Quote:Not really, Years ago when by curiosity I take the grading courses with
ANA, I find out many tricks. Yes we look at the coin with max 20x for old guys like me. You an 10x will be OK. Then if we see something then we look with the micro. Now let go more: you read, you compare and it is the perfect thing to do. You complete your collection by your feelings not other points of view. The major
TPG's, all have different standards. Why? it is a mystery, and happened only in the coins collecting. Me I slab the coins in my own slab and put in slabs carriables design by me for me and I do not care about
TPG. I send only to ANACS for a second opinion and to VSS for varieties. the rest no care.
This week was a private auction for collectors and investors, and believe me not 5% of the coins or notes was certified and some go many K's.
Conclusion IMO, you buy the books but maybe if the time permit and 125$ (approx.) take the Couse with the
ANA in certification, then the experience will make you heavier and heavier (technical) not corporal LOL.
PS: When you look for grad, the first thing it is to look of the year and the period of the mint and the line of the production. An 1954 like your and an 2010 could not be mix. Manny forgot this and it is a big mistake.
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Very good info. Impressive that you created your own slabs. I can't seem to let go the worry I have about my collection going to waste some day. That's why I want to slab my coins from a
. I find it way more challenging and expensive buying rolls and searching to build a set this way. Of course , some years will have to be purchased. Most early wheats were purchased 20 years ago at way cheaper prices than now. I wish I had continued to purchase some other dates like the 09-s the 14-d 26-s 24-d in higher grades then I did and the 09-svdb (around 1400$ in 63red). I bought a 1918-s AU-58 for 18 dollars in a NGC slab back then and thought I paid to much. At 62 years old I don't have a lot of years to complete the set I want and I refuse to buy a completed set. Which would have been cheaper in the long run. It's the journey I am enjoying. I want to take the
course but don't know how to line everything up with my schedule. Your advice is much appreciated. You mentioned that you collect ghosted coins so I have been putting aside ones I find so I can send to you. that will happen this week.
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