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| Coin Rings - Like Or Dislike?
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Ballyhoo
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 Posted 04/13/2025 1:08 pm
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| I bought, and wear, a replica Continental dollar. Aside from being abit thick and hefty I like it very much. Gets quite a few comments. |
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| American Eagles On Gc With Interesting Toning
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Ballyhoo
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United States
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Posted 04/13/2025 1:03 pm
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| PCGS might, and I mean MIGHT, convince me it's not artificial. But two with identical toning? Please. Someone with deep pockets or favoritism is at work with those ones. Add to this that one is an MS68. How do you determine that grade through heavy toning? |
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| Crazy USPS Routing Of Coin
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Ballyhoo
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Posted 03/23/2025 4:35 pm
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I live in Pittsburgh, PA. Ordering several times per month for years, since early February at least two have and will bypass Warendale for Indianapolis or Scranton dependant on where they originate. And that's odd because I've not encountered this beforehand. In fact, one was stuck at Indianapolis for nearly a month, scanned on three consecutive days at exactly 12:00 a.m. four days after being shipped from Illinois. So something is going on with the USPS.  |
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| An Error Made, What Would You Do?
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Ballyhoo
Pillar of the Community
United States
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Posted 03/08/2025 7:42 pm
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Sometime in early January I submitted my subscription with the mint for this years products as I have done for several years. Today I received not one, but two proof sets. Each in a seperate shipping box and both having the invoice. Checking my subscription, it in fact lists one set. I then checked my bank records which shows only one $40.25 transaction on the 4th. Brought up to do the right thing in life no matter the consequence I intend on notifying the mint to settle accounts. Even as the mint seems to be getting absurd with their pricing lately. On that point, the silver proof is not on my list this year as $150 is far above reasonable while that of the proof is on the fence, so to speak.
I'm curious as to what the group would do in this situation. |
| | Forum: US Commemoratives and Non-Circulating Coinage (NCLT) Including Grading, Varieties, and Errors |
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| I Have A Question But Not About Just One Specific Coin
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Ballyhoo
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Posted 01/01/2025 12:36 pm
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| First and foremost, I hope that the medical results come back negative.....and a very happy belated birthday! As for your question, I'm going to assume you are meaning ones which would grade in the upper mint state range. With modern coinage finally becoming noticed, auction prices for those in MS68 plus are worth considerably more than average MS65/66. The only concern would be your own grading skills, how accurate you'd consider them, before taking the gamble to have them assigned by a third party grader. I'm leaning towards your understanding that anything getting graded under MS67 would exceed the value based on the associated fees to grade them. With this in mind, my suggestion is to put them in an album as you find them. |
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| 2025 Product Schedule
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Ballyhoo
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United States
1461 Posts |
Posted 01/01/2025 12:09 pm
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| 2025 will be an adjustment for myself. In the past, for the last few years I've gone through the list in January adding to my subscription to ensure the different products would find their way to my collection. With the previous years increase in cost, especially those containing silver, it becomes clear that my list will be half that of previous years. Thirty plus going back to mail order before the internet. Yet I'm not like so many others complaining about the increase, which admittedly is a bit high, rather it's the long term value after the purchase. While I do not collect as an investment, I do not look to lose money either. Looking at the current prices simply does not seem logical to this fact when I'm seeing these products from a few years back selling for less on the secondary. My only real concern moving forward is watching the annual sales figures continually plummeting to some scary totals. Leaving me to wonder at what point do the low numbers change the values. |
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| Real Aluminum Penny? I'm guessing Yes. (1974 D).
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Ballyhoo
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Posted 12/28/2024 3:36 pm
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It worked in Monty Python and the Holy Grail....
"If she weighs the same as a duck... she's made of wood!
And therefore,
A witch!" Trade it for a shrubery.  There will never be another group of talented actors. |
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| Does Anyone Have Any Insight On The 2022-D Ls Penny?
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Ballyhoo
Pillar of the Community
United States
1461 Posts |
Posted 12/24/2024 10:47 am
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| Copper is one of those metals that's hard to replicate consitantly on a color scale. Meaning, I've searched brand new rolls of cents and found many varing shades. Which may also explain how they look from one image to the next. The Manganese dollars are also another example of color variation. |
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I find the offset bust and bold Liberty text extremely appealing. Flawless in intent towards what Theodore Roosevelt had envisioned.