Sent a half dozen commems for PCGS Secure (got one +)

shylock · July 3, 2013 1:47PM

No uprades but love the out of plastic images, most of these holders were pretty scratched up.
All are 67's -- was hoping for a + on one or two, but so it goes.

(Edited to add just got grade notice today 7/8 and the New Rochelle did get a 67+
Just doesn't show it in Coinfacts image yet - guess they take the images first?)

keyman64 · July 3, 2013 1:51PM

Nice images. I like the Gettysburg.

MidLifeCrisis · July 3, 2013 1:58PM

All are very nice.

Baley · July 3, 2013 2:30PM

Very nice coins, beautiful surfaces and exquisite toning, just right, especially the Cleveland, Grant, and Gettysburg

Kove · July 3, 2013 2:38PM

All are wonderful coins.

DIMEMAN · July 3, 2013 2:45PM

I'm not into commens, but those are all very beautiful coins!

CoinJunkie · July 3, 2013 2:51PM

<< I'm not into commens, but those are all very beautiful coins! >>

I AM into commems, and those are all very beautiful coins!

illini420 · July 3, 2013 2:51PM

Really digging that Cleveland. Nice!

derryb · July 3, 2013 2:56PM

<< Nice images. I like the Gettysburg. >>

yep, pick of the litter.

SeattleSlammer · July 3, 2013 3:15PM

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<< Nice images. I like the Gettysburg. >>

yep, pick of the litter. >>

I'm picking the Spanish Trail!

Meltdown · July 3, 2013 5:21PM

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<< Nice images. I like the Gettysburg. >>

yep, pick of the litter. >>

I'm picking the Spanish Trail! >>

I gotta' go with Grant. Those are all beautiful though.

BG · July 3, 2013 7:01PM

All very nice.

I'm partial to the Spanish Trail.

mozin · July 3, 2013 7:24PM

The Gettysburg is my favorite in the group. Gorgeous coin!

sparky64 · July 3, 2013 7:38PM

<< Really digging that Cleveland. Nice! >>

etexmike · July 3, 2013 10:14PM

Beautiful group of commems.

The Gettysburg and Grant seem to be the pick of the litter for me.

Mike

lcoopie · July 3, 2013 11:14PM

Fantastic group

keets · July 3, 2013 11:22PM

Paul, you are an all too infrequent poster, glad to see you!!

those are some lovely Commems, clean surfaces with pleasant tone that I once heard described as "lingerie toning" by an old guy, very subtle and not over the top bright. I think it was a wise thing to ask for a re-look. are they part of a complete set you have or just Gems that you've kept as you found them?

CommemDude · July 4, 2013 12:14AM

All beauties...Grant and New Rochelle especially. Are the coins now in edge-view tab holders?

shylock · July 4, 2013 12:35AM

Al - I like the "lingerie toning" description, the more subtle colors are what I'm drawn to. But what I love about the series,
besides the great designs, is you can find just about any "look" that happens to be your preference. I own only about 15 or so that
have caught my eye. Would be nice to put a type set together but that is just a pipe dream at this point so I just enjoy the ones I can
get by grubby little hands on.

By the way the Grant no star has the Bruce Scher pedigree and is a wonderful example. I remember when he first posted his set on the
forum -- I think that's when I caught the bug -- and it's an honor to own a couple of his beauties.

AnkurJ · July 4, 2013 12:44AM

Very nice set! Congrats!

shylock · July 4, 2013 12:46AM

All beauties...Grant and New Rochelle especially. Are the coins now in edge-view tab holders?

I haven't even received my grade notice yet, the coins are still at PCGS, but found these added to Coinfacts yesterday.
They should all be in the Secure type slabs.

I thought the New Rochelle had the best chance to get a + bump. PCGS has yet to give any to Grants in 67, which would make
them a pop 1/0, so knew that was very unlikely.

Mark · July 4, 2013 1:03AM

Paul:

I was surprised to see you posting about commens rather than IHCs. But then I was stunned by the beauty of your commens. They are breath taking! I appreciate the point that the pictures were taken with the coins out of the slab, but given your photography skills I think any picture you took with the coins encapsulated would be comparable or better.

coinsarefun · July 4, 2013 1:19AM

The New Rochelle is stunning!!
Love the trueviews

johnny9434 · July 4, 2013 1:39AM

wow, ya got a good set there. im not big on toning but do like the looks of them for sure. best wishes

golden · July 4, 2013 1:47AM

<< I'm not into commens, but those are all very beautiful coins! >>

LindeDad · July 4, 2013 1:48AM

Two of those are on my current want list just hope to find something close to as nice as yours.

roadrunner · July 4, 2013 2:16AM

Wonderful looking coins. Plus signs are not far from giving out a MS68 in today's world. The + coins are great candidates to sticker....not so for the MS68's imo.
For these reasons I think we will continue to see very few 67+ coins made as in many series they now command close to MS68 money once stickered.

The REG set phenomena has clashed with the marketing effects of stickerization.

steelielee · July 4, 2013 2:24AM

SoCalBigMark · July 4, 2013 2:57AM

Holy cow, glad I opened this thread.

georgiacop50 · July 4, 2013 4:09AM

Sweet!

There is something very wholesome about that Spanish Trail!

shylock · July 4, 2013 6:19AM

There is something very wholesome about that Spanish Trail!

It looks like it spent some time on that dusty trail

tcmitssr · July 5, 2013 5:29AM

Nice coins. I've sent my entire collection in and got Secure Plus for everything as well as upgrades and pluses for roughly 25 percent of them.

BryceM · July 5, 2013 5:35AM

Very nice, not a bad one in the bunch. The Gettysburg caught my eye for sure.

Cocoinut · July 5, 2013 5:43AM

Great group of coins, all with very attractive toning!

Jim

yellowkid · July 5, 2013 5:48AM

<< Nice images. I like the Gettysburg. >>

Justacommeman · July 5, 2013 8:17AM

<< All are wonderful coins. >>

This!

MJ

breakdown · July 5, 2013 9:42AM

What a sweet set -- I have always liked subtle toning over neon blazers. I will take coins that look like that New Rochelle or the Grant all day over the paint-by-number looks on some Commems and Morgans. Thanks for posting.

shylock · July 5, 2013 10:46AM

I appreciate the point that the pictures were taken with the coins out of the slab, but given your photography skills I think any picture you took with the coins encapsulated would be comparable or better

Mark - I appreciate the kind words about my old copper pics but I can unequivocally say I could never take better images of these silver coins, in or out of the slab.
They really look like the coins, at least as close as you can get without moving them around under a real light source showing the luster. Phil Arnold has really
mastered all the nuances of coin photography.

Nic · July 6, 2013 5:52AM

Eye appeal is everything. Great coins!

K

TomB · July 6, 2013 6:13AM

This is a spectacular handful of coins. The Grant is my favorite based upon what a typical coin for the issue looks like, but the Spanish Trail is calling my name, too.

jmj3esq · July 6, 2013 6:39AM

Wow, those are some great commems! I'm seriously jealous.

PCGSPhoto · July 6, 2013 8:43AM

<< They really look like the coins, at least as close as you can get without moving them around under a real light source showing the luster. Phil Arnold has really
mastered all the nuances of coin photography. >>

This means a lot to me coming from you, shylock. I know when I first started in 2005 there was a steep learning curve for me when it came to learning about US Coins and US Coin collectors. I know you offered some constructive criticism in those early days, and you were one of those people I had in mind when I was trying to get the right shot. Thank you very much.

Swampboy · July 6, 2013 8:45AM

Awesome group of coins shylock. Congrats.

I love that Grant!!

Kudos to Phil.

Eagleguy · July 7, 2013 12:47AM

<< Wow, those are some great commems! I'm seriously jealous. >>

What he said!

JH

MFH · July 7, 2013 3:15AM

A group of beautiful coins that I'd be thrilled to own...
can't slight one of those beauties over another. Great coins, all !!

AuroraBorealis · July 7, 2013 3:00PM

Beauties!

AB

shylock · July 8, 2013 2:59AM

This means a lot to me coming from you, shylock. I know when I first started in 2005 there was a steep learning curve for me when it came to learning about US Coins and US Coin collectors. I know you offered some constructive criticism in those early days, and you were one of those people I had in mind when I was trying to get the right shot. Thank you very much.

Phil - I think some of that early "constructive" criticism was just hidden jealously that you had mine (and many other forum members) dream job.
But PCGS certainly picked the right guy. You have mastered finding the sweet spot.

I once had the very unrealistic dream of creating a website database of Indian Cent images, as many as I could take myself plus captured images from auction houses, dealers etc...
It would be the ultimate learning tool for new collectors, especially those who buy mostly online and can't make it to coin shows. But realistically, only PCGS has a chance to pull this off.
Coinfacts can be that database for every series, with all the images taken by a one master photographer in a consistent manner. Obviously it will never be "complete", but
I really look forward to the evolution of it 5 and 10 years from now. Whoever came up with the idea deserves special thanks from collectors.

Of course, my data base would have been free

kimber45ACP · July 8, 2013 3:08AM

Great pics and fantastic coins!

ColonelJessup · July 8, 2013 4:30AM

Marvelous group. The wide open fields on the New Rochelle are going to erupt when tilted in the light, and the toning with it.

Broadstruck · August 9, 2013 10:11AM

Since no one has mentioned it I'll be the first to venture out on the thin ice and state I really like your 51-P Booker T. Washington!

No one really cares about this design and I've only started appreciating them in the last few years...

As when you have a chance to view them in superb gem with color it's a coin that luster wise can knock your socks off!

Sent a half dozen commems for PCGS Secure (got one +)

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