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Os mercados são uma janela para a alma de um lugar. Isto é tão verdadeiro nos mercados em França quanto nos mercados ao redor do mundo. Como escritor de alimentos e viagens, encontrei que uma das melhores maneiras de descobrir a cultura e a culinária de uma região da região é explorar seus mercados de alimentos, mercados de antiguidades de pulga e mercados de artesanato ou especialidades. Esta entrevista com o New York Times concentra-se em comprar os mercados da Provença. No vídeo abaixo, filmado no restaurante La Voile, falo sobre Provença e Chef Franois Grayons, interpretação do clássico prato provenzal de ratatouille. (Vídeo de canto francês criado pelo Consulado Geral da França em Boston) No meu blog, você encontra descrições de mercados que provocaram meu interesse, dicas de compras, especialidades locais, recomendações de restaurantes e outras atividades divertidas. Espero apontar você para experiências memoráveis. Eu também gostaria de aprender com você. Publique comentários ou contacte-me com qualquer coisa que você goste de compartilhar para que juntos possamos fornecer informações a outras pessoas que são igualmente apaixonadas por essas aventuras. Durante as férias, viajei para Tulum na península de Yucatán, no México. Depois de percorrer a multidão de pessoas no aeroporto de Cancún atraindo atrações turísticas, a etapa final da jornada foi a 1,5 hora de carro para o sul até Tulum. As águas verdes de Jade e as praias de areia branca criaram um cenário tranquilo. Manguezais e outras plantas tropicais atraíram aves cujo exótico 8230 O que é tão desconcertante sobre os santos As figurinhas pequenas são agradáveis ​​de segurar, mesmo nas mãos das crianças. Pintados à mão com detalhes requintados, os santos respiram a personalidade em uma ampla gama de formas. Muitas vezes eles são passados ​​de geração em geração e associados com memórias de férias. Santon é derivado de santon, uma palavra provençal que significa pequeno santo. O artesanato começou durante a Revolução Francesa8230 O que começou como um antídoto para o comercialismo esmagador da Sexta-feira Negra evoluiu para uma tradição comercial de um tipo diferente. A fábrica de Basilica Farm Flea em Hudson, Nova York (ao longo do rio em New Yorks Hudson Valley) é realizada em novembro e maio. As datas de novembro coincidem com o fim de semana do Dia de Ação de Graças e as datas da primavera com o número 8230Bem o Blog Diário em uma manhã de quarta-feira. O clima de Veneza-Flórida retorna às temperaturas acima da média para o balanço da semana, com altos nos meados para os anos 70 superiores. Infelizmente, não há chuva na previsão. Lagos e lagoas locais são vários pés abaixo dos níveis normais e requerem chuvas prolongadas para se recuperar. Se não estiver ocupado o suficiente com o negócio da GFRC e publicar atividades do show FUN, duas reuniões do Conselho de Associação Auburn Lakes Condo ocorreram desde o retorno do show FUN. Isso está por trás de mim, por enquanto, e pode-se colocar toda a atenção no carregamento de uma quantidade substancial de moedas novas na lista de preços. GFRC Open Registry Community Project Tenho a satisfação de informar que o conjunto total do Open Registry está em 217 com 28 colecionadores participantes. Nós ultrapassamos facilmente o antigo conjunto de set total com expectativas para 500 conjuntos até o final de 2017. Osprey continua a trabalhar nas definições do tipo de ouro dos Estados Unidos e provavelmente prepararei um conjunto comemorativo dos Estados Unidos para que os clientes chineses possam participar no Open Registry . Conjuntos de meia-moeda assentados pela liberdade disponíveis Matt e Bill Bugert completaram o meio dólar da Liberty Set set set tuning ontem. Os coletores são, portanto, convidados a começar a carregar seus conjuntos de meio dólar nas categorias Basic, Top 100 e Ultimate. Com base na base de clientes do GFRC e nas vendas em meados de dólares sentados, estou ciente de muitos colecionadores desta denominação e espero uma forte taxa de participação. GFRC Consignment News O progresso está disponível para publicar remessas que chegaram imediatamente antes e durante o show FUN. Abaixo estão duas remessas com excelentes ofertas. A remessa da Peak Collection inclui três Dólares sentados da Liberty, todos os PCGS AU58 classificados e que residem em suportes de etiquetas azuis mais antigos. Essas peças já estão carregadas na lista de preços com descrições completas sendo completas hoje. Todos são classificados com precisão, com amplo brilho e atrativo para os olhos. O exemplo de 1847 conseguiu uma classificação de qualidade de escolha e é o meu favorito dos três devido ao brilho corajoso e apenas um traço de esfregar. Se no mercado um Dólar sentado com qualidade para o conjunto de tipos, considere uma dessas encantadoras opções da coleção Peak. Peak Collection Consignment - 11 de janeiro de 2017 No show FUN, um colecionador de magníficas moedas de nível de nível de gema se aproximou do GFRC para lidar com suas peças duplicadas. Esta é uma área de mercado onde o GFRC deseja começar a participar, incluindo a possibilidade de vendas para colecionadores chineses avançados. Manipulação perto da população superior As moedas do tipo do século XX complementam bem as linhas de produtos existentes do Liberty Sated and Capped Bust. Abaixo estão as três ofertas iniciais, todas classificadas PCGS PR67 e aprovadas pelo CAC. Um nome da coleção será definido com o expedidor hoje. As provas solitárias de Buffalo e duas de mercúrio são uma alegria para inspecionar e ver. Winesteven Collection Consignment - 11 de janeiro de 2017 Artigo em destaque: Mauldin Economics - We8217re Todos os trabalhadores de baixa qualificação agora A comunidade global continua sendo abençoada (ou talvez amaldiçoada) por constantes desenvolvimentos em alta tecnologia. A integração semicondutora continua a corrida para frente com poder de computação inimaginável em uma única peça de silício. Armados com incríveis quantidades de poder de computação, os desenvolvedores de software são livres de explorar no domínio da Inteligência Artificial (IA). A ficção científica está começando a enfrentar a realidade e, uma vez que as inovações são intactas e implementadas como produtos comerciais, haverá novos impactos para a sociedade e para o mercado de trabalho. Patrick Watson, da Mauldin Economics, publicou um artigo intitulado Were All Low Skilled Workers Now que recomendo como leitura rápida quando o tempo o permitir. O termo "Trabalhadores qualificados" tradicionalmente traz à mente os que estão no mercado de trabalho, que só podem ter um diploma de ensino médio. No entanto, com rápidos desenvolvimentos em tecnologia, muitas pessoas com diplomas de bacharel universitário também estão se encontrando com conjuntos de habilidades inadequadas para o mercado de trabalho em constante evolução. Com os desenvolvimentos da AI começando a se tornar realidade, os conjuntos de habilidades de colarinho branco (trabalhadores do conhecimento) e emprego serão afetados e também se mudaram para a categoria de Trabalhadores de Baixa Qualificação. Este artigo oferece seu importante conteúdo em AI para o final do artigo. Aqui estão alguns pontos para molhar o seu apetite. A tendência para a IA substituir humanos no local de trabalho não é mais uma fantasia de ficção científica. Nem está afetando apenas os trabalhos da fábrica. A tecnologia para substituir os trabalhadores altamente qualificados de colarinho branco existe agora em 2282 e uma icônica empresa norte-americana felizmente vendê-lo para o seu chefe amanhã. A partir deste mês, a Fukoku substituirá 34 analistas de reivindicações pela tecnologia de inteligência artificial Watson da IBM8217s (sem relação comigo). Acontece que o sistema AI lê e avalia documentos médicos e outras informações de forma mais rápida e melhor do que os humanos. Moedas em destaque do dia Uma vez que a denominação do meio dólar da Liberty está disponível no Open Registry, que tal algumas mil edições bonitas EF-AU para fechar o Daily Blog de hoje. As metades sentadas são, de longe, a denominação assentada mais popular devido ao tamanho e disponibilidade. Obrigado por parar nesta manhã e, por favor, verifique novamente no dia em que MAIS MAIS mostra que novas compras e remessas serão carregadas no Blog em uma base de pré-visualização. Tenha um ótimo dia Saudações em uma tranquila manhã de terça-feira e obrigado por visitar o Blog Diário. A edição de hoje apresenta o início de muitas novas postagens de consignação junto com as compras de FUN show. Antes de começar, agradeço sinceramente a todos que visitaram a mesa do GFRC no show FUN e também para aqueles que me impediram no chão da bolsa para indicar serem os fãs do Daily Blog. Escrever o Blog de forma contínua não é uma tarefa fácil. Há manhãs quando surgiram novos tópicos, enquanto outros dias trazem uma luta mental para reunir uma série de pensamentos coerentes que merecem atenção. Quando o último é o caso, uma visita ao blog de Seth Godin para inspiração é muitas vezes feita. Todd Seth Godin oferecendo o nome quotEntitlement é opcionalquot tem paralelos próximos com minha própria filosofia sobre a vida e pode explicar a necessidade de escrever o Blog todos os dias. O blog Godins é uma jóia e vale a pena ler várias vezes para uma auto compreensão mais profunda. O direito é opcional. Não é forçado para nós, é algo que escolhemos. E raramente nos beneficiamos com essa escolha. Essa cirurgia de emergência, aquela que salvou sua vida, quando o apêndice derrubado foi removido. O médico deixou uma cicatriz. Podemos escolher agradecer o nosso próximo suspiro. Ou podemos encontrar uma maneira de nos enfurecer, ressaltar que, dado o custo e a quantidade de treinamento que o médico teve, essa cicatriz realmente deveria ser muito menor. E, além disso, ele não era muito legal. Possui um bom médico ou podemos escolher ser grato. Os comerciantes gastaram trilhões de dólares persuadindo-nos de que podemos ter tudo, que nós merecemos, e que ao virar da esquina é algo ainda melhor. Os políticos nos disseram que lidarão com tudo, que nossa dor é real e que um mundo ainda melhor é iminente. E acreditamos nisso. Nós compramos nosso privilégio, bem como a expectativa de que nosso privilégio nos dê direito a ainda mais. Não está baseado no status ou na realidade. É uma escolha cultural. E você tem direito a seu direito se você quiser. Mas por que você, o direito, não nos deixa nada além de mágoa. Nos cega o que é possível. Isso nos isola da magia da gratidão. E acima de tudo, ele nos deixa fora do alcance, nos afastando de assumir a responsabilidade (e ação) e em vez disso, atribuir culpa e raiva. A gratidão, por outro lado, é tão válida como uma escolha. Exceto que a gratidão nos abre à possibilidade. Isso nos aproxima dos outros. E isso nos torna mais felizes. Tudo poderia ser melhor. Não porque nós merecemos (não, na verdade não). Mas porque, se trabalharmos nela, investimos nele e nos conectemos com os outros ao redor, podemos torná-lo melhor. Está em nós. Seu trabalho difícil, trabalho contra-instintivo que nunca acaba. GFRC Consignment News O processamento de consignação de segundas-feiras focou nas remessas de Woodlands e Highwoods Collection que chegaram antes do show FUN. Cerca de seis remessas permanecem na fila e serão processadas na sequência FIFO (First In, First Out) durante o saldo da semana. A remessa da coleção Woodlands apresenta uma incrível seleção de dimes assentes Liberty de alta qualidade para o colecionador avançado. O 1838-O F-101 dime, classificado PCGS AU55, é tão escolhido com patina de grau de arma uniforme e é ideal para um conjunto de tipos ou conjunto de datasmintmark. Brilhante brilho gelado e um ataque martelado caracterizam o exemplo 1838 F-107 classificado PCGS MS65 CAC. Que tal com a data da chave com estrelas 1846 dime, também com uma greve martelada, que reside no suporte PCMC EF45 CAC Este exemplo seria difícil de atualizar para a maioria dos colecionadores. A segunda linha de ofertas é tão impressionante. O 1872 F-102 é classificado PCGS MS65 com aprovação CAC e está no consenso de condições, pois poucos colecionadores percebem que as greves de 1872 têm um problema de brilho sistemático que os limita ao MS65 como a maior nota possível. Há apenas um MS66 graduado. Depois, há a moeda de 1878 da coleção Eugene Gardner classificada PCGS MS66 CAC que é uma jóia premium. Nós fechamos a Galeria de Clientes com outra jóia, um 18GS PCGS MS65 CAC da Birmingham Collection inicialmente vendido pela GFRC no final de 2014. Aproveite o Envio da Coleção Woodlands - 10 de janeiro de 2017 As ofertas da coleção Highwoods estão focadas na denominação de ouro dos Estados Unidos e também incluem Uma escolha 1806 B-5 (R4) trimestre do Busto que merece atenção como compra de um álbum tipo tipo Dansco ou Whitman. Armazenamento da coleção Highwoods - 10 de janeiro de 2017 Notícias financeiras globais Eu acredito que 2017 trará três tópicos financeiros importantes que muitas vezes serão re-visitados no Blog Diário. A primeira é a pressão de Donald Trumps sobre as indústrias globais para expandir a produção nos Estados Unidos. O segundo é os problemas econômicos da China e o terceiro se concentrará na tecnologia blockchain. Este último está rapidamente aceitando transações financeiras seguras, uma tecnologia que permite maior segurança contra hackers omnipresentes. Vamos verificar os exemplos desses tópicos nesta manhã Buscando manchetes da Alpha. Primeiro, o efeito Donald Trump. Em meio à pressão para construir produtos em casa, a Apple está buscando conduzir a fabricação de quothigh-tech e montar equipamento do servidor do centro de dados em uma de suas plantas em Mesa, Arizona. A natureza do produto não é para usuários finais, mas para outros centros de dados globais, o que será suportado pelo site, de acordo com uma notificação publicada pelo Federal Register. Donald Trump teve uma ótima reunião com Alibabas ack Ma na segunda-feira, quando discutiram a criação de 1 milhão de novos empregos americanos em cinco anos. Alguns estão chamando a afirmação de um estiramento, no entanto, com base na definição da empresa do objetivo. QuotAlibaba criará empregos nos EUA de 1 milhão, permitindo que as pequenas empresas americanas e os agricultores da 1M vendam produtos americanos para a China e os consumidores asiáticos na plataforma Alibaba. Então, as Chinas lutam por um pouso econômico suave. A China está prometendo conter altos níveis de dívida corporativa e reduzir ainda mais a capacidade de excesso de carvão e aço, já que os investidores examinaram dados de inflação por sinais de demanda melhorada na segunda maior economia do mundo. O índice de preços ao consumidor em dezembro subiu cerca de 2,1, nos preços mais altos de carne de porco e combustível, enquanto o índice de preços no produtor saltou 5,5, o ritmo mais rápido desde setembro de 2011. E, finalmente, o surgimento da tecnologia blockchain. Wall Streets o maior serviço de processamento de back-office é a parceria com a IBM para atualizar a forma como os pagamentos e a manutenção de registros de swaps de inadimplência de crédito são tratados colocando o sistema em uma cadeia de blocos no início do próximo ano. Isso será um dos primeiros globalmente em que estamos usando a tecnologia do livro-razão distribuído para se tornar uma parte da infra-estrutura em um mercado muito crítico, disse o CEO da Depository Trust, Clearing Corp., Michael Bodson. Moedas em destaque do dia Janeiro é um mês coberto devido ao clima frio e desagradável em todo o continente dos Estados Unidos. Os passatempos são uma avenida conveniente para passar as longas noites e uma alternativa à televisão de rede sem mente. No GFRC, haverá um fluxo constante de novas ofertas junto com muitas moedas de qualidade no inventário atual. A maioria é consignada e precisa encontrar uma nova casa. Seguem as ofertas remanescentes da coleção Port Matilda. Este indivíduo reduziu agressivamente os preços para permitir vendas rápidas. Se essas moedas não forem vendidas nos próximos 30-60 dias, elas serão devolvidas. Alguém realmente precisa comprar o quarto 1917 Type 1 Liberty Sentado como tão atraente bem-vindo Bem-vindo ao Blog Diário em um show de publicação FUN segunda-feira de manhã e obrigado por parar. O clima de Veneza, Flórida foi frio com resfriado com vento frio e um mínimo de 40 graus nas últimas duas noites. Quase todos os Estados Unidos estão experimentando algum tipo de clima desafiador, incluindo Maine, que atualmente está em -5F. O feitiço frio da Flórida tem uma benção e é um céu claro com condições de sol brilhante. O tempo foi ideal dado o número substancial de novas compras e remessas que foram fotografadas ontem. O processo de imagem foi frio, mas os resultados foram bastante bons. Estou feliz em informar que o escritório do GFRC em Veneza está de volta à plena operação. Levou o dia inteiro a remontar o inventário, juntamente com a contabilidade do show FUN e a atualização do sistema COIN. Além de sair do escritório para o almoço, jantar e fotografia de moedas, o dia foi totalmente consumido. Como resultado, não há nada preparado para este Blog de manhã. Abaixo está um importante grupo de novas ofertas do GFRC para começar a semana. Todos, exceto o bairro de barbeiro PCGS MS64 CAC 1914-D, estão em espera. Os leitores devem reconhecer imediatamente a data-chave de 1846, a dezessete centavos, uma moeda de dezesseis pedaços de 1840 e um quarto de 1855-S em níveis de escolaridade raramente vistos. DIVERTIMENTO Mostrar novas adições - 9 de janeiro de 2017 Há muitas remessas mais excitantes a serem adicionadas às listas de preços durante a semana que vem, por isso, verifique novamente com freqüência. GFRC Shipping Update Eu trabalhei até o final de domingo preparando o envio de saída e ainda tenho mais alguns pacotes nesta manhã. Obrigado por sua paciência em um transporte mais lento do que o normal desde a reunião de família da Disney World, o fechamento USPS de feriado de 1º de janeiro seguido de uma viagem ao show FUN. O envio de pedidos rápidos da GFRC voltará aos padrões normais de hoje. Notícias financeiras globais Spot gold está sendo cotado em 1180 e recuperou um pouco do seu recente sucesso. Estou esperando ver o ouro atravessar o nível 1200 em breve para suportar vendas de ouro numismatic. O petróleo bruto se instalou no nível de 53bbl. A pesquisa de manchetes da Alpha tem vários pontos de vista importantes sobre a China que os investidores globais devem estar assistindo. A McDonalds decidiu essencialmente sair do mercado da China vendendo a maioria de suas propriedades a um grupo de investidores. Este anúncio definitivamente merece escrutínio, pois o McDonalds, como o Walmart, é um proxy para as condições econômicas. O próximo título de Alpha de pesquisa também indica o vôo de capital em curso para fora da China continental, já que o câmbio reservado caiu mais uma vez. Com uma administração de Trump no horizonte, o governo de Pequim deve ter preocupações como o Yuan continua a enfraquecer e os chineses ricos movem seus dinheiros no exterior para o Canadá, Estados Unidos e Austrália. A McDonalds entrou em um acordo para vender 80 de suas 2.200 lojas na China e Hong Kong para um consórcio que inclui Citic e Carlyle Group. Ele decidiu manter uma participação minoritária para se beneficiar da exposição ao crescimento futuro, disse uma fonte à Reuters. O acordo, que inclui direitos de franquia em massa de 20 anos, valorizará o negócio em até 2,08B e provavelmente ajudará o McDonalds a reduzir seus custos operacionais globais e preservar o capital. As reservas cambiais de Chinas caíram pelo sexto mês consecutivo em dezembro, mas manteve-se logo acima do nível crítico de 3T, quando as autoridades entraram em vigor para apoiar o enfraquecimento do yuan. De acordo com os dados do PBOC, o maior estoque de moeda estrangeira do mundo caiu de 41,08B para 3,01T, o menor nível desde março de 2011. Moedas em destaque do dia O mercado de ouro com dois águias dos Estados Unidos atualmente é fraco. Algumas pessoas acreditam que as melhores oportunidades de compra são durante um mercado fraco, pois as negociações podem ser úteis. No show FUN, o GFRC tentou vender as seguintes greves de Guerra Civil em San Francisco a preços reduzidos em nome do expedidor Watch Hill. Ao invés de vender esses itens para revendedores por atacado, Ive decidiu oferecer preços especiais diretamente aos colecionadores e espero que eles possam conquistá-los em níveis atraentes. Novos preços estão listados diretamente acima de cada 20 peças de ouro. Termos de pagamento especiais estão disponíveis, por favor envie um e-mail ou me ligue se houver interesse potencial. Watch Hill Consignment - 20 Double Eagle Price Reductions Então termina outra edição do Daily Blog. Uma manhã ocupada está à mão com mais pedidos de embarque, uma viagem a Venice Island PO para localizar um pacote registrado não entregue antes do show FUN e uma reunião do Conselho da Associação Auburn Lakes Condo às 11:00 da manhã. Volto amanhã de manhã com mais divagações e talvez um artigo em destaque. Tenha uma ótima semana. Saudações de Veneza, Flórida, em um domingo de manhã. As minhas desculpas por um período de publicação atrasado, enquanto dormia por uma hora, foi uma prioridade depois de outra semana ocupada. O show 2017 Winter FUN está atrás de nós, com o próximo momento de silêncio no escritório de Veneza sendo mais bem-vindo. Você pode acreditar que as meia-moeda da Liberty Sentada foram a denominação assentada mais popular no show FUN. Nós vendemos mais meia-moeda da Liberdade Sentada do que qualquer outra denominação Assentada. A sabedoria tradicional seria que as metades sentadas seriam as mais populares, seguidas de centavos assentados e trimestres e vendemos esses, mas não ao nível das meia-moeda assentadas. Como resultado, o inventário de meia centavana assentado com GFRC é um pouco esgotado e as remessas são solicitadas. FUN Show Day 3 Report As observações de sábado foram consistentes com o saldo do show. O tráfego de coletores foi lento com o CDN ocasional ou os comerciantes de quotes de Gray Sheet no shopping do GFRC e oferece 75 em dólares para nossas moedas de qualidade. Estes adeptos sempre aparecem no sábado e seu comportamento não é surpresa. Antes de fechar o estande às 3:00 da tarde, nós gostamos de uma grande venda de quatro figuras e recebemos várias remessas de cunhagem Liberty Sentadas. Sábado FUN Show Encomendas A primeira remessa a chegar foi uma escolha original 1855-S Assentada trimestre graduado NGC AU53 e fora do mercado por mais de seis anos em mãos coletoras fortes. Este indivíduo atualizou a data com um exemplo AU58, comprado da GFRC, e decidiu que era hora de compartilhar a duplicata com a comunidade coletora. Este encantador bairro 1855-S não visitou o CAC, mas deveria. As imagens serão postadas nas próximas 48 horas e, se interessadas, envie-me um email para o FRoR. A segunda remessa apareceu exatamente quando estávamos derrubando a tabela do GFRC. Um velho amigo numismático apareceu na mesa e compartilhou uma compra recente. Um precioso grau circular de dez centavos 1852 F-110b com uma aparência negativa que atravessa a parte inferior dos dígitos da data. Esta peça é um dos exemplos de notas mais altas conhecidas com a GFRC selecionada para o mercado e a venda. John Frost relata um show bem sucedido para o Liberty Seated Collectors Club. O clube inscreveu quatro novos membros e recebeu seis renovações de 2017 no show. O anúncio de meia-moeda de 1872-S Liberty Sentence na reunião do LSCC e o boletim acompanhante foram bem-vindos pela PCGS e pela NGC. Numismatic News emitiu um alerta eletrônico para a contrafacção e espero que a Coin Wold fará o mesmo. GFRC Open Registry Community Project Estou incrivelmente satisfeito com a aceitação do coletor Open Registry. A partir desta manhã, o Registro possui 198 conjuntos e 25 colecionadores participantes. Foram necessários 10 anos para alcançar o nível de 195 estabelecido, com base em inscrição manual, enquanto o novo sistema obteve um limite similar em duas semanas. As expectativas são para o crescimento contínuo à medida que a consciência da comunidade colecionadora aumenta e mais categorias definidas são adicionadas. Matt completou o conjunto de Liberty Seated Dollar e também adicionou mais () capacidade de entrada de grau. Os graus Plus () serão classificados com um somador de 0,5 ponto. Não use mais () notas para moedas não certificadas, em vez disso, para as moedas PCGS ou NGC com essa designação. As mudanças de atenção para encerrar o meio dólar da Liberty sentou esta semana e sua liberação. Enquanto estava no show FUN, falei com o meu parceiro de show, W. David Perkins, sobre a adição de um módulo Bust Dollar Open Registry. Ele está considerando essa possibilidade, então fique atento às futuras notícias. Alguns comentários sobre a publicação automática de imagens do GFRC no Open Registry estão em ordem desde que receberam perguntas por e-mail sobre o assunto. GFRC converteu a convenção de nomenclatura do arquivo de imagem para números de série TPG durante junho de 2016. Se os coletores compraram moedas após junho de 2016 e tiveram nomes de arquivos de imagem do número de série do TPG, esses serão carregados automaticamente no Open Registry uma vez que o número de série TPG seja inserido. As moedas compradas do GFRC antes de junho de 2016 não possuem o número de série TPG como o nome do arquivo e não serão carregadas automaticamente. GFRC Forecast for Coming Week entre FUN mostra novas compras e remessas, juntamente com pré-FUN mostram chegadas de consignação, há mais de 100 novas moedas a serem fotografadas e adicionadas à lista de preços na próxima semana. Recomendo vivamente que os clientes da GFRC verifiquem periodicamente o boletim Daily Blog e 30 Day New Purchase, para novas postagens. Haverá uma quantidade substancial de grande inventário novo para considerar nos próximos dias. São necessárias grandes remessas. GFRC agora tem um calendário aberto para solicitar e absorver várias remessas importantes durante o saldo de janeiro. Se você considerou a alienação de uma grande coleção ou simplesmente duplicou, agora é hora de entrar em contato comigo para discutir abordagens potenciais para marketing e vendas de suas propriedades numismáticas. Moedas em destaque do dia Vamos embrulhar esta edição do Blog diário com algumas lindas pedaços de peito coberto e tapado nesta manhã de domingo. Como sempre, seu patrocínio e apoio do GFRC são apreciados e apreciados. Construir um novo portal comunitário de colecionadores de idade é um processo longo e estou comprometido com o esforço. Nosso hobby é dinâmico e emocionante para aqueles que compartilham uma paixão pela história dos Estados Unidos e seus artefatos. Obrigado por visitar comigo e ficarei de volta brilhante e no início da manhã de segunda-feira. Tenha um ótimo domingo. 8:45 am Atualização do FUN Bourse Floor Matt apenas enviou um e-mail para anunciar que o conjunto do Liberty Seated Dollar está disponível para coleta no GFRC Open Registry. FUN Show Day 2 Report Saudações no início da manhã de sábado e bem-vindo ao Daily Blog. OK, mas não ótimo é o consenso para o Ft. Lauderdale FUN show. O Ft. Lauderdale FUN show vai cair nos livros de história numismática como um show médio com os revendedores um pouco desapontado. Todo mundo com quem falei compartilhou a mesma opinião e aguarda o show FUN retornando a Tampa (2018) seguido de locais de Orlando (2019). A questão central era a falta de tráfego de coletores. Muitos dos quotregularquoc LSMC membros que seriam vistos em Baltimore ou Summer ANA mostra não fez a viagem para Ft. Lauderdale. A queda nos preços do ouro em lingotes também foi um obstáculo no lado ouro do mercado numismático. 20 Saints e peças de liberdade de data comum poderiam ser compradas na MS 63 por aproximadamente 1200 no nível atacadista. O trágico Ft. Os atiradores e mortes no aeroporto de Lauderdale lançam mais negatividade. Às aproximadamente 3:30, o anúncio do centro de convenções chegou dos tiroteios do aeroporto com o atirador solitário sendo apreendido. Um arrepio percorreu minha espinha quando ouvi as notícias e sabia que estávamos a apenas algumas milhas do evento. Muitos colecionadores tiveram vôos de saída na noite de sexta-feira e estavam se perguntando sobre sua situação ao chegar na mesa do GFRC. O GFRC está apresentando um bom show dado nossas amplas linhas de produtos e moedas de qualidade. Os colecionadores que compraram na mesa do GFRC comentaram consistentemente sobre a qualidade e a originalidade de nossas ofertas de assentos e buscas e compraram sem muita hesitação. Mas simplesmente não havia colecionadores suficientes na mão para gerar ótimos resultados de shows. Por sorte, várias das FUN mostram as compras no dia da abertura e as remessas subsequentes vendidas rapidamente por meio do anúncio no Daily Blog. Por exemplo, a meia dime 1846 PCGS VF30 OGH vendida e vendida para um bom 3500 para um coletor de consigna GFRC. As vendas da GFRC foram amplas em todas as linhas de produtos. Nosso quotyieldquot foi alto, com a maioria dos colecionadores chegando à mesa do GFRC se afastando com uma compra. A equipe da CoinWeek estava circulando no piso da bolsa com as entrevistas de busca de câmera e eu concordei em fazer uma entrevista de destaque que destacava a moeda de dez centavos sentada no Pie Shattered Obvers. Foi uma sessão de vídeo rápida e vou anunciar o link CoinWeek no Blog, uma vez disponível. A reunião do LSCC foi um excelente evento com muito feedback positivo. John Frost anunciou a descoberta de uma moeda falsa de 1872-S Liberty Sentada e passou por um exemplo de inspeção. Minha revisão indicaria a origem chinesa, pois as superfícies eram típicas das falsificações de dólares de comércio de qualidade mais altas observadas no mercado de Xangai Yunzhou. A peça foi bem atingida, mas faltava o brilho pelo estado de preservação do nível AU5558. Havia algum frostquot do quotmint, mas muitos hamburguesas sutis, juntamente com campos aborrecidos. Procure artigos detalhados nos próximos artigos de fevereiro de E-Gobrecht e March Gobrecht. A moeda de dez centavos da Norweb 1874-CC Liberty também apareceu na reunião do LSCC como de propriedade de Tom Davison. Nós discutimos a peça por e-mail e fizemos planos para a introdução na reunião. Esta peça incrível reside no titular NGC MS62 Fatty e foi originalmente classificada MS63MS65 no leilão Norweb. GFRC Open Registry Community Project O Open Registrys está se aproximando de 200 conjuntos dentro de apenas duas semanas de lançamento. Falei com um indivíduo no programa FUN que analisou o Open Registry e está bem versado em projetos de TI numismáticos. Ele acredita que o GFRC desenvolveu uma alternativa importante para os registros de TPG citados que vão atrapalhar os colecionadores. Seu conselho foi dimensionar os recursos de TI do GFRC para suportar uma população muito maior de conjuntos e hospedagem de imagens, pois acredita que a demanda crescerá rapidamente. Matt está de volta a Pequim junto com a família. Ele enviou uma mensagem eletrônica na noite passada e está trabalhando nos conjuntos de Meia Dólar da Liberty Onated e estará consultando com Bill Bugert para obter esclarecimentos sobre as entradas de meio dólar e Top 100. O conjunto Top 100 será projetado para ser um subconjunto do conjunto Ultimate para facilidade de entrada. Matt também está começando a olhar para Stephen Pettys revisou os números de raridade de Sheldon para o conjunto de dólares sentados. Hora de fechar o blog Sim, é hora de tomar banho e café da manhã rápido Dunkin Donuts antes de entrar no Broward Convention Center e no dia 3 do show FUN. Sábado é tradicionalmente um dia mais lento e o GFRC estará encerrando cerca de 3:00 da tarde seguido do retorno para Veneza. Obrigado por visitar comigo esta manhã no Daily Blog. Tenha um excelente fim de semana e lembremos aqueles que perderam a vida no Ft. Lauderdale shootings. Quando a carnificina de pessoas inocentes irá parar nos Estados Unidos. FUN Show Day 1 Report Bem-vindo ao Daily Blog em uma manhã de sexta-feira e no relatório inicial da FUN show. Não adoro assistir a um show importante de moedas que tenha um quotbuzzquot saudável durante o dia. Este foi o caso na quinta-feira após a abertura oficial às 10:00 da manhã. Poderíamos sentir a energia no centro de convenções, já que o atendimento era bastante forte. O stand do GFRC estava ativo durante todo o dia, das 10:00 da manhã, até as 5:00 da tarde, sem intervalo para o almoço. Em uma nota muito positiva, FUN veio com sinalização, então GFRC foi completado por cerca de 10:30 da manhã. As vendas eram fortes para o inventário Liberty Sentado e razoável para o saldo das linhas de produtos. Imediatamente após a abertura do show, um dos meus alunos do seminário de verão ANA veio para uma boa visita e comprou um negócio de meia dime com 6 peças. Metade das peças da coleção de centavos New Liberty, compra na quarta-feira, imediatamente vendida juntamente com o quarto 1875 CC CCGS VF35 CAC. Nós vendemos várias águias de quartzo de ouro de alto grau para um indivíduo que ganhou uma medalha de bronze no sprint de 800 metros nas Olimpíadas de Rio. Quão legal é que as moedas do mundo também viram uma atenção considerável, dada a localização do estande GFRC adjacente à seção Estrangeira e antiga da bolsa. Entre as vendas, mais remessas chegaram com cada lote, destacando-se. Eu me apaixonei pela meia centímetro 18GS PCGS VF30 OGH e essa peça não durará muito. A remessa de centavo assentada é uma variedade de tesouro e foi acumulada há anos e, finalmente, foi lançada no mercado. Please pay attention to the following list of consigned items for potential first right of refusal. Several of these will be placed into the display cases and may not last long. GFRC New Consignments Seated Half Dimes: 1846 PCGS V30 OGH gem original with substantial eye appeal 1865 PCGS VF35 Childs pedigree choice original Seated Dimes: 1839 F-105a PCGS AU58 so nice 1856-O F-108b F15 full reverse cud 1856-O F-109 VF 1886-S F-102 PCGS EF40 nice original gray 1887-S AU55 F-107 very late die state shattered reverse 1890-S F-112 die gouge VF choice original Seated Half Dollars: 1846-O Med Date PCGS AU58 choice original 1866-S No Motto PCGS EF40 No Motto Friday morning will be incredibly busy with the LSCC regional meeting at 9:00am then returning to the bourse floor for 10:00am and show open. At 11:00am, I am giving a one hour presentation on Developing a Passion for Liberty Seated Dimes in rooms 122123. Wow, FUN provided a substantial write-up in the show program directory and two meeting rooms. At 12:00 noon, I return to the GFRC 1827 booth and will be able to relax for a few minutes. but hopefully for not too long. So concludes todays Blog. Time for a shower, a wholesome breakfast and booth opening at 8:30am. Have a great day Welcome to the Daily Blog and Ft Lauderdale FUN Show report. The drive from Venice to Ft. Lauderdale was uneventful and our first time through I-75 quotalligator alley. quot Alligator alley is a east-west highway that connects southern Florida between Naples and Ft Lauderdale. We arrived with ample time, had a nice lunch and located the Broward County Convention Center. Arriving by car can be confusing as accessing the convention center and Port Everglades ship port is from the same road. One has to carefully read signs while driving. FUN Show Dealer Setup Day GFRC typically has bad luck with FUN and ANA organizations with dealers directories and signage. Yesterday was typical. Upon arriving to booths 18251827, there was no GFRC signage. Yes, W. David Perkins has his sign but nothing for Gerry Fortin Rare Coins. After several complaints, we were informed that other dealers had similar problems and signage was being made and overnighted to the show. We shall see. At least, the GFRC listing in FUN show directory is correct this year. If visiting the FUN show today, Gerry Fortin Rare Coins is at table 1827 and please look for the W. David Perkins 1825 sign. We are easy to spot with two connected corner tables. Dealer setup went smoothly though the bourse floor was like a sauna with no air conditioning for the first few hours. Dock doors were open to allow large dealer staging items to enter until 4:00pm, then the air conditioning finally was turned on. Otherwise a smooth setup. Since GFRC is a retailer dealer, the focus of dealer setup day is careful buying. A fresh Liberty Seated dime set debutted on the floor and I was provided early access. Then my favorite wholesale dealer arrived with more purchases. Following are new purchases to consider and please email me quickly for FRoR, prices and camera photos as these coins are or will be in the bourse case by 10:00am. Capped Bust 10c: 1832 JR-4 PCGS EF45 CAC choice original Fresh to Market Seated 10c: 1840 Drapery PCGS AU55 rare grade, frosty while with cartwheel luster 1849-O PCGS EF45 F-102 small O undergraded and pretty 1856 F-111 DDO PCGS MS63 gem original hammered strike OGH 1855 PCGS MS64 choice original full strike 1855 PCGS MS63 gem for grade full strike 1873 PCGS MS63 Open 3 CAC rare grade and one of the finest 1886 PCGS MS63 CAC OGH undergraded gem Seated 25c: 1875-CC PCGS VF35 CAC choice original gray, difficult date Seated 50c: 1870-S PCGS EF40 CAC choice original medium gray, tough date GFRC Open Registry Community Project Wow. The Open Registry set tally is 188 this morning as more collectors are finding time to showcase their hobby efforts. In the Liberty Seated half time category, the Electic Peak collector has taken the number 1 spot with an awesome 94 complete mint state set with average grade of 65.1. I cant wait to see the images. Early Close to Todays Blog Yes, it is time for a shower, then breakfast and heading to the Broward Convention center for bourse floor open at 8:30am. Thank you for visiting and please check back tomorrow for a Day 1 FUN show report. Have a great day and if attending, please come by Table 1827 to say hello. Greetings on a Wednesday morning as the much anticipated FUN show arrives with dealer setup at 2:00pm Tuesday turned out to be a long day with a host of preparation tasks but GFRC is ready for the Ft. Lauderdale drive this morning. While hand picking each coin to be transported and offered for sale at FUN, some price reductions were in order on several consignments. Please check the price lists as all price reductions have been marked with the New Price label. Todays Blog will be brief given the pending drive and last minute preparation. I will attempt to write FUN Daily Show reports each evening so please check at regular Daily Blog publishing times. GFRC Open Registry Community Project Tuesday saw the GFRC Mountain View consignor adding his Liberty Seated quarter sets. Congratulations go out to this collector for loading the first 100 complete Seated quarter date and mintmark set on the Open Registry. GFRC has sold many duplicates from this consignor and he has purchased a fair amount also Matt assessed the Liberty Seated half dollar changes from Bill Bugert and reports a substantial rewrite of the Seated half dollar portion of the database will be necessary for the multiple set loading function as part of the release. He is projecting to have the rewrite completed by mid January and asks for your understanding. The total number of sets in the Open Registry climbed to 169 overnight and I believe we are just getting started. Global Financial News Spot gold prices continues to slowly march forward and are quoted at 1167 this morning. Seeking Alpha headlines suggest a pick-up in European inflation. There is even positive news about Japanese factory activity. Consumer prices across the eurozone reached a high not seen for almost four years, jumping 1.1 in December, mainly supported by a surge in energy prices. Its good news for the ECB, which has a current inflation target of just below 2. Data overnight also showed a strong end of year for euro area business activity, with the blocs final composite PMI climbing to 54.4 last month, the highest level since May 2011. Euro 0.3 to 1.0436. Japanese factory activity expanded at the fastest pace in a year in December as orders picked up, in an encouraging sign that the struggling economy may be regaining momentum. The final MarkitNikkei Manufacturing PMI rose to 52.4 on a seasonally adjusted basis, higher than a preliminary reading of 51.9 and a final 51.3 in November. The Nikkei closed up 2.5 on the news. FUN Show Highlights GFRC will have all major coins in inventory on display (and for purchase) at the show. Following is a reminder on why collectors should be visiting Tables 18251827 on Thursday through Saturday. A second reminder that Gerry Fortin will be giving a presentation entitled, Developing a Passion for Liberty Seated Dimes, on Friday morning at 11:00am. Please check the FUN show program for the meeting room location. Thank you for stopping by and looking forward to seeing many GFRC customers, consignors and friends at the FUN show. Have a great day. Greetings on a Tuesday morning and welcome to the Daily Blog. Today will be a mad scramble towards preparing for the FUN show drive to Ft. Lauderdale tomorrow morning. Shipments must be brought to the Venice Island post office while retrieving packages that are on hold from last week. Then there is a visit to NGC in Sarasota to pick up a United States gold submission along with a day of last minute consignment preparations. Wednesday brings 2:00pm GFRC setup at the much anticipated FUN show. Yesterday saw a record number and amount of consignment payments being prepared. Each consignor received a courtesy email with COIN account report. One of those consignors was Poetic Candy and, of course, provided a poem for the occasion. To me I never understand, In fact I think it funny, That to everyone I know, The most important thing is money. As for me, I need no money, And I8217m not telling any lies, The only thing I really need, Is what the money buys. GFRC Consignment News Prices were settled for the latest Osprey Collection lot of United States 2.5 quarter eagles with those pieces added to the price lists this morning. Please pay special attention as the lot offers several tiny mintage dates and overall rarity including the 1843-O Large Date, 1874 and 1880 examples. If interested, please contact me asap as these will be in the FUN show bourse floor cases along with the rest of GFRCs United States gold offerings. If time allows, I will process Highwood Collection images today for Wednesdays Blog. GFRC Open Registry Community Project It seems that each day brings more participants and sets to the Open Registry as the number of sets grew to 157 on Monday. Bill Bugert completed his Liberty Seated half dollar rarity weight assessments and added WB-1xx variety numbers to all set entries. Matt has the file and indicated being able to update the database by coming weekend. So Liberty Seated half dollar collectors should plan to start entering their sets next week. Osprey has already proposed two United States gold type sets to start the rollout of gold sets in the Open Registry. My attention will move in this direction after the FUN show. The Massachusetts Collection consignor also jumped in to lend a hand In yesterdays blog, I mention that many photography questions were arriving via email as collectors wish to add images to their Open Registry sets. I remember writing a Blog with detailed review of the GFRC photography process and committed to locate and republish. The Massachusetts consignor located the content in the July 2015 Blog and save me considerable time. Many thanks Tom Following is the entire article. Featured Topic of the Day: Coin Photography Smart phones and tablets contain optics and software to capture adequate photographs but when it comes to high resolution imaging for numismatic retail business, more sophistication equipment, software and techniques are necessary. Im sure that others believe they are experts on coin photography so todays topic is an explanaton of the techniques employed at GFRC. The goal of this discussion is not to judge who has the best images or which photography process is superior. The GFRC process has been optimized over a period of 13 years and Im still learning new tricks every week. To bring about high quality digital coin images, each step in the photography and imaging process must be optimized. If there is a weak link in the chain, then the overall chain strength is diminished. The same applies for digital imaging. I see the following parameters as being absolutely critical towards generating quality photographs - Lighting - Camera settings and operation - Digital Image processing techniques Then one has to consider the item to be photographed. Raw coins are much easier to photograph than TPG holdered coins. The latest generation of PCGS and NGC edge view holders are very challenging due to new holder designs with multi angled plastic edges that will reflect light at unexpected angles. So lets start with Lighting. Lighting selection is a critical parameter as each lighting source option generates its own color bias during photography along with emphasizing or hiding defects on a coins surface. I believe that natural sunlight is the best lighting source for generating images that most closely capture a coins natural colors. Have you tried viewing coins under halogen, incandescent, flourescent and natural lighting Each lighting source produces different results. Therefore it is critical to decide early on which lighting source best fits your publishing needs. At GFRC, I believe in selling coins with beautiful original toning so natural lighting is selected. Next is the Camera. Camera technology continues to evolve with super Mega Pixel options. I dont pay much attention to the latest developments as I use an old camera dating back to a 2002 release the Nikon CoolPix 995 with bayonent mount. This is a large solid camera that is easily mounted on a stereo microscope with adapter that slides over one of the lens pieces. A quotphotodomequot is also available that mounts on the camera and provides a simple but elegant solution for quotsetting upquot the photography bench where ever bright sunlight is available. The quotphotodomequot solves many problems including the proper focal length between coin and camera, eliminating lighting source shadowing and providing portability. Much more expensive photography benchs are common with multiple lightning sources and a stand mounted camera. These benchs are not portable (they remind me of the old time audiophile component racks) and have their limitations though producing incredible images. PCGS TruView is an example of a sophisticated bench mounted system with special lighting sources. Camera Operation: To capture the best possible images in terms of natural contrast and colors, my rule of thumb is F-Stop gt 7.0 and Shutter Speed at 1500 sec. Todays blog will not go into F-stop or shutter speed explanations. you can Google those topics at your convenience. The best possible image contrast is captured at the highest F-Stop possible in conjunction with the fastest shutter speed. Too much light exposure eliminates (washes out) the delicate details of a high quality coin. Image Processing: Everyone has their favorite image processing software so use the one you are most comfortable with. But always work with TIFF formated files when processing images. The JPEG format is ideal for publishing due to its compressed format and small file size but is lousy format for image processing but has considerble loss of delicate image details due to compression at each image processing step. You must use TIFF regardless of large file sizes during image processing. So take that fresh camera image and immediately save as a TIFF and when done, save as a JPEG. Image processing has the following steps 1) save as a TIFF, 2) rotational aligment, 3) RGB color compensation for lighting and camera bias, 4) contrast and brightness tuning to exactly match the coin in hand, 5) cropping in the white background, 6) resizing to standard website presentation size and 7) saving from TIFF to JPEG format. Within these seven steps, there are lots of subtle tricks that I have acquired over the years. experiment and decide what produces the best results for your needs. Global Financial News We start off 2017 with a strenghtening US dollar while gold is holding on to recent gains at 1147oz. Crude oil starts the year at 55bbl and lets see if production cut agreements will stick between OPEC and non-OPEC producers. The dollar index kicked off the new year by making its biggest one day gain in over two weeks, rising 0.4 to 102.63. Most analysts expect the greenback to continue strengthening in 2017, because the economy appears likely to withstand multiple Fed rate hikes, making it more attractive to hold dollar-denominated assets. Despite pressure from a strong dollar, gold also extended its positive run into the new year following an 8 gain in 2016. It will inevitably be another big year for crude watchers as the truth over whether oil producing countries will cap output is made clear. Jan. 1 marked the official start of the deal agreed by OPEC and non-OPEC member countries in November last year to reduce production by almost 1.8M barrels per day. In the session today, crude is pushing higher: WTI 2.4 to 55bbl. The British manufacturing sector appears to be doing just fine regardless of the Brexit vote. The Brexit bashing continues after British manufacturing growth soared to a two-and-a-half-year high last month, fueled by new orders from both home and abroad. Markits U. K. Manufacturing PMI rose to 56.1, from 53.6 in November, faring much better than many economists predicted in the aftermath of the vote to leave the EU. The FTSE 100 hit a new record high on the news, rising 0.5 to 7173.50. And finally, Finland is experimenting with a radical idea. As long as you are an adult and alive, you get paid. This is an example of what economist call quothelicopter moneyquot ie. free money from the sky to boost economic activity. Finland has started a radical experiment: Its giving 2,000 citizens a quotuniversal basic incomequot of euro560 a month, with funds that keep flowing whether participants work or not. The program is hoped to cut government red tape, reduce poverty and boost employment, and could be expanded to include all adult Finns if successful. Featured Coins of the Day Im rather partial to Liberty Seated dimes and Top 100 Varieties for some reason. Here are a few candidates to dress up an existing set or to start a new Top 100 Varieties set. So concludes another edition of the Daily Blog. Time for shower and queuing at the Venice Island post office for opening time and then a drive up to NGC. I will be back tomorrow morning with a short Blog followed by the drive to Ft. Lauderdale. Have a great day and please do stop by tables 18251827 to say hello if at the FUN show this week. Welcome to the Daily Blog on Winter FUN show week. This years bourse floor is massive and will provide collectors with outstanding access to all types of numismatic products. Once again, here is the bourse floor map and the location of Gerry Fortin Rare Coins - W. David Perkins Numismatist. We invite you to visit booths 18251827 first for a look at quality Bust, Liberty Seated, United States Gold and also a strong array of World coin offerings. Gerry Fortin Rare Coins - W. David Perkins Numismatist - Tables 18251827 - Winter FUN Overnight, Bill Bugert sent out a preview article of an alarming 1872-S Liberty Seated half dollar counterfeit that resides in recently graded PCGS AU55 holder. There are reports that several more were seen being offered on eBay. This counterfeit will be available for viewing at the LSCC regional meeting on Friday 9:00am and at the LSCC club table. Just click here to download and read the article. GFRC Consignment News Venice weather was partly cloudy on Sunday but I did manage to photograph the new Osprey and Highwoods Collection consignments. Below is the latest Osprey Collection consignment with some important United States 2.5 quarter eagles. Most Blog readers probably dont realize the 1880 date has a tiny mintage of 2,960 and is far from a bullion piece. The 1853 quarter eagle is graded PCGS MS64 CAC and has incredible old time luster. Finally, the 1860 Indian Cent is a JUST BUY IT NOW recommendation with Eagle Eye approval and certificate. Osprey Collection Consignment - January 2, 2017 GFRC Open Registry Community Project The first week Open Registry participation rate is well beyond my expectations as quality sets are being listed. The number of sets is already at 150 without Liberty Seated Halves being active. In particular, I am most impressed with The Iowa Collection of Liberty Seated Quarters. Loading Open Registry Images Matt has remove error checking on the image upload portion of the input template so that collectors can try loading images from their favorite hosting sites. Please give it a try and report back with potential issues. Just remember that the proper URL systnax does not contain any quot(quot or quot)quot. The URL should begin with http: or https: and end with a number or letter no control characters please as part of the image URL link. Ive received several emails from individuals concerning coin photography. This topic requires a long instructional discussion and believe that one was written in a Blog during 2016. Will look for the Blog edition after the FUN show and republish then. Featured Coins of the Day Todays Featured Coins focus shifts to small denomination United States gold. Following are quality gold 1 pieces seeking a new collector home. GFRC will have over 1.5 cases of quality United States gold at the FUN show that includes double stacking given the limited number of cases available vs. the size of GFRC inventory. Do please consider a GFRC purchase today to get the numismatic year rolling GFRC office is open all day as FUN show preparation are underway. Thank you for visiting the Daily Blog this morning. Have a great Monday holiday. Greeting from Venice and Happy New Year as 2017 has arrived Thank-you for starting off the new year with a visit to the Daily Blog. Did I stay up until midnight to watch the Times Square ball drop After a busy week in Orlando and fighting a nasty head cold, bedtime arrived at 9:00 pm and I missed the event. Feeling rested and being ready to tackle another busy numismatic day was a much higher priority. 2017 is off to a great start as an order arrived at 11:30pm December 2016 for the gorgeous Upstate New York 1853 AampR NGC MS61 quarter. Im quite superstitious after years of working in China and believe these is something to the Chinese Lunar calendar, associated horoscopes and good fortune. Opening emails this morning and seeing an initial four figure order to start 2017 is an excellent omen for the upcoming year. There are certain things that run like clockwork in the world. One of those is the publication of the LSCCs E-Gobrecht by editor Bill Bugert. The January 2017 edition arrived to my Inbox last evening at 7:30pm and is another great issue. This is the 13th year that the E-Gobrecht is published, providing timely Liberty Seated Collector Club news, monthly columns and featured articles. In this issue, the featured articles include the announcement of the GFRC Open Registry Community Project along with A Tour of the San Francisco Mint 1856 Part 3 by Jim Laughlin. LSCC FUN Show Regional Meeting and Gerry Fortins Developing a Passion for Liberty Seated Dimes Presentation January 6 will be a busy day at the Winter FUN show in Ft. Lauderdale. The LSCC regional meeting takes place at 9:00am with the following agenda - Attendees Group Photo - 9:00am (so be on time) - Attendee Brief Introductions (name, rank and serial number. ) - Club News including discussion of the LSCC at 2017 ANA Summer Seminar - Gerry Fortin - Discovery of Deceptive 1872-S Liberty Seated Half Dollar Counterfeit - John Frost - Featured Educational Presentation: Liberty Seated Dollars - Stephen Petty At 11:00pm, I will be breaking away from the GFRC table at 18251827 and will provide a one hour crash course on Liberty Seated dimes. This presentation will cover design types, grading, how to develop set collecting objectives followed by a deep dive into key vs. commond dates and major varieties. There will be a substantial amount of material to cover in hours time so this presentation is geared for individuals with basic to advanced numismatic vocabulary and skills. GFRC Open Registry Community Project Update It appears that the GFRC Open Registry is just starting to gain momentum as the set total sits at 145 this morning without inputs for Liberty Seated half dollars. Here is what we can expect during the month of January. - Bill Bugert is finalizing his changes to the Liberty Seated half dollar sets. - Further Seated Dollar set inputs are pending Matt availability to change the weights to Sheldon scale as devised by Stephen Petty. - United States Gold will be the next focus area for incremental sets. Osprey has agreed to begin the definition of gold type sets. Please remember that coins purchased from GFRC will automatically have their images loaded into the Open Registry once the TPG serial number is entered. For raw coins, I will provide the links on a request basis. GFRC Consignment Update Osprey visited the GFRC office yesterday to drop off yet another consignment consisting of United States 2.5 quarter eagles and a gorgeous gem 1860 Indian Cent graded PCGS MS64 with CAC and Eagle Eye approval beans. Also, a shipment from the Highwoods Collection arrived. Following are the details. These will be photographed today and hopefully posted as a Client Gallery on Tuesday morning. Two additional consignments are waiting for me at the Venice PO and Tuesday pickup. Indian 1c: 1860 PCGS MS64 CAC, Eagle Eye approval and absolutely stunning example for the most selective collector Gold 2.5: 1843-O Large Date PCGS AU50 1853 PCGS MS64 CAC a wonderful gem with stunning luster 1854-O NGC MS61 1856-S NGC AU58 1861 PCGS MS64 pretty satiny luster 1874 NGC AU58 1880 NGC AU55 Draped 25c: 1806 VG10 gem for the grade with perfectly original color. should be an instant CAC is accurately graded at TPG Gold 2.5: 1853 NGC MS62 choice with nice satiny luster 1856 NGC AU58 1878 PCGS AU55 better date Gold 5: 1878 NGC AU58 Featured Coins of the Day GFRC has come a long way in building up Liberty Seated half dollar inventory and is now the leading dealer in the industry for this design and denomination. Following is a sample of the broadening inventory 1839 No Drapery and With Drapery Seated halves. These two designs are always in demand by both type and date and mintmark set collectors. Offers are welcomed on any of the following six pieces if not sold at the upcoming FUN show. So ends the Daily Blog for the first day of 2017. Once again, Happy New Year to all GFRC consignors, customers and special friends. Our numismatic community continues to grow and I believe 2017 will be an exciting year for the hobby and gold bullion prices. I will be back tomorrow with more ramblings. Have a great holiday weekend. New Years eve arrives as 2016 comes to a close. A special day and still time to write another Daily Blog edition. Wishing all GFRC customers, consignors, special friends and Daily Blog readers a safe and fun New Years celeberation. For the Fortin family, there are no celebration plans this evening. Weve had a busy week with the Yamatins along with our daughter Renee, and her fiancee Mike, vacationing at Disney World in Orlando and returning to Venice today. It has been a wonderful Fortin family reunion vacation during the past week. Now the FUN show arrives in a few days with a host of orders shipping on Tuesday. GFRC 2016 Reflections 2016 was an incredible year for the GFRC business start-up. Yes, GFRC is still in a start-up mode as numismatic customer service and community building ideas turn to reality. Please indulge me for a few moments as the major accomplishments of the past 365 days are shared. - Osprey joins the GFRC community as a key consignor of United States gold while gold bullion prices awaken and run up above 1300 briefly - Matt Yamatin joins GFRC as IT Director - The COIN system is initially designed, on paper, in late January and launched in May timeframe along with GFRC Quality Ratings. - John Frost, Len Augsburger and Gerry Fortin, are LSCC instructors at the ANA Summer Seminar - Gerry announced the sale of his Top 100 Liberty Seated Dime Varieties Collection - Summer is spent converting GFRC consignors to COIN account reports and automated website price list conversions - Osprey provides a major World Coin consignment with GFRC developing advertising campaign for COIN World - GFRC spreads its wings and attends Summer FUN and CONA shows with positive results - GFRC makes late summer decision to rebuild the Open Registry as next strategic community project - GFRC returns to Shanghai in November with record results at the Yunzhou Antique Mall show Matt adds Google Translator Widget to Daily Blog - The GFRC Open Registry Community Project is launch immediately after Christmas with strong community support - 2016 Year End Statistics - Close to 1650 coins sold with nearly 1000 being consigned - GFRC active Consignor lists grows to over 75 individuals - GFRC pays out 1,350 ,000 in consignor proceeds since start-up in late 2013 GFRC Open Registry Community Project Update While the Yamatins were traveling to Japan, I spent the better part of Friday updating my Liberty Seated Dime wVarieties set on the Open Registry to showcase his accomplishment. Images and descriptions were ported from PCGS Set Registry. The set is about 50 completed in terms of number of coins having images and descriptions. Some comments are in order - Matts display layout is superior to that of PCGS. The Owner Comment box will auto size based on device screen size. I love the quotcentered coin imagequot presentation approach on laptop screen. - Downloading a large set with images and descriptions takes time. The database extraction must find all the image links and comments. So patience will be required for individuals with slow internet access. - There is an issue with adding images from web image hosting services at the moment. I have an email into Matt to discuss the proper syntax for image URLs. Thank you to the GFRC Community for an incredible 2016 After spending much of my life working for semiconductor corporations, the chance to launch and grow GFRC is a once in a lifetime blessing. GFRCs success would not be possible without the many dedicated customers and consignors who support this business. Then there is W. David Perkins as my major show table partner and overall great guy in the numismatic industry. Im extremely blessed to have Matt Yamatins creativity and intense software development support. Ideas are simply ideas without a strong development platform. To everyone who has consigned to and purchased coins from GFRC, my sincere thank-you and wishes for great numismatic fortune during 2017 Welcome to the Daily Blog on the last Friday during 2016. Another year quickly soars by. The verb quotsoarsquot is purposely used as GFRC had an incredible year during 2016. More on this topic in subsequent Blogs. Matt, Chikae and Natsumi are once again traveling with Tokyo as todays destination. Dad was up at 3:00 am to provide transport to the airport and return just in time to write another Blog edition. It was wonderful having the Yamatins living with us for two weeks and spending quality time with Natsumi. They will be returning to our Maine home during the coming July and August timeframe. Before leaving Matt gave the GFRC community a New Years present. Leia. GFRC Open Registry Community Project Update Set posting at the GRFC Open Registry continues with 128 sets and 19 collectors to date. Within another 30-60 days, I expect the set total to easily reach the 200 count milestone as our community expansion continues. Automatic GFRC Image Posting The important news of the day is automatic image posting for coins purchased from GFRC Yes, Matt was able to add code to the Open Registry whereby entered TPG certificate numbers will trigger a search of the COIN database and upload images if available. If youve purchased coins from GFRC since June 2016, then the image file names are the TPG certificate number and will automatically upload. How is that for service Please remember to enter only the serial number for PCGS coins and not the entire holder number. For NGC numbers, please do not include the (-) before the last three numbers. For coins purchased prior to June 2016, I will provide file names and links on a request basis. Liberty Seated Halves Review I spoke with Bill Bugert yesterday. He has completed the rarity rating review and suggested that the WB numbers be added to the half dollar sets to further simplify variety attribution and entry. We will be working on this improvement over the next few days pending Matts availability to update the system. In the meantime, Liberty Seated Halves set posting will remain on hold. GFRC Consignment News Pricing for the latest Osprey Collection consignment has been finalized. These offerings will be loaded to the price list this morning. Global Financial News Spot gold continues to move forward and is quoted at 1160 this morning. The next two days will bring a host of 2016 reviews and highlight reports. Seeking Alpha published their 2016 review this morning since New Year falls on a weekend. Politics, economics and markets were all turned on their head in 2016, and investors are looking ahead to 2017 following a turbulent year. Highlights: The Panama Papers, Volkswagen Dieselgate settlement, Greek debt relief, Megabrew (Budweiser and SAB Miller merger), the EUs tax crackdown, sale of Yahoo, nuclear test and impeachment in Korea, Pokemon Go, Twitter takeover rumors, Brexit and sterlings plunge, the Italian referendum, panic at Germanys Deutsche Bank and Italys Monte dei Paschi bank, OPECs output deal, and following Donald Trumps election - a Fed rate hike, the dollars surge and soaring treasury yields. The Dow, SampP and Nasdaq also partied like it was 1999 - the three markets all closed at historic highs for the first time in 17 years. Featured Coins of the Day Todays featured coins are from the Seated and Traded Dollar price list. Collecting large denomination early type United States coinage is quite challenging as much of the surviving population has been cleaned. In recent years, third party grading services have also become more lenient on certification standards so caution is advised. So ends another edition of the Daily Blog with regular posting time. Thank you for checking in. Of course, there will be more numismatic ramblings posted tomorrow so do please check back. Have a great day Greetings once again as 2016 comes to an end. Thank you for being a loyal Daily Blog reader. My apology for the late Daily Blog postings during the past two days. The head cold is somewhat better but still quite a nuisance with liquids and sleep being the imperatives. One reader joking commented via email that, quot Get that cold straightened out. you throw my whole morning routine off when the blog is late ) quot GFRC Consignment News Pleez B Seated Part 3 Collection Im pleased to report that recommended pricing for the last of the Pleez B Seated halves has been approved. These will be loaded to the price list after the Daily Blog is completed. We can expect the better dates to sell quickly. Another outstanding offering from the Osprey Collection is displayed next. As usual, the United States gold should garner considerable attention along with choice silver pieces. My favorites in the lot included the 1845-O PCGS AU50 Seated half, assigned a gem quality rating, along with the 1838 Classic Head 5 NGC AU58 CAC piece and the 1854 Large Date 20 double eagle graded PCGS AU53. Most of the United States gold is freshly graded and sourced from Europe in the November timeframe. I hope the following Osprey Client Galley is enjoyed this morning. First Right of Refusal (FRoR) should be used to reserve potential acquisitions. This lot should be posted to the price list later tomorrow. Osprey Collection Consignment - December 29, 2016 Emails are arriving from several GFRC clients proposing consignments after the FUN show. Collection pruning towards raising capital for more long term and strategic collecting goals is the common theme. Im honored to be trusted by a growing number of collectors in the GFRC community. Incremental consignments will continue to be announced in the Daily Blog. Global Financial News Spot gold is catching a tailwind and is quoted at 1147 this morning. Crude oil is holding recent gains at 54bbl. The financial media is creating considerable drama concerning the Dow 20,000 milestone. To everyones disappointment the Dow lost ground yesterday the media has another day to speculate. The Santa rally has run out of steam. U. S. stocks declined on Wednesday in the second biggest loss since the election. The Dow opened just a short hop away from 20,000 but then lost 111 points, falling to 19,833, while the SampP 500 fell 18 to 2,249. Ripples from Wall Street have spread overseas overnight and U. S. futures are not looking too bright in the penultimate trading session of the year. International politics and finance may be a bit exciting as 2017 arrives. Obama is using the last days of his administration to cement an agenda while Trump appears to be shaking up established international policies. None will be more important than the relationship with China. China is quietly struggling with a slowing economy and Trumps promises to reduce a trade defict by moving manufacturing back to the United States will only add pressure onto Xi Jinping. Taiwan appears to be the pressure point. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will pass through the United States when she visits Latin America next month, angering China which urged authorities to block any such stopover by stating quotwe hope the U. S. can abide by the one China policy. quot The transit details are being closely watched as Taiwan media has speculated Tsai will seek to meet President-elect Donald Trumps transition team ahead of his Jan. 20 inauguration. Featured Coins of the Day One of the GFRC 2017 resolutions is to continue expanding Capped Bust coinage offerings. At this point, GFRC is well known for its broad Liberty Seated inventory and consignments for those denomination are pouring in. The Open Registry, with its in depth variety sets, is a first step towards offering Capped Bust collectors a fun collecting community platform. Following are some of my favorite smaller denomination Capped Bust pieces in inventory. So ends another Daily Blog edition. Thanks for stopping by and checking out these numismatic ramblings. My head cold appears to be waning and hopefully Fridays Blog will be a bit more timely. Have a great day. Welcome to the Daily Blog on a Wednesday morning. 2016 is quickly coming to a close with the New Year arriving on Sunday. Todays Blog is a bit behind schedule due to a nasty head cold and the need for additional sleep and early morning rest. GFRC Open Registry Community Project Launch Update Set building at the GFRC Open Registry continues at a torrid pace with 118 sets online when writing todays Blog. As a reference, the old manual Open Registry reached 195 sets before becoming unsupportable. Favorable comments continue to arrive by email. Following are a few excerpts. The new GFRC Open Registry is simply amazing. Finally had the opportunity to start some sets. Matt and you both are to be congratulated. The only part that is still a bit of a mystery is how to include images. Is the registry open for images yet Adding images to the GFRC Open Registry is as simple as copying and pasting the image URL from an image hosting service. Unfortunately, GFRC has no plans to host Open Registry images unless the coins are purchased from GFRC. When coins are purchased from GFRC, the price list images remain in the COIN database and can be linked in the Open Registry. Hi Gerry, I think that what you and Matt have done on this is so innovative. Im so amazed with how easy you guys have made it to enter coins and how they cross each other to different sets, Its truly a ground breaking idea. I have entered my dimes but I did the Wrong entry on the name of my sets, I added THE and COLLECTION to it and now it says The The Tony Alberts Collection Collection. In this particular case, Matt will perform a search and replace in the database to remove the extra THE and COLLECTION from each Open Registry entry. Liberty Seated Halves and Dollars in GFRC Open Registry Users will note that Liberty Seated Half dollar sets remain unavailable. This is intentional as we hope the numismatic expert can find time to review the rarity ratings and make appropriate adjustments. If not, we will go live with Liberty Seated Half dollar sets this weekend. For Liberty Seated Dollars, Ive corresponded with Stephen Petty towards replacing the current 1-10 rarity weight method with the Sheldon scale. Stephen has provided his inputs and Matt will be making the conversion hopefully before leaving for Japan this Friday. GFRC Consignment Update More consignments are being committed and should start arriving tomorrow and Friday. This is the pre FUN show rush as collectors wish to have their coins placed for sale at this major numismatic event. On Monday, the Highwoods Collection consignor offered a small denomination United States gold consignment. Following are the contents. Gold 2.5: 1853 NGC MS62 blazing orange patina 1856 NGC AU58 choice orange gold 1878 PCGS AU55 Pleez B. Seated Part 3 Update Ive not heard back from the consignor on recommended pricing proposal. He is probably travel as a holiday week. Already five pieces are on FRoR. Featured Coins of the Day Lets close out the Blog with the West Texas early half dimes on this Wednesday morning. If these remain unsold by FUN, then they are heading back to the consignor and probably going to eBay. Any offers are most welcomed at this point in time as GFRC would love to sell a few towards compensation for the listing and marketing efforts. Thank you for visiting the Daily Blog during the Christmas through New Year holiday week. Yes, the Venice GFRC remains open for your end of year coin purchases. Have a great day Greetings on a holiday week Tuesday morning and thank you for stopping by the Daily Blog. The major news of the day is the launch of the revised Open Registry module, so lets jump right into that commentary. GFRC Open Registry Community Project Launch Update Monday was a hectic but rewarding day as a result of the GFRC Open Registry Community launch. Attempts to diagnose the Microsoft ExplorerEdge login issue resulted in experimentation with my laptop and clearing out cache and historical passwords, then a reboot. So far, the Open Registry is working fine on my system at the cost of losing all auto save passwords (a real pain). But overall, we were pleased with the limited number of phone calls or emails asking for technical support. Matt has an important presentation to prepare for a Decoding Sustainability client and has minimal time to support GFRC issues during the next few days. Following are some learnings from yesterday. 1. GFRC will not be moving existing sets from the old Open Registry to the new system. Collectors must re-enter their sets and given the intuitive nature of the new system, this should be straightforward. 2. Please be careful when establishing sets. If a set is established, then the multiple listing function for coin entries will place coins in those sets. 3. When selecting a name for Open Registry account, please do not use quotThe XXXX Collectionquot. Rather simply select a name and the software will bracket your name with quotThe, Collectonquot automatically when displaying sets. First Day Statistics Im pleased to report that within 24 hours of launch, there are 13 participating collectors and 78 sets are loaded. I found time to load my Liberty Seated dime datemintmark set but still have much to add as many others collectors. Who knows, we may be over 100 sets by the end of today A GFRC consignor and new Open Registry participant sent along the following email to express his thanks for the Open Registry Community Project release Great job to you and Matt for making the new GFRC Open Registry a reality I have been anticipating the new Registry since first being mentioned in October and it did not disappoint. As a Seated Quarter collector, I believe the biggest problems with other Registry sites have been the ability to add coins of all certifications (including raw coins) and the lack of weighting given to rare dates. The GFRC Open Registry addresses these issues along with a CAC bonus. I have navigated through the new web pages and entered coins from my collection with ease. The site is user friendly and works well on my Chrome browser. I look forward to more added features that will link the For Sale List to the new Registry and recognize the time and effort needed to make all of this happen. Keep up the great work in making GFRC a huge asset to the Numismatic hobby Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Woodbridge Consigner GFRC Consignment News If launching the new Open Registry was not enough excitement for one day, the Pleez B. Seated Part 3 collection was priced and all images processed. Following are the contents of the entire Part 3 consignment. Once offer prices are confirmed, the consignment will be loaded to the price lists. Please note the 1866-S No Motto, 1873-CC No Arrows and low mintage date Philadelphia halves in the Client Gallery. Pleez B. Seated Halves - Part 3 Collection - December 27, 2016 Consignments Wanted: Early Silver Commemoratives in MS64 and MS65 Grades for China Market During 2017, GFRC will continue to place emphasis on expanding China sales for quality United States coins. The primary demand area is currently Early Silver Commemoratives. If any GFRC customers have an early silver commemorative set that might be a divestment target, then please contact me as Harry and I have demand for these. CAC approval is preferred but choice original surfaces are important. Global Financial News As 2017 approaches, the Chinese economy is garnering attention for potential slow down. Chinas foreigns reserves have dropped by 25, a staggering 1 Trillion in the past 18 months, with external capital flight being the primary issue. There are those inside China that worry about a hard economic landing and are moving their fortunes overseas. In this mornings Seeking Alpha headlines, President Xi Jinping sends a signal that the 6.5 economic growth target is not sacred a powerful statement from the Chinese leader. Global equities and U. S. futures are largely unchanged as some of the worlds major financial markets reopened following a long holiday weekend. Although trading is expected to be thin this week, some are saying that concerns about Italian banks, Chinese growth and an overplayed Trump rally may keep investors on edge into the start of 2017. Is a so-called Santa Claus rally still in the cards President Xi Jinping isnt wedded to Chinas 6.5 economic growth objective due to concerns about rising debt and an uncertain global environment after Donald Trumps election win in the U. S. Bloomberg reports. Xi told a meeting of the Communist Party8217s financial and economic leading group that China doesnt need to meet the objective if doing so creates too much risk. Then there is Japan with its economy in a perpetual state of malaise. Japans consumer prices fell for the ninth straight month in November, slipping 0.4 from a year earlier, as the nation struggles to shake off deflation that has plagued its economy. The news comes after Governor Haruhiko Kuroda defended the BOJs yield curve control and shrugged off criticism that his 2 inflation target was too ambitious. Featured Coins of the Day A reminder that the Venice GFRC office remains open through the balance of the week. Purchases would be appreciated as a portion of consignor commissions are allocated to website development projects. There are numerous great coins in GFRC inventory to augment your Open Registry sets Following are some early date Liberty Seated dimes to consider. As always, thank you for checking in at the Daily Blog and for your GFRC numismatic purchases. We are indeed building a strong community and I am quite proud of this fact. Have a great holiday week Welcome to the Daily Blog on the day after Christmas. To be honest, Christmas in Florida for this Maine family was quite an adjustment. We missed the cold weather, the snow and large family get togethers. Christmas Eve activity was a day trip to the Myakka River Park in Sarasota so that Natsumi could enjoy the boat ride and see the numerous alligators. The second generation GRC Open Registry is now live but only works reliably using Google Chrome as a browser. We have a bug with Microsoft ExplorerEdge that occasionally blocks the Login In operation. Secondly, we will be operating the old Open Registry at current link and the new GFRC Open Registry with separate link. The idea is to allow collectors to access their old Open Registry data while porting to the new system. Read on for more details. Blog readers are invited to visit and explore this collector community module for competitive set publicity. The new Open Registry offers major enhancements with respect to the old style manual Open Registry. A primary goal was the direct collector management of their sets and removing me as a bottleneck in the Open Registry process. Weve simplified the coin entry process and used overlapping coin entries between sets where possible. Matt developed a system that is intuitive while providing considerable functionality and ease of use for average through advanced collectors. The key goals include - An inclusive registry for collectors to showcase both their certified and uncertified coins. - Increase collector awareness, particularly for Capped Bust and Seated coinage - Create friendly competition among GFRC community in a fun manner without annual awards or expensive luncheons. - Free collectors working on top registry collections to pursue the best possible coin rather than being limited to a single third-party holder or forced to cross, which can be a poor financial decisions with CACed coins. - Add a scoring premium for for CAC approved coins which recognizes the market pricing premium. Following is a brief tutorial for getting started. Collectors must create a GFRC account with email and password. You will receive a confirmation email for account setup and please save the confirmation email to access the password in the future. There is no automated software to re-issue new password if forgotten. To get started, click on the new GFRC Login link located on the website banner and input your email and password. This will be the access point for the GFRC Open Registry. Once your account is establisbed, the following screen appears. Please note the new header bar for links to GRC website functions. On the right (in black outline), is starting point for establishing an Open Registry set. On the left is the menu for accessing existing sets for editting. On the below screen capture is an example of the access box for Liberty Seated dime sets. An entry into any one of these sets will population all sets. On the following screen capture is the individual set entry screen. Matt has done an excellent job with an intuitive feel during data entry. He defined all applicable sets for each coin entry followed by adding grade, TPG type from selection menu or uncertified, TPG serial number and CAC approval level. Collectors can also add image link and commentary for each coin. I would like to sincerely thank Matt for the vaste amount of development work necessary to build the revised GFRC Open Registry. Also, please understand that there is a Login bug with Microsoft ExplorerEdge that we must deal with until eventually resolved. We have not tested GFRC Open Registry on FireFox browser either. The old Open Registry will disappear by end of March 2017 allowing collectors three months to port their sets to the new GFRC Open Registry. Please remember that the GFRC Open Registry is a free numismatic community project for expanding the hobby with development funding via your GFRC purchases. No other coin dealer invests in these types of module to expand the coin hobby. The existing PCGS and NGC Set Registries are now exclusive to their own products in order to drive more revenueprofit to support these type of functions. GFRC Consignment News The Pleez B. Seated Part 3 offerings will be priced today and hopefully all images will be processed for a Client Gallery feature in the next 48 hours. Featured Coins of the Day The Venice GFRC office remains open through the balance of the week with a vaste amount of quality inventory. On Christmas Eve, the Port Matilda consignor issued price reductions for many of his offerings. With the new price reductions, the following pieces are a bargain and GFRC customers might pay close attention this morning. Sometimes, there is a Santa Claus in numismatics Thank you for returning to the Daily Blog on December 26. The Blog will be available through the balance of the week as preparations are underway for the FUN show in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida next week. Have a great day Welcome to the Daily Blog on Christmas Eve 2016 as another year passes by so quickly Wishing all Blog readers a Merry Christmas and hope family reunions and parties are a joyful event. In celebration of Christmas Day, there will be no Blog tomorrow rather sleeping in a bit and relaxing with family. GFRC Consignment News As promised yesterday, following are highlights from the Pleez B. Seated Collection Part 3. There is a nice ecletic mix of dates in the Part 3 offering. Below are those pieces that caught my eye for combination of overall quality andor date rarity. The balance of the Pleez B Seated collection will be featured in the December 26 Daily Blog and then loaded onto the price lists. Pleez B. Seated Halves - Part 3 Highlights - December 24, 2016 More consignments continue to be committed by email with several arriving just in time for the FUN show. Most significant is the Woodlands Collection consignor who plans to send the following lot this coming week. Please note that every piece is CAC approved and in mint state grade except for the 1846 EF45 date. Im so pleased to have an influx of quality Liberty Seated dimes. Seated 10C: 1838 10c Lg stars PCGS MS65 CAC 1846 10c PCGS XF45 CAC so choice and purchased from GFRC 1872 10c PCGS MS65 CAC 1878 10c PCGS MS66 CAC 1887 10c PCGS MS65 CAC another choice piece from GFRC that has been upgraded Consignments Wanted: Early Silver Commemoratives in MS64 and MS65 Grades for China Market During 2017, GFRC will continue to place emphasis on expanding China sales for quality United States coins. The primary demand area is currently Early Silver Commemoratives. If any GFRC customers have an early silver commemorative set that might be a divestment target, then please contact me as Harry and I have demand for these. CAC approval is preferred but choice original surfaces are important. So Ends the Daily Blog for Today See you on December 26. Welcome to the Daily Blog on a Friday morning with Christmas Eve arriving tomorrow. Hurray for the USPS office lines being gone now that the Christmas shipment window is closed. GFRC can once again perform a quick shipment drop off as part of a busy day. The new Osprey consignment was photographed on Thursday and grand daughter Natsumi took a particular interest in helping her grandpa with the project. She helped carry a few slabbed coins (with two hands) during the multiple sessions and performed a careful image quality review while sitting on my lap. Im pleased to report that the Osprey coins were nicely photographed and now sit in the image processing queue. GFRC Open Registry Update Matt has been literally working non stop on Open Registry development along with training for the Great Wall Marathon given the ideal Venice running weather. I asked Matt to share a summary of his development efforts. He writes. The idea to transition Gerry8217s Open Registry concept from a sheer brute force initiative to a modern and automated approach is synonymous with many of the GFRC improvements I attempt to tackle. As you have all heard before, Gerry is the marketer, photographer, shipper, customer service rep, website manager, accountant, etc. for GFRC. While I believe he takes pride in the ability to cover all these areas, it can stretch him a bit at times. Additionally, the all-hands on deck mentality can result in business approaches that work but are far from optimized. Much like the automation trend that is and will continue to occur around the world, my priority is to allow my father do more in less time. Rebuilding the GFRC inventory database to allow for automatic website generation (COIN system) was the first step. While smaller improvements have been made, the Open Registry marks the next big step. The Open Registry concept was started nearly a decade ago and concisely summarizes two characteristics of my father 8211 brute force determination and competition. Alas, the Open Registry was ultimately a victim of those same characteristics, which drove GFRC8217s success but placed the Registry in a dormant state to the disappointment of many, none greater than my fathers. That is all about to change as I can confidently say that the Open Registry will return shortly in its rebuilt format. Staying true to the original version, any collector will be able to submit both certified and raw coins directly into any one of the currently 43 different available sets using an online form. Where input coins overlap identically with multiple sets, they will automatically add to each applicable set (this functionality required a code rewrite and was the cause of the launch delay). Upon submitting a coin, your collection metrics will automatically update on the public index 8211 let the keeping up with the Jones begin. Full details will become available upon launch. GFRC Consignment Update Saw Mill Run Collection Over 40 of the consignment is now sold or on hold. Thank you to everyone who had a Hell Yes moment and added one of these outstanding pieces to their collections. Upstate New York Collection The latest Upstate New York offerings are fully loaded and described. Let the sales process begin. Already a kind soul has decided to give the 1861 Seated half, entombed in PCI holder, a new loving home. Pleez B Seated Part 3 These lovely Seated halves will see their images processed today and I may have some to share in Saturday mornings Blog. New offerings are photographed. These lovely offerings reached the price list during evening hours and already the 1862 Seated half is on hold. Great coins dont last long at GFRC. Please pay attention to the 1873-S Traded dollar graded PCGS AU58 CAC. If in the market for an absolutely stunning Trade dollar, then this is the piece for you. Wisconsin Collection Consignment - December 23, 2016 Global Financial News Global currency markets are on hold as the holiday season arrives. Everyone is expecting a strenghtening US Dollar during 2017 based on the Federal Reserves forecast for more interest rate increases. A strenghtening US Dollar will continue to place press on gold prices. Its hard to find a pulse in the currency market today as dealers pack up for the holidays, though the mood remains bullish for more dollar gains in the New Year. quotYields spreads should attract more capital into the USD, quot said Ray Attrill, global co-head of forex at NAB. The dollar index is marginally higher at 103.05 and within striking distance of the weeks 103.65 peak. Brexit vote has not impacted the U. K. economy as growth remains sustained at a 2.3 annual level. The U. K. economy grew faster than previously thought in the three months following Junes vote to leave the EU, according to fresh estimates that suggest there was no significant post-referendum slowdown. GDP growth rose 0.6 compared with initial estimates of 0.5. On an annualized basis, the figure was revised to 2.3, up from 2 previously. Saubi Arabia continues to adapt to lower oil prices and reforming its economy. I would sure love to see sub 3 gasoline prices through the end of the decade. Saudi Arabia will gradually link domestic energy prices to international benchmarks over the next few years as the kingdom seeks to deepen economic reform and balance its budget by the end of the decade. Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said poorer Saudis hit hard by the end to subsidies on utilities and fuel would be compensated with monthly cash deposits. Featured Coins of the Day Id like to remind Blog readers that the Saw Mill Run consignor previously consigned an important lot of Liberty Seated quarters and several of those offerings remain available. Yes, collecting Liberty Seated quarters is not for the faint of heart as this denomination heavily circulated throughout the United States. Locating choice original examples of certain dates could take a decade or more. Following are some Saw Mill Run offerings to consider. Thank you making a stop at the Daily Blog a regular part of your busy day. At GFRC, every day is special and Im so pleased to be sharing quality coins and personal insights with the numismatic community. Yes, I will be back, live from Venice Florida, on Christmas Eve with another edition of the Blog. Have a great day Greetings on a Thursday morning before Christmas weekend. Occassionally, a morning arrives where these is absolutely no content ideas for the Daily Blog. This is one of those mornings. I had originally planned to conduct a review of the individual online new media outlets and showcase the far ranging opinions coupled with the extensive filler content or quotnoisequot. Instead, I spent the evening on a much more worthwhile endeavour playing with Natsumi with color crayons and teaching geometric shapes. The experience was priceless and you, my dear Blog readers, have no content as a result. GFRC Open Registry I prematurely announced the Open Registry module back in mid October as the development effort was just not ready for prime time. Many users of the Open Registry were disappointed and I apologize for this fact. During OctoberNovember timeframe, Matts Decoding Sustainability consulting business grew quickly leaving no time for GFRC development support. Since arriving in Venice, Matt has spent days on completing software development. When a genuis is at work, it is best to not disturb him, rather patiently waiting for the outcome. Weve discussed a few options including individual coin entry re-use between certain sets but otherwise, the development effort has been an incredibly focused and personal challenge for Matt. When ready, I will ask Matt to write the introduction and feature here in the Daily Blog. Daily Blog Reader Feedback During Wednesday Blog, I mentioned that the stock market has increased too quickly since the Trump election. Dale Miller, LSCC Secretary and Treasurer, sent along the following commentary in response to the observation. I saw your blog this morning about the stock market. I am among those who fear that the rally has gone too far, too fast. One analyst reported that if the bull market ended right now, it would be the second most richly valued top in history in terms of trailing P-E ratio. The one thing that tempers my concern is your report that the Dow Average first hit 10,000 in 1999. Thats 17 years ago. Applying the Rule of 72, it implies a compound growth rate of just over 4. That is certainly not unreasonable, and lower than longer term averages. In my opinion the best case scenario would be if the market traded pretty flat for a year or two, rather than making a precipitous drop, allowing earnings to bring valuations back to a more reasonable level, and for more realistic expectations to be priced in on how much of President Trumps tax, trade, and regulation policy will be enacted and how much it will impact the economy. GFRC Consignment News Saw Mill Run Collection The Saw Mill Run Collection reached the price lists at 11:00am on Wednesday morning including being posted at the Featured Collection module. Another wave of orders arrived throughout the day and during overnight hours. Nearly 35 of the collection has been sold within several days of being posted as a Client Gallery and Im sure a few more pieces will sell today. There is no doubt that the Saw Mill Run Collection is a Liberty Seated collectors dream in terms of quality. In the Featured Collection opening description, the owner states the following. As I continued to learn and study the specific issues in the set, the inclusion criterion for new purchases evolved into a binary quothell yesquot or no and I reached a point where it was a very rare event for me to find a coin for sale that I like better for its grade than the one in my set. To be included a coin had to grab my attention immediately, continue to impress under close examination with a glass, and then still make me love it after I had owned it for a few months. The binary quothell yesquot statement accurately describes the feeling I have for many coins in my collection and the rudimentary decision process for accepting a coin when purchased via mail. Great coins simply speak to you when first viewed. The same quothell yesquot thought process is employed for JUST BUY IT NOW recommended coins on GFRC price list. If you see a JUST BUY IT NOW recommendation, then it is a quothell yesquot moment when adding the coin to inventory. Upstate New York Collection Offerings from this collection reached the price list last evening and full descriptions will be added this morning. Pleez B. Seated Part 3 Attention shifts to the balance of the Pleez B. Seated Collection today. Image processing, loading into COIN system and price setting are the tasks before we can go live at some point during Christmas weekend. Global Financial News Global markets are on hold this morning as the Christmas weekend approaches. Even Seeking Alpha headlines are dull and none worth sharing. Featured Coins of the Day The Wisconsin Collection consignor suggested price reductions for his older material. So lets conduct a feature on those coins with the new prices and hopefully, a customer will emerge today. Following are the coins with reduced prices 18471847 NGC EF45 Large Cent - 125, 1865 PCGS MS63 OGH 3 Cent Nickel - 150, 1884 NGC AU58 Liberty Nickel - 150, 1861 PCGS VF35 Seated Half - 140 and 1896 NGC MS63 Toner Morgan - 195. So ends another Daily Blog edition. I hope that everyones Christmas shopping is done and we can all relax during the coming weekend. Thank you for stopping in and yes, Ill be back on Friday morning with more to say. Have a great day. Greetings on a Wednesday morning and thank you for stopping by the Daily Blog. Venice weather continues to be absolutely outstanding for late December with the balance of the weeks forecasted highs at 80F. During the Maine to Florida transition, I packed a decent amount of warm clothes anticipating at least one cold week. So far, so good. Todays Blog edition will be brief as the past several days have been intense with shipments, Saw Mill Run description writing, Shanghai order follow-up and on and on. Last evening, the Fortin and Yamatin family took a break and went out to dinner on Venice Island (The Daiquiri Deck) followed by an early bedtime. Natumi is enjoying herself and spent afternoon time in the clubhouse pool but slept through dinner allowing the adults to enjoy each others company. GFRC Consignment Update Saw Mill Run Collection Todays primary goal is publishing the Saw Mill Run Collection on all price lists including the new Featured Collection link. Two more Saw Mill Run offerings sold yesterday so 20 of the collection has sold via the Daily BlogClient Gallery before reaching the price list. Lets see what happens in the next 48 hours after the balance is published on conventional price lists. Upstate New York Collection Loading into the COIN system today and completing the balance of image processing. Already one offering is sold. Pleez B. Seated Part 3 Photography is completed so the next step is loading into COIN system and establishing retail prices for Alexandria consignor approval. Then comes the image processing and another Client Gallery. In the photography and COIN system loading queue. Wisconsin Collection Consignment A two piece consignment arrived from the Wisconsin Collection consignor on Tuesday. These are absolutely awesome offerings with prices already set Seated 50c: 1862 PCGS AU55 CAC with lightly mirror fields, teal centers surrounded by golden rings. a gem. Trade 1: 1873-S PCGS AU58 CAC frosty cartwheel luster with light gray-gold patina. another gem and the finest Trade dollar handled by GFRC to date. Mountain Collection Consignment I received a phone call from this new consignor yesterday afternoon. Some background is necessary. at the 2015 Summer ANA, this individual consigned a lovely 1845 PCGS AU58 CAC Seated dollar that was sold several months later. Now he is back with three more Seated dollars, all PCGS AU58 and dated 1843, 1847 and 1849. These will arrive next week just in time for the FUN show. Global Financial News The Dow Jones average appears ready to break through the 20,000 level today. PEs continue to inflate and there are those who believe this rally has gone too far too quickly. Spot gold continues to trade at 1135oz while spot oil is being quoted at 53.60 this morning. The Dow Jones industrial average is within striking distance of 20,000 and some investors believe that piercing that level would signal the recent rally may continue. The U. S. stock market as a whole has added 1.6T since the election of Donald Trump on bets that his plans for deregulation, tax cuts and infrastructure spending will boost the economy. The Dow first hit 10,000 in 1999. Im so glad that the Yamatins are in Venice and not Beijing. Relief could be in sight for areas across northern China that have been choking under a blanket of thick smog for days. Over 400M people have been affected by a quotred alert, quot the highest level in Chinas pollution warning system, but the threat may be lifted tonight in Beijing and elsewhere. The haze has spurred authorities to cancel flights, close some highways and enact other emergency measures to cut down on air pollution. And another case of collusion among the too big to fail banks. fines are paid as part of normal business operations. The Swiss Competition Commission has fined several European and U. S. banks almost 100M Swiss francs (97.3M) over interest rate cartels, the latest punishment dished out in connection with rate-rigging scandals. The largest was a 33.9M Swiss franc (32.9M) penalty for JPMorgan. Other banks that were fined include RBS, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Barclays, Credit Suisse and SocGen. Featured Coins of the Day Lets visit the United States gold price list this morning for some of my favorite 20 double eagle offerings that will be on display at the FUN show. The most recent Osprey consignment will add even more early date and mintmarked pieces to the bourse cases. How can you go wrong building a collection of 20 gold at current gold bullion prices So concludes yet another Daily Blog edition. Time for reheated pizza for breakfast and completing the Saw Mill Run Collection descriptions Ill be back tomorrow with yet more ramblings. As always, happy hunting and thank you for stopping by for your daily numismatic fix. Welcome to the Daily Blog as the Christmas weekend approaches quickly. The past 24 hours brought more disturbing news from Europe along with the official election of Donald Trump. The United States presidential election is behind us and hopefully the same for media noise. We can only wish. Here is Venice, GFRC continues to process new consignments along with shipping orders. Matt is working diligently towards completing the Open Registry module. His environmental consulting business is growing leaving little time to support major GFRC website enhancement projects. While in Venice, time is being allocated. Yesterday, a mathematical algorithm was development to add higher Open Registry numerical weight for CAC approved coins. GFRC Consignment News The Saw Mill Run Collection debut, as a Client Gallery, brought a record number of hits to the Daily Blog over 1450 hits combined for Sunday and Monday. Eight coins are on hold with more being quoted. I worked late into the evening to prepare the Upstate New York Collection images for todays Blog. Following are nine of the thirteen pieces and indicative of the old album type toning pursued by this individual. As with the Saw Mill Run Collection, FRoR is in order. The consignor has already provided retail prices so straightforward to respond to inquiries. Upstate New York Collection Consignment - Old Album Toning - December 20, 2016 Ft. Lauderdale FUN Show Reminder The FUN show is a little over two weeks away as preparations continue. Just yesterday, David Perkins and I received confirmation that Osprey has been added to the GFRC table as an assistant and will be covering the table on Friday morning, along with Diane. Friday morning brings the LSCC meeting at 9:00am, which I am hosting. Then at 11:00am, I will be presenting a discussion entilted quotDeveloping a Passion for Liberty Seated Dimesquot. Following is the massive FUN show bourse map and a guide for quickly locating Gerry Fortin Rare Coins and W. David Perkins at tables 1825 and 1827. Visiting the GFRC table is an imperative if you are a fan of Liberty Seated coinage and United States gold. GFRC will have the broadest offering of Liberty Seated dimes, quarters and halves on the entire bourse floor including Top 100 Seated Dime varieties key dates 1839 Pie Shattered Obverse PCGS EF45 CAC, 1841-O Transitional Large O Closed Bud PCGS AU55 GOLD CAC and 1874 Polished Arrows NGC Mint State Details. Gerry Fortin David Perkins Booth Location - Winter FUN - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Global Financial News Spot gold is struggling at 1135oz this morning as the US Dollar continues to climb back to 14 year highs. The Euro is weakening and estimated to be a parity with the US Dollar and may remain there for years as the United States tightens monetary policies. I am so glad that Chikae, Natsumi and Matt are residing in Venice and not Beijing based on the second Seeking Alpha headline. A red alert air pollution alarm is in place for Beijing due to winter coal burning and resulting air pollution. Finally, Japan will remain its current monetary policy of negative interest rates and more QE. The dollar is climbing back towards a 14-year high after Janet Yellen flagged strength in the U. S. jobs market, while fallout from attacks in Germany, Turkey and Switzerland are putting pressure on the euro, pushing the currency firmly back below 1.04 (see both below). Many economists have predicted parity with the greenback for years, arguing that the dollar would appreciate as the Fed embarked upon a path of monetary-policy normalization, but those forecasts didnt look likely to pan out until recently. Smog in northern China including the capital city of Beijing reached hazardous levels for the fourth straight day on Tuesday, highlighting the fallout from resurgent coal production and related demand in the worlds second largest economy. A quotred alertquot - the highest level in Chinas four-tiered pollution warning system - across 24 cities has canceled flights, closed off highways and shut down schools and factories. The Bank of Japan has finished a tumultuous year for monetary policy with an upgrade to its economic assessment, while keeping its negative rates, yield-curve and asset-purchase programs unchanged. Stating that the economy continues to recover moderately as a trend, the central bank signaled its conviction that a generally weak yen and a rebound in overseas demand will lift prospects for a solid recovery. That is about all for todays Blog. Another busy day is at hand including more Shanghai coin orders, photography of the latest Osprey consignment and loading Upstate New York, Pleez B. Seated Part 3 and Osprey consignments into the COIN system in time for the FUN show. Thank you for stopping by this morning and please do consider a purchase so I can pay GFRC staff their annual bonus. Greetings on the Monday before Christmas and welcome to the Daily Blog. It is wonderful to have a full home with much activity. Natsumi is a bundle of energy as Matt and Chikae deal with jetlag. The GFRC office remains a quiet sanctuary with Big Head Todd and Monsters Crimes of Passion to accompany Saw Mill Run Client Gallery preparations. Most Blog readers may not have heard of this 2004 rockindie recording but it comes highly recommended. There are several ZZ Top like rocker tunes while the balance is soft comfort music for a consumed mind. GFRC Consignment News There is not much to be said concerning the Saw Mill Run Collection after viewing his Client Gallery. This collection is purely original with conservative grading at the EF through AU grade levels. A collection of this statue is a decade long pursuit with strict purchasing standards. Dealer relationships are also paramount to acquire first shot when spectacular coins arrive in inventory. More than half of the Saw Mill Run pieces were purchased from five well known dealers with GFRC supplying eleven pieces into the collection. Heritage was a source for less than 10. The Saw Mill Run consignor should be incredibly proud of his accomplishment and Im so pleased to offer his Client Gallery. Enjoy Saw Mill Run Collection - Amazing Originality - December 19, 2016 So ends the Saw Mill Run Collection Client Gallery. Price list debut will be on December 20. Until that time, please feel free to make email inquiries on pieces of interest. A reminder that this set took over a decade to build and the individual pieces are mostly gems or choice examples for the assigned grade. These will not be inexpensive as the consignor paid strong premiums to acquire many. Osprey Collection Consignment GFRC consignment backlog is substantial with the FUN show looming. After screening three PCGS blue boxes of coins with Osprey on Thursday, the following pieces are being consigned. Please note the important group of United Stated 20 Double Eagles including 1851 PCGS AU53, the challenging 1854 Large Date PCGS AU53, 1861 PCGS AU58, 1869-S PCGS AU58 and the 1889-CC PCGS AU53. Here comes the latest offerings from the Osprey Collection. Seated 10c: 1839-O F-104 PCGS VF35 CAC very early die state Capped Bust 25c: 1835 ANAC EF40 Old White Holder Seated 25c: 1877 PCGS MS61 Capped Bust 50c: 1823 PCGS XF40 1824 NGC XF45 CAC 1836 PCGS AU50 CAC Seated 50c: 1845-O PCGS AU50 CAC a gem 1870 NGC AU58 Morgan 1: 1884-O NGC MS65 lovely toning US Gold 2.5: 1847-O NGC XF45 US Gold 5: 1838 NGC AU58 CAC US Gold 20: 1851 PCGS AU53 1854 Large Date PCGS AU53 1861 PCGS AU58 1869-S PCGS AU58 1889-CC PCGS AU53 1897 PCGS MS63 France 1 Franc: 1806-A PCGS AU53 Global Financial News Spot gold is up a tad this morning at 1141 and hopefully the precious metals swoon is over just in time for the FUN show. Several Seeking Alpha headlines caught my attention this morning. Australias economy is forecasted to slow over the coming years due to an end of a long mining boom while Indonesia will simply remove several quot0quot from its currencys face value. Australia downgraded its growth forecasts overnight and predicted larger than expected budget deficits over the next four years, heightening concerns the country could lose its AAA credit rating. The resources-driven economy has enjoyed more than 20 years of growth but is now transitioning out of an unprecedented mining investment boom. Indonesias central bank is looking to revive a previously shelved plan to slash three zeroes off the face value of its rupiah notes. Bank Indonesia Governor Agus Martowardojo told President Joko Widodo the proposal would make the currency quotmore efficient and simpler. quot The largest rupiah denomination is currently 100,000 and the smallest note is 1,000. There has been substantial content in todays Blog and time to prepare breakfast and then spend time in the packing and shipping department. Ill be back tomorrow morning with more ramblings and hopefully a few highlights from the Upstate New Year consignment as FRoRs are already arriving for his latest offerings. Greetings on a Sunday morning and welcome to the Daily Blog. The Yamatins have arrived to Venice home with their precious cargo, Natsumi. After flying from Beijing to Tokyo then Chicago and finally to Tampa, the Yamatin family is settling into our home. While I type the Blog, Matt is already out running and enjoying fresh clean air as compared to that of Beijing. He is training for the Great Wall Marathon that will be held May 2017. On Saturday evening, the Tampa airport pick-up was not without incident. When exiting the cellphone waiting area for picking up the Yamatins, I made a wrong turn and immediately exited the airport by mistake. For those who use and know the Tamp airport, this mistake is serious as the first I-275 turnaround exit is over 10 miles south in St. Petersburg. We recovered with a 1:00 am arrival back to Venice. GFRC Consignment News Other than spending Saturday processing Saw Mill Run Collection images, there is little to report. Sales are in the seasonal doldrums as much of America is struggling with brutally cold weather or is out conducting holiday shopping. Saw Mill Run Collection Following are some Saw Mill Run Collection highlights to wet your appetite. If all goes to plan, the entire 50 piece Client Gallery will be available on Monday morning (for another round of FRoR) with the set reaching the Featured Collections price list on Wednesday along with other price lists that day. In other words, the Saw Mill Collection will debut this coming Wednesday. Saw Mill Run Collection Highlights - December 18, 2016 Seal Beach Collection Im pleased to report that three of the seven pieces highlighted in Saturdays Blog are on hold. These are the 1841-O, 1857-O and 1861 dated examples. Pleez B Seated Part 3 Seated Halves Part 3 halves will be photographed today as Venice weather will be ideal with with 83 degree high temp and bright sunshine. Upstate New York Collection Same here, in the photography queue. Featured Coins of the Day Gold CAC Mercury dimes are typically found in early PCGS Rattler or NGC Fatty holders as grading was quite conservative during the late 1980s. These are priced in the 135-185 range and would be a great Christmas gift given their numismatic history and quality. Following are some recommended example for potential gift giving. For existing GFRC customer, I can ship these on approval during Monday or Tuesday. with arrival just in time for Christmas Eve. So wraps up this Sunday edition of the Daily Blog. Time to enjoy family and a second cup of hot coffee. I will be back on Monday morning and hopefully, with the entire Saw Mill Run Collection in a wonder Client Gallery. Have a great day Welcome to the Daily Blog on a Saturday morning with only seven days left until Christmas Eve. The significant event of the day is Matt, Chikae and Natsumi returning to the United States and spending several weeks in Venice for the holidays. Already the Fortin condo is nicely decorated for Christmas and filled with large sized legos, a ginger bread house kit and other assorted toys to make Natsumis visit memorable. 80 degree weather and the ability to spend time in the pool will be welcomed after the colder Beijing climate. On the numismatic front, GFRC continues to move forward with consignment processing, sales and shipping. The order rates from China collecting community is accelerating with a planned trip to Shanghai in the AprilMay timeframe for a GFRC sponsored sales and educational numismatic event. The Saw Mill Run images are taking shape and Im so excited about the upcoming Featured Collection debut next week. GFRC Consignment News Seal Beach Collection This morning brings another Seal Beach Liberty Seated half dollar Client Gallery display. Seal Beach is an extremely focused Seated half dollar collector and is constantly upgrading and moving along duplicates via GFRC. Below are the newest duplicates that need to find new homes. All seven pieces are loaded onto the price lists with the 1841-O WB-1 PCGS AU53 CAC and the 1857-O PCGS AU55 being on hold. The balance are immediately available. Seal Beach Collection Consignment - December 16, 2016 Upstate New York Collection Friday brought the arrival of another Upstate New York Collection consignment. This old time collector continues his divestment project with the quotbest pieces now being released. Collectors well understand the divestment process. we release our least favorite pieces first, then moving up the ladder towards the top tier coins. The Upstate New York consignor indicates that he is approaching the top of the ladder and I must agree after opening and reviewing his latest offerings. This individuals speciality is nice old album toning. Following is a quick list for your consideration and FRoR. Capped Bust 25c: 1838 PCGS AU55 choice original with aquamarine-rose toning Seated 25c: 1853 AampR NGC MS61 gem with gorgeous Wayte Raymond bullseye patina 1873 Arrows PCGS EF45 another gem with radial old album toning 1877-S PCGS MS64 CAC satiny luster and pretty toning Draped Bust 50c: 1803 Lg 3 PCGS VF25 CAC choice original gun metal gray Capped Bust 50c: 1810 PCGS EF45 choice gray-gold 1813 PCG VF30 choice old album aquamarine-rose 1819 PCGS VF20 perfectly original gray 1825 PCGS EF45 1832 O-103 NGC AU53 choice gold-rose with blue rims Seated 50c: 1844 PCGS AU50 light old album blues with gray centers 1861 PCI AU50. dont laugh, this is a marvelous piece that is full AU55 with lightly mirrored fields and classic center rose surrounded by blue ring 1870 PCGS VF25 old album rose-blue and CAC possibility. There is much to be accomplished today before Matt and family arrive into Tampa this evening. Therefore todays Blog will be brief. Having a great weekend and please do consider a GFRC purchase. Greetings on a Friday morning from Venice office. West Coast Florida temperatures are seasonally above average and will remain so during the upcoming week. Daytime highs are forecasted to be near 80F and will be ideal for when Matt, Chikae and Natsumi arrived tomorrow for their Christmas holiday break. As a reference, Raymond Maine is currently at -4F while Beijing is warmer at 28F. The following image illustrates why Florida continues to experience a housing and population boom as more snowbirds escape northern polar vortexes during winter months. This lovely flowing shrub is located to the left of our front door. Liberty Seated Dime Web-Book News A portion of Thursdays time was allocated to Seated dime web-book updates including the addition of a terminal die state page for the 1839-O F-105 die pairing, a strong and weak strike pictorial comparison for the 1843 F-101a varietydie state and a plate coin improvement for the 1876-CC F-132 variety. The latter was provided by Jim Skwarek and has the ideal gray surfaces to illustrate the variety. Below is a pictorial summary of the web-book updates with the 1843 F-101a PCGS MS62 dime being for sale. 1839-O F-105c Terminal Die State Example of 1843 F-101a Polished Obverse and Eroded Die Reverse Super Example of 1876-CC F-132 Die Pairing From Jim Skwarek GFRC Consignment News Osprey made a visit to the GFRC office on Thursday and a great time was had reviewing coins for three hours. The visit provided a chance for Osprey to view the entire Saw Mill Run Collection with one of the half dimes being purchased. We also went through three PCGS blue boxes of coins brought by Osprey for potential consignment. Some pieces were obviously undergraded and will be resubmitted while others deserved a trip through CAC. It was an enjoyable time viewing so many fresh coins including 1850 and 1854 Large Date 20 double eagles. Seal Beach Consignment Another group of Seal Beach Seated halves arrived. I worked late to price these and GFRC has been authorized to sell immediately. Photography will take place today. GFRC now has a substantial consignment backlog sufficient for the FUN show. I will not be taking further consignments between now and FUN given the workload necessary to absorb and properly market Osprey, Seal Beach, Pleez B. Seated and Upstate New York consignments. New consignments are welcomed and requested at FUN and the days following the show. Global Financial News Spot gold continues to fall as the US Dollar achieves a 14 year high against other major currencies. It appears that investors believe a strong uptick in the United States economy is forthcoming along with additional interest rate increases. Spot gold sits at 1136 this morning. Following are important Seeking Alpha headlines with the China RMB. US Dollar exchange rate being quoted at nearly 7.0 this morning. It was 6.65 during GFRC November Shanghai show. Global markets are stable overnight, and the euro, yen and pound all recover a bit of ground against the dollar, as the greenback surged to 14-year highs vs. the euro and a broader basket of currencies yesterday as markets repositioned for a faster pace of Fed rate hikes over the next year. The yen has plunged 11 vs. the dollar since Pres.-elect Trumps election victory last month, surpassing the Mexican pesos 10 slide to become the worst performing major currency during the period. The weaker yen will make Japan8217s exports more competitive and could boost growth, and the Nikkei index has gained for eight straight days, but bond prices have been under pressure amid a global debt selloff. In China, fears that a rising dollar will destabilize trading in the yuan has sent the currency to its lowest against the dollar in more than eight years and raised concerns that outflows could increase quotGold has gotten smoked, quot as futures prices plunged 33.90oz. or 2.9, yesterday to 1,129.80 for the lowest settlement since Feb. 2 and the largest single-day dollar and percentage loss since Nov. 11. The yellow metal has inched higher overnight but is on track for a sixth weekly loss that has been driven by a more aggressive Fed, investor enthusiasm about Pres.-elect Trump8217s policies and ETF sales. As of Thursday8217s close, gold had retreated 17 from July8217s high, nearing the 20 loss that commonly defines a bear market. This headline was surprising as I did not realize that Japan held such a large portion of United States Treasury debt. Japan has overtaken China as the biggest holder of U. S. government bonds, as figures for foreign ownership of U. S. Treasurys in October show that Chinas holdings declined to the lowest in more than six years as its central bank used its foreign exchange reserves to support the yuan. Japans Treasury holdings also decreased but at a slower pace Japan trimmed 4.5B of U. S. paper to end the month with 1.131T, while Chinas holdings plunged by 41.3B to 1.115T, the lowest level since July 2010 and capping a decline of five straight months. China has been dipping into its reserves, selling Treasurys to support the yuan, which yesterday fell to its weakest level vs. the U. S. dollar in more than eight years. GFRC Price Reductions - December Sales Doldrums December is probably the weakest month of the year for numismatic sales. Collectors are consumed with holiday preparations and disposable income being allocated to holiday gift giving. Several GFRC consignors wish to sell their coins towards raising cash for the upcoming year or for personal expenses. On Thursday, I lowered prices on the PBG Seated halves by substantial amounts along with other select offerings. Look for New Price markers on the price lists. I will also be repricing some gold coins today where spot gold bullion is the dominate parameter in price setting. Featured Coins of the Day Draped Bust halves are an important area of early Americana. GFRC continues to selectively add nice quality pieces to inventory. Following are several for your consideration on a Friday morning. Your daily visit are welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for stopping by at the Daily Blog. I will be back Saturday morning with Seal Beach Seated half dollar images and other regular ramblings. Welcome to the Daily Blog as the middle of December is already upon us. The numismatic hobby and GFRC orders have been quiet this week as individuals focus on Christmas, New Year and seasonal preparations. However, there is no let down in GFRC office activities as the FUN show is just three weeks away. Consignments are pouring in for FUN debut with top consignors connecting via phone to discuss upcoming FUN show strategies. As a reminder, I will be hosting the LSCCs FUN regional meeting on Friday January 6 at 9:00 am followed by an education presentation on Liberty Seated dimes at 11:00 am. More on both topics in an upcoming blog. Frankly, Im growing quite leary of our traditional news media. Yes, there is the ongoing reporting on how the Russian government influenced the United States election which I see as combined politics and decreasing journalistic standards. What disturbed me (and Diane) last evening was NBCs breaking news reporting on a 2013 Yahoo hack. NBC blurred the lines on the hack timeframe and raised viewer fears as if the hack had just recently occurred. It was reported that one billion people were at risk due to this hack. Drama and sensationalism appear to be the rule at NBC whether reporting quotso called breaking news quot or their ongoing estimates of the millions of United States citizens being impacted by weather events. Even the local Tampa NBC affliate, WFLA, is touting their Mega 8 radar system as the most powerful weather radar is the business at the start of each evenings report. GFRC Consignment News An update is warranted on this topic since enjoying phone calls with Saw Mill Run and Osprey Collection consignors yesterday plus the arrival of Part 3 of the Pleez B. Seated Collection consignment. Following are highlights Saw Mill Run Collection The Saw Mill Run consignor believes it is best to release his collection through normal GFRC marketing and sales process. The entire collection will be launched as a Client Gallery and Featured Collection next week. Offerings that are not sold prior to FUN show will be available at the show as part of GFRC inventory. The collection documentation will take place via GFRCs new Featured Collection module. Already photography is completed with image processing and description writing being next steps. Osprey is visiting the GFRC office today and Im so pleased to be in Florida and hanging out with this great numismatic friend. We will be reviewing and discussing his latest United States gold consignment that just returned from PCGS grading. This consignment was primarily sourced from a recent Osprey European trip in the same timeframe while I was attending the Shanghai Yunzhou coin show. Pleez B. Seated Collection Part 3 Yes, Part 3 arrived on schedule via express mail. Im sure that Blog readers are curious as to the contents for requesting FRoR. So here comes the contents of the last Pleez B. Seated consignment Seated 50c: 1842 Sm Date PCGS AU53 1842 Med Date PCGS AU53 1844-O PCGS EF40 1846 Med Date PCGS AU53 1858-O PCGS AU55 1856-S PCGS VF35 1858 PCGS AU58 1859 PCGS AU55 1859-S PCGS EF45 1860 PCGS EF45 1860-O PCGS EF45 CAC (ex GFRC) 1861 PCGS EF40 1861-O PCGS AU55 (LA strike) 1861-O WB103104 PCGS EF40 (CSA strike) 1863-S PCGS AU53 1864 PCGS EF40 1866-S No Motto PCGS EF40 1869 PCGS EF40 1872-CC PCGS EF40 1873-CC No Arrows PCGS EF40 1874 PCGS EF45 1875-S PCGS MS63 1876 PCGS EF45 1879 PCGS AU53 1880 PCGS MS62 1888 PCGS AU55 1889 PCGS AU55 Featured Article: Mauldin Economics This Week in Geopolitics - Forecasting Russia in 2017 We seem to be bombarded with news concerning Russia at the moment on traditional media. This timely piece by George Friedman arrived to my Inbox yesterday and is well worth the time to read as a counter balance to current news media noise. The article is part of the Mauldin Economics newsletters and is entitled Forecasting Russia in 2017. The article opens with commentary about the risks associated with renderings annual forecasts and the goals of the forecasters. Whether in business or politics, forecasting is a challenging task due to the vaste array of uncontrollable parameters that may appear at a moments notice. We aim for accuracy, and as you can see from previous report cards on our work, we are pretty good at what we do. Our full report card for 2016 will be published next week, but in the meantime, subscribers can check out our mid-year evaluation here. But another aim that is almost as important is to be very clear about what we are forecasting. We would rather be wrong and have made a clear forecast than offer a vaguely worded 8220prediction8221 that is unfalsifiable. Therefore, we spend less time explaining how we arrived at a given conclusion, and more time clearly stating what we think is going to happen and how that will shape the world. A forecast is not an analysis8212it is the culmination of analysis. That means that a certain amount of information about how we arrived at a particular forecast is always left out. If it weren8217t, the forecast would read like a volume of Tolstoy, and no matter how brilliant Tolstoy was, his writing style is not well suited for forecasting. A detailed review of the Russian military is presented as modernizations efforts are underway but limited by a weak Russian economy to fund upgrading. The aging Russian military is a far cry from that of the Soviet Union. Russia8217s Military Capability We began the forecasting process with Russia by looking at the country8217s military capability. Russia has intervened in Syria to great fanfare, and while it has demonstrated undeniable improvements in some of its capabilities, the Russian military is far weaker than most make it out to be. Our 2016 forecast predicted a frozen conflict in Ukraine, and we came to the conclusion that this frozen conflict will be formalized in 2017 by answering a very basic question: What is the Russian military capability in Ukraine and in general The Russian economy is in shambles due to low oil prices and US sanctions. The Russian currency (the Ruble) has lost half of its value against the US Dollar since 2014. The Russian Economy The main issue for Russia in 2017 is not going to be a military one. Russia does not want to get bogged down in Syria, so it will be looking to extricate itself from that conflict. Russia cannot fix its Ukraine problem through force, so it will try to reach a settlement that will allow the status quo to remain in place. As long as Kiev remains neutral and not a basing point for major US and NATO assets, the Russians will be content, though uncomfortable. The problem for Russia is that its economy is in a shambles, and it is trying to pour money into modernizing the military at the same time that disturbing cracks in the Russian economy are beginning to show. Lets look at two graphics that demonstrate just how challenging the current situation is. The main issue for Russia in 2017 is not going to be a military one. Russia does not want to get bogged down in Syria, so it will be looking to extricate itself from that conflict. Russia cannot fix its Ukraine problem through force, so it will try to reach a settlement that will allow the status quo to remain in place. As long as Kiev remains neutral and not a basing point for major US and NATO assets, the Russians will be content, though uncomfortable. The problem for Russia is that its economy is in a shambles, and it is trying to pour money into modernizing the military at the same time that disturbing cracks in the Russian economy are beginning to show. Let8217s look at two graphics that demonstrate just how challenging the current situation is. One must remember that there are those in the United States industrialmilitary complex that require an ongoing foreign threat to justify the cost of developing new military technology. Russian economic issues and less than fully modernized military should be remembered when fears of the Russian bear invading Europe and challenging NATO are raised by the media. Global Financial News Spot gold lost important ground on Wednesday due to the Federal Reserve interest rate increase and the strengthening US dollar. Gold is now in a technical bear market and being quoted at 1132oz. More interest rate increases are now in play for 2017. Actually, I believe this to be a healthy situation for the proper valuing of capital investment. Bond prices and gold will be struggling during the near term as a new investment normal is realized. Crude oil is holding recent gains due to OPEC and non-OPEC production cut agreement. Theres a new normal for investors after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates and with Donald Trumps administration taking shape. Fed Chair Janet Yellen said during her press conference that Trumps election has placed the central bank under a quotcloud of uncertaintyquot as it looks ahead and shifted some expectations. The quotdot plotquot of interest rate projections indicate that at least five of 17 Federal Reserve policymakers increased their interest rate forecasts. Crude oil prices are recovering from their slide after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates yesterday. A stronger U. S. dollar is seen as a possible concern on demand. Investors expect a tight market in 2017 on their faith in the OPEC and non-OPEC production cut deals. WTI crude oil futures 0.55 to 51.32bbl at last check. Brent crude 0.98 to 54.43bbl. Featured Coins of the Day Lets close todays Blog with some inexpensive offerings as potential Christmas gifts. All of these CAC approved coins are priced under 200. Thank you for stopping by once again at the Daily Blog. This has been a long edition but there was much to share this morning. Time for a health walk and then moving immediately into the packing and shipping department. We will see you tomorrow morning. Greetings from the GFRC Venice Florida office. Wednesday morning arrives as the Christmas holiday period is approaching so quickly. GFRC started shipping out of the local Venice post office outlet yesterday and was immediately reminded of the holiday season. Back in Maine, the Windham post office would have 4-6 people waiting in line to mail packages during this time of year. The Venice USPS outlet was a different story. Yesterdays after lunch line was 15 people deep and required 20 minutes of patience to reach the counter to express mail the 1870-CC Seated quarter to California along with dropping off GFRCs 2 day priority boxes. The primary reason for the long delay was unprepared individuals with minimal understanding on how to package or address a parcel. My hat goes off to the British couple that operates this USPS outlet on contract basis. Their patience and friendly customer service is admirable. GFRC Consignment News - The Saw Mill Run Collection The better part of Tuesday was spent evaluating the Saw Mill Run Collection and entering the 50 pieces into the COIN system. Dear readers and fellow collectors, the Saw Mill Run Collection is the most amazing consignment that GFRC has handled to date Saw Mill Run is not amazing for being high grade but rather the consistency in perfectly original surfaces along with eye appeal at the EF through AU grade levels. The consignor shared his purchase history for each piece (purchase price, date and seller) and one immediately understands the timespan and dealer relationships necessary to built a collection at this quality level. Purchase dates range from 1991 through 2015 and explain the slow methodical approach necessary to assemble a set with few peers. Following are collection statistic and GFRC quality ratings. Total Consigned Silver Pieces: 50 Half Dimes - 12 Dimes - 10 Quarters - 6 Halves - 20 Dollars - 2 GFRC Quality Rating Evaluation Results - 34 are Gems Gems - 17 Choice - 32: Original -1 CAC Approved - 48 of the 50. amazing Retail pricing recommendations were also formulated and have been shared with the consignor for feedback and approval. There will be no bargain prices for Saw Mill Run Collection pieces since the consignor recognized top quality and paid the premiums to acquire such pieces. Prices have been fairly set with customers requiring long term numismatic experience to fully appreciate value. In many cases, PCGS price guides will only provide a crude guideline and even CoinFacts auction records will not provide immediate validation of asking prices since coins at this quality level dont typically appear at Heritage or Stacks auction. Let remember that these pieces are mostly EF - AU examples and will be priced between 150 - 3000, so not the optimum type of material for a large auction house. Rather the Saw Mill Run Collection is an ideal offering for GFRCs fixed price list approach and attention to strict originality. The Saw Mill Run Collection will be photographed today. A conference call with the consignor is planned to develop a release strategy. Do we debut the entire collection on the FUN bourse floor and release online at the same time Or do we employ the GFRC First Right of Refusal approach with a Daily Blog Client Gallery and Featured Collection price list before FUN These are questions to be answered in the coming days while I process images. If someone is interested in buying the entire collection as a starting point for an even grandeur project, then a price tag of approximately 45,000 is in order. Other GFRC Consignment Updates I spoke with the Alexandria consignor yesterday. He is most pleased with Pleez B Seated sales results and having his collection highlighted within the new Featured Collection link. Pleez B. Seated Part III was expressed shipped yesterday and will arrive to Venice office later today. Who needs Christmas presents when handling all these great coins The latest Seal Beach offering of Liberty Seated halves should arrive today. Already 3 of the 7 pieces are on FRoR. Old album toning is the hallmark of Upstate New York offerings. His latest consignment should arrive on Thursday. Osprey European Gold We are presently awaiting the return of Osprey gold pieces from PCGS grading and will announce the upcoming consignment contents shortly. Wanted Early United States Silver Commemorative Consignments GFRC is ramping its China market business with early United States Commemoratives being in strong demand by Chinese collectors. GFRC is planning a special event in Shanghai during the April-May 2017 timeframe with United States early commemoratives being a key sales item. If divestment of this type of collection is anticipated, then please contact me immediately. Global Financial News The US Dollar continues to gain in strength as the financial community has already priced in an interest increase by the Federal Reserve today. The Japanese economy is feeling positive impacts from the strong US dollar as the Yen has weakened aiding export pricing overseas. The Trump momentum for growing domestic jobs and production was echoed today by IBMs CEO Ginni Rometty. At 2 p. m. ET the Federal Reserve is expected to announce its first interest rate increase since last December and only the second since the financial crisis. But whats less widely known is how fast the FOMC will tighten after that. Looking for clarity, investors will tune in to the central banks statement and economic forecasts on how it views Donald Trumps election affecting the outlook for growth and inflation. Optimism at Japanese companies is on the rise for the first time in 18 months, thanks to a rebound in exports on a weakened yen. The election of Donald Trump brought a big slide in the currency, breathing new life into the countrys drive to escape deflation and boosting the BOJs Tankan survey. Sentiment at large manufacturers rose from 6 to 10 in December, while the index for all companies increased from 5 to 7. Ahead of the closely-watched gathering, IBM Chief Executive Ginni Rometty pledged to invest 1B in training and development for American employees. quotWe have thousands of open positions at any given moment, and we intend to hire about 25,000 professionals in the next four years in the U. S.,quot she wrote in USA Today. IBM had nearly 378,000 employees at the end of 2015, according to the companys annual report. Featured Coin of the Day Lets try a new approach for todays Featured Coin section and focus on only one GFRC offering. I bought this 1795 Flowing Hair dollar due to the lovely eye appeal and assuming that someone in the GFRC community would want this piece for a type coin set. However, this piece is not technically perfect and would secure a Details grade if submitted to TPG. My asking price is 2395 and other dealers have offered 2000 on a wholesale basis. If this Flowing Hair piece is not sold by FUN show, I will wholesale the coin out and use the monies to fund other GFRC inventory purchases. Bottomline, a offer above 2200 would secure this piece. Welcome to the Daily Blog on a Tuesday morning. The GFRC office is up and running with a few pieces of new electronics including a high speed Netgear modem and a Bose III Wireless speaker. Yes, the trip to Best Buy for the modem resulted in an early Christmas gift for myself. The Bose wireless speaker is a great addition to the office and uses Bluetooth to connect to laptop. The Bose speaker is also a replacment for the Maine evening sound room experence. Yesterdays featured music was Karma . a 1997 recording by Canadian electronic group Delerium that merges worldbeat, ambient and electronic music styles. Sarah McLachlan appearance on Silence turned out to be the groups biggest hit. This recording has a GFRC Gem quality rating. GFRC Consignment News What a difference for GFRC photography when residing in Florida. Gone is the need for a special angled photography stand and operating in a tiny Maine noon time imaging window. Yesterdays photography of the RCM Collection took place in early afternoon on a simple folding table in the back yard. It is nice to be wearing shorts and sandals too. please dont hate me too much. Following is a first time consignment from the RCM Collection and a wonderful addition to the World Coin price list. The run of Great Britian crowns is quite impressive and includes 1818, 1819, 1821, 1887 and 1891 dated examples. More impressive is the gem 1902 Mexican Peso graded NGC MS64 that is already sold. The early crowns are all choice original and offer uniform gray patina with subtle rose hues as captured by GFRC photography. Please note that there are reverse lighting reflections on the two 1819 crowns. All RCM Collection offerings are loaded onto the price lists and ready for new homes. RCM Collection - December 13, 2016 The GFRC consignment pipeline is once again full with four more shipments committed on Monday. Osprey, Seal Beach, West Texas and Upstate New York consignors will be sending along new offerings in time for the FUN show. GFRC customers are well aware of the top quality Seal Beach Liberty Seated halves that arrive on a regular basis. Following is a preview of the upcoming shipment contents. First Right of Refusal is in order for these seven halves. Please pay attention to the 1841-O and 1857-O dates along with the 1845-O No Drapery. Seated 50c: 1841-O PCGS AU53 CAC 1845-O No Drapery PCGS AU50 1856-O PCGS AU55 1857-O PCGS AU55 1861 PCGS AU53 attractive toning 1871 PCGS AU55 CAC very choice 1875-S PCGS AU58 OGH Todays GFRC focus shifts to the Saw Mill Run Collection as it will take a few days to catalog and photograph this incredible 50 piece type set offering. Global Financial News The worlds major economies appear to be strenghtening after the Trump election. In the United States, the Federal Reserve is expected to increase interest rates while the equities markets remain in rally mode. Economic data out of China also looks quite favorable while Great Britain inflation is slightly above forecast. In years past, interest rate increases and inflation were considered to be signs of an over heating economy. Today, the same phenonemon is considered as positive given ZIRP and NIRP that is so entrenched in Europe and Japan. U. S. stock index futures are pointing to a higher open on Wall Street as the FOMC begins its two-day meeting on interest rate policy. Its near certain the Fed will inaugurate the Trump era with a rate hike and its economic forecast will provide a first glimpse into whether the U. S. election has reshaped the central banks growth and inflation outlook. Will the recent stock rally and jump in bond yields increase the projected pace of rate increases for 2017 and beyond Lots of Chinese economic data also came out overnight, released by the National Bureau of Statistics. Retail sales surprised to the upside, jumping nearly 11 in November, while industrial output grew 6.2 from a year earlier, slightly better than analysts estimates and Octobers reading. Meanwhile, fixed-asset investment was in line with forecasts, rising 8.3, adding to growing signs of stabilization in the worlds second-biggest economy. U. K. inflation rose to 1.2 in November, beating analyst expectations for a 1.1 increase and marking the highest rate since October 2014. Meanwhile, U. K. Chancellor Philip Hammond has backed a longer period to manage a quotsoft Brexit, quot suggesting for the first time that Britain may need until beyond 2019 to break away from Brussels, which would help reduce the risk of financial disruption. Sterling 0.2 to 1.2708. Featured Coins of the Day GFRC December sales are moving along nicely thanks to the Pleez B Seated collection. But please remember that there are many great coins on the GFRC price lists seeking new homes for the holidays. Below are several Liberty Seated dimes that offer excellent eye appeal and would be a great start to a datemintmark set or type coin set. Thank you for making the Daily Blog a regular part of your daily online experience. I shall be back bright and early on Wednesday morning with more ramblings. Once again Bernadette, please note that the Blog is published at exactly 8:00am Have a great day.