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My favorite buffalo herd!

 

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Everyone, what an outstanding show!

Steve

 

Paul,
That's a beauty. If slabbed, what's the grade? If not, what would you grade it?

 

It is an NGC MS67 and I agree completely with the assigned grade. It is a stunning coin with incredible eye appeal.

 

Here's one I just purchased last week:

 

Nice, Cole.

Here's a 23-S with a good strike:

 

Paul,

Now we know where you got that one -- makes sense. When I first got back into coins, I enjoyed looking at Anaconda's offerings although I never bought one before the company closed.

Based on the images, I'm surprised it didn't get a star.

 

Do you remember this Buffalo. I am kicking myself for not buying this coin when I had the chance.



I can't even imagine what this looks like in hand.

 

Even though Brandon Kelly is one of the best in the business in taking photos of coins, I would love to see that coin in hand. For some reason, I doubt that it would live up to the photo's expectations. I bet Anaconda had some real sick coins, I would've loved to see Anaconda, in action.

 

When I bought my first coin from Anaconda, I was very skeptical that the image would be true to life. Not only was the image accurate, the coin actually looked better in hand than in the photo. In my experience, 4 out of 5 coins I purchased from Anaconda actually looked better in hand than they did in the photo.I don't ever remember getting a single coin that I was disappointed by the appearance in hand compared to the photo. There are very few sellers of toned coins that I can say that about, but I could say it about Anaconda.

 

Thanks Paul. Says a lot about Brandon and Anaconda.
Kinda sad that they are no more. I would've loved to browse their inventory when it was active and updated.
What is stopping you from creating Anaconda II, Paul? You probably have enough coins to get into the business.

 

The thought of selling all my coins makes me want to vomit. I would find it very difficult to be a dealer and a collector at the same time.

 

Not all of your coins, but some coins that you own that are duplicates or coins that you can flip.
Paul, there is no doubt in my mind that you could be a dealer of toned coins.

 

I have to say I understand Paul's feelings. Charmy is one dealer that is also a collector, but I think it would be very hard to be a dealer and collector. When a nice coin becomes available to you, you would have to make a decision about whether to make it available to your best clients or keep it for yourself. For instance, I believe Mark Feld has stated he only has a single coin in his collection, which has some connection to the famous dealer Max Mehl, whom he is related to.

 

I understand Paul's feeling, my comment was nothing more than a compliment to Paul's ability of knowing what a coin will look like based on bad photos, his photo taking skills, and his overall know-how of the toned coin market.
The only problem is, when you do it on the side, from your real job it gets hard to keep up with things.

Such as, I have coins for sale right now. If I were to have them for sale during school, I wouldn't be ready to get em' shipping out and have the shipping label printed as soon as the payment gets to me, leave feedback and contact the buyer with when his item will be shipped.
If I was in school, I wouldn't be able to come to this forum as often as I do.

So I can see how being a dealer and collector at the same time would be hard, but I think Paul could do it.

 

This Giant Buffalo Belt Buckle was a present from my wife after a Cape Cod vacation with her friends.


And finally a real Buffalo Nickel

 

EgCollector,
It's good to see Buffalo hunters range as far as Egypt. Very nice.

Here's a 1915 Proof that I crossed from NGC and eventually sold when I bought a PR67 for my proof set. I regret selling this one as I think it was very nice for the grade. Sometimes, I am a bit too anxious to unload duplicates. Anywhere, here it is:

 

Nice to see you AMR. Beautiful buffalo. Nice job on the photos. Wish my photos where that good.