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2007-W ASE Unc. First Strike Designation cut-off date for PCGS

GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 18,500 ✭✭✭✭✭
I just spoke to Sonia at PCGS.

The cut-off date to get the "First Strike" designation on the 2007-W ASE Uncs is 30 days from today...Sat. July 14th.

She said that the coins can be removed from the official sealed Mint carton and sent in loose.

Oh yeah, it's $10 additional per coin....please denote that on the submission form.

I hate to say it, but I'm going for it.....anyone else????image

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  • claychaserclaychaser Posts: 4,406 ✭✭✭✭
    Will they cap the max grade at MS69 due to the milk spotting problem?


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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,161 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I just spoke to Sonia at PCGS.

    The cut-off date to get the "First Strike" designation on the 2007-W ASE Uncs is 30 days from today...Sat. July 14th.

    She said that the coins can be removed from the official sealed Mint carton and sent in loose.

    Oh yeah, it's $10 additional per coin....please denote that on the submission form.

    I hate to say it, but I'm going for it.....anyone else????image >>



    Does it require a minimum of 100 coins via Bulk submission to qualify?
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  • << <i>Will they cap the max grade at MS69 due to the milk spotting problem? >>



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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭
    It'll be a great day when people stop caring about the cutoff date for a meaningless designation. Of course that means people have to stop paying premiums for meaningless designations.
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  • The only thing that sucks is for us PCGS MS70 collectors. We will never see an uncirculated silver eagle with that grade.
  • pf70collectorpf70collector Posts: 6,840 ✭✭✭
    There are a few and a just a very few MS 70 PCGS ASE MS. But not in the past few years.


  • << <i>There are a few and a just a very few MS 70 PCGS ASE MS. But not in the past few years. >>



    It will never happen unless the Mint changes their wash process.
  • TheRavenTheRaven Posts: 4,167 ✭✭✭✭
    I don't understand the point of first strike or early release?

    What exactly is the point for paying more money for a coin that without that plastic you can't tell from all the others?

    Now if you want to collect plastic boxes that are different, fine.....
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  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I just spoke to Sonia at PCGS.

    The cut-off date to get the "First Strike" designation on the 2007-W ASE Uncs is 30 days from today...Sat. July 14th.

    She said that the coins can be removed from the official sealed Mint carton and sent in loose.

    Oh yeah, it's $10 additional per coin....please denote that on the submission form.

    I hate to say it, but I'm going for it.....anyone else????image >>



    Does it require a minimum of 100 coins via Bulk submission to qualify? >>



    It only costs $10 extra if it is not bulk. Prices go down a bit if you submit under the bulk program.
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,790 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't understand the point of first strike or early release?

    What exactly is the point for paying more money for a coin that without that plastic you can't tell from all the others?

    Now if you want to collect plastic boxes that are different, fine..... >>




    The point is that, as a seller, people will pay more (proven). As a collector, I don't care about it, but when I sell, I have noticed it.

    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

  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It'll be a great day when people stop caring about the cutoff date for a meaningless designation. Of course that means people have to stop paying premiums for meaningless designations. >>



    Actually it will be a greater day when those who don't care about it quit criticizing those who do.
  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Will they cap the max grade at MS69 due to the milk spotting problem? >>



    Yes.
  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I don't understand the point of first strike or early release?

    What exactly is the point for paying more money for a coin that without that plastic you can't tell from all the others?

    Now if you want to collect plastic boxes that are different, fine..... >>




    The point is that, as a seller, people will pay more (proven). As a collector, I don't care about it, but when I sell, I have noticed it. >>



    could not have been said better.image
  • TheRavenTheRaven Posts: 4,167 ✭✭✭✭
    I can understand that, but from a collector POV what is the point?

    That is what I truely don't get.....
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    PCGS is still doing First Strike™?

    Russ, NCNE
  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭


    << <i>PCGS is still doing First Strike™?

    Russ, NCNE >>



    yeah when they pitch your count is always 0-1 when you step in the box


  • << <i>It'll be a great day when people stop caring about the cutoff date for a meaningless designation. Of course that means people have to stop paying premiums for meaningless designations. >>



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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,790 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>It'll be a great day when people stop caring about the cutoff date for a meaningless designation. Of course that means people have to stop paying premiums for meaningless designations. >>



    Actually it will be a greater day when those who don't care about it quit criticizing those who do. >>



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    Good one, Jerry! image

    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

  • aficionadoaficionado Posts: 2,309 ✭✭✭

    An MS69 FS will cost you about $50, give or take a buck or two.

    Will a FS MS69 realize more than $50 is the ultimate question.

    As near as I can tell, (based on people having them shipped already), the Mint has a stock pile of these and it is my opinion that a FS MS69 may not be 'rare'.

    On the other FS coins PCGS did, the Mint was slow on shipping, only the first batch had there coins in time. I don't think that will happen this time.

    But, I've been wrong before....

  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I don't understand the point of first strike or early release?

    What exactly is the point for paying more money for a coin that without that plastic you can't tell from all the others?

    Now if you want to collect plastic boxes that are different, fine..... >>




    The point is that, as a seller, people will pay more (proven). As a collector, I don't care about it, but when I sell, I have noticed it. >>

    image


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  • planetsteveplanetsteve Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭✭
    24 bucks to certify a $22 coin? With over 90% of last year's ASEs getting the top grade of MS69, and this unlimited mintage coin launched in May, is there really any money to be made?

    To those that are tired of being criticized for paying extra for an aftermarket label, answer this: what added value do you believe this sticker brings to your collection? What does it really mean to you?
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,790 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>24 bucks to certify a $22 coin? With over 90% of last year's ASEs getting the top grade of MS69, and this unlimited mintage coin launched in May, is there really any money to be made?

    To those that are tired of being criticized for paying extra for an aftermarket label, answer this: what added value do you believe this sticker brings to your collection? What does it really mean to you? >>




    Read what I posted above......as a collector, to ME, it means nothing. As a seller, I have found I get more $$$. Many people that collect are not "sophisticated" nor do they hang out here. This board is not life's blood for a vast majority of collectors.

    It's perfectly fine NOT to have "1st strike".
    As for comparing MS69 an the number of them......how much is the price difference between a 1st strike and a non-1st strike, both in MS69? I think that may answer your own question.

    btw...I don't feel I am being criticized for getting 1st strike on mine when I did it last year. I still say "to each their own" and I don't feel I have to justify what I do to anyone. I will answer the question about it, if I feel like it, but I have no need to feel compelled to answer anyone questioning what I choose to do in a hobby I choose to participate in. Not like anyone on here pays my mortgage/allowance for me.

    By the same token, aside from giving OT people hell here when they post OT things like so-called dollars,etc, I try not to question what others do with their coins/pictures/money/submissions.

    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

  • planetsteveplanetsteve Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>24 bucks to certify a $22 coin? With over 90% of last year's ASEs getting the top grade of MS69, and this unlimited mintage coin launched in May, is there really any money to be made?

    To those that are tired of being criticized for paying extra for an aftermarket label, answer this: what added value do you believe this sticker brings to your collection? What does it really mean to you? >>




    As for comparing MS69 an the number of them......how much is the price difference between a 1st strike and a non-1st strike, both in MS69? I think that may answer your own question.
    >>



    Good point -- among others as well. Thanks for the response!
  • DoogyDoogy Posts: 4,508


    << <i>

    << <i>24 bucks to certify a $22 coin? With over 90% of last year's ASEs getting the top grade of MS69, and this unlimited mintage coin launched in May, is there really any money to be made?

    To those that are tired of being criticized for paying extra for an aftermarket label, answer this: what added value do you believe this sticker brings to your collection? What does it really mean to you? >>




    Read what I posted above......as a collector, to ME, it means nothing. As a seller, I have found I get more $$$. Many people that collect are not "sophisticated" nor do they hang out here. This board is not life's blood for a vast majority of collectors.

    It's perfectly fine NOT to have "1st strike".
    As for comparing MS69 an the number of them......how much is the price difference between a 1st strike and a non-1st strike, both in MS69? I think that may answer your own question.

    btw...I don't feel I am being criticized for getting 1st strike on mine when I did it last year. I still say "to each their own" and I don't feel I have to justify what I do to anyone. I will answer the question about it, if I feel like it, but I have no need to feel compelled to answer anyone questioning what I choose to do in a hobby I choose to participate in. Not like anyone on here pays my mortgage/allowance for me.

    By the same token, aside from giving OT people hell here when they post OT things like so-called dollars,etc, I try not to question what others do with their coins/pictures/money/submissions. >>




    good points all, i can certainly understand why sellers are willing to entertain the expenditure when they can make a profit. The whole reason that new collectors tend to gravitate to ultra high-grade moderns, is why i think that bubble will burst within a relatively short time. as new collectors enter the market, they only know the State Quaters and other bright, shiny new stuff. A good number of these will start to look into the various coin magazines and they will quickly see that the $800 they spent on a shiny brand new "rare" 20th Ann. ASE set could have purchased a true classic beauty. Also, they will probably become jaded with their "rare" new Mint issued stuff because of the US Mint's insistance to just keep churning out tons of commerative crap and other stuff every year; kinda' like the whole baseball card crash. personally, i'm not all that thrilled that the two major TPGs got on the bandwagon of the FS designation anyhow. it only continues to feed the misperception that their brand new modern stuff is "rare" and special, something they will quickly find out just isn't the case.

  • pf70collectorpf70collector Posts: 6,840 ✭✭✭
    A good number of these will start to look into the various coin magazines and they will quickly see that the $800 they spent on a shiny brand new "rare" 20th Ann. ASE set could have purchased a true classic beauty.

    Not if you are a true modern and ultra modern collector. I know there are a lot classics I can buy for what I pay for ultramoderns but I have no desire too. The majority of classics don't interest me and zeroing on the modern market and saying it will collapse is wishful thinking. Any sector of a market is capable of collapse not just moderns. There is a large collector base for the ASE program and believe it or not some my want to own a 1995 W or a 2006 W reverse proof than a Carson City Morgan.

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