Just Buy the CC Coin

It's still a CC. Nice coin.

Hi Maryelise

I wish to congratulate you on the acquisition of your very first "CC" coin...welcome to the club!

I only wish that I had kept my first "CC" coin...yes, it was ugly, but it was my first! Hold on to this coin forever...you will always treasure it...."My precioussss' (as Gollum would say), make sure it never gts thrown in the fires of Mt. Doom!

the drummer

Thanks Garryn and The Drummer! And again to everyone. I will value my coin choices no matter if they're the best deal or not, the best looking or not.

And there's nothing wrong with an ugly coin, if it's not ugly to you. One person's ugly coin is another person's beautiful one, I'm sure. But my article wouldn't have been as funny (which I hope it was) if I'd been too PC.

A Gollum-like monster has been created! Believe it or not, there may soon be additions to "The Details Collection" as I've dubbed it.

:ohmy:

Mary Elise

The great Duke Ellington once said "If it sounds good, it is good!" I think the same applies to coins, if it looks good, it is good.
Maryelise, it is good!
-R-

Hi all!

I've been [obsessively] studying my first CC coin. And I think I've discovered that it's a VAM-24: www.vamworld.com/1878-CC+VAM-24

I don't know how grading works. Because my coin has obverse damage, will NGC only give it the description it already has? Or is there the possibility of resubmitting it with a note about my alledged discovery? Should I try submitting it to PCGS? Or does it really matter one way the other?

I sure think it's fun to possibly have discovered something about my coin that the grader didn't note. Nor the previous owner.

This stuff sure is fascinating! I need to get a better loupe. I can't see the mint mark well enough.

Mary Elise

PS - I've also learned that photographing and scanning coins is perhaps one of the most difficult [and annoying] things I've ever tried to do! Someday I'll get better photos, but for now I'm glad I have some from the previous owner.

Hi Randysc

You mention the great Duke E. ...way to go!!! A man after my own heart....

"It don't mean a thing, If....." You know the rest!

:woohoo:


the drummer