The_Cave_Troll Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 how do you think ICG convinced him to go through them... or why did he contact them... i wonder With a coin of this rarity, the particular certification company doesn't matter all that much (among the big 4) as the rarity will drive the price, not who certified it. So then the only thing the owner has to be concerned about is the longterm protection of the coin. With that in mind, many people think that the ICG does the best job of protecting coins from tarnishing, since they use the intercept shields in thier slabs. I'm not saying this is absolutly the reason he chose them, but it is something to consider... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16d Posted July 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 a nice related story: http://www.uspatterns.com/uspatterns/19alcen.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16d Posted July 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 interesting.. ...so is the '74 bronze clad steel cent. Also considerred "illegal" to own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16d Posted July 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 This happened in '75, as well: http://uspatterns.com/uspatterns/j2155.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Very cool! Bring on the '64 Peaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 God forbid a cent was almost actually worth a cent! ! Look at copper prices, right now, actually. But "dirty" copper is bought at considerable discounts, so it's not worthwhile, especially since it's illegal anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Hmm... this is only the second time I've seen a pic of a privately owned '74 alum. cent. I wonder if it's the same one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conder101 Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 < over 1.5 million of these were struck and ready for public release before ultimately being rejected. > This 1.5 million were not intended for circulation. They were a test run to see how well the equipment would handle an actual production run. Something not widely known is that the 1974 Aluminum cents were actually struck in mid 1973. < that only leaves the 64 Peace Dollar to surface and all of the Modern US Mythical Coins will have been realized. > I have another one that almost no one knows about. 2000-S business strike Sac dollar. They never made 2000-S Sacs for circulation, but they did do a production test run of them like they did the 74 Al cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggAndyy Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 I don't think the 2000S Sac has acheived the level of Mythical Coin in the numismatic world just yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDJMSP Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 I think that's only because very people even know they exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papadoc Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 With a coin of this rarity, the particular certification company doesn't matter all that much (among the big 4) as the rarity will drive the price, not who certified it. So then the only thing the owner has to be concerned about is the longterm protection of the coin. With that in mind, many people think that the ICG does the best job of protecting coins from tarnishing, since they use the intercept shields in thier slabs. I'm not saying this is absolutly the reason he chose them, but it is something to consider... i hear ya,,, but i bet ya anything a pcgs label or even ngc would bring in at least another $1... that's just how conditioned we are at this point i think. from what i've seen it's sad but true.. i just had 8 morgans on ebay, all were ngc except one was ntc.. that was the only one that didn't sell. if igc sent an au58 back to me i might see what the others would say... which, like you said, wouldn't matter too much i suppose.. the rarity is what'll drive this one regardless.. but still, i wonder what went on behind the scenes here.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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