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I love exercises in futility.

Have we been invaded by a ChatGPT hallucination?

Silly and pedantic opinion. Language is about agreed upon meaning between communicators. No one in the niche coin area is confused by the term "juiced" with regard to coin photos (except apparently you).

First coin in a VERY long time. Some very nice NGC photos to go along with it (nice bonus). I hope all are well.

Couldn't the same be said for the copper 1943 cents that should have been struck on zinc coated steel planchets? If the 1943 "transition" pieces are errors (previous copper alloy planchet struck with 1943), why wouldn't the 1983 pieces be considered "transition" errors (previous copper alloy planchet struck with 1983)? Just because the alloy from 1982 looks like the new 1983 copper plated zinc cents (i.e., they both look like copper), why would it not quality as this magical "transitional error" type? NGC groups errors they will attribute into 3 main categories: Errors related to the die (Part 1) Errors related to the strike (Part 2 and Part 3) Errors related to the planchet (Part 4) ← This one I'm not sure why NGC differentiates "transitional errors" versus just calling them what they are - wrong planchet errors. All "transitional errors" are a subset of wrong planchet errors. The "sex-appeal" factor of them being left over and part of an "attic cleaning" seems to make them sell for insane money. I have no horse in this race - error coins bore me to tears as collectibles, though I find them interesting from a minting process standpoint.

Absolutely splendid selection of coins and medals @coinsandmedals! I had to pick my jaw up off of the floor when reading and viewing this post. Kudos, and best of luck with the submissions. The encapsulation of the shells along with the items is a brilliant idea! This is the perfect use of the multi-holder. I wonder if they'll attach numeric grades to the metal shells?

The 1972 issued Pobjoy Fantasy.

The last of my 2020 pieces. I'm still at ZERO new numismatic items for 2021 so far.

It still is. PCGS has become particularly inconsistent and wild with some of their grading of non-USA coins.

It is not a 5 sovereign. It is a 2 kilogram hunk of gold with nominal value of £2000.

Are you referring to the 2019 £2000 2-kilo (64.3 oz troy) Una and the Lion? With a mintage of only 4 pieces, I’m quite sure there is nothing all that special about a COA#1. I think you are confusing this with the smaller issued gold pieces. It’s not a bargain at the price noted, but it is nowhere near the most absurd or overpriced numismatic item I’ve seen.

Picked up these two at the end of 2020.

A profound contribution to these boards, as always @MAULEMALL

I've been having problems with CoinTalk loading very slowly for over a week - and today, it won't load at all. I get a "504 Gateway Timeout" error. Anyone else having these issues?

Here is my date set of the Upper Canada St. George Half-penny Tokens - they were issued in years 1850, 1852, 1854, and 1857. It took me 8 years to put together a nice date set of half pennies. I have a couple dups, but I'm okay with that.

A bumpkin who knows Greek? Impressive.

Thanks for the update @MarkFeld! Smartest decision I have seen from a Floridian in some time. There are more important things than coins...getting a nice coin is not worth dying for (or killing others).

Electronic Membership is only $26 - or $57 if you want the print membership.

Beautiful medal. For others: https://www.medalcollectors.org/membership/medals The bronze is $150, the silver is $450.

By what means would the growth happen? Continually changing plastic formulations to encourage resubmissions? Continued gradeflation to encourage resubmissions? Convincing the rest of the world besides the US that slabs are useful? The slippage of PCGS in terms of their consistency in grading has been noticeable the past 2-3 years. I also believe their fundamentals are pretty flat, so the recent huge uptick in their stock price is not justified. Like much of the stock market at the moment, it's being propped up artificially by policy. IMO the 3-5 year horizon has a bubble a comin'! I'm thankful I'm 20-ish years from retirement.

There is also one in the "World" section: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1047737/collectors-universe-bought-privately-by-investors-group-what-affect-do-you-think-this-will-have I rarely leave the "World" section on CU forums because they are a train wreck of bickering completely non-numismatic threads.

Chop it up, bank the profits, and burn the place down on your way out. Nat Turner already has a history of these kinds of deals. Invest in something, grow its perceived value, pray for an acquisition for crazy money, then jump ship with your bags of money.

I might have too many of this type.