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I'm not sure how long the coin had been in the Genuine holder. I received it as a gift a couple of years ago.


Since then I have seen a few in both PCGS and NGC slabs that could have been twins. In fact, at the same I sent this in for grading, I sent a couple of NGC Lincoln Proofs to PCGS in a Crossover submission. I haven't received those results yet.

 

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What about the other five? Where are they?

 

brg5658, I think your posts are bordering on the bizarre. Are you having a bad day or something?

I pulled that 1941 Proof mintage figure from this website:

http://lincolncentresource.com/Checklists/MintageFigures.html

They say 32,600 for the 1941 ... but I do see the exact same mintage is listed for the 1942 ... so a typo looks very possible. I don't have the mintage's of the proofs memorized so I always just do a web search for the number. If your 2nd number (21,100) is correct, that's great news, as it means the coin is even rarer that I originally thought.

All I wrote in my post was "I bought this coin (raw) on ebay for $30". Actually my winning bid was $30.09 and to be honest with you shipping costs never register with me. Ok, so I paid $3 for shipping (BFD!).

I also NEVER add in the gasoline costs or wear and tear on my car (to the cost of coins) when I drive to my local coin dealer!!!!

In any case, I provided the link to the auction for details. That is about as upfront as one can get!

In terms of you wanting me to ADD IN slabbing costs or photographing costs that I incurred a month later to "the price I paid on ebay" for a coin ... that is totally ridiculous!!

I wasn't reporting how much I had invested in a coin ... I was simply stating how much I paid for the coin when I bought it on ebay.

Sheesh!

In any case, based on your thought process, I think you forgot to tell me about some other additional "costs" that should be included in amount that I "paid" for the coin ("when I originally bought it on ebay"): Coin Insurance, Safe Deposit Box Fees, Plastic PCGS boxes to hold the slabs, gasoline costs driving the coins to the post office and/or my bank, the cost of my computer and my internet service, part of my mortgage costs and utilities, and time wasted on these boards responding to bizarre posts!!

In terms of whether or not Phil's TrueView photo was accurate, here is a photo I took of this coin before I sent it off to PCGS. It was inside a plastic 2x2 flip (so the glare off the plastic obscured things a bit), plus my iPhone is not that great at focusing anyway.



Here is Phil's TrueView photo for comparative purposes:
(you make the call on whether or not you think the TrueView photo was accurate)

 

Patience my boy.

This was an eBay $10.50 special (plus $3 shipping).

PCGS gave it a PR67BN.

 

Arghh! How do you manage to find all these sweet deals? I stalk eBay EVERY DAY and I can't any near to that status (or that price) *bangs head on table*

 

Well, after gaping at WL's '41 proof I decided to follow after suit after WL and hunt down a toner...found this one and managed to (manually) snipe it at the last second with my max bid (~$33)...a hefty toning premium, but IMHO completely worth it based on the brilliant blue luster showing. I'm guessing it would grade a high AU. Seller's pictures are below; I'll post my own pictures once it comes in hand.

 

Another raw purchase from eBay. Now PCGS PR63BN


My photos




TrueView

 

1987 AMERICAN SILVER EAGLE
some toning is going on

 

Check out the clash...

 

From my visit to the Philadelphia Mint today, boughy a roll of Native American $1 and some Acadia quarters

 

One of the best Birthdays today, got a 1990 Eisenhower Dollar, some walking liberty's, 5 pounds of world coins, a yo-yo, and.................................................... a MS64 1883 CC Morgan Dollar graded anacs but still my very first Carson City. Pics to come

 

Nice clash on that one!

 

Happy Birthday!! Great gifts for sure. What kind of yo-yo?:devil:

 

a 1990 ike? Hope the yoyo was a duncan!

 

The commemorative coin, and the yoyo was a two pack light up one

 

I would have been REALLY suspicious that this was artificial toning. The back looks legit, but that front would have had me questioning it massively. Congrats!

 

oh, that ike. Gotta love them light up things. Once me, and some other children got giant foam glow stick and had a "sword" fight with them. (couple years ago, and no matter what one would say to a "sword" fight, it was fun) Then another kid broke his. It was hysterical!

 

That is some "sunset" Lincoln cent. Gorgeous.

 

Congrats Tyler!

 

This also came at the same time as the Kennedy's.