Thought I'd share this one. I blind cherrypicked her at long beach. She was my first purchase on day 1 so I bought quick and fast without looking for obvious vams. Needless to say I was happy when I noticed! She's at pcgs now then john will put his stamp on her Nothing like a thorny girl with such a beautiful completion
Thanks rick. I'm socal through and through. Even though I'm 34 and matured there's something about sublime that I've never been able to shake. I have been flirting with changing my avatar to the 3rd pic down though.
I've work to hard in life to want to go back to 18 ... I like getting older, life gets easier as you get older .
Youth and energy is trumped by age and treachery every time. I could whup the tar out of the guy I was 30 years ago. If this were any Morgan but a 1921, I'd be alarmed by the character of the toning. This is the precise look of a coin which has been stripped by dippping and then allowed to retone too quickly. 1921's, though, went through a different planchet prep process and tone entirely differently. This is, believe it or not, "attractive" toning on a 1921. I still worry about what PCGS will think of it, although I've owned 1921's with similar color in righteous slabs. Cascade, you a member of SSDC yet? Among other things, you get access to the VAM Registry, which is comprehensive enough to make reasonable conclusions regarding the Condition Census of most of the major VAMs. I know 1B6 to be common for a Thornhead - at least 9 out of 10 that you see in the wild - but don't know what the top end looks like.
I hear what your saying about the color dave. I think that's why I missed the obvious attribution when I was looking at it. I was scrutinizing the color and moving quick on the floor. When I saw the pullaway I knew it was good, then I looked for AT mixed with NT pullaway and didn't see it. Had a $55 tag on it, I said "take $50" as I didn't wanna lowball and haggle. He looked at it for 30 sec while I had my head down perusing his other coins then I hear "Sure"... Bam! I am not yet a member of ssdc but it's been in the back of my mind for a few months now. I think I'll get off my butt and do it today after clening up the Halloween mess
Another thing about long beach & ct... I saw this spunky redhead bouncing around her table from customer to customer and I knew she looked familiar but couldn't place her. I said, you look familiar but she couldn't place me and I couldn't place her. Then a few days later it hit me. She was a ct member and what I recognized was her avatar pic. Duh. For days I was wracking my memory but I was just going too far back lol.
Could have only been better if you did it blind folded. You have all the luck. I keep saying I need to join the SSDC as well.
Lookie what was in my mailbox when I got home yesterday. Thanks Messy! I am going to enjoy having this one in my collection for a good while and then enjoy seeing the premium it will bring down the road when I'm ready to let her go. (If ever, lol) I briefly thought of trying to do a "monster" Thornhead set but then I woke up and was brought back down to reality
