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I won this on another message board, not to shabby.

 

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1925-S Lincoln (PCGS MS64BN). A very tough date/mint combination for eye appeal. This beauty has a nice surface with glossy pearlized color. The reverse shows a bit of waviness typical from that era. Fairly flashy for an S mintmark in the 1920's, which tend to come doggy. The Brown (BN) color class offers a good value. At this MS64 level, PCGS price guide for BN=$360, RB=$1000, RD=$2500. I'll gladly take the Brown!

 

Very, very nice.

 

Fancy!

 

Have waited a while to snag one of these at a decent price. I think this is one of the prettiest designs of all time. Would like own a 67 one day, but for now this is a solid 66. Terrible pics, will have to post better pic in future.

 

One of the Morgans I found in the safe.

1884 O
probably the best condition of the 5.

 

Couple of new arrivals today. First, something old. Mintage: 6,783. PCGS population at grade: 311. I love old proofs.


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Then, a touch of the modern...

 

The Lincoln cent is such a handsome coin. Maybe I should start a set. When did you start collecting them?

 

Its crazy how different it looks in all 3 peoples pictures. My ipod touch is what I have found best to capture crazy toning. For some reason my normal camera, with better resolution, doesn't capture it. Here are the three sets of pics for comparison:

 

In a bulk junk silver purchase

 

This has arrived and I'm pleased that the key identifiers are bolder in the copper than in the photos.

But I have a really strong feeling that the edge shows the same markings as my S-121b with grip marks, though a bit lighter. The first shows what appears to be either partial reeding or file marks. Unfortunately, I just don't have comparables to compare them to. But if these blanks are from the same batches, the emission sequence in both Sheldon and Breen is significantly off. It would place these near the same point as the early 97's.

Edge study is an area which just doesn't seem to garner continued interest.

 

What a great friend I have! When he goes to the goodwill store near our house he always checks out the glass case. Over these last couple of months he has picked these up at a very good cost I might add, and told me to take them home with me! I insisted on paying him what he payed at the very least (which was a bargain) and he told me that I owe him a drink! I'm pretty sure I can accommodate that request! Cheers to good friends!

 

Google Stiel Collection NGC Let me know what you think of the collection so far, please

 

My first foray was with the Whitman Folders in the 1967 to 1971 timeframe, ages 10 to 14 years old. Amazingly, I still have those old Whitman's. Here is book #2 (1941-1971). This was completed through roll searching. My book #1 (1909-1940) has tons of holes. I did buy a few early ones (like 1910-S, 1914-S, etc) from a local dealer (mostly in the VG to VF grades).



My 2nd attempt I started in March 2015 and completed in 1 year (March 2016). This time PCGS graded, rainbow-toned only, and Mint State only.