0
  • entries
    93
  • comments
    3
  • views
    2,131

Entries in this journal

A 1940 Nickel with rays?

Only my coin dealer knows for sure. I get the magazine Reminisce. In an old issue from 2004, (August/September) page 46, there is a querry and picture of a 1940 Nickel which has rays emenating from the Montecello dome. three of them, one straight up, and two more, one either side of center emenating in about a 45 degree angle away from center. I am including the best picture I can generate from this old magazine and unfortunately, the color is sepia which does not help much. Can anyone iden
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

Bubble, Bubble Toil and Trouble

How to go insane without going crazy. I have been apparently inactive for a long time, but that was only on line and with making changes in my registry. Since August of last year, as some of you know, I have been boiling away a lot of the slag in my collection. I was having trouble deciding which direction to go, and sets were totally driving me crazy so I worked hard to find and put together four sets of Indians, the 15 coin set. Two were MS61 and two were MS62. Well, after all the shenan
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

IN WITH THE OLD: PART III

Adoption central has been busy. I have set my sights on rarity not just numbers of graded coins as I have been accumulating anything I could afford and acquire with little focus. Now, for the past months I have been trading up. I have gleaned out of my collection coins which I included as I sought after PF70s for my 10 Collections of the IMPRESSIONS OF LIBERTY. I have been able to put together 10 complete sets of the 5000 minted and all in PF70. In so doing, I also had many 69s returned fro
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

Slipping Fast

Just when I take a break... Just when I take a break, everyone goes out and finds coins to buy and submarine my coveted 200th ranking, now I have disappeared into the fog at 213. Geezo, I have bills to pay and 7 or 8 children to feed, a travel agent with two kids in college who needs my money. Not much left for coins. Guess I will have to get a 2nd job. So as I peruse the want ads, will you folks stop being so loose with your money and allow me a breather so I can catch up to my old rank
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

Adoption central was very busy today

On the lighter side, I got 15 coins for 10, what a deal! All my problem deals aside, I made quite a deal today. I added to my Indian collection...15 more coins but one grade up, MS 62s including another 1911 D So I have two of those now and filled out runs of those $2.5 Indian heads. I will get them all on my registry, and delete the coins traded away off there ASAP. I will add in pictures as soon as coins arrive. Gone from my registry will be the following: 1909 St. Gaudens-$20 PCGS MS64,
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

Bring on the gold

Now I'm moving into sets. I have now added a few sets of gold all MS 70's I think I am going to shoot for some sort of set award. So I will add them in as soon as I can get them all in. Four sets of gold, the $50, $25, $10 and $5, of 2001, 2002, 2003, & 2008 to get me started. Some PCGS and some NGC. I am not sure which coin now is my favorite although my Ten Dollar Jamaica Proof 1974 is my favorite for playing Texas Hold 'em,as it is my favorite rum, 'Captain Morgan', although the Ric
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

Trade ins make great upgrades

Presto Change-O Traded away my 1990 $50 GAE for a 1989 G$25 and I got $1900 to boot. I feel I got the better end of the stick as I had no place for my 1990 $50, and the 1989 was looking good in the auctions and price guide. I need some trading material so I actually just traded up again. I have been trading up now for over a year, and with very careful trading I have built to my current collection. My number of coins owned have dropped precipitously from over 600 coins to now only about
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

Sets of PFUC AGEs 2001, 2002 and 2003

Betcha cannot eat just one! This is like eating potato chips. I was shopping for coins and put in a watch or want list somewhere. I wanted a set of PF70 AGEs and in less than a week three responses came in. So today, I (while my wife was out shopping) bought three sets of AGEs Like in the title, one each, the 2001, 2002, 2003 AGE sets. $50, $25, $10 $5. I should get all three sets tomorrow and will post them and pictures ASAP. I am also getting 12 Krugs tomorrow. My tax man is selling
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

This new addition is out of this world,

THIS COIN FELL FROM THE SKY Something I have been wanting to do for a long time; drive around looking for fun coins to add to my collection. Well, when I saw this one I just had to have it. A silver coin with a piece of meteor. A 2013 Fiji Silver $10, with an actual piece of meteor embedded in it. I guess the meteor fell in France in 1815. The coin is in an NGC holder thicker than usual. I guess this is what collecting is all about; the rare and unusual. There were onl
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

New adoptee came today.. 1877 S MS61 $10

This one will sit in my "Battleship Row" Today, the postman did not have to ring twice. As the clock rolled over and over today, and 4 PM passed, and I had gotten my notice from UPS that it was on its way, I was getting concerned and walked outside looking for the UPS truck. No sooner than I opened the door, the driver was walking up the driveway with my treasure. I have been trading up for some months now, and I came across this coin and with quite a bit of palaver back and forth, I made
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

IN WITH THE OLD (Part 1)

Adoption Central was open over the weekend, and all came in. I have now completed and added into my registry the 2nd Panama Pacific coin, the 1915 S MS67, and the third set of Quarter Eagle Indians. The PanPac is the highest grade but the population is somewhat high at 149, but seems to fit very nicely in the collection. Teddy Roosevelt got the Panama Canal dug, finished in August of 1914. I think the Panama Canal ranks with the greatest achievments of mankind. The formidable obstacles i
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

Just a little retirement activity

Durn coin shows, usually come home with more than I brought. Yup, durn sellers are hotter than me for sure, came home with a pacel of new coins and added them to my registry. Don't have time to list them, but many duplicates. Take a look if u like modern graded coins. I sold off some WWII trinkets, and came away with some newer things. 14 gold pieces, MS70's and some other things added in. I sold a bunch of ungraded Morgans, I think about 110 of them for a little over silver price, and a f
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

Trying to keep/catch up.

Puff wheeze wimper Well, looking for one coin to try to regain my sub 200 collection number. I am looking to do it on one base hit, and not have to go searching for numerous coins. I found an 1860 $2.50 Liberty Head, Old Reverse in MS64. The guy wants $10,500.00 for it. I looked thru the NGC Price guide, and came up with no information. Can anyone out there help me as to its value? Sure would appreciate any help. Capt. Brian PS added in later, redbook shows MS63 at $12,000.00 To
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

Bring back the original Lincoln Cent Reverse

Heritage is important I think there were three different Lincoln Pennies in 2009, correct me if wrong, but they came out with the shield reverse instead of the Lincoln Memorial. I feel after the party, they should revert back to the latter. (Hope my facts are right, but the intent is solid.) To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

IS THERE A PROBLEM SENDING COINS FROM OUTSIDE THE USA?

Canadian border guards stop coin returns. A friend of ours in Canada needs our help. Every time he sends a coin for grading from Canada to Sarasota, the border guards give him so much grief in proving the coin he is receiving back is the one he sent. It is creating so much trouble, he no longer sends coins for verification. I think this should be clarified and there must be a method so that this friend of ours can send coins to NGC without problem. Does anyone know what do to? Capt. B
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

Did you know.

I love trivia. FYI: Five-cent coins minted from 1942 to 1945 did not contain any nickel. A special wartime alloy was used consisting of 56% copper, 35% silver and 9% maganese. And I thought only the penny was different due to the war. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

Two sets complete

Indians Indians call the calvary Two completed sets now reside in my collection. My quest to add only PF or MS70 coins or rare ones has been enhanced this weekend at the shows. I sold a lot of my duplicates, and lesser grade modern coins and completed the two indian sets I have been "hiding under my bed" sort of. So now I have two complete sets, and nowhere to go with these so I need to find another avenue to walk. All MS 61, from 1908 thru 1915, and from 1925 thru 1929 nothing missing. (
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0

Buffaloed again.

New beast in the corral Purchased a 2008 PF70 Buffalo. Now I have to find the other PF's of the buffalo series. I think this one is the rare one, so I decided to corral it before someone else got it in their sights. Will take and add picture when coin arrives. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
CaptBrian

CaptBrian

0
0