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stewart Pillar of the Community United States 1126 Posts	Posted 04/05/2012 07:09 am Quote: So? send your 65s in and have them graded 68, then dump them. biggfredd, Great idea but there is a couple of reason why I do not do that. 1. The 65's I send in could just as easily come back MS60. Which is a complete waste of money that could go towards more Ike's, Mercs, Jefferson's,Morgan's and others. I have seen many a collector get quite upset when they did not get the grade that they thought they should have when submitting coins. And they had spent many hours checking and rechecking and comparing before submitting a coin and spending their 20 or 30 bucks for someone else's opinion who looks at the coin for a few seconds Why would I pay someone to frustrate me, This hobby is my escape from frustration. 2. I generally do not sell any of the Ike's I have accumulated. because the series is still in it's infancy of serious research. And I am pretty sure if I sold some, not too long after that there would be another discovery in the series. And I am sure that one of the Ike's that I sold would be an example of the new discovery. Report this Post to the Staff
Freedom Pillar of the Community United States 526 Posts	Posted 04/07/2012 08:45 am Herbs coin shop is my coin shop. The shop is about 5 minutes from my house. I stopped in and asked to see the coins they have on ebay. They showed me the two Ikes, the one with the fingerprint is absolutely beautiful, pictures show it no justice but the fingerprint has me confused. The other Ike is just as beautiful, if not more so. Out of curiousity I asked what the price was, bear in mine I do a lot of business there, he said he would discount the coin by the ebay percentage only. Guess he likes the coins to get that much. The other dealer on EPAY is NPCOINS is another dealer that is a little further away, they reside in Nort Port. ALWAYS have given me a fair deal, both selling and buying. Check out their auctions, great store to browse in and always have Dixie standing guard. <Dixie is usually asleep under the counter and comes out and greets each customer then retreats back to the counter to sleep.> :) Edited by Freedom 04/07/2012 08:47 am Report this Post to the Staff
cc99999 Pillar of the Community United States 1302 Posts	Posted 04/07/2012 8:36 pm @Fredd, We spoke to Littleton about helping them look for varieties. They were not interested, instead they decided to rely on way outdated books- and I assume- the only variety they really cared to find were wrong planchet silver-clads. the GradeView book will basically show you pros and cons of different Ikes from the best known to typical MS grades. We have 288 Ikes lined up for photography and each coin will get an essay. We are also approaching the series date by date, type by type, mint by mint. It's the first grading book of its kind. bigger news is around the corner, however. Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 04/08/2012 02:21 am cc99999- Littleton has their own system, but we can't argue that it works. Report this Post to the Staff
stewart Pillar of the Community United States 1126 Posts	Posted 04/08/2012 09:54 am Quote: each coin will get an essay. We are also approaching the series date by date, type by type, mint by mint. It's the first grading book of its kind. Now That is Good News, The Usefulness of a tool like that,easily at someones disposal. With examples of properly graded Ike's would in my humble opinion help a great deal being in the library of Any Third Party Grading Service helping them enormously and giving them an edge in accuracy and consistency. Just as there is a learning curve in the grading of Morgan and Peace dollars, Merc Dimes and Jefferson Nickles. Due to their different characteristics. There is a definite learning curve to grading Ike's. For me personally the Ike's grading learning curve was a Bit Steeper Report this Post to the Staff
ghostrider Pillar of the Community United States 1116 Posts	Posted 04/08/2012 2:28 pm I have a sack of Ike's that I keep and add to now and then - strictly circulated coins. I like them becasue of their size. Whenever I'm out an about I try to pick them up at my local bank. Sometimes the tellers tell me I just missed some and sometimes I score. It's a lot of fun to try and get them. Someday my bag will be worth something, only hope that I'm around to see the day. Report this Post to the Staff
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