don't understand this type of collecting either, but enjoy.

Davideo · February 19, 2013 3:01AM

Do you know the pops on that? It's tough to gauge value, but PO01 moderns are tough to come by.

Oh, and congrats - pictures needed!

braddick · February 19, 2013 3:32AM

<< Do you know the pops on that? It's tough to gauge value, but PO01 moderns are tough to come by.

Oh, and congrats - pictures needed! >>

I am not sure of values either, but I offered Steve via a PM $250. for his coin and I bet he turns me down.

joeykoins · February 19, 2013 3:35AM

Congrats.very cool! I have a Kennedy in the low,low condition too,but no date,It's not legible to grade.Oh well. -joey

braddick · February 19, 2013 3:42AM

<< Congrats.very cool! I have a Kennedy in the low,low condition too,but no date,It's not legible to grade.Oh well. -joey

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Would be if it was a first year issue!
(90% silver and/or reverse "D" mintmark would allow PCGS to grade, problem free, without a date.)

joeykoins · February 19, 2013 3:53AM

Yeah I know.I wish It was a 64' this way,even without the date,one can tell. It is clad,nobody can ever tell. That's cool,It still makes for an conversation piece. Thanks.

joeykoins · February 19, 2013 3:57AM

I always wondered about a PO1 or 2 grade,if silver,how much of the silver has worn away also?

Steve123 · February 19, 2013 7:19AM

I have a 64 (no date visible) code 86d twice because it lost too much weight that they could not determine if it was a 64 or a 65-70. The peak of the 4 in 1964 was showing, and I even noted it on the mylar flip to no avail. I think I am going to see if ANACS or NGC will grade it.

Dave99B · February 19, 2013 1:25PM

Nice, job Steve! You have a good eye for 'slick' coins. This one sounds downright cool.

Dave

Steve123 · February 19, 2013 1:44PM

Thank you, Dave.

When I first started collecting in the mid 1990s (my teenage years), I was only interested in bright white uncirculated silver coins (with silver so low at the time even a kid like me working at a grocery store could afford nice examples). As I grew older my tastes have changed and I find lowball classic commemorative half dollars and lowball modern coins to be the most interesting because of the history and simply because their populations are so low. I have also had a great time discussing these coins with Bob (pocketpiececommems), and Pat Braddick. This forum has been a valuable resource.

USMoneylover · February 19, 2013 2:21PM

Congrats Steve...I'm glad you were successful!

Steve123 · February 26, 2013 11:53AM

Here are a couple pictures of the coin

The following Lafayette PO01 I made about 3 years ago (wish it was in our hosts holder)

And a couple more PO01s

NumisOxide · February 26, 2013 1:15PM

The slick Lafayette is nice!

Dave99B · February 26, 2013 1:36PM

'Like'

Dave

Zoins · February 26, 2013 1:53PM

Congrats Steve! I love modern, clad PO01's. There's something cool about a clad PO01

The other coins are great as well

Athena · February 26, 2013 11:55PM

It looks better than Poor, IMO

TwoSides2aCoin · February 27, 2013 12:09AM

<< It looks better than Poor, IMO

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Ownership adds a point.

Lakesammman · February 27, 2013 12:15AM

Nice job??

Did PCGS ever label them BS-1??

Steve123 · February 27, 2013 2:07AM

<< That's fabulous news!! The last time I had a shadowy Colonial sent to PCGS they said it was too ghostly to verify it was a Connecticut Colonial and refunded our money!

If you ever sell it at auction, I just hope it gets the most derogatory descriptions as it so richly deserves! "Reckless Youth"?? >>

I had a 64 Kennedy and a 1986 Silver Eagle come back code 86 and refunded. I believe they will not refund you anymore even if they cannot determine the coin?

joeykoins · February 27, 2013 2:36AM

Very nice,dude! Your fortunate that the half is obvious an " bicentennial" year. You don't need the date to be legible. I have a Kennedy,with no date,so not gradable! Good for you on your PO1. Very cool! -joey

WoodenJefferson · February 27, 2013 2:59AM

Question: How did PCI determine that was a '93 Colombian and not from '92?

nwcoast · February 27, 2013 3:02AM

Congratulations! I've never seen a more haggard Kennedy half in my life!

Steve123 · February 27, 2013 3:11AM

<< Question: How did PCI determine that was a '93 Colombian and not from '92? >>

There is a ghost of a 3 in 1893 present.

johnny9434 · February 27, 2013 5:18AM

wtg on the kennedy

crypto79 · February 27, 2013 5:24AM

<< I have a 64 (no date visible) code 86d twice because it lost too much weight that they could not determine if it was a 64 or a 65-70. The peak of the 4 in 1964 was showing, and I even noted it on the mylar flip to no avail. I think I am going to see if ANACS or NGC will grade it. >>

they should be able to tell by the fact it isn't clad

roadrunner · February 27, 2013 7:09AM

How can a 1970's Kennedy half or Ike get that well worn? Those aren't coins that typically circulate like the quarters and dimes. What are the odds that they were run through
a mill or something to remove most of the design, and then slowly polished over time to age the coin? I've never seen anything like those in 1970's or later coinage....only in
coinage from the 1940's (Mercs, Walkers, Washies) or earlier. In the past 20 years I've probably had only a couple of clad Kennedy's and Ike's in change. You never see them as they
sit still in cash drawers or bank vaults most of the time. Cool coin though to reach the PO1 level.

Constantine · February 27, 2013 7:11AM

Dang, you beat me by a point! But I have "uneven wear" lol.

Constantine · February 27, 2013 7:12AM

markinsd · February 27, 2013 7:30AM

Some cool low balls!! Thanks for sharing.

Steve123 · February 27, 2013 7:37AM

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Great coin, Constatine! The coins look like they could be siblings. Love the designations PCI used back in the 10 digit days "Uneven Wear", and "Smooth Rev."

TwoSides2aCoin · February 27, 2013 9:01AM

This old fellow might as well have had an authentic 1964 D Peace dollar because he carried it in his pocket for so long it could have come with any old story... However, since he won it in 1934, at the age of 12. I still remember him saying , " I won this new 1922 Peace Dollar at a carnival and have kept it in my pocket every day since ". He was wearing overalls and I believed him.

Oh the stories that coins tell.

Who knows how they get worn down ? Yet they do look cool. The LOW GRADE PO-01 is the MS 70 at the other spectrum. An elusive grade that makes for good chat.

Type2 · February 27, 2013 9:09AM

I was going to send one of them in but dont know now.

MsMorrisine · February 27, 2013 9:11AM

fivecents · February 27, 2013 9:26AM

Congrats Steve!!

Here are some lowballs from my personal collection.

pocketpiececommems · March 2, 2014 10:21AM

Couldn't help looking at these PO01's again

braddick · March 2, 2014 10:44AM

<< How can a 1970's Kennedy half or Ike get that well worn? Those aren't coins that typically circulate like the quarters and dimes. What are the odds that they were run through
a mill or something to remove most of the design, and then slowly polished over time to age the coin? I've never seen anything like those in 1970's or later coinage....only in
coinage from the 1940's (Mercs, Walkers, Washies) or earlier. In the past 20 years I've probably had only a couple of clad Kennedy's and Ike's in change. You never see them as they
sit still in cash drawers or bank vaults most of the time. Cool coin though to reach the PO1 level. >>

Not such an easy task. Offered this challenge awhile back and had no takers.

MsMorrisine · March 2, 2014 10:58AM

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<< How can a 1970's Kennedy half or Ike get that well worn? Those aren't coins that typically circulate like the quarters and dimes. What are the odds that they were run through
a mill or something to remove most of the design, and then slowly polished over time to age the coin? I've never seen anything like those in 1970's or later coinage....only in
coinage from the 1940's (Mercs, Walkers, Washies) or earlier. In the past 20 years I've probably had only a couple of clad Kennedy's and Ike's in change. You never see them as they
sit still in cash drawers or bank vaults most of the time. Cool coin though to reach the PO1 level. >>

Not such an easy task. Offered this challenge awhile back and had no takers.

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I did.

I still carry it in my pocket with several dollars in change ranging from cents to other half dollars to small dollars.

Just made my first PCGS PO01!! (pictures added)

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