Welcome to GFRC-Lite’s 1st published blog on the Lite website !! As many know,  I’ve previously published show reports on Gerry’s Daily blog but will now publish directly to the Lite website.

In making this move I will now be able to add more pictures of the venues attended along with new coin purchases.  Additionally, I’ll expand pre-show coverage by reporting results of new business developments including grading submission results and new consignments received, etc.

Blog readers can anticipate that I will write 1 or 2 blogs per month that focus on Lite’s show results , new purchase activities, market insights and any other observations or experiences that I feel readers will find of interest. 

With that said, let’s start with reporting that at the Baltimore show I made a small submission of raw coins to CACG. Submitting raw coins to grading services at this point in time takes a good understanding of surfaces, originality and market pricing to be successful. I’ll now discuss the two copper cents submitted that I felt were original and “CACG worthy”. I have a pretty good eye for copper and wanted to see how my grading married up to CACG.

1- A 1874 Indian cent I thought was an original brown AU55 – AU58 straight graded AU55. This was a consignment coin taken in at FUN that the consignor had bought at a very good price. He thought it was Uncirculated but I informed him that I thought AU. After discussion it was decided to still submit at the AU level.

2- A 1808 half cent that straight headed F15. I had purchased this coin as part of a collection and felt that the surfaces were original and unabated. The CACG grade of F15 met expectations.

These two coins are now listed on the GFRC-Lite website under the “Early Copper & Small Cents” Category as follows:

As to upcoming show activity, the Fayetteville show run by the Cape Fear Club is but 2 1/2 weeks away and Lite is in the early preparation stage. Miss Vicky from the club

 called a few days ago to confirm Lite’s attendance as a first time dealer. I thanked her for the follow up and assured her that I was looking forward to attending this event.

I would like to thank all the blogamaniacs that read my previous reports and especially Gerry for allowing me to use his forum.

Happy collecting !

Rich