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Mine is pre ordered. The only bullion series I collect. Quality is always top notch.

 

Just won this 1825 Sovereign for an incredibly low price:

 

Nice gold!

 

I haven't bought for a while, but I got these this past week, some nice new silver. Canada 1979 dollar "griffin". Greece 1982 250 Drachmai, "Olympic discus", and Maldives 1977 20 Rufiyaa, fao.

 

Next one.

 

And one more.

 

Here's a new pickup for my Hungarian type set:

Austria 1/4 Gulden-Florin 1858B (KM-2213)
NGC MS62
AR 0.520, 5.35g, 24mm


Though the coin is attributed to Austria, Hungarian collectors consider this to be a Hungarian coin when it has either the B or E mint mark (Austrian mint codes representing the Hungarian KB and GYF mints). It's one of the Austrian types struck by Hungarian mints during the Austrian occupation period (1849-1867).

This short-lived type was struck in Hungary in 1857-1858, with the 1857 issues being extremely rare. The type was revised the following year to greatly enlarge the "1/4 FL" denomination on the reverse for readability, and the revised type was struck until 1865.

 

Kforbes. The last one you posted I saw on vcoins last night.
I decided it's one I simply must have! Thanks!

 

New pickup for my corona date set. This one is an upgrade.

Austria Corona 1900 (KM-2804)
PCGS MS65
AR 0.835, 5g, 23mm

 

Seems to be a PCGS Coin Facts example too, though I'll be crossing it to NGC.

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I spent 2 days of my vacation this week emptying my SDB, bringing everything home to Inventory, organize, and condense the contents. Had a lot more room afterwards. This is not a new purchase, I bought it for my wife in 2008, but I had never taken a photo of it before. It is the only Gold coin I own.

Australia 2008 Gold Proof $5. Kip Koala. Mintage 10,000

 

I'm okay with the grade, though it would have been nicer if it came back 66 or 67, but with a mintage of only 1,000 the fact that it's original and gem speaks far more about the quality than the grade. And of course there's the terrific design, it's always been one of my favorites. I had the gold issue at one time, raw, and sold it off since it was no better than MS61 quality (the gold issue is a VERY tough coin in gem, in fact, maybe even non-existent).

The lightly toned silver crown came from Harlan J. Berk, purchased last month at the Chicago Coin Expo for less than $100 then sent for grading. While I don't have a problem with the grade, I am a little perplexed about the translucent gasket PCGS used that extends clear into the legends of the coin, and obliterates the wing-tips of the angel. While crossing coins from PC to NG seems counter-intuitive, I'm thinking about it just the same in an effort to better display the piece.

 

Why? NGC is hands down superior for world coins.

 

Well, NGC certainly grades more world coins, no question about that. My world collection (nearly all certified) is probably something on the order of 55% NGC slabs to 42% PCGS with the remaining 3% in LWH ANACS slabs (none in modern ANACS holders or ICG, PCI, etc).

I have never attempted to cross a coin from either service to the other. But of those collectors who do use the cross-over services the overwhelming majority are coins in NGC holders looking for a new home in a PCGS holder. This is especially true of high grade modern US circulating coinage where the population numbers (though not necessarily the quality of the coin) make PCGS look much more discriminating. For instance, a 1963-D Lincoln cent graded MS67+ in a NGC holder is deluxe spending money, but in a PCGS holder it is a highly prized coin worth over 4 figures by the registry-set maniacs.

 

Very glad to get such a good example of a Gothic Florin. I only want the one good example to represent the type. On its way to me and for $NZ45 less than the original listed price on Trade Me. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1321866565

Seller photos. No way mine would be this good!

 

I'm not talking about US coins though.

For world coins, NGC's grading is much more consistent and accurate than PCGS. When I buy PCGS world coins, I do so carefully, assuming that the coin is more than likely overgraded, and I anticipate the cost of having to cross it to NGC. The vast majority of slabbed world coins are NGC though, and for a good reason.

 

Inclined to agree with you on NGC being more consistent on grading world coins. I don't think there is much cross-over activity either way on the world side. Aside from a distracting gasket in the PCGS holder, I wouldn't even be thinking about it.