Winged, Are you sending your NGC coins to PCGS slabbed as a crossover, or do you first crack them out and submit them raw? Matt
Sorry Lance, but a new player on the NGC wheaties registry has bumped us all by debuting in the new number 2 spot. Interestingly enough the set is...
Lately, when I attend a major show, I mostly see dealers that have many more NGC certified coins offered for sale than PCGS certified. I often...
I would say I am open to "cross that bridge when I get to it" and not rule out any coin that speaks to me or strikes a chord, weather it's...
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[ATTACH][ATTACH] This is one of my monitor CWTs. NGC 65 RB that I think I paid 265 for from a dealer setting up right next to us at a show. The...
I've heard it said here that one should rinse a coin with distilled water after an acetone dip. Acetone evaporates in a nearly instant flash and...
Nice proofs! I'd say wingedliberty is creating his own competition as there can't be enough killer early proofs to go around. I hope you guys keep...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] I'm happy to be adding this coin to my set. I would say that this date and mint has been WAY tougher to land than its...
Doesn't look right to me. The "s" is all wrong and so is the vdb. the whole coin looks fishy. Matt
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] I phone 4s. Supposedly has a 8 mp camera. Good lighting helps and the images still need to be cropped in the I photo...
The 77 is super nice Lance. That, IMO, is the best grade for the money for that particular date, its just that how in the world do you get a...
For a weak strike, I like to look for chatter on the coin that was present on the planchet before it was struck. A weak stike doen't seem to have...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] A few finds...I would say that in the last 4 months, with a very mild winter and virtually no snow on the ground and highs of 50...
[ATTACH] This is the way I like to start a day of rock hunting, the light is the best and not windy until at least 9am. [ATTACH] My 5 year old...
Now that the judging is over, I wanted to show what it is that is coming out of the rock beds in SD. [ATTACH][ATTACH] This is my best find so far,...
I thought coins came from the mint....PCGS simply awards grades for them. That gold piece is a 65? I don't agree with that unless there are...
"It's what you do after you know it all that counts" Read it in a bar in Cincinnati last week and thought it applied to numismatics.
After next week, I'll post some pics of what comes out of the area. Rock collecting has many similarities to coin collecting but few live in an...
[ATTACH] Undisclosed rock hunting landscape outside of Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Pure solitude and serenity.........
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