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<p>[QUOTE="GoldCoinLover, post: 209323, member: 4336"]Hello everyone, I haven't posted here in awhile (I thought I was banned here. I guess not)</p><p><br /></p><p>I've learned alot lately, I'm now trying to sell coins for profit instead of just collect them. I have a good friend w ho specializes in error coins. I have a doubled die obverse accented hair kennedy up for sale right now, and I have a bunch of repunched mint mark cents that I wil lbe putting up on ebay.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn't post this coin here yet, so Ithought I'd share it. It used to be in a PCGS holder, and graded by PCGS as MS63. I was really stupid and cracked it out and sent it to NGC. At NGC it got a MS64 (Woohoo), so I might've made a little money there. I really have been worried it was counterfeit lately, I worry about it alot and it annoys some people and I'm sorry for that, I wish I could just not worry about it being counterfeit. PCGS and NGC are the 2 top grading services and I really don't think they would grade a counterfeit, right? Plus, I've had the coin certified by PCGS *and* NGC so the likelihood is probably much less. The main reason I'm worried about the saint is the luster. It doesn't have much luster, look for yourself. And according to my PCGS guide to counterfeit detection book, the 1908 no motto should have blazing luster, yet it doesn't. I emailed a coin expert at heritage about this and he said that it's not uncommon to find 1908's with not much luster. I guess I'll have to trust him for now.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also had a AU58 in an ANACS holder, it's an indian head. I cracked that one out too and sent it to PCGS and it got an AU58! So I potenially made money on that one too. But I'm not worried that it's counterfeit. Tell me what you think of these great coins!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/1908NGCMS64BEST.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/SaintBestReverseNGC64.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the PCGS holder:</p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/SaintPCGSMS63.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/BeautifulBEST.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The $5 indian:</p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/5IndianPCGSAU58Obverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/5IndianPCGSAU58Reverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GoldCoinLover, post: 209323, member: 4336"]Hello everyone, I haven't posted here in awhile (I thought I was banned here. I guess not) I've learned alot lately, I'm now trying to sell coins for profit instead of just collect them. I have a good friend w ho specializes in error coins. I have a doubled die obverse accented hair kennedy up for sale right now, and I have a bunch of repunched mint mark cents that I wil lbe putting up on ebay. I didn't post this coin here yet, so Ithought I'd share it. It used to be in a PCGS holder, and graded by PCGS as MS63. I was really stupid and cracked it out and sent it to NGC. At NGC it got a MS64 (Woohoo), so I might've made a little money there. I really have been worried it was counterfeit lately, I worry about it alot and it annoys some people and I'm sorry for that, I wish I could just not worry about it being counterfeit. PCGS and NGC are the 2 top grading services and I really don't think they would grade a counterfeit, right? Plus, I've had the coin certified by PCGS *and* NGC so the likelihood is probably much less. The main reason I'm worried about the saint is the luster. It doesn't have much luster, look for yourself. And according to my PCGS guide to counterfeit detection book, the 1908 no motto should have blazing luster, yet it doesn't. I emailed a coin expert at heritage about this and he said that it's not uncommon to find 1908's with not much luster. I guess I'll have to trust him for now. I also had a AU58 in an ANACS holder, it's an indian head. I cracked that one out too and sent it to PCGS and it got an AU58! So I potenially made money on that one too. But I'm not worried that it's counterfeit. Tell me what you think of these great coins! [IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/1908NGCMS64BEST.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/SaintBestReverseNGC64.jpg[/IMG] In the PCGS holder: [IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/SaintPCGSMS63.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/BeautifulBEST.jpg[/IMG] The $5 indian: [IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/5IndianPCGSAU58Obverse.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/5IndianPCGSAU58Reverse.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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