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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1249372, member: 13650&quot;]Stopped by the Perth mint booth.&nbsp; They had these neat show special cards they were selling.&nbsp; Half gram 2011 Kangaroo and a 1/10 oz silver koala.&nbsp;&nbsp; These cards were limited to 2000 for the show and they sold them cheaper than buying the two coins individually.&nbsp; They were $60 if anybody was wondering.&nbsp; I love their stuff so I couldn&#039;t pass it up.&nbsp; Despite it&#039;s small size, the melt value of a half gram gold kangaroo is (sadly) $30 now.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/ANA%20pickups/PerthMint1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Cool designs I thought.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/ANA%20pickups/PerthComb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Then the first day I dropped this $5 gold Liberty off at NGC as a MS-60 in an old PCGS holder.&nbsp; Probably 15 years old.&nbsp; The next day I walked out with it as a MS-62.&nbsp; I REALLY thought it would make 63.&nbsp; I still don&#039;t know why it didn&#039;t.&nbsp; The luster is full.&nbsp; Hardly any marks.&nbsp; I think it should have been a 63 but they weren&#039;t willing to upgrade it a full three grades based on principle, IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/ANA%20pickups/crossoverComb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Then I decided to pick up all the 52s in MS for my Franklin half set.&nbsp; Only have the 49s to go now.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/ANA%20pickups/Franklinhalves.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Picked up these two buffalos for my US type set.&nbsp;&nbsp; Really wasn&#039;t high on my list but I figured no better time to find exactly what I wanted for it.&nbsp; I&#039;ve already got the MS-66 38-D/S in my avatar.&nbsp; And I had purchased another high grade 38-D for my regular buffalo set.&nbsp;&nbsp; But, now I needed one for the US type set so I got it and the 13 TY I out of the way.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For anyone not familiar with buffalo nickels, when they first came out in 1913, they used raised ground under the buffalo.&nbsp; When I was a kid, I always thought that meant it went up vertically on the surface of the coin and I could never see it.&nbsp; Then I finally realized it&#039;s raised &#039;out&#039; from the surface at you!&nbsp; (I guess that was a breakthrough and a half. lol)&nbsp;&nbsp; They did away with it after that year because the words &quot;five cents&quot; were going to wear off t0o fast.&nbsp;&nbsp; So they indented the ground after that,&nbsp; thereby protecting the lettering.&nbsp; But not before producing a bunch of raised ground Type 1s for the 1913, 13-D and 13-S.&nbsp; And then also producing regular indented ground type 2s&#039; as well.&nbsp; Creating six different 1913&#039;s required to complete a set.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; These are common enough that I will crack them out for the album and just save the labels.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; <img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/ANA%20pickups/buffalosadjusted.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/ANA%20pickups/1913combined.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/ANA%20pickups/1938-Dcombined.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I also picked up a loose $5 gold Liberty just because I really like them and wanted to hold one in hand that wasn&#039;t in a slab.&nbsp; Then I put it in this air-tite:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/ANA%20pickups/1882-S5combined.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; And last but not least...... The main coin I wanted to get at this show because it&#039;s so hard to find more than 2 or 3 examples at a local show.&nbsp;&nbsp; Was #1 on my top 10 most wanted list.&nbsp; Found in just the right grade I wanted, while allowing me to still walk out with the shirt on my back.&nbsp; AU-53.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/ANA%20pickups/1834finished.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There&#039;s some scuff marks on the slab that show up on the cheek.&nbsp;&nbsp; This one has some great detail left.&nbsp; &nbsp; The best example I saw there was a MS-64 which is extremely rare.&nbsp; There was also one MS-63 there with an asking price of $14k.&nbsp; &nbsp; Also saw a few AU-58s, a couple lower grade ones and some loose ones.&nbsp; Probably saw 10 at most.&nbsp; I&#039;d say, even at a show this large, there probably wasn&#039;t more than 25 or so examples of $5 Classics on the floor.&nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s guessing on the high end.&nbsp;&nbsp; There were quite a few $2.5 ones to choose from.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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