If you want to make an offer, this is useful information ........
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
Regency holders are quite rare. Most of the coins in them are from Israel from the Danny Kaye collection, so a US coin is even rarer. Also, note the Eliasberg notation.
-----Burton ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Not sure what you asking but I found it interesting that this early of a holder even got a S/S designation as I had never seen one. Later PCGS holders would have this listed as a Mint error and S/S but no FS #. So it just struck me as curious.
WS
Proud recipient of the coveted PCGS Forum "You Suck" Award Thursday July 19, 2007 11:33 PM and December 30th, 2011 at 8:50 PM.
Crack it out and have "Blay" added to the provenance......
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
This one sold last weekend - rare in that it's the only known (to me) PCGS Sample with a Mercury dime. Also has a very odd label, as shown. Brought $1327.
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
@KiwiNumi said:
Can anyone share their experiences with the quality of compugrades grading quality?
Compugrade is an interesting case. Reportedly they didn't actually make the computer grading work correctly and everything in a Compugrade slab was hand graded (or reviewed) by a human who made the final decision.
I'm not aware of ANYBODY who has ever compared grades with current (of any era) standards. You would need more than a handful and they're pretty rare. Tim has probably handled more than anyone I know of.
-----Burton ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
@Lakesammman said:
This one sold last weekend - rare in that it's the only known (to me) PCGS Sample with a Mercury dime. Also has a very odd label, as shown. Brought $1327.
Funny you should ask. I know a guy with a database. Added it as PCGS-010-3-11 but marked not collectible.
Only other one I know of is known not to be as rare, but very very seldom seen:
NGC-010-4-1
"This is the only known NGC Mercury dime sample. The eBay auction result of $66 was surprisingly low, but the sale on 2/18/15 happened during a period of oversaturation in the eBay sample market. I listed the actual price as the catalog value in the 2nd edition. Subsequent sales were much higher giving us the listed price., but if you see another, expect to pay much more."
"Alex Canavan in his Sample Coins Slabs blog for April 28, 2012 reported that NCG indicated these were made in January 1996. He also hypothesized they were made in a tiny number, however examination of the NGC database shows 70 were made. The database shows one 1941, one 1941S, 31x 1941, 11x 1942, 20x 1943, and 6x 1944. The most recent auction hammered for 364.74, missing our 2023 Top 50 list by around a Benjamin."
-----Burton ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Is it too early to call CACG samples "rare plastic"? This is supposedly the only CACG holder containing a non-US coin and only a hundred were produced:
Well, 100 made might put it in the company of scarcer Luncheon slabs, but if there are 50 collectors, don't expect much in the way of price appreciation.
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
@Lakesammman said:
Well, 100 made might put it in the company of scarcer Luncheon slabs, but if there are 50 collectors, don't expect much in the way of price appreciation.
Fair point. There have been very few sales on eBay but what has sold has been between $100 and $200 and the last one sold (to me) on 1/1/24.
I remember when that 1921 appeared - I was at work, happened to see it but couldn't get away from what I was doing fast enough to nab it (it was a reasonable BIN price).
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
Here's one that's unique to date according to the recently published Hall Flip article. Fit's nicely with my 38-D Buffalo generations set!
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
I saw @Twobitcollector had posted a Dominion Grading Service (DGS) slab.
That inspired me to dig out a DGS sample slab of mine from the 2010 January F.U.N show.
Thank you PCGS for the Forums! ANA # 3150931 - Successful BST with: Bah1513, ckeusa, coin22lover, coinsarefun, DCW, guitarwes, SLQ, Sunshine Rare Coin, tmot99, Tdec1000, dmarks, Flatwoods, Wondercoin, Yorkshireman Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care ...
Why am I getting LOLs on this coin? I acquired this Merc here on the forum about 6 years ago and have never seen another coin in these Heritage flips since. I actually like this coin a lot. Sorry, I am missing what's funny? Please explain.
Why am I getting LOLs on this coin? I acquired this Merc here on the forum about 6 years ago and have never seen another coin in these Heritage flips since. I actually like this coin a lot. Sorry, I am missing what's funny? Please explain.
We can’t see it. It appears to be a post with no pictures or text. I thought that you would probably repost it after you realized the mistake. I’ll remove my lol.
Why am I getting LOLs on this coin? I acquired this Merc here on the forum about 6 years ago and have never seen another coin in these Heritage flips since. I actually like this coin a lot. Sorry, I am missing what's funny? Please explain.
We can’t see it. It appears to be a post with no pictures or text. I thought that you would probably repost it after you realized the mistake. I’ll remove my lol.
And as proof, here is what the post looks like currently:
Why am I getting LOLs on this coin? I acquired this Merc here on the forum about 6 years ago and have never seen another coin in these Heritage flips since. I actually like this coin a lot. Sorry, I am missing what's funny? Please explain.
We can’t see it. It appears to be a post with no pictures or text. I thought that you would probably repost it after you realized the mistake. I’ll remove my lol.
And as proof, here is what the post looks like currently:
Wow! Okay then. Sorry and thanks for lettting me know the issue. I guess that is laughable! I wonder if weebly is having issues? It posted on both of my others on my end. Let me try again. Please tell me if it is still not showing anything.
Here's a PCGS sample slab, 1 of 240 issued at the January 2015 FUN show PCGS Collectors Club members luncheon.
They used the 2014-P Everglades quarter again in 2020.
Thank you PCGS for the Forums! ANA # 3150931 - Successful BST with: Bah1513, ckeusa, coin22lover, coinsarefun, DCW, guitarwes, SLQ, Sunshine Rare Coin, tmot99, Tdec1000, dmarks, Flatwoods, Wondercoin, Yorkshireman Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care ...
Can't recall seeing the HA flip before - thanks for working through the posting problem.
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
No, had no clue re: EAC - - surprising that we haven't seen some offered on ebay.
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
Picked this up - was notified by a friend it was available, roughly 2-3 years ago. 1983 postmark - Rod Gillis I suspect (ANA) but need to confirm. 1883-S Morgan, 2 submission forms in return envelope.
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
I finally got to shoot the three types of INS photoslabs I know of...
INS3 - Washington DC
INS4 - Philadelphia PA
INS5 - Aston PA
When I first posted the INS5, Conder101 indicated it was only the second one he knew of, and the first was a high-value coin (out of his budget) that had almost certainly been cracked out.
@BStrauss3 said:
I finally got to shoot the three types of INS photoslabs I know of...
INS3 - Washington DC
INS4 - Philadelphia PA
INS5 - Aston PA
When I first posted the INS5, Conder101 indicated it was only the second one he knew of, and the first was a high-value coin (out of his budget) that had almost certainly been cracked out.
There are two varieties of AACGS - American Alliance and American Family (IIRC)... They did some cool multi-coin holders to take advantage of the space, such as the 5 50SQ for a given year.
Of course, you need a Redfield holder or three to go with the Paramount ones.
I call out two versions of Global (one with PAT PEND on the shell and the gold foil version here). You will find some odd stuff in their holders. ASEs are pretty normal, but Waffle canceled? Some of those have a picture of the waffling cylinder - definitely something you don't want to meet in an alley. They were in business at least through 2014 (I have a 2014 Sac).
Their website started in 2001 and that matches what Conder101 said about them:
Comments
If you want to make an offer, this is useful information ........
Regency holders are quite rare. Most of the coins in them are from Israel from the Danny Kaye collection, so a US coin is even rarer. Also, note the Eliasberg notation.
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
You can find nice coins in junk holders sometimes!
Not sure what you asking but I found it interesting that this early of a holder even got a S/S designation as I had never seen one. Later PCGS holders would have this listed as a Mint error and S/S but no FS #. So it just struck me as curious.
WS
Crack it out and have "Blay" added to the provenance......
This one sold last weekend - rare in that it's the only known (to me) PCGS Sample with a Mercury dime. Also has a very odd label, as shown. Brought $1327.
NCGS, not a reliable company, and the grade is way too high, but I've never seen any other NCGS holders so I figured I'd share.
Can anyone share their experiences with the quality of compugrades grading quality?
Compugrade is an interesting case. Reportedly they didn't actually make the computer grading work correctly and everything in a Compugrade slab was hand graded (or reviewed) by a human who made the final decision.
I'm not aware of ANYBODY who has ever compared grades with current (of any era) standards. You would need more than a handful and they're pretty rare. Tim has probably handled more than anyone I know of.
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Funny you should ask. I know a guy with a database. Added it as PCGS-010-3-11 but marked not collectible.
Only other one I know of is known not to be as rare, but very very seldom seen:
NGC-010-4-1
"This is the only known NGC Mercury dime sample. The eBay auction result of $66 was surprisingly low, but the sale on 2/18/15 happened during a period of oversaturation in the eBay sample market. I listed the actual price as the catalog value in the 2nd edition. Subsequent sales were much higher giving us the listed price., but if you see another, expect to pay much more."
"Alex Canavan in his Sample Coins Slabs blog for April 28, 2012 reported that NCG indicated these were made in January 1996. He also hypothesized they were made in a tiny number, however examination of the NGC database shows 70 were made. The database shows one 1941, one 1941S, 31x 1941, 11x 1942, 20x 1943, and 6x 1944. The most recent auction hammered for 364.74, missing our 2023 Top 50 list by around a Benjamin."
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
peacockcoins
Is it too early to call CACG samples "rare plastic"? This is supposedly the only CACG holder containing a non-US coin and only a hundred were produced:
Tim
Well, 100 made might put it in the company of scarcer Luncheon slabs, but if there are 50 collectors, don't expect much in the way of price appreciation.
Fair point. There have been very few sales on eBay but what has sold has been between $100 and $200 and the last one sold (to me) on 1/1/24.
Time will tell….
Tim
Looks pretty ordinary, right? Oh, another of the PCGS Authentics - there are at least 15,000 of them out there.
BUT... when a 1921 surfaced on fleaBay a couple of years back, my "complete" set was no longer complete. This is just the 2nd 1921 I've ever seen.
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
I remember when that 1921 appeared - I was at work, happened to see it but couldn't get away from what I was doing fast enough to nab it (it was a reasonable BIN price).
And by the time I saw it, it was g o n e .
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Here's one that's unique to date according to the recently published Hall Flip article. Fit's nicely with my 38-D Buffalo generations set!
I have one because I like the color on the IKE. I will probably send in raw and hope not to get AT/QT
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coinJP, Outhaul ,illini420,MICHAELDIXON, Fade to Black,epcjimi1,19Lyds,SNMAN,JerseyJoe, bigjpst, DMWJR , lordmarcovan, Weiss,Mfriday4962,UtahCoin,Downtown1974,pitboss,RichieURich,Bullsitter,JDsCoins,toyz4geo,jshaulis, mustanggt, SNMAN
I haven't seen this posted in a while. Yes, I stole the picture (but I have permission to use it - somewhere tucked away in an old email).
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Heres one from the coin vault I got a few years back.
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Not sure this company has been shown.
I have many more of the out of business holders that I have not shown.
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I picked up a 1964-D 10C PCGS SAMPLE MS64 (No PCGS on Label) to go into my Sample Dime Set.
BST transactions: dbldie55, jayPem, 78saen, UltraHighRelief, nibanny, liefgold, FallGuy, lkeigwin, mbogoman, Sandman70gt, keets, joeykoins, ianrussell (@GC), EagleEye, ThePennyLady, GRANDAM, Ilikecolor, Gluggo, okiedude, Voyageur, LJenkins11, fastfreddie, ms70, pursuitofliberty, ZoidMeister,Coin Finder, GotTheBug, edwardjulio, Coinnmore...
A couple of tougher ones I picked up
I'm BACK!!! Used to be Billet7 on the old forum.
I saw @Twobitcollector had posted a Dominion Grading Service (DGS) slab.
That inspired me to dig out a DGS sample slab of mine from the 2010 January F.U.N show.
Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care ...
Apparently this picture did not post correctly!?
Not sure how rare
Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care ...
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/282749/silver-dollar-grading-service-sdgs
https://coinauctionshelp.com/SDGS_TPGS.html
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Thanks for the info. Coin looks good to me but ownership adds a point or two.
Why am I getting LOLs on this coin? I acquired this Merc here on the forum about 6 years ago and have never seen another coin in these Heritage flips since. I actually like this coin a lot. Sorry, I am missing what's funny? Please explain.
We can’t see it. It appears to be a post with no pictures or text. I thought that you would probably repost it after you realized the mistake. I’ll remove my lol.
Cheers, and God Bless, CRHer700
And as proof, here is what the post looks like currently:
Wow! Okay then. Sorry and thanks for lettting me know the issue. I guess that is laughable!
I wonder if weebly is having issues? It posted on both of my others on my end. Let me try again. Please tell me if it is still not showing anything.
@Hallco I can now see the coin.
Nice Merc in an uncommon holder!
Yep, we've got it now!
Cheers, and God Bless, CRHer700
Here's a PCGS sample slab, 1 of 240 issued at the January 2015 FUN show PCGS Collectors Club members luncheon.
They used the 2014-P Everglades quarter again in 2020.
Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care ...
Can't recall seeing the HA flip before - thanks for working through the posting problem.
Thanks to a fellow forum member, added a new TPG slab to my collection this week:
Tim
An A1-67c Morgan. I was going to crack and send in but decided to keep as is as some scraping on cheek.
It's not the weekend, but...
Did you know that EAC (Early American Coppers) did Scout Merit badge classes? With samples? For several years?
I didn't... now I do...
Huge thank you to RF
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
No, had no clue re: EAC - - surprising that we haven't seen some offered on ebay.
3-day weekend, so will post.
Picked this up - was notified by a friend it was available, roughly 2-3 years ago. 1983 postmark - Rod Gillis I suspect (ANA) but need to confirm. 1883-S Morgan, 2 submission forms in return envelope.
INS is not ANA, although some of the people were the same.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/495182/who-is-was-ins-grading-company
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1008007/so-what-is-up-with-ins-coin-holders-i-e-international-numismatic-society
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Yep - just referring to the name on the envelope.
Not rare by any stretch of the imagination but I love this recent pick-up at the Tucson Coin Show:
Tim
I finally got to shoot the three types of INS photoslabs I know of...
INS3 - Washington DC
INS4 - Philadelphia PA
INS5 - Aston PA
When I first posted the INS5, Conder101 indicated it was only the second one he knew of, and the first was a high-value coin (out of his budget) that had almost certainly been cracked out.
I'm going to throw references
The other thread here on INS that I know of is https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/12132998
Interview with Charles Hoskins: https://archive.org/details/centinel33n0cent/page/14/mode/2up
And the much-reviled Grading Comparision: https://archive.org/details/centinel33n0cent_g7y2/page/10/mode/2up
EPN's application for membership and correspondence: https://archive.org/details/internationalnumismaticsocietyauthentication1981to82epncorr/page/n5/mode/2up
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Thanks for the info, Burton. You inspired me to drag out some of my oversized holder collection:
Tim
Nice!
There are two varieties of AACGS - American Alliance and American Family (IIRC)... They did some cool multi-coin holders to take advantage of the space, such as the 5 50SQ for a given year.
Of course, you need a Redfield holder or three to go with the Paramount ones.
I call out two versions of Global (one with PAT PEND on the shell and the gold foil version here). You will find some odd stuff in their holders. ASEs are pretty normal, but Waffle canceled? Some of those have a picture of the waffling cylinder - definitely something you don't want to meet in an alley. They were in business at least through 2014 (I have a 2014 Sac).
Their website started in 2001 and that matches what Conder101 said about them:
https://web.archive.org/web/20011206085927/http://www.globalcertified.com/
The submissions page offered both bulk "generic" photos and custom photos.
https://web.archive.org/web/20011206231659fw_/http://www.globalcertified.com/submission_sheet.htm
Finally, starting in 2021 it redirects to Bob Paul Rare Coins (PA). Bob was there as part of Global in 2001!
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")