2018 proof Sovereign - 65th coronation "crown privy"

[Oldun]

Interesting. That may be where I might disagree about whether, in this case, it is better to slab or not. Interesting. What do others think?

[sovereignsteve]

5 minutes ago, Oldun said:

Interesting. That may be where I might disagree about whether, in this case, it is better to slab or not. Interesting. What do others think?

don't grade anything unless you want it to keep it and it fits in with your storage method, or if it will increase the value substantially.

[sovereignsteve]

57 minutes ago, fehk2001 said:

grade one now and if it does not get 69/70 buy another one

have you seen any recent proofs from the RM that haven't achieved 69 or 70?

only those that you should have sent back

[fehk2001]

1 minute ago, sovereignsteve said:

have you seen any recent proofs from the RM that haven't achieved 69 or 70?

only those that you should have sent back

come on ........... I am trying to make mr odun buy another one  ( not set )

[Oldun]

Excuuuuuuuse me....my name is Ol.........dun......James...Oldun 

To grade or not to grade the 3 coin premier set (double,single,half). That is the question .

[fehk2001]

4 hours ago, Oldun said:

Excuuuuuuuse me....my name is Ol.........dun......James...Oldun 

To grade or not to grade the 3 coin premier set (double,single,half). That is the question .

Ok .... Odun 

[Oldun]

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[fehk2001]

1 hour ago, Oldun said:

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by xxsuperthunder March 11, 2010

[Oldun]

Osha Ifa Rules

November 19 2013

Osha Ifa Rules for Santeros; the divine sayings from the letters (signs) of the Dilogún as well as those from the Odun of Ifa; the Ethics Code of such Odun and the Moral Commandments of Ika Fun Odun of Ifa are strongly related to a solid tradition and experience based on religious practice of Olosha, Babalosha, Iyalosha, Oluwo Osain, Oba or Oriate Babalawo and Oluo.

http://www.en.santeria.fr/tag/odun/

[fehk2001]

21 minutes ago, Oldun said:

Osha Ifa Rules

November 19 2013

Osha Ifa Rules for Santeros; the divine sayings from the letters (signs) of the Dilogún as well as those from the Odun of Ifa; the Ethics Code of such Odun and the Moral Commandments of Ika Fun Odun of Ifa are strongly related to a solid tradition and experience based on religious practice of Olosha, Babalosha, Iyalosha, Oluwo Osain, Oba or Oriate Babalawo and Oluo.

http://www.en.santeria.fr/tag/odun/

Take my good explaination  not these  boring ones 

[Oldun]

U mean u cant be bothered to look it up ?

[westminstrel]

Is this still the 2018 Sovereign thread or did the forum enter an alternate reality? ?

[Oldun]

Nope. Clearly not 

I asked a simple question and........

[Oldun]

10 hours ago, sovereignsteve said:

don't grade anything unless you want it to keep it and it fits in with your storage method, or if it will increase the value substantially.

Back to the 2018 sov thread and an answer to my question about slabbing or not.

[fehk2001]

36 minutes ago, Oldun said:

U mean u cant be bothered to look it up ?

I did look up sir , that's why I choose the more " exciting " explaination 

[shawy2510]

Back to the 2018 sov thread and an answer to my question about slabbing or not.

Im slabbing my poxy Half Sovereign if that helps ...... if I get todays in good condition.

[Sovereign]

Just got it 

Lovely coin ?

[westminstrel]

29 minutes ago, Oldun said:

Back to the 2018 sov thread and an answer to my question about slabbing or not.

In my personal opinion, one shouldn’t hurry into grading a coin unless you want to get the “early releases” designation. 

Otherwise, it comes down to whether you want to preserve the coin in the inert case, or ease of storage, in that order.

I put ease of storage last because surely there’s a cheaper way to store coins without damaging them, but I suspect slabbing goes hand in hand with preserving+storage.

Thoughts from someone who’s never graded any coins (though I did purchase an NGC certified Longest Reigning Monarch Silver Proof Piedfort Early Releases for less than issue price).  

[shawy2510]

In my personal opinion, one shouldn’t hurry into grading a coin unless you want to get the “early releases” designation. 
Otherwise, it comes down to whether you want to preserve the coin in the inert case, or ease of storage, in that order.
I put ease of storage last because surely there’s a cheaper way to store coins without damaging them, but I suspect slabbing goes hand in hand with preserving+storage.
Thoughts from someone who’s never graded any coins (though I did purchase an NGC certified Longest Reigning Monarch Silver Proof Piedfort Early Releases for less than issue price).  

I slab mainly so that when I want to look at my coins I can easily, without opening boxes & packaging then opening capsules

[westminstrel]

22 minutes ago, shawy2510 said:

I slab mainly so that when I want to look at my coins I can easily, without opening boxes & packaging then opening capsules

Makes sense. Do you still keep your original packaging though? Just curious  

[shawy2510]

Makes sense. Do you still keep your original packaging though? Just curious [emoji4] 

Yes I keep all original packaging in a box so that if I ever go to sell them I will offer them to the buyer as not everybody wants a slab

[westminstrel]

4 minutes ago, shawy2510 said:

Yes I keep all original packaging in a box so that if I ever go to sell them I will offer them to the buyer as not everybody wants a slab

I think that’s very smart as it gives you the biggest possible buyer pool when the time comes to sell.

[MancunianStacker]

54 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

In my personal opinion, one shouldn’t hurry into grading a coin unless you want to get the “early releases” designation. 

Otherwise, it comes down to whether you want to preserve the coin in the inert case, or ease of storage, in that order.

I put ease of storage last because surely there’s a cheaper way to store coins without damaging them, but I suspect slabbing goes hand in hand with preserving+storage.

Thoughts from someone who’s never graded any coins (though I did purchase an NGC certified Longest Reigning Monarch Silver Proof Piedfort Early Releases for less than issue price).  

I find the early release label a total waste of money. We all know they prepare all the blanks, pop them in a machine, stick them in boxes, add certificates to them, probably in reverse order due to the first ones being on the bottom of some pile, then mix up and posted out at random.

Maybe a mint posts them direct to NGC on behalf of the dealer but these won’t have certificate numbers usually. So again I’d prefer on with OMP and certificate. A low certificate number looks nice but again means little to proof coins.

Maybe more useful for bullion coins where millions are made but for proofs, the limited mintages in themselves show its an early release. STODs sovs of 1,500 were probably all minted the same day.

Just thoughts but I’d avoid the early release MCM type efforts and only grade proofs which sadly aren’t all perfect at all.

[westminstrel]

12 minutes ago, MancunianStacker said:

I find the early release label a total waste of money. We all know they prepare all the blanks, pop them in a machine, stick them in boxes, add certificates to them, probably in reverse order due to the first ones being on the bottom of some pile, then mix up and posted out at random.

Maybe a mint posts them direct to NGC on behalf of the dealer but these won’t have certificate numbers usually. So again I’d prefer on with OMP and certificate. A low certificate number looks nice but again means little to proof coins.

Maybe more useful for bullion coins where millions are made but for proofs, the limited mintages in themselves show its an early release. STODs sovs of 1,500 were probably all minted the same day.

Just thoughts but I’d avoid the early release MCM type efforts and only grade proofs which sadly aren’t all perfect at all.

Oh I absolutely agree the Early Releases designation is rather questionable. In fact, I recall having a similar opinion as yours back when the 2017 SOTD Sovereign was released (I’ll see if I can find my post on it).

Really the reason I got the Longest Reigning Monarch Piedfort was not because of the Early Releases designation but because it was less than £75 or so and seemed like a great deal for such a beautiful coin, slabbed to boot.

[sovereignsteve]

12 hours ago, westminstrel said:

In my personal opinion, one shouldn’t hurry into grading a coin unless you want to get the “early releases” designation. 

In my experience, the main reason is that early 70 graded coins achieve the silly money