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NEW 1oz BU Libertad Variety

Submitted a 1982 for grading After submitting a 1982 to NGC I received the coin back and it was given the grade of MS65 with the triple die variety. When I initially looked at the coin i assumed it was a double die as i only glanced at it. After the grading I noticed the tripling that NGC saw under the #1 on the date. As I have stated previously, I am sure there will be more varieties in this series as more collectors start looking for them. Over the past 2 years here are the new varieties
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Coin World Magazine

Nice article in Coin Wold Magazine Coin World magazine did a nice article on some of the libertads in my registry set with a focus on some of the rarest libertads known. The article can be seen in the current issue (August edition). There is a mistake in the article regarding the 1998 triple die, it should be the 1983 proof triple die. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Early US Commemorative Half Dollars

Picked up a few over the past few years and now i am hooked. After attending the local coin show here in Richmond, i picked up a few more commems. Last year i picked up the 36 Connecticut since i attended grad school in Hatford and i used to ride my bike past the Charter Oak. Little did i know how much that single coin would cost and i was shocked. After the CT half i picked up a few of the texas commems because i really like the extreme detail on the coin. Fast foward 18 months later, while a
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Dealers cherry picking and selling you their rejects.

Are we going to have to pay a ransom to dealers to stay out of your merchandise before shipping? Is Apmex starting a trend for other dealers to follow with their premium on top of the premiums for their "mint direct" products? I know this happens and i have heard of large dealers cherry picking through tubes of new releases for grading and shipping out the rejects but this is my first experience seeing myself. Last week i received my first 2 tubes of 2016 libertads with the intention of submit
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Top 10 Rarest 1oz BU libertad List

Here is how i rank the top 10 most difficult 1 OZ BU libertads to find based off my experience in collecting them as well as talking to other extremely knowledgeable collectors. Although some are rare like the 1998 with a mintage of just 67k, it is pretty easy to find but it's not scarce. Other coins with mintages of over 1 million can be be very scarce to find hence making them rare as well like the 1988 or 1989. The 1989 is extremely undervalued and finding a nice one in MS67 or MS68 is very r
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Are There More New Libertad Varieties Undescoverd?

3 new libertad varieties have been discovered in the past year. The libertad series began in 1982 and with the Panda series, its the longest running sovereign bullion program in the world. While most people take their purchases and just store them away wothout looking at them we have missed 3 huge varieties over the past 34 years. Early last year Dan from Connecticut discovered the 1999 mule where someone else took credit and a nice article was written in coin world magazine about it. Two
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1988 DDR Libertad, graded MS67, score....

What a pleasant surprise, now the highest known grade. So far, this new 1988 DDR variety has 9 known and graded in all between PCGS and NGC. Until now the highest grade was 1 in MS66 by PCGS while others came in at MS64 and MS65. I received this coin raw from another libeterad collector friend who actually discovered the variety and submitted it for grading to NGC. We agreed that we would only agree to a price once it was graded. Having it come back as an MS67 was a nice surprise but then i re
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New Libertad Variety, 1982 DDO

Just had NGC authenticate and grade the first one. This is another new variety i had NGC grade and it can back as MS66 DDR. This new double die is not as obvious as the 87 or 88 double die as the doubling is in the letter O for onza, the date and the word Mexico. One area that also stands out os the size of the angels left big toe, its huge. Once i get the coin back I will take some better pictures. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Th Real Obverse and Reverse of the Libertad

Its not what you think. When it comes to describing the Obverse and Reverse of a coin, the libertad is not what you think. The mint in Mexico actually calls the obverse on the libertad the side where they put the eagle and snake, their coat of arms. The reverse of the libertad is actually the side of the coin depicting the winged angel. I bring this us because most collectors and graders have described the obverse and reverse backwards. The new 1988 DDR variety i just submitted to NGC is actua
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1982 1oz BU Libertad new Variety DDR

I submitted a 1982 1oz BU libertad to NGC for grading and it looks as though it may be a DD. The doubling is only in a small area by the word Onza but it appears as though its a real double die. A few months ago i received a 1982 Libertad and thought is was a real DD and not just another coin with bad machine doubling. I sat on it for a while and last week submitted it for grading. Because the doubling is small i couldn't capture a good pic of the area but it seems as though NGC is going to gi
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Completing libertad set #3

Had some extra coins. Decided not to sell the extra libertads i had from all the coins i submitted for grading and would start another set. Right now the set is missing the 1992, 2001, 2007 and 2008 as well as the 88 DDR. I do have two more 88 DDR's with NGC now and hopefully these will come back with good grades. The current set is in 5th position and i dont think it will go any higher. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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NGC graded 1988 libertad Double Die

Just got the grade back from NGC and am a little disappointed. When submitting the 88 DD i was expecting an MS66 or MS67 but as you have it, it was graded only at MS64. I have submitted about 250 libertads to NGC and the lowest grade till now was only a few MS65's. I thought the coin was much nicer than an MS65 and was shocked to see MS64. Oh well, at least i can say its the first 1988 DD that NGC graded. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below
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1988 DDO, another picture

Here is another pic. Before i submitted this i took several pictures but I can only add 1 pic to the journal entry so here is another. This picture shows the bottom of the coin as well as the mint mark (Mo). Needless to say, the doubling is much more extensive than any other DDO coin i have seen. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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New Libertad Variety, 1988 DDO

New libertad variety discovered and authenticated by PCGS A fellow Libetad collector named Dan from Connecticut submitted 4 or 5 1988 DDO BU libertads to PCGS for grading and they all came back MS64, MS65 and 1 at MS66 DDO making this the latest variety for the libertad series. After speaking with him I went through all my 1988 libertads and found inhad one as well. Currently mine is with NGC for grading and this should be the 1st 1988 DDO to be graded by NGC. What makes this particular variet
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Purchasing someone's registry set, sad story.

Over the weekend i was able to purchase 21 of 34 coins from a former #1 NGC registry set. On ebay i noticed a few high grade coins pop up at a great price so i decided that although I had them and most in higher grade i would purchase them. Since the earlier graded libertads have such low populations and you dont see them come up for sale very often, adding to my collection was a no brainer. As the day passed, i noticed there was a pattern to the selling as the owner started from oldest to
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2011 Libertad MS70 pop 7 added to set

Finally found one after a year of looking. Not only was i able to upgrade my 2011 MS69 to a MS70 but the person i acquired the MS70 from had 2 of them. Of course i purchased them both as this was the first time I had seen one as there have only been 7 graded in MS70 for the year. The search continues for the 1997 MS70 pop 2 and the 2010 MS70 pop 1. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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1986 Libertad DDO?

This was a false alarm. In searching through about 140 1986 1 oz bu libertads i noticed something strange on one. There appeared to be doubling on the top of the left hand and in several other areas of the coin. I went back through all the coins again and found 8 or 9 with the same exact doubling in the same areas. Unfortunately at the time i was not up to speed on the different types of doubling and submitted them to NGC as a new variety. After a little more education on doubling i called NG
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2nd Libertad Registry Set Almost Complete

Only 1 more coin to go then its complete. Since i had so many extra coins from submissions to NGC i decided to start another registry set. Although the first set took about a year to build and take over the top slot the 2nd set only took a few months. Today i just upgraded the 1986 from a MS65 to a MS67 and only need the 2007 to complete it. I do have a raw 2007 but i dont think it will grade well so i may just wait till the right one comes along. An MS67 for any of the 1980's is a strong gra
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New addition to my #1 libertad registry set.

Just received my latest submission back from NGC. I was able to upgrade the 1995 MS68 to a MS69 on my #1 set and upgraded 4 coins on my #5 BU set. When i started putting together a BU libertad set i never thought it would be possible to hit the 13,000 point mark as the person holding the #1 slot had it for 5 years. As time goes on i will continue to look for coins to upgrade in the set as my goal is to have all coins in top known grades. As of now the set has 20 of the 35 coins in top grad
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limited Libertad mintages, pros and cons.

The libertad is a beautiful bullion coin with pros and cons. Compared to most other larger bullion programs, the Mexico mint makes a ridiculously low mintage series year over year. When looking at the silver eagle, maple, panda and Australia programs that mint anywhere from 8 to 45 million coins each year, the libertad mintages are around the 1 million mark. Last year the libertad mintage was only 420k and there are 12 years years where the mintages were lower than 500k. When looking at their
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One more pic of what may be a new DDO variety

If I knew how to upload more than 1 pic i would do it all in one post. Sorry for the multiple posts on this but here is another to show. Today the 6 coins I found with the same attributes and doubling in the same areas went off to NGC today. For the three pics I added in these three posts, all pictures show the same doubling. Your thoughts are appreciated. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Brass Nuckles DDO Libertad another pic

I am calling this the Brass Nuckles DDO Here is another pic of the new DDO. I will announce the year once NGC validates. All coins I have submitted show the same doubling. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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New Libertad Variety, DDO

Went through a roll i just received from Canada. After going through a roll of libertads, one coin caught my eye. The left hand appeared to have a shadow and after flipping it around I noticed doubling. The wing of the libertad also had doubling as well as all the written words on the obverse like Mo, 1 Onza and the mountains. I decided to look back at all of the libertads I had for the same year and found a total of 6 coins with the same exact attributes. These were not the 1987 DDO but from
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1982 1oz BU Libertad Counterfeit

This is a one of a kind finding as it had me and others fooled. The 82 BU libertad i aquired has turned out to be more than just a proof like coin. After further study and research the coin may have been a specimen strike, not. When comparing it with other 1982 and early libertads it turns out there is nothing that is the same. Some of the differences on the obverse are the flow of the angles hair, her body, face, the dental work on the rim, the feathers, the font and the reverse is also ver
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New Libertad Variety?

There is a 1987 double die now there is a 1990 double die reverse. Ok, we its obvious I have a lot of 1oz libertads as well as some time on my hands. After going through about 140 libertads in the past few days this coin caught my attention. On the reverse you can see doubling on the letters as well as the wing, head of the eagle and snake. This will be going in for grading on my next submission with a new variety to be added to the series. To see old comments for this Journal entry, cli
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