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RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
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Hit a shop today that I hadn't been to before. Man, this place was a kick in the butt! Small, maybe 700 square feet or so, and piled floor to ceiling with every conceivable collectible junk! Grandfather clocks, antique games, pottery, glass, comic books, magazines, sports cards, watches, name it he had it. And, when I say piled, I mean piled! Nothing was organized and it was so jam packed it was like wading through the Antiques Road Show after a tornado hit. Very cool!

Anyway, I asked him if he had any sets, and after the usual dance of "what are you looking for" and the "man, I hate cherrypickers" dealer face, he pulled out a few that were buried in the back. Got done with those, he pulled out a few more. About the third time around I guess he figured out I was just going to keep asking, so he pulled out the whole wad. Had a couple hundred sets between proof and SMS.

Some of the goodies I picked off:

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Picked off several nice toned proof Jeffersons. Here's one:

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Nothing of "you suck" caliber, but still a damned fine hunting trip!

Russ, NCNE
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    PhillyJoePhillyJoe Posts: 2,728 ✭✭✭✭
    The quarters rock, the Kennedy belongs in the Phila. area and the Jeffersons are, well, are nickels.image

    Joe
    The Philadelphia Mint: making coins since 1792. We make money by making money. Now in our 225th year thanks to no competition. image
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    JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭
    The Jefferson looks like a CAM, but a barely there CAM... maybe a 66 or 67 at NGC, depending on hairlines image
    -George
    42/92
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    coinkatcoinkat Posts: 24,398 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Was this in Bellevue?

    edited to add: nice coins

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

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    MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Very nice!!! All look like PCGS CAMs, with the exception if the Jeff.
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Was this in Bellevue? >>



    I'm not at liberty to reveal that information in a forum full of vultures, some of whom live in my area. image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>All look like PCGS CAMs, with the exception if the Jeff. >>



    The Jeff will cam. I just got one back that is just like it. It was one of the few coins on my last couple submissions that actually did cam.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
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    coinkatcoinkat Posts: 24,398 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's okay Russ... I really do not collect Proofs. But from the description, it sounds as if I have been there.

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

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    JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭


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    << <i>All look like PCGS CAMs, with the exception if the Jeff. >>



    The Jeff will cam. I just got one back that is just like it. It was one of the few coins on my last couple submissions that actually did cam.

    Russ, NCNE >>

    Ah, must just be an effect of the Lampshade pictures... I've noticed that... they're GREAT for taking really awesome pictures of highly contrasted coins... but on lesser coins, has a tendency to bring out the weak spots in the frost...
    -George
    42/92
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>but on lesser coins, has a tendency to bring out the weak spots in the frost... >>



    A cameo coin can have weak spots in the frost. You know that.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
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    JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭


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    << <i>but on lesser coins, has a tendency to bring out the weak spots in the frost... >>



    A cameo coin can have weak spots in the frost. You know that.

    Russ, NCNE >>

    But I'm saying, it has a tendency to highlight that, and exagerate, the weak spots... also, look at Marty's auctions! So many times, he has "CAM" coins, that look completely brilliant!

    And it's not the Obv that concerned me, that's a solid CAM... but the Reverse looked a little on the weak side, with a good bit of frost weakness in the middle of the sides... but that may just be from my unfamilariaty of doing my own pictures with a lampshade...
    -George
    42/92
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>look at Marty's auctions! So many times, he has "CAM" coins, that look completely brilliant! >>



    That's because they're NGC.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
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    K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295 ✭
    Hey Russ, do you ever have nightmares about running out of sets to break up and submit? image
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    JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭


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    << <i>look at Marty's auctions! So many times, he has "CAM" coins, that look completely brilliant! >>



    That's because they're NGC.

    Russ, NCNE >>

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    -George
    42/92
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    SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That 1963 quarter is uber cool.
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    BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,790 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Was this in Bellevue? >>



    I'm not at liberty to reveal that information in a forum full of vultures, some of whom live in my area. image

    Russ, NCNE >>



    Hey...be a gent and PM me with it then....you said he had comic books too...I also collect those (and, I think you know that I really don't collect the coins in your section (aside from my birthyear).
    Also, I certainly ain't no vulture (sparrow maybe, vulture no)

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

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    DD Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭
    Will that Jeff clean up nicer? If so it looks like it'd be an awsome coin, I haven't seen too many DCAM Jeffs from '65. (Not saying yours is DCAM of course image).

    -Daniel
    "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

    -Aristotle

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    MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>look at Marty's auctions! So many times, he has "CAM" coins, that look completely brilliant! >>



    That's because they're NGC.

    Russ, NCNE >>



    Yep Russ, all my coins are overgrades pieces of crap!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Yep Russ, all my coins are overgrades pieces of crap! >>



    Whiner.



    << <i>Will that Jeff clean up nicer? >>



    Very little. Most of the crap that looks like haze is embedded in the planchet.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
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    eagle7eagle7 Posts: 1,441
    Ahh, the thrill of victory! I love it. Nice hunting Russ. I love the hunt as much as I love getting nice grades back from PCGS! BTW, I never turn my head from any nice cameo proof up to 1972, no matter what denomination it is! The 65SMS nickel will cam at PCGS or I will be greatly surprised. Those dont come much nicer than your pic! JMHO.
    In an insane society, a sane person will appear to be insane.
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    numonebuyernumonebuyer Posts: 2,136 ✭
    Russ

    You suck... No, really... You suck...

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