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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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All great coins, I will need to keep my eye out for those slabs in the future!
At $50 you got some great deals, congrats!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great deal, have you had them 20 years?
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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I bought them off ebay last week.  A little less than twenty years.  Edited by FadeToBlack
08/10/2013 04:34 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
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All very nice coins for the money. Congrats!
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Valued Member
United States
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Nice photography set up! The pictures are very impressive. What do you use for diffusers? I can't quite tell from the photos of the equipment. Thanks!
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Pillar of the Community
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Paper towels scotch taped around the lamps, ha. Works!
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Valued Member
United States
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I hope you are right about coins being undergraded in these holders. I just bought a 1934 TX Commemorative Half in one of these holders before I even saw your post about them.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm guessing they came from the same seller, tpmjr... that one, I looked at, and passed. I think it's a 64 and do not think it would grade higher, so you paid roughly market for it. The '21 Morgan is another coin I won from the same seller for $51... now that coin has some big upside depending on what is going on with the forehead. Seller told me it's just a weird spot and isn't a planchet defect, and if that's the case, that coin looks like a shot 66 with a cheek that clean and fields that nice.
I forgot to bid on the '46-S Walker, which was stupid. That coin looks like a fantastic coin with a slightly weak strike, lock MS65. Whomever won that got a great deal.
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08/12/2013 4:32 pm
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United States
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I won that at my max bid, had the other bidder bid 30 cents more, he would have beat me. I'm happy with it though and looking forward to getting it in. I was curious about the holder since it looked to have a bit of age to it. I didn't get a chance to research the holder before I bought it, but reading your views on it makes me feel better about it.
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Pillar of the Community
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150ish was what I was considering bidding on it, but if I can get a PCGS slabbed 64 for that kind of money... why bother? The surfaces and fields look clean on the coin itself, but the eagles breast had me slightly concerned because it's not fully struck up and appears to show a bit of a darker grey, which could be a touch of rub. When you get the coin in-hand, I'd recommend a close observation of that area to see what exactly is going on and if there are luster breaks. The seller is a very nice guy who is easy to work with, I chatted with him a bit about the provenance of the slabs and he's got a few others he will give me dibs on before selling them.
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Pillar of the Community
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He's actually going to mail me the rest of his Tulving slabs on approval. I'm excited. I should have the '21 in hand tomorrow.
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08/14/2013 01:59 am
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United States
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He's actually going to mail me the rest of his Tulving slabs on approval. I'm excited. I should have the '21 in hand tomorrow. Did you receive the '21? I happened to be up late the other night and decided to cruise ebay to see if I could score on something decent in the middle of the night. I noticed several Morgan dollars that were in the same slabs as the ones you have pictured in this thread. I was outbid on the first 3 coins but managed to win the last coin with the hopes that it was undergraded as well. I paid roughly market price (if the grade on the slab is correct) as I wasn't going to lose the last coin!  trigger finger was itchy that night!  I am anxiously awaiting its arrival. It should be here within the next day or so. |
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Yeah, in hand the 21 is a 64... but badly needs a dip. Still a nice coin!
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