The bias against NGC coins in favor of PCGS coins may be explained by a perceived tougher and more consistent grading standard at PCGS but this explanation falls apart once the coins are stickered. The bias for PCGS/CAC over NGC/CAC coins IMO has f…
This is an interesting thread. The coin in question is now in Ron Bauer's registry set, one of the two or three finest Walker sets out there. He has a number of my finest coins from my Ray Levoi set I sold in 2016.
Not sure what caused the PCGS p…
The toning on that Lafayette is plus plus to me. Love that look. The reverse strike might hold back the grade a bit, even though Lafayette reverses are often poorly struck.
Sadly, my shelf for LRCA will grow no more. (Other than I might need to see if I can get some missing back issues from the Connecticut man).
I really appreciated the hard cover catalogs.
Thanks, Dan. Well beyond my IT capabilities but I figured someone like you could figure out how to do it on GC.
The GC numbers are quite encouraging. One important thing about CACG being on auction sites is being able to track auction results for…
I bought some really nice coins from LRCA. I liked it as an alternative to the big gorillas, but I am glad Laura and George are focused on Legend Numismatics going forward. They are a hard-working and trustworthy company and both need to work less…
To be clear, Vincent, I am not criticizing. Your collecting style is working well for you.
My viewpoint is skewed by my own collecting experience. When plus grading was introduced, I had two close to complete, advanced sets (Buffalos and Walkers)…
I still believe that + grading was a marketing scheme introduced by PCGS and NGC and embraced by dealers who recognized it as a new way to charge near-65 prices for 64 coins (or near-64 prices for 63s, etc). We already had too many grades before +'…
I certainly respect Dan and TomB on here but I disagree on including legacy information in the CACG pops. CACG intends to maintain the same grading standards as CAC. With Bill S. and two other experienced graders as lead graders and JA always avai…
I have plenty of PCGS boxes but CACG getting the slab right is far more important than whether the slab fits in a PCGS box. PCGS slabs are notorious for cracks, edges shearing off and other issues arising during shipping or handling. I am hopeful …
Although I like my 1823 HE a lot, it is hard to imagine that it is graded higher (63+} than FFL’s 1829 that comes right after it in this thread. The PL effect of the 1829 is stunning.
I admit I was hoping Todd Pollock would be involved somehow. But congratulations, Justin - your work looks great and you seem to have a great attitude for a very important job.
For liberty half eagles (what I am collecting now) Milas might be the best pedigree. To be fair, that sale was before my time, so I am just going on the ones I own or have seen. When I collected seated halves, Gardner was the big collection/auction…
I wish we had a "Like" button on this forum, at least for this thread. So many great coins - FFL, PCAGInc, Vincent Savage and many others and that's just the gold!
Anyway, keep them coming...
Details slabbing is possibly the best of a number of bad options for a coin that is authenticated by a grading company but doesn't really "fit" into a numerical grade. High value coins like the 1870-S $3 that PCGS recently graded SP50 and at least …
I like your personal thoughts about each coin. Some might not care but I like the “What I like about coin” section you have for the 100 greatest coin entries. I also appreciate the you include when you purchased the coin and from whom.
Just like the earlier Hendricks round of Fairmont, no one outside Stack‘s seems to know.
Hendricks was published on the PCGS registry and then disappeared. JBR has now similarly disappeared.
But fear not, Fairmont just published the CBL set!
I lot viewed and then targeted two half eagles. One blew past my max bid before live bidding started and the other went for 30k more than my limit. There were some beautiful coins. And strong bidding followed.