Just purchased a decent George VI cent for my type set. There are six George VI cent types, and now I have half of the slots filled. One more cheap one to go and the last two are bloody expensive in any nice condition.

The coin show for my club this year was a great success. This is probably the star of the show. Nice cardboard toned 1958 PL cent. surprisingly it doesn't have any real marks that stand out.

Thank you to everyone at My Collect and Great Collections for offering this fun game. I'm very thankful for this proof Silver Eagle that was sent to me as a prize just for playing the game.

Just a general question for anyone who knows... why do you need to select BN on circulated copper? I thought that anything below a 60 is automatically assumed BN. Like for proof jefferson nickels, you don't need to select FS. I don't think I've ever seen a label have a colour designation for 58+ or less. That's been something I keep forgetting to add when I submit my guesses. Has anyone ever gotten an AU copper that was labeled RD or RB?

Got a great deal on a Newfoundland $1 note. Only paid $160 CAD on it. CoinsAndCanada has it at $330 or so in VG-8

Is there any way to add a feature that allows you to add inventory items that aren't listed? For example I have this trade token that I would like to put in my inventory, but there's no way to actually add it unless I list it as something else, and just put a photo of it in place.

This coin haunts my dreams. I've been looking for the longest time for a good Booker T. Washington half and I saw this one that was just perfect for me. Love the patina. I took a nap and forgot to bid on it, and it ended up going cheap at like $105 or something like that. Of course I see it again on Guess the Grade, just to torture me.

For when you can't afford a gothic crown, and you still can't afford a gothic florin... there's always the Hong Kong cent:

Usually coins from these PL sets have a solid mirror finish, not any lustre, and are pretty unappealing looking like a proof Franklin without any cameo, but this 2000-W has the most intense cartwheel effect I've seen from this type of strike:

Finally won something after months of coming up short. This went stupidly cheap. Like ⅓-¼ trends. Best deal I've ever gotten on a coin. Nice photos, Phil!

This hurts so bad. That's two in a row now on coins that I've been looking for a LONG time to find one I really liked, bid way more than it shoulda gone for, and lost. I'm happy for the seller at least. They deserved a good payout, even if the colour is questionable.

Just got done photographing this one. This is my best coin roll find so far. It's a scarce 2006 cent (no P, no mint logo) on a copper plated steel planchet. Worth around $100 CAD in MS-63 Red.

This "Guess the Grade" game is a pretty addictive time killer. But man, is the scoring brutal. I'll undershoot 6 in a row by a point, then loosen up and *surprise* you overgraded it by 3 points. It's tough to claw your way out of a deficit. Still, I think 60% for going off pictures isn’t terrible. Especially when you get bombarded with proofs and superb gems constantly. I'll play this more often. See if I can improve.

Good score from a toonie box today, a 2019 with 16 edge serrations rather than 14. These are like $50 in this shape. Now I'm at 48/49 toonies for my type set:

I was extremely lucky today at the coin shop. I purchased a 1960 PL set in the original cardboard holder for spot. The quarter had the nicest toning out of the four silvers, and the most pristine surfaces I have ever gotten from one of these sets. There's one small tick under the caribou's eye and the tiniest little scritchy scratch below the queen's chin, but other than that, it's pure glass! I always buy these hoping to pull a PL-67 and it has finally happened after countless PL-64s, 65s, and a few dozen 66s. Not bad for $15 eh?