Was at the Baltimore show in the first week of April and had a nice interaction with the gentleman at the ICG kiosk.
Had already submitted everything to our hosts and did not have anything much except a few war time pennies from the Dansco.
He picked up this lone penny and asked to submit, telling me to not bother getting the others graded. Was extremely knowledgeable and had great fun chatting with him. Very happy with the grade it came back as well.
@originalisbest said:
Love the flying eagle with an OGH with an immaculate hologram back! Rare, rare, rare (relative to OGH's!)
Thanks @originalisbest, the photo of the 1858 small letters flying eagle cent in that OGH does not do the coin justice. In hand the luster is somewhat subdued, but has flashes of rainbow iridescence. It has a strong strike and really is a beautiful coin. I have shown it to many dealers and most have told me to crack it out for recertification believing it would regrade higher. Something I would never do.
@originalisbest said:
Love the flying eagle with an OGH with an immaculate hologram back! Rare, rare, rare (relative to OGH's!)
Thanks @originalisbest, the photo of the 1858 small letters flying eagle cent in that OGH does not do the coin justice. In hand the luster is somewhat subdued, but has flashes of rainbow iridescence. It has a strong strike and really is a beautiful coin. I have shown it to many dealers and most have told me to crack it out for recertification believing it would regrade higher. Something I would never do.
Glad you feel that way! The coin speaks for itself, and the OGH, once gone could not be replaced -- kudos and thanks for sharing this great coin!
And of course, your no-line fatty flying eagle, complete with Rick's eagle-eye seal, is no slouch either! Only flaw is superficial (the hologram on the back) and those are so fragile, nothing to do about it. Great coin!
Another one out of the 6-coin set was this proof '09 Indian. I recently snapped my own macros for this one too. Remember, these were unearthed out of a safe as part of an estate. I hear the set was in the safe since the 1960's:
Time to Guess The Grade
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@sedulous said:
Another one out of the 6-coin set was this proof '09 Indian. I recently snapped my own macros for this one too. Remember, these were unearthed out of a safe as part of an estate. I hear the set was in the safe since the 1960's:
@sedulous said:
Another one out of the 6-coin set was this proof '09 Indian. I recently snapped my own macros for this one too. Remember, these were unearthed out of a safe as part of an estate. I hear the set was in the safe since the 1960's:
@ZoidMeister@asheland Thank you for your lofty guesses but I am trying to decipher why I received this grade. I know in my possession it never had a "spot removed":
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@sedulous said: @ZoidMeister@asheland Thank you for your lofty guesses but I am trying to decipher why I received this grade. I know in my possession it never had a "spot removed":
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I will wager that if you paid them for "conservation" it would straight grade . . . . . . .
@sedulous said:
Recently back from the grading room:
Wow! Still on my bucket list
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As I've mentioned a few times, I love die-error coins, particularly Lincoln cents.
And I like filling coin albums with pretty, raw coins.
But I don't like spending a lot of money on raw coins, and that can cause problems with "I like pretty raw coins."
I wanted to upgrade my 1909-S from the raw VF20 that I had; my dilemma was how to I keep it raw, make it really nice, and not spend a fortune.
Then I learned of the 1909-S-over-horizontal-S variety of the Lincoln cent, and I had my answer.
I bought an AU58 raw 1909-S from a dealer I trust, and a very, very nice 1909-S-over-horizontal-S, certified by PCGS. Bingo, the slot in the album was filled with a pretty coin, and I added a (to me, which is all that matters ) very cool coin. And they weren't duplicative.
I love collecting Lincoln cents, something about the look of copper, both bright and toned fills some kind of need in me, but I have about run the course in the grades I was collecting. From 1928 - 1958 the set is complete in MS65RD, to include the errors, including a lot of the minor ones and all of the proofs. From 1909 to 1927, I either cannot find the coins in the grade (MS65RD) or if even found, would need to mortgage the house and my grandkids to acquire them. While I have some of them, I've had to make the decision to settle for both 65RB and 65BN coins to fill out the remainder of the set. My first acquisition in this vein is shown below as a MS65BN and I hope I am as lucky filling in the others as I was in this one.
Thanks to the seller (VDB Coins) who helped me acquire it.
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Way nice coins in this thread. Keep ‘em coming😊👌
Thanks guys for keeping the thread going with your amazing coins! I'm going to downshift back to my raw Lincolns in my WR album tonight....
Was at the Baltimore show in the first week of April and had a nice interaction with the gentleman at the ICG kiosk.
Had already submitted everything to our hosts and did not have anything much except a few war time pennies from the Dansco.
He picked up this lone penny and asked to submit, telling me to not bother getting the others graded. Was extremely knowledgeable and had great fun chatting with him. Very happy with the grade it came back as well.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
PCGSXF-40 & CAC.....
Recently returned grade on this 1909-S / Horizontal S Lincoln Cent: MS66RD. What is there not to like about that!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Same as before, another one found in the rough out of a 6-coin set was this 1909-S VDB Lincoln. Grade returned was MS65RB. I like it!:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
If you really want to round out the S-mint mintmark pennies, you got to have an Indian 1909-S. That grade came back MS64RB:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
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I recently got this:
64RB
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A couple of flying eagles
Love the flying eagle with an OGH with an immaculate hologram back! Rare, rare, rare (relative to OGH's!)
Thanks @originalisbest, the photo of the 1858 small letters flying eagle cent in that OGH does not do the coin justice. In hand the luster is somewhat subdued, but has flashes of rainbow iridescence. It has a strong strike and really is a beautiful coin. I have shown it to many dealers and most have told me to crack it out for recertification believing it would regrade higher. Something I would never do.
Glad you feel that way! The coin speaks for itself, and the OGH, once gone could not be replaced -- kudos and thanks for sharing this great coin!
And of course, your no-line fatty flying eagle, complete with Rick's eagle-eye seal, is no slouch either! Only flaw is superficial (the hologram on the back) and those are so fragile, nothing to do about it. Great coin!
Took my own images:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Sweeeeet!
I don't even DREAM that good . . . . .
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Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
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Another one out of the 6-coin set was this proof '09 Indian. I recently snapped my own macros for this one too. Remember, these were unearthed out of a safe as part of an estate. I hear the set was in the safe since the 1960's:
Time to Guess The Grade
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here's a better variety 1857 small date large cent, NGC AU-50...
this is a Morgan Silver O Mint condition uncirculated
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I would guess MS-67 RB, green CAC.
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Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
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PF65 Red
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@ZoidMeister @asheland Thank you for your lofty guesses but I am trying to decipher why I received this grade. I know in my possession it never had a "spot removed":
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I re-imaged this coin:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Another picture taking:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
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I will wager that if you paid them for "conservation" it would straight grade . . . . . . .
Z
Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
Tim - My guess is reverse right above the o in one is where the spot was.
A nice raw FE, pix courtesy Barberkeys....
Nice! Crisp.
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Thanks, Asheland!
A couple of PCGS AU-55 CAC Lincolns. I still love collecting wheaties!
How about a little fractional gold? PCGS AU-58....
Mixing it up with a 3CS, PC-58 CAC...
Haven't posted anything in a while. Another I like, PC55:
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
Nice nickel. The year before, this came out halfway around the world.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I recently upgraded and I just moved this beautiful spare. PCGS XF-40 CAC...
Recently back from the grading room:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Wow! Still on my bucket list
."It's a dangerous business... going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to" -JRR Tolkien_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Outstanding BST transactions as a seller, buyer and trader with: ----- mustanggt, Kliao, claudewill87, MWallace, paesan, mpbuck82, moursund, basetsb, lordmarcovan, JWP, Coin hunter 4, COINS MAKE CENTS, PerryHall, Aspie_Rocco, Braddick, DBSTrader2, SanctionII, Histman, The_Dinosaur_Man, jesbroken, CentSearcher ------ANA Member #3214817
Loving all these coins. Here is one of my more recent ones, and I really do love it.
I am a newer collector (started April 2020), and I primarily focus on U.S. Half Cents and Type Coins. Early copper is my favorite.
As I've mentioned a few times, I love die-error coins, particularly Lincoln cents.
And I like filling coin albums with pretty, raw coins.
But I don't like spending a lot of money on raw coins, and that can cause problems with "I like pretty raw coins."
I wanted to upgrade my 1909-S from the raw VF20 that I had; my dilemma was how to I keep it raw, make it really nice, and not spend a fortune.
Then I learned of the 1909-S-over-horizontal-S variety of the Lincoln cent, and I had my answer.
I bought an AU58 raw 1909-S from a dealer I trust, and a very, very nice 1909-S-over-horizontal-S, certified by PCGS. Bingo, the slot in the album was filled with a pretty coin, and I added a (to me, which is all that matters
) very cool coin. And they weren't duplicative.
I love collecting Lincoln cents, something about the look of copper, both bright and toned fills some kind of need in me, but I have about run the course in the grades I was collecting. From 1928 - 1958 the set is complete in MS65RD, to include the errors, including a lot of the minor ones and all of the proofs. From 1909 to 1927, I either cannot find the coins in the grade (MS65RD) or if even found, would need to mortgage the house and my grandkids to acquire them. While I have some of them, I've had to make the decision to settle for both 65RB and 65BN coins to fill out the remainder of the set. My first acquisition in this vein is shown below as a MS65BN and I hope I am as lucky filling in the others as I was in this one.
Thanks to the seller (VDB Coins) who helped me acquire it.
Moved to Small dollar thread.
A couple of Morgans that came back from grading (previously from the wild):
1885-P MS65+ lustrous, nice cheek
1890-P MS63 with neat color
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
PCGS AU-58 FH and CAC.....
One I used to own, kinda wish I'd kept it...
."It's a dangerous business... going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to" -JRR Tolkien_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Outstanding BST transactions as a seller, buyer and trader with: ----- mustanggt, Kliao, claudewill87, MWallace, paesan, mpbuck82, moursund, basetsb, lordmarcovan, JWP, Coin hunter 4, COINS MAKE CENTS, PerryHall, Aspie_Rocco, Braddick, DBSTrader2, SanctionII, Histman, The_Dinosaur_Man, jesbroken, CentSearcher ------ANA Member #3214817
Saturday afternoon BBQ and coins . . . .
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Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
I only own three 5 oz silver ATB quarters and the reason I like them is one represents my home state and the other two represent the Civil War and World War II.
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Going to the grading room . . . someday.
My very first barber quarter.
Fugio, Congrats and welcome to the wonderful world of Barber Quarters!
Fot today though, here's an upgrade to my very first coin passion, the Washington Quarters. PC 66+ and CAC...
I am a newer collector (started April 2020), and I primarily focus on U.S. Half Cents and Type Coins. Early copper is my favorite.