Celebratory impulse Buff upgrade!
ShaunBC5
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Yesterday, after a year of classes, study, and test-prep, I passed the Certified Financial Planner exam and was in a town with a coin shop (had to travel to take the test).
I got done a little early and sought out the shop to see about finding a coin to celebrate with.
They had a lot of decent stuff, much of which was beyond my limits for the day, and I landed on a 1914-D Buff in PCGS MS64. I usually don’t duplicate coins I already own, but as you can see by my tremendous, nearly-professional-grade bathroom cell phone pictures, it’s a significant upgrade (and I was going to get rid of the old one, anyway).
Shout out to Gary at Las Cruces Coins & Collectibles
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Congratulations on your success, and Coingratulations on your new Buffalo.
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God comes first in everything I do. I’m dedicated to serving Him with my whole life. Coin collecting is just a hobby—but even in that, I seek to honor Him. ✝️
Congrats an everything
Yes, that’s a significant upgrade lol!
I imagine it’s the new center piece of the collection.
And congrats on passing the CFP.
Congrats!
Congratulations on a great upgrade and passing your exam. A very nice buffalo in an older holder. I remember getting excited as a kid in the 60's putting Nikadate (not sure how to spell it) on dateless buffs and finding a 1914-D. Probably still have a couple somewhere.
Thanks everybody. It was my first coin purchase since the Tucson show in January. Definitely my best Buffalo so far. Maybe I can display it with my raw 14-D Lincoln. Maybe I’m on my way to a 14-D full year set?
Congrats on your upgrade and more importantly passing the test.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Congrats on both passing and upgrading. Nice Buffalo.
Woohoo ... great coin to mark a great accomplishment!
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Wow! "Upgrade"?!! You have quite the penchant for understatement!! Congrats!!
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
Under promise, over deliver
Congrats and nice upgrade!
Congratulations on passing the exam. You and I are at the opposite ends of the timeline - I passed the exam 40 years ago, as one of the “pioneers”, lol.
It’s a great profession, and you’re positioned to help many people. Even today, I get tremendous satisfaction knowing I did well for my clients.
By the way, great Buff pickup!
Steve
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
Thanks, guys!
). It’s awesome getting to help people every day in this way.
@winesteven thanks for pioneering, going ahead of me, and giving guys in our profession a good name!
I quit a decent job/career in mining/supply chain to chase this dream and I’m loving almost every minute of it (the lead up to the test had some less than enjoyable minutes, honestly
A worthy and significant upgrade!
Your old coin wasn’t bad looking for a circ example, either. Nice grey look.
Thanks! I enjoyed it for several years and wasn’t looking for an upgrade. I wasn’t going to pass the new one up, though, just because ai already had the date/mm.
Congrats on all counts!
Casual collector: Morgans & Peace Dollars & 20th Century Type Set. Successful BST transactions with ProofCollection, Morgan13, CoinFinder, CoinHunter4, Bretsan.
Other than the streak between the "I" and "B" of LIBERTY and the dark area though the "9" in the date, I see nothing wrong with the coin not receiving a 65.
The knot on Iron Tail is exceptionally well struck, as well as the body of Black Diamond.
Great choice!
Pete
Good job on the hard work and that nice buffalo!
Heck of a good strike!
Collector, occasional seller