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I've read that there was this guy that like the McLaren cars and also had a bunch of Morgans but that's about all I can find about these. So I'm asking the more knowledgeable folks on here if they knew a lil more. Here's mine below, an NGC. I actually love the way the whole slab n all feels in my hand.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow. Never would have thought that the original McClaren had Morgans.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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McLaren the British exotic car company is not likely related to Mc Claren the Morgan dollar pedigree. I do not know much about the source of the pedigree but there are a lot of them out in the marketplace and there is also a McClaren Collection II in PCGS plastic(I own one of them, an MS62 1904-O). Edited by biokemist6
05/06/2014 02:13 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Ah. McLaren, McClaren. Thanks bio!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A veteran member of CU Forums had this to say about the McClaren Collection: The collection is more of a quality hoard of Morgan dollars, Peace dollars, and Walking Liberty halves. I believe that those three series represent the hoard. It totaled about 38,000 pieces with about 25,000 Morgan dollars sold wholesale to another dealer with the remainder representing the best being sold by Legend on their website and at the shows they attend. While most of the coins are rather common dates, many of them are in beautiful uncommon high grade. I believe this assessment is accurate. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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It is also getting to the point where anyone can get their name placed on the slab labels "the so and so collection". To a very large extent pedigree on slab labels is becoming meaningless unless it can be traced to a major collection/sale.
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It is also getting to the point where anyone can get their name placed on the slab labels "the so and so collection". To a very large extent pedigree on slab labels is becoming meaningless unless it can be traced to a major collection/sale. oh well that's no fun. I'd rather have coins from famous hoards. |
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It is also getting to the point where anyone can get their name placed on the slab labels "the so and so collection". Correct, I posted about this while trying to figure out what a particular "Name" meant on a NGC slab, what the provenance was. So I contacted NGC directly, I posted their reply, which in a nutshell said, anyone can request a custom label now for an extra fee, they will not give out any more info than that, and unless it's a well known collection there is no real meaning to the label. Here is a link to the thread where we found out what the labels mean: https://goccf.com/t/171101"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/140440Edited by westcoin
05/06/2014 9:00 pm
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United States
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I've seen the McClaren collection name on PCGS as well. Can you submit what you want on the label to them as well?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A member of my coin club has his name put on the labels of all of the coins he sends in to ANACS. It's an ego thing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, The guy's name isn't McLaren. This guy has a collection of McLaren cars, so he wanted his coin collection named after his favorite sports car. He definitely has, or had some serious cash, because ZMcLarens are million dollar cars. They were the fastest road cars in the world for some time.
They're kind of cool. Vert sleek, and they're a three seater. The driver sits right in the middle, and the two passengers seats are slightly back from the driver's seat. The do about 220 MPH if I remember correctly.
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Bedrock of the Community
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some pedigree's can really carry some weight in the collector community like the Jack Lee collection, he was well known in the community and had an eye for amazing coins so there are collectors that will pay a premium to acquire Jack Lee Pedigree coins. Its my personal belief that the original Jack Lee Collection had better eye appeal than the Jack Lee 1 or 2 sets but thats just my personal opinion. So with some it may be an ego thing but others the pedigree does carry some weight
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Pillar of the Community
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McClaren, not to be confused with McLaren Automotive, aka the British motors company that currently houses cars that are some of the fastest vehicles on the planet....
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United States
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Hummm... I love MS-70 coins. I wonder if they will let label my F-12 Seated Liberty dollar as "MS-70 Collection."   |
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