Thread: Let's see your newest acquisitions!

I see a couple light marks on the obverse but it looks better than ms64 to me. Maybe send it to CAC or resubmit it.

Good eye, GetSome. I have never sent a coin to CAC -- but I would send it in to PCGS to be TrueViewed. I never got into the whole re-grading game, but I was just more curious about the 64 grade on a coin that looks better that some 65's I've seen.

I think that Frankie is an easy 65. Here's the only 64 Frankie I own;




Yes, that's a PCGS 64... and it's OGH!

Good crack, dip, and resubmit candidate, imho.

Wow, what a difference in look between your MS64 and the MS64 i bought this evening -- that's pretty dramatic. Thanks for posting that, merccrazy. It's pretty amazing the range of looks you get inside a particular grade.

Originally Posted by WingedLiberty

Still it makes me curious why PCGS put a 64 on this, other than a tiny nick on Franklin's cheek, I don't see much in the way of bag-marks.

It looks like there are some bag marks on the hair, and just above the "I" in "IN" (hidden by the toning). In addition, it looks like there are "tears" going from Franklin's eye toward his ear.

Got this from one of my friends on another coin board. It's a top pop from PCGS (198/0) or NGC (88/0).

Newest addition to my Halves collection...

Originally Posted by WingedLiberty

Wow, what a difference in look between your MS64 and the MS64 i bought this evening -- that's pretty dramatic. Thanks for posting that, merccrazy. It's pretty amazing the range of looks you get inside a particular grade.

For the record, I didn't pay 64 money. I got it for $25 back when spot was about $10.

A couple of 1/20 Platinum Koala's while prices are down

My first MS67 FSB. This is will be my highest grade MS Mercury dime when it comes in the mail. I just won it in an auction last night.

Beautiful.

Here is a new commem I bought from a forum member ATS. Two others I like but aren't new.

One's a 63, a 64 and a 65. Probably not too hard to guess?
Lance.

Lance, you devil. That New Rochelle is one to die for. And so close to where I reside......

Here are two NGC graded nickels, from the days of the "W" and "T" designations. These two designations were used by NGC to denote "White" and "Toned" coins, respectively from the beginning of 2000 until August of 2002.

Good eye, Green18! That one drips with luster. It really is unusually strong.

Back in the '70s - '80s I lived in Westchester County and taught computer science at Iona College in New Rochelle. I was young and working three jobs to keep up with a new family and our first house. But I was raised near you, on Long Island...Syosset and Long Beach.

I'd post a Long Island commemorative but mine's as boring as the commemorative design. LOL.
Lance.