divemaster

I must be the one of the only collectors here that actually think that "slabbing coins" is the best way forward. I have not heard one valid, constructive criticism that makes me doubt my strategy. People rant that they, "want to feel the coin", well firstly i have lesser grade coins if i want a cuddle, secondly, no one cuddles my top grade coins as i want to retain there value. Im not saying that every coin should be slabbed as it is not sensible to spend £20 to slab a £10 coin. But if a coin is worth many thousands i feel it is very worthwhile. Insuring coins becomes easier also when you have a sensible, reliable, listed valuation for insurers to see, not just guesses. I would also buy without seeing a genuine slabbed coin, whereas i would never buy any other coin without viewing first. Bring it on!!

VS - Where on earth did you manage to get your 1936 proof set from? Any joy on the photo yet

Mmm sounds a beautifull set, any chance of a photo, i would love to see the crown for reference. Dont supose you would ever think about selling the set would you?

Why all this "fake" talk as soon as i mention proofs?

VS - was that a 1936 wreath crown proof you eluded to owning?

I think that the elusive (in good grade) 1934 wreath crown will always be a good investment. I purchased my first unc some 16 years ago for £900 which since then has done better than my pension! Following through from that i now have 6 of them, 3 curreny uncs and 3 high graded proofs. I do believe that they will always be popular and continue to rise in value, if the past 16year trend continues, fingers crossed.

What publication for coin prices do all you guys use for reference when buying? Do you use auction sale price history as a guidance? I used to take references from "Coin Yearbook" and others but they can vary so much. Problem is that if us coin collectors need a certain coin we pay to much, or is it just me!!

I was told about them by a guy at London Coin Auction. He told me to search "currency detecting with LED microscope" these then appeared for sale for about a fiver. Awesome!

Take your word for it, i just see "die" this and that in all the descriptions?

at that mag, can you hold it still?... Yes it shocked me, but its so small and useable that you can almost rest the thing on the coin. Never again will i use an ordinary eye glass!

Die numbers? In 1893?? CGS and others catalogue the variants with Die numbers

Ski - my eyes are getting ropey now to, i have just recieved (from internet) a small magifying glass with light thats 60x magnification that is absolutely incredible. An apparently perfect coin under this can show show masses! Only £5 each.

I can see why some collect all the 1893 variants, but it must be hard to learn all the various streamer designs and die numbers etc etc!

Mmmmmmmmm lovely coin, lovely toning and colour.

Anyone out there got a 1888 wide date crown? Does anyone bother with or collect the 20 odd variants of the 1893 crown?

I bought the one from GK coins! CGS have none listed! BOOOM! were getting there.

Ski - even by my very limited counting ability this forum has shown three people who own one of these crowns! All others - please post if you have a 1935 error edge crown.

Your not listening, if 10 people have one (without graded or slabbed coins) it then shows many people that the estimate of R5 is not accurate by a long way!

Sorry, yes thats exactly what i meant

But Rob if 20 people have this coin (without slabbing) it tells me instantly that all the numbers ive been believing for so long are wrong, and it would make me seriously re-think my investments for the future.

Why is everyone getting focused on slabbed or graded coins, forget about them! A very simple poll, for this and any other forum, that we all frequent, could tell us some simple population facts. I`not saying the results would be perfect, but on some coins the results may help us not believe bulls**t that is proclaimed to be true by the high and mighties of this world. LIKE 1/ I have a 1935 proof error edge (Only 9 left to own up to)

Of course its not worth slabbing some coins, and no, the CGS count oh 1919 pennies (and many others) are not indicative of the mintage. My Point was that it would only give an indication of mintage figures in limited areas on coins such as the 1935 varieties.

I agree with all you say, for me i think i have been taking some coin books as bibles, and for instance on the 1935 error proof, if lets say 30 people did say they had one (taking their word) it would blow the R5 rating by ESC and open my eyes!

It makes me wonder that if the word was put out to all collectors to let us know if they had an "error edge" if we could find out how many there were out there. Because from one simple post we have instantly found out about 3 of the so called 10 of the 1935 proof ones. Damn, praps we could sort out the populations right here. Im not saying it would be perfect but it may be more accurate than some estimates!

Gary, what condition are they in? If there in real good nick it sounds like you got a real bargain. So, as for the gold proof, ah well we can all dream, i have never even heard of one, let alone seen one for sale!