LINCOLNMAN

I don't recall the title, but Dave Bowers put together a nice encyclopedia. I thought it a great primer.

Agree, would be details if it weren't an early copper. No disparagement intended, I like the coin.

Excellent presentation and topic. Those of us who have been at this for a while have been nonplussed by the changes. However, the coins themselves are unchanged, so we adapt. Just need to be aware so as not to be disappointed and take care to examine slabbed purchases more critically than we perhaps did 30 years ago..

They deduct their fees from the sales price, no check needed.

Yes, furthermore I encapsulate a number of inexpensive coins for collection uniformity and as a signal to my heirs to treat with care certain coins with sentimental value. Easier for my heirs to sell also. Documentation for insurance purposes as well. Finally, I like the look of the NGC holder.

QA here is the counterfeit in question. Faulty memory, it was ICG who kindly slabbed it. White label is mine. Note the warnings, looks like a crime scene.

I find it rather silly that a distinction is made between counterfeits made in Colonial times in the US and those made in England. I have a nice British GIII halfpenny in my collection that was produced in England at the same time Machin's Mills and other US counterfeiters were operating. I collected it as part of my Colonials. I couldn't find anyone except SEGS to slab it and they put all sorts of warnings on the slab Absurd. .

Very helpful, thank you Roger.

Thanks for the advice above. The coin in question is listed on eBay. I don't have the skills to provide a link, but it is a 2 escudo piece minted in Chile, 1794. The dealer has fairly limited experience on eBay and a no return policy. I've expanded my type set to include examples of foreign coins that circulated in the Colonies and early US. Looking for one example minted in Chile, any denomination. The 8 escudos is readily available slabbed, but much more pricey than the referenced example. Lots of fun identifying and finding these early coins. But tough to find slabbed examples of many early foreign coin types, especially cheaper coins, else I wouldn't consider this. Should probably have stayed raw, but too far along to turn back.

I'm considering a foreign gold coin graded by the Canadian company CCCS. Does anyone have any familiarity with this outfit? I've read that a competing Canadian service, ICCS, is reliable, but I also read that ICCS only grades the obverse. I will be crossing to NGC for set consistency and would hope for reasonable grading consistency. Many thanks.

Lisa, I have several submissions, time is not critical (collector just cleaning things up). Best to hold up?

Another very entertaining report, thanks for posting. Love the Ferrari.

My preference would be to assign a grade based solely on the state of preservation and strike, what I think is called, in part anyway, a "technical grade". The more subjective determinants of market price should depend on the taste of the buyer. This is what happens anyway, judging by the divergent prices realized for coins of similar grades at similar times in similar venues. This will never happen of course because most people want to be told what is "good" in all fields of life. Furthermore we have the moronic chase for registry status, which is based solely on a TPG grade, now with a CAC opinion thrown in (brilliant marketing schemes BTW).

Sorry, no. Hopefully one of the experts will respond.

Tough crowd. A reminder for all of us to do our homework.