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<p>[QUOTE="geekpryde, post: 1958197, member: 36248"]At this point in my story, it is late June 2014. A fellow Mainer was breaking up some series sets to fund a Type Set. He had a coin I desperately wanted but that was out of my price range by around $150 dollars. When it failed to sell for the reserve price on eBay, he made me an offer I couldn't refuse. Take photos of his Walker Short Set, and I could have the coin for the attainable price of $375. Thanks to [USER=70936]@mainer020648[/USER] I now had a 35% silver Jefferson Nickel with a CAC sticker, one of the few varieties CAC recognizes:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/f09cf32aj" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/f09cf32aj" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/540/9cf32a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/iqb0757fj" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/iqb0757fj" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/674/b0757f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>It was now July 1, 2014 and I had just won another coin from StacksBowers, my third gold coin in quick succession. This was Gold-on-Gold, as it featured a gold CAC sticker on and old NGC Fatty holder, a Type 1 Gold Dollar:</p><p><br /></p><p> <a href="https://imageshack.com/i/f0eX602qj" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/f0eX602qj" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/540/eX602q.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/p6yWwrTrj" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/p6yWwrTrj" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/906/yWwrTr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>I took 10 days off to focus on the July 4th holiday and then resumed my hunting of wonderful CAC coins by negotiating a nice deal on another coin from Bozarth, a Capped Bust Half Dollar with Lettered Edge. This coin Type is quite common due to many years of production, but I had held off for some reason. No longer!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/ipac14abj" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/ipac14abj" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/673/ac14ab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/p1f35deej" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/p1f35deej" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/901/f35dee.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>At this point, I realized I was totally out of coin funds, and asked a dealer to hold a coin around two weeks until I could pay. Luckily, it was a coin I really wanted and at a decent price, unless its eBay CAC brethren. A Twenty Cent example, one of my holy grails! Technically I do not have this coin in-hand, but the "check is in the mail". And so I have added another great dealer site to my list, <a href="http://www.3centnickel.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.3centnickel.com/" rel="nofollow">3 Cent Nickel</a>.com.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/p8syRmF3j" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/p8syRmF3j" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/908/syRmF3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/idw3U2y9j" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/idw3U2y9j" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/661/w3U2y9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>And just last night, July 27, 2014, I won another coin on GreatCollections and used from funds from Paypal to purchase. A nice Type, fairly scarce, but very affordable; No-Motto with Arrows Seated Liberty Half Dollar in a great looking VF35:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/eyZ4Vgn6j" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/eyZ4Vgn6j" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/538/Z4Vgn6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/f066Dpx4j" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/f066Dpx4j" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/540/66Dpx4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the three coins in my Type Set that I already owned before deciding on this collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/pcb7f7f9j" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/pcb7f7f9j" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/912/b7f7f9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/p5609636j" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/p5609636j" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/905/609636.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>(from my childhood, sent to NGC and CAC by me personally)</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin that started it all:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/ip50fb29j" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/ip50fb29j" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/673/50fb29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/p4374d96j" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/p4374d96j" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/904/374d96.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>An a bullion coin my boss bought me at a Brunswick Maine coin show:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/kmzRrDRdj" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/kmzRrDRdj" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/742/zRrDRd.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="https://imageshack.com/i/idr9jnU9j" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imageshack.com/i/idr9jnU9j" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/661/r9jnU9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>At this Point:</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">I have 59 coins out of the 115 coins I am looking for in my Type Set. A very good start! Just over 50% done. I don't think I can accomplish the next 50% in the same time-frame (1.5 years), as the coins are getting harder to find and more expensive.</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>In terms of where I go next:</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">I would like to buy three cheap NON-CAC coins next:</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><ul> <li>Washington Quarter - Silver Bicentennial</li> <li>Kennedy Half Dollar - 90% Silver</li> <li>Kennedy Half Dollar - Silver Bicentennial</li> </ul><p><font size="5">After that, top on my CAC want-list is:</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><ul> <li><font size="4">Copper-Nickel Indian Head Cent - No Shield (1959)</font></li> <li><font size="4">Copper-Nickel Indian Head Cent (1960-1964)</font></li> <li><font size="4">1949-D/S or 1939 Doubled Jefferson Nickel</font></li> <li>Liberty Seated Dollar in F12</li> <li>Trade Dollar in AU.</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>I do need to take a break from coins to payoff my wife's 10 year wedding anniversary present, probably at least a month. But my eBay searches and bots are constantly looking for a coin that fits my collection, so who knows?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="geekpryde, post: 1958197, member: 36248"]At this point in my story, it is late June 2014. A fellow Mainer was breaking up some series sets to fund a Type Set. He had a coin I desperately wanted but that was out of my price range by around $150 dollars. When it failed to sell for the reserve price on eBay, he made me an offer I couldn't refuse. Take photos of his Walker Short Set, and I could have the coin for the attainable price of $375. Thanks to [USER=70936]@mainer020648[/USER] I now had a 35% silver Jefferson Nickel with a CAC sticker, one of the few varieties CAC recognizes: [URL='https://imageshack.com/i/f09cf32aj'][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/540/9cf32a.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://imageshack.com/i/iqb0757fj'][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/674/b0757f.jpg[/IMG][/URL] It was now July 1, 2014 and I had just won another coin from StacksBowers, my third gold coin in quick succession. This was Gold-on-Gold, as it featured a gold CAC sticker on and old NGC Fatty holder, a Type 1 Gold Dollar: [URL=https://imageshack.com/i/f0eX602qj][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/540/eX602q.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=https://imageshack.com/i/p6yWwrTrj][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/906/yWwrTr.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I took 10 days off to focus on the July 4th holiday and then resumed my hunting of wonderful CAC coins by negotiating a nice deal on another coin from Bozarth, a Capped Bust Half Dollar with Lettered Edge. This coin Type is quite common due to many years of production, but I had held off for some reason. No longer! [URL='https://imageshack.com/i/ipac14abj'][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/673/ac14ab.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://imageshack.com/i/p1f35deej'][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/901/f35dee.jpg[/IMG][/URL] At this point, I realized I was totally out of coin funds, and asked a dealer to hold a coin around two weeks until I could pay. Luckily, it was a coin I really wanted and at a decent price, unless its eBay CAC brethren. A Twenty Cent example, one of my holy grails! Technically I do not have this coin in-hand, but the "check is in the mail". And so I have added another great dealer site to my list, [URL='http://www.3centnickel.com/']3 Cent Nickel[/URL].com. [URL='https://imageshack.com/i/p8syRmF3j'][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/908/syRmF3.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://imageshack.com/i/idw3U2y9j'][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/661/w3U2y9.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And just last night, July 27, 2014, I won another coin on GreatCollections and used from funds from Paypal to purchase. A nice Type, fairly scarce, but very affordable; No-Motto with Arrows Seated Liberty Half Dollar in a great looking VF35: [URL='https://imageshack.com/i/eyZ4Vgn6j'][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/538/Z4Vgn6.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://imageshack.com/i/f066Dpx4j'][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/540/66Dpx4.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Here are the three coins in my Type Set that I already owned before deciding on this collection: [URL='https://imageshack.com/i/pcb7f7f9j'][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/912/b7f7f9.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://imageshack.com/i/p5609636j'][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/905/609636.jpg[/IMG][/URL] (from my childhood, sent to NGC and CAC by me personally) The coin that started it all: [URL='https://imageshack.com/i/ip50fb29j'][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/673/50fb29.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://imageshack.com/i/p4374d96j'][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/904/374d96.jpg[/IMG][/URL] An a bullion coin my boss bought me at a Brunswick Maine coin show: [URL='https://imageshack.com/i/kmzRrDRdj'][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/742/zRrDRd.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://imageshack.com/i/idr9jnU9j'][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/661/r9jnU9.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [SIZE=5] [B]At this Point:[/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]I have 59 coins out of the 115 coins I am looking for in my Type Set. A very good start! Just over 50% done. I don't think I can accomplish the next 50% in the same time-frame (1.5 years), as the coins are getting harder to find and more expensive.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5] [B]In terms of where I go next:[/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]I would like to buy three cheap NON-CAC coins next: [/SIZE] [LIST] [*]Washington Quarter - Silver Bicentennial [*]Kennedy Half Dollar - 90% Silver [*]Kennedy Half Dollar - Silver Bicentennial [/LIST] [SIZE=5]After that, top on my CAC want-list is: [/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Copper-Nickel Indian Head Cent - No Shield (1959)[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Copper-Nickel Indian Head Cent (1960-1964)[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]1949-D/S or 1939 Doubled Jefferson Nickel[/SIZE] [*]Liberty Seated Dollar in F12 [*]Trade Dollar in AU. [/LIST] I do need to take a break from coins to payoff my wife's 10 year wedding anniversary present, probably at least a month. But my eBay searches and bots are constantly looking for a coin that fits my collection, so who knows? :D[/QUOTE]
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