Aloha, I have a thread here of a few of my prized coins in my collection. They aren't the best and rarest around but they are nice. 1900 Half Eagle Gold $5 1914-D Lincoln cent VG-10 1931-S Lincoln cent AU-55 More to come soon.....anyways, enjoy! Hope you like them. I've invested about $550 for everything right here, got the '14-D pretty cheap too.
Very nice! I like them, esp. the gold $5! The most important thing in collecting is that you are happy with them. :smile
Thanks Leadfoot. I picked that thing up for $150, VG-10 details. It has a scratch on the reverse though. I may upgrade in the future to a F-12.
I realize I am only seeing one side of that coin, but I think you need to re-evaluate your grade. I would not be shocked if that coin would be VF. Just as an example, see http://www.cointalk.com/t130777/. 14-D's are not exactly noted for being well struck.
Wow...your '14-D looks alot like mine Rlm. To be honest, I bought it in a slab from ANACS which was graded VG-10 details, I can post a pic of the scratch but it may not turn out real well. The slab was damaged and old so I had no choice but to take it out.
If it is truly an old slab, they did not details grade, they net graded. I have one of their old small slabbed 14-D's. It is at least a 30 (I think 35), but it has been cleaned. ANACS calls it F-12.
ANACS, VG-10 Details. Scratched. Yellow label in slab. Its just like this one accept for the grade: http://cgi.ebay.com/KEY-DATE-1914-D...14?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item2a0b5b45a6
You said "old" slab. Yellow slabs came out about the middle of 2009. They (and the blue slabs 2006) both detail grade. When you said "old", I am thinking the small slabs. The old ones of those were net graded and the later were details graded. Regardless, that looks better than VG10 to me, but I need to see the reverse before I can tell for sure.
Thanks Duke. And Rlm, I can't get a good shot of the reverse. There's a scratch and I can't get it on cam and its all blurry. As I've said before, I take a picture straight on from a camera. Maybe I should look into something better for photoing stuff up close or something.
.........I'm not the kind of person that would post coins saying that they are mine when their not.....
I'm pretty sure he was just telling you that you should be proud of them, not an accusation. And you should be proud. They are puuuurdy !
