Congrats Lee! Wow, that is some hoard of varieties you have there. That must have cost a lot to get graded and attributed but looks well worth it to me. That's awesome that you scored two MS66 FEVs! TC
Looks like you made out on the submissions. Congrats! Is this where we all sing "He's a jolly good hero!" in tandem?
I'm not familiar with many of your varieties -- tell me, which is the biggest score? Which were you most disappointed in, grade-wise? Just curious...Mike
I'm gonna bounce around on the submissions. I was most disappointed with the 1971-S FS-801 yet it was by far the biggest score. ANACS had it graded at PR68DCAM yet PCGS came in at PR67CAM. It was a crackout from an original ANACS submission beack in 2008 I think. I picked the coin up at a local coin shop for $9 or $10 bucks. I know of 3 and none others and the doubling on the reverse os quite nice for an IKE! Another one I'm proud of is the 1988-S DDO-001 FS-101. I've purchased and gone through hundreds of 1988 sets with no luck at all. I happened across this one from James Wiles and paid quite handsomely for it. The thing with Kennedy's is that you look and look and never find what you're looking for. Then, your resources run out! So, when one comes up, you jump on it because you know, it would take a lightening strike before you came across another one. That situation is true of the 1977-D DDO-001 FS-101. I had good success in finding this particular variety in the raw but never in MS. This one popped up on ebay in an NGC MS63 Slab for a $145 BIN. I'd have gone higher since finding original 1977 Kennedy "bank" rolls is really tough. The thing with rolls between 1971 and 1977 is that the coins were in mint sets. Unless a particular variety is "known" to be in mint sets (like the 1974-D DDO), it's fairly pointless in buying rolls that are not in OBW. On the other hand, if a variety is "known" to be in mint sets, I'll purchase "put together rolls" without a second thought. ( I had great success with buying 1970-D Washington Rolls searching for DDR's) I was extremely pleased that the 77-D DDO crossed at grade! I would have been more pleased to have purchased one of the MS65's that were on the NGC submission but the seller had already sold them both to my disappointment. BTW, the screen prints you're looking at include my notes and if there is not an FS number in the Variety Column, it's a CONECA Variety and not a CPG Variety. I'm more than irritated that PCGS ONLY attributes CPG Varieties since the CPG, while good in its intent, is lacking on a lot of really cool DDO and DDR Coins. Specifically, the 1977-D DDO has been on the CPG Appendix for years but only made the body of the book with this latest edition. PCGS would not touch the coin without it neing in the body of the book with pictures. On the same submission as the 77-D are a bunch of other corssover coins which I'd picked up over the years. The time was right so I just submitted them. Some crossed at grade while other did not. I expected some but was disappointed at others. What can I say. I'm very pleased with the 1969-D and 1970-D Type H Quarters. Yes they are low grade but these puppies are modern rarities. I suppose you could say that they are the Type B reverse on a CnClad Washington but thats not entirely true as the reverse "looks" like a Type B but it has definite differences. As such, it's called a Type H. Both coins cost me some serious money for a well circulated coin! On the last submission are the Friendly Eagles. Some of you may or may not know that I've been collecting these since late 2005. All the FE's were previously grade by PCGS so it was simply a question of getting the attribution. Past sales ofr FE's have been lack luster so crossing some of my MS64 and MS63's was simply out of the question. If I can sell the MS65's, I'll get more attributed. The MS66's are rare birds and command between $475 and $750 deopending upon the coin. Of all the folks that have been picking these since 2005, less than 20 have hit the MS66 mark. The 1970-S DDO-002 Kennedy I purchased off of CT for a nice price. It too had already been graded so when it showed up in the CPG, I had to include it on this submission. There's a funny story around that coin where I;d forgotten that I'd already submitted it and put it in my SDB. I recently moved and spend the past 5 months trying to find that sucker so that I could submit it! I was sure that I'd lost it until one day, while at the bank, I saw it! Talk about feeling mega-stupid! The other varieties that I've noted on the submission that are NOT "FS" numbers, are coins either purchased from James Wiles or purchased raw and identified with CONECA documentation. Most are Kennedy's since that series has an abundance of doubled die obverse and reverse coins which some folks are simply oblivious too. Unlike the Eisenhower Dollar (which has its own group of DDO/DDR coins) the Kennedy seems to be more acceptable to the collecting public. I don't know why but thats just the way it is.
