3 Amigos

I have in hand three completely full collections of Lincoln Cents. One of them goes from 1909 to 1958 — it includes all the Wheat-backs, and the bulk of the key dates. The second is from 1909 to 2012 and it includes all ordinary in-circulation issues. The third contains all “proof-only” coins and was the hardest to collect and a nightmare to load into the album because they’re mirror-proofs and even gloved hands cause some damage.

In my opinion, inclusion of the “proof-only” coins is a complete misunderstanding of what the word “proof” means — totally unhandled.

Prosperity Path Coin Search is a Paranormal Activity. That’s what makes them different from ordinary coin searches. I go for the spirit, not the cash. To me, each coin connects with a Soul (Soul1) that can be helped along its Spiritual Path by passing through the hands and receiving through this copper coupling factor the guru’s grace. It’s one way that I work for the benefit of all beings everywhere. Think of the coins as beads in a mala, and you’ll get it.

The thing that makes these collections unique is that they were “challenge builds”, meaning that the coins are all self-collected and hand-searched by me. The only “bought coins” in the collections are all but one of the key coins — I found a 1909-s VDB a few months back, and it’s in the collections being offered.

Please note: conditions of the coins vary widely from G-4 all the way up to GEM BU, because they are self-found and not bought. I had no control over the grade or the features of any of the coins. They are exactly as I found them.

No coins are missing, every coin called for in the album is present. I do not include the 1955 doubled die mint error because most collectors realize it should be slabbed and purchased separately as there is no place in the album for it — however, the 1922 Plain mint error is included, as are the 1909s-VDB, 1909s, 1914d, 1931s and all semi-keys, some in surprisingly good condition for having still been in circulation!!!

1909-1958 — $3,500

1909-2012 — $4,500

1909-2012 –$5,500

I want to point out that the purchase of the key coins was what made the albums the price they are; without the keys and semi-keys, I could let the albums go for the price of the binding and a couple of bucks for the pennies, but I can’t. The key dates and semi-keys bring the cost of a basic Lincoln album way up. Here’s how it shakes down with just VF grades in the key slots:

1909s VDB — $1200-$1400 for anything recognizable

1909s — $950 for a decent one

1914d — $200-$400 for something that looks like an actual coin

1922 plain — $850-$950 for a nice strong reverse, from trusted source, many counterfeits

1931s — $650 for anything with clout

Do the math and you’ll see just how fast it adds up. Then figure in the semi-keys at anywhere from $50 to $160 apiece, and wham! You’re at the numbers I’m quoting as a selling price, leaving plenty of room for resale.

Of course, if I merely buy and resell sets, I can make them look much better; my resale sets are XF-GEM BU from front to back and sell for $12,500 with proofs. If you’re an eBay dealer, you should not be buying unslabbed sets, so this would not be good for you, due to the flood of “switcharoo” scams being run there of late.

My slabbed set was $27,500 and is no longer available. It takes me about a year to assemble a good one with a lot of bling. On these, resale is highly improbable; in ten years, it could go up in a 1 hour auction and bring megabucks, IMHO.

Total for all three? No discount. They are priced within $100 of my actual cost. I charge nothing for labor because I don’t have to.

If you are interested in one, two or all three of these hand-searched Lincoln Cent collections, call or email me. I won’t put them up on brutal eBay to be raided and torn apart for the key coins, because that’s what the dealers do. These are magical collections of coins that came to me and passed through my hands in the course of nightly Magic Find coin searches.

I didn’t put up photos, because there’s no coin in there that’s going to take First Prize at the Coin Show. They’re ordinary or less than ordinary looking coins, but they came to me after 100 years in circulation, and that’s got to count for something! If you really must see photos, I’ll take them and post them on a private url. Remember, this is not for the general public, so don’t tell your friends. I’m serious.

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Coins as Art Objects

EJ Gold with Psychic Home Protection Array Matrix

As you probably already know, I collect and create Lincoln Cent Complete Sets with All Keys, but what do I do with the coins that don’t fit the category of “coin of worth”??? You probably also already know that it’s illegal to alter or mutilate U.S. currency to improve its value. However, if something dreadful happened to the coin on the way to you from the mint, it’s all right to market the coin if you don’t additionally alter it — you wouldn’t want to, anyway, too cost-ineffecient. The real secret to making money from money is to ignore the fact that it’s either money or has perceived value.

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So Where’s The Profit in Lincoln Memorials???

So, where’s the profit in Lincoln Memorial cent collections? I thought you’d never ask. (Smiles Knowingly) Why, in the following goodies extracted (cherry-picked) from the mass of coins called a “bank box”. Here’s the list of high-ticket items you can expect to pull quite regularly from a bank box draw:

1960 small date…but wait; we did all this before, didn’t we??? Well, I’ll give you the Million Dollar Hint: the big money is all in the rainbows. My extreme rainbows can sell for upwards of $350. Ordinary ones can sell at around $10. Most of mine fall somewhere around the $80 level, at around four spectacular finds, and dozens of lesser stunningness rainbow coins throughout the search session. On my way to breakfast…

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Don’t Make Me Think!!!

Don’t Make Me Think!!! The battle-cry of the Great Unwashed. They’ll pay absolutely any price to avoid making decisions, finding out about things, going places off their cattle-path life-tracks and in general, doing anything with that brain Great Nature gave them as a sort of practical joke on a gigantic scale. What you’re doing with coin collections is merely sorting the coins, grading the coins and organizing the coins, all at once, meanwhile cherry-picking the hot high-end items out of the general bash. Give the GP (general public) a bag with only the needed coins in it, and they’ll still have the bag, untouched, in a closet somewhere, at the end of their lives. Why? Because it’s not what they do. They don’t HAVE to learn coin stuff in order to collect it. All they have to do is look for the word “Collectible” or, if they happen to live in England or on eBay, it’s “Collectable”. Where’s the payoff for the in-circulation coin dealer? Why, in the marketing, dummy. Where else? Certainly not in the coin!

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OCD Heaven

OCD Heaven, that’s what it is. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder strikes dozens of people a day, and they’re all living inside you. 7 Attentions Coin Sorting, that’s what you want to get hold of and apply to your OCD habits, and it starts with Rule #1 for Lincoln Memorials:

There is no reason to collect any less-than-perfect Lincoln Memorial coin.

Now, granted, that doesn’t include the special cases and all them there fancy mint errors, but it does clear up a lot of unwanted informational clutter and get us down to brass tacks, where the money is. Unless there’s a compelling reason to do so — such as a wild rainbow coloration, or an unusual mint-mark, rpm or other similar manifestation of The Goddess Numisma, just don’t take a bad coin — meaning a coin that is less than your target grade for LincMems, which is???? That’s right! If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know that the correct answer is: GEM BU = Gem Bright Uncirculated.

Of course, “uncirculated” doesn’t mean what you think it does. Stay on the Bright Side.

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“You Suck at Life, and You’re Stupid, Too!!!”

 

“You suck at life, and you’re stupid, too…” If you’re in a spiritual community, you wouldn’t expect to hear such ball-shredding criticisms from other students, unless it happens in a darshan hall or some other public or semi-public place to air interpersonal grievances. In private, such comments only serve to widen the gap and make team efforts impossible. Negative, so-called “constructive comments”, when executed between two people in a lonely hallway, classify as “ball-shredders” and should be passed only in a group situation. The kind of people who shred balls to make themselves righteous and cool tend to have enormous problems of their own, and like to find wrongness around them to excuse their own overburden of mental/emotional shit. I tried to find another word to fit there, but nothing came to mind. Anyhow, they’ll probably come up with something like “…But that’s not precisely exactly what I said…there’s a semicolon missing!!!” Tell them if they have anything to say, save it for a group meeting, where there are plenty of witnesses and help to resolve differences or find some way to blend the two opposing forces into a common ground — at least a truce???

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Delete — Are You Sure??? Y/N

Did something really, really bad happen to you? something so despicable, so raw, so rotten, so foul that you’d do anything to go back in time and re-arrange your life so it didn’t happen. That isn’t possible, but there is an alternative that could lead to less pain on the subject. Deletion. What it means is that the event in question never happened, at least in this particular Life Stream. It puts distance between you and it, distance your deep psyche might appreciate. You will be asked if you really want to delete the event. When you indicate “yes” to the prompt, the movement will be toward a reality in which the event did not occur. WARNING: sometimes other, perhaps quite different, effects occur as a result of the event never having happened. Do be careful with this application of the Quantum Effect, but some events all of us really would have been better off without.

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Banishing Made Easy

You’ve got a troubling memory, lingering in the back of your mind? If it’s the typical Bad-Mem, it’ll be something like a Song Hook. Oh, you don’t know what a Hook is in the music biz? I’ll explain: the reason you listen to a song over and over is to make the Hook Go Away. But it doesn’t, does it? There’s only one way to get rid of something, truly once and for all, to make it go away and stay away, and that’s to Banish It. That’s the function of the Banish Orb. To Make It Go Away Forever. You’ll be prompted, “Are You Sure?”, because it is a permanent erase. You might not even remember why you used the Banishing Orb.

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DETOX Karma Wash Class Orbs

Yeah, detox  — Purify, Cleanse, Expunge, Flush and Irradiate. What that means is to shred the target, such as “Anger”, with repeated bombardments of intense Bardo Radiations — yellow, red, blue, green, violet and other, more subtle vibrations in the visible light spectrum, and many more in higher and lower spectra. Sound frequencies are tapped for resonance effects, to make ELF (Extreme Low Frequency) standing waves, which translate into energy-release and reduced composite waves. In addition, add a touch of Guru’s Grace, a dash of peppery Parallel Universe, just a smidgen of humor to make things go better, and as a topping, a blast of Voidness at the end. It’s fun and effective — you’ll feel it as it’s happening — and that’s a guarantee. Totally immersive environment and stunning graphics make this my rave fave. I’m working day and night, on a variety of vital DETOX Karma Wash levels just for you!

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Anger Management???

Anger Management, hell, give me Absence of Anger anytime, and with the Anger Karma Wash, with its Anger-Dissolving Radiations, Extra Buffer Wheels, Hot Flash Zapper Sprays, and (at no extra charge) our Super Special Jet Wax Finish, you should feel better in no time flat! It’s in testing now, should be ready sometime this afternoon or tonight. Anger is a direct result of Karma, so a Karma Reduction is definitely in order if you’re in Anger right now.

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