Posted 03/14/2016 1:46 pm
Thank you for your response Peter. My goals are a bit different from yours since I am looking to collect at least one coin from each king. The mint does not matter to me, and if buying pieces from the London or Canterbury Mints keeps the price lower while affording opportunities to buy higher grade pieces, I'll go for it.
As a U.S. collector some of us get tired of the Philardelphia Mint which was long the "head office" with the largest mintages and best quality coins in many instances. I collect coins from the Dahlonega, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina Mints which produced only gold coins from 1838 to 1861. The U.S. Civil War put them out of business along with lower than expect gold production in the southern goldfields. Still Charlotte and Dahlonega coins are an acquired taste with often crude strikes, often great rarity in TRUE Mint State and some high prices.
As for slabbing its a part of life in the States. Many U.S. coins that are not not slabbed ("raw" is the current term) have not been certified because they have problems. We also have a growing counterfeit problem to deal with. Thc Chinese are very active. I have a number of slabbed British coins, but I'll buy a raw piece if I like it.
It's been good to communicate with you. I hope to do so again.
As a U.S. collector some of us get tired of the Philardelphia Mint which was long the "head office" with the largest mintages and best quality coins in many instances. I collect coins from the Dahlonega, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina Mints which produced only gold coins from 1838 to 1861. The U.S. Civil War put them out of business along with lower than expect gold production in the southern goldfields. Still Charlotte and Dahlonega coins are an acquired taste with often crude strikes, often great rarity in TRUE Mint State and some high prices.
As for slabbing its a part of life in the States. Many U.S. coins that are not not slabbed ("raw" is the current term) have not been certified because they have problems. We also have a growing counterfeit problem to deal with. Thc Chinese are very active. I have a number of slabbed British coins, but I'll buy a raw piece if I like it.
It's been good to communicate with you. I hope to do so again.
Edited by billjones
03/14/2016 1:47 pm
03/14/2016 1:47 pm
