January 15th NEWPS (To include the F.U.N. show pickups) US Philippine Coins: There were very few high grade US Philippine coins to be found on the bourse floor at the recent F.U.N show. This is typical as high grade coins in this series are scarce at best! I was able to pickup a few better date coins from some dealers and I cherry picked a couple as well. Some went straight to collectors. There is always a demand for better date, problem free USPI coins. 1905 One Centavo (raw) VF-35 $18.00 1908-S One Centavo (raw) AU 55/58 with lots of luster and red remaining. $65.00 1909-S One Centavo (raw) AU50 with a couple of tiny spots on the obverse. $120.00 1918-S One Centavo Large "S", Allen# 2.16a (raw) Fine details with rim bumps, damage and some corrosion. This is no doubt a problem coin and in most other date/mm combinations would be thrown in a junk bin. The large S variety is very scarce and this coin would make an acceptable hole filler. A problem free example in this grade would command around $200. My price: $95.00 1944-S One Centavo MS66 Red (NGC) Nice coin, well struck with is uncommon for the commonwealth coins. A few tiny specks can be seen with a 5x loupe. A small toning spot is visible on the obverse but does not distract. Coin is solid red minus the above description. $100 1909-S Ten Centavos EF 45 (raw) Very nice original EF coin, some might would call this AU50. Completely original skin. This is one of the key dates to the Ten Centavos series and rare this nice. Very affordable at $250 1914-S Ten Centavos Long Crossbar, Allen # 8.10b AU, Cleaned (raw) While not one of the "key" coins, the 1914-S is a semi key and tough to find in any pleasing condition. This coin has been cleaned and slightly polished. Some hairlines are visible with a 5X loupe. The 1914-S is a tough coin period but this popular variety is even tougher. $125.00 1908-S Twenty Centavos AU (raw) I have two of theses coins and both grade AU. One has an original "crusty" skin while the other is somewhat white and clean. Both are nice examples. $35.00 each 1907-S Fifty Centavos EF (raw) Nice original coin, borderline AU50. $85.00 US Type Coins: I was able to pick up a decent amount of quality US type coins recently. The bulk of my new purchases came from the F.U.N. show. I was lucky and had an early shot at a PCGS box full of seated and bust type coins with a few key date barbers thrown in for fun. I picked out six coins I wanted to purchase but the seller wanted to sell the box as a whole. I bought the entire box to get the six I wanted and four of the six sold the next day along with others from the set. 1864 2C PCGS MS64+RB CAC Nice strong coin with a hint of slight woodgrain toning. $675 1938 D over S 5C MS65 ANACS (small white holder) Nice example of a common OMM. $145 1938 D over S 5C PCGS MS65 WOW does this coin have some color! This coin has some excellent eye appeal that I had no issue paying strong money for! $390 1840 10C No Drapery PCGS EF40 Nice coin, completely original, should be in an EF45 holder. $160 1841-O 10C PCGS EF40 Nice original skin. I also think this one is slightly under graded. $150 1858-O 10C ANACS F15 (small white holder) little dark for my taste but accurately graded. $55 1875 10C NGC MS65 (Old white holder) Truly beautiful toning on the obverse and reverse. This coins drips eye appeal and is worth every bit of the premium on it. Grey Sheet Bid $775, My price $1,175.00 1901-S 10C PCGS VG10 Nice coin for the grade, tough date $230 1942/41 10C NGC VF20 An affordable example of this popular overdate. $475 1875-S 20C PCGS VF30 Nice original coin. $180 1835 25C PCGS VF25 $175 1826 50C 0-118a NGC EF45 Solid Gem coin for the grade, knockout toning! $875 1827 50C 0-125 ANACS EF45 (small white holder) While not as nice as the above coin, still an outstanding example of a bust half! $245 1831 50C PCGS EF45 Nice coin, champaign toning on the edges of the obverse and reverse. $240 1832 50C PCGS VF35 small letters Solid Coin $135 1858-O 50C NGC VF30 Sweet Neon toning surrounds Mrs Liberty, displaying red, orange, purple, green, blue and everything else in between. The toning and the look matches her sister coin, an 1861 seated half.$230 1858-O 50C ANACS EF40 (small white holder) Dark metallic colored $155 1858-O 50C PCGS VF35 Nice original skin. $130 1859 50C PCGS VF35 $125 1859-O 50C PCGS EF40 Nice original skin. $160 1859-S 50C PCGS VF20 (older green holder) Little dark but original. $115 1861 50C NGC EF40 The vivid toning is not as bright as on the 1858-O but the appear to have come from the same place. $220 1876-CC PCGS VF25 Some areas are a little dark, but still a solid coin. $185 1914 50C PCGS F12 Nice coin, original, key date. $360 1915 50C PCGS F15 Nice coin, original, key date. $320 1943 50C PCGS MS66 Beautiful coin, matches the 1946 I bought from the same dealer. Strong toning peeking out of the edges on the obverse and reverse. $200 1946 50C PCGS MS66 Beautiful coin, matches the 1943 above. Reverse is blast white while the obverse has beautiful toning emerging in a half moon shape from the edge. 1949 50C NGC MS63 FBL Average coin with above average toning for a franklin. Light rainbow colors escaping from the rim. $90
