what is the rarest(most expensive) coin you have cherrypicked

ar18 · September 9, 2005 12:24PM

1)weather it be grade or variety?
2) what is the most expensive coin you have found in circ?

For me it was a 1972 DDO #1 is picked up stupid cheap that went MS-66 RD
2) a 1939 DDR Jeffy

anoldgoat · September 9, 2005 12:30PM

1992-D Type 1 Lincoln Cent.

Coin Finder · September 9, 2005 12:38PM

1943 s silver Lincoln on a dime planchet.

Tbig

Barndog · September 9, 2005 12:44PM

1830 LM-11/V-14 Capped Bust Half Dime (NGC AU-53, unattributed by die variety) for $277 with tax and shipping. Listed in the Logan & McCloskey text as an R-7, likely now R-6+.

DennisH · September 9, 2005 12:54PM

I ran across a PCGS MS66 1946 Walking Liberty half at one of the Long Beach shows. You guessed it; it was a doubled die reverse. I bought it for $600, paid $10 for variety designation at the show, and sold it a few months later for $5000.

Knowledge comes in handy.

MRK · September 9, 2005 1:03PM

Not me but about 10 years ago at the FUN show a dealer I was talking to bought a 1797 half dollar for $100. It was a flipover strike and an hour later "flipped" it for $26,000. Wether he was telling the truth or not though

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segoja · September 9, 2005 1:45PM

My best % was a 1940 nickel with reverse of 1938.

Paid $15 (back when 1940 nickels could be bought for that), went PCGS PF67.

morgannut2 · September 9, 2005 1:50PM

Best pick--A 1894-P Morgan in AU in a roll of 1884O Morgans for $360.--Matter of fact it just showed up at Heritage Long Beach in NGC53--bet it goes for over $1,500!

Most Expensive from circulation: Montana 1960--1895S Morgan in AU, 1937D 3-legged bison, XF/AU.
Most Recent from circ.-- 8 red/brown 1909-P VDB's as change at estate auction 2004--not expensive, but what do you want for 8 cents---

yellowjacket · September 9, 2005 2:13PM

I found a VF 1942/1-D in a bulk silver bin...bought a 38-D Buffalo for $20 and it slabbed as a 66 D/S...and a 1914 Buffalo for $10 slabbed as a 40 overdate. This sure is fun!

I've cherried a number of undergraded coins that I've flipped for nice money...of course to turn over into another purchase! Do those count?

Yellowjacket

cladking · September 9, 2005 2:19PM

Today my most valuable cherrypick is probably an MS-67 '76 tI Ike.

I have a few other coins I consider more important.

19Lyds · September 9, 2005 2:35PM

<< Today my most valuable cherrypick is probably an MS-67 '76 tI Ike. >>

OK! Now I'm Jealous!

Conder101 · September 9, 2005 4:50PM

1802 NC-2 large cent 11 known

Gandyjai · September 9, 2005 8:11PM

A 1976-S Kennedy in PCGS MS69 out of an eBay Mint Set (I was lookng for 68 Ikes!)

DrPete · September 9, 2005 8:24PM

Found an 1892-O micro O half in a well-worn Barber Half dollar set. Didn't know it was the micro O for another two years when I looked at it closely. Figure I paid about $85 for it based on all the coins in the set. It later slabbed PCGS AG3. They now sell for about $3500 or so.

CollectingsFun · September 9, 2005 10:29PM

1913-s type 2 buffalo that I picked up for 10 cents.

XpipedreamR · September 9, 2005 10:31PM

The first couple coins I "cherrypicked" were two gem DDO Washington quarters. I placed "cherrypicked" in quotes because I didn't realize they were DDOs until a few days later when I carefully looked at them

jdsinva · September 9, 2005 11:02PM

I can narrow it down to two coins:

An 1888-O Hot Lips Morgan I pick up at the local coin shop that ended up grading XF
An 1880 Knobbed 8 Morgan I picked up off of eBay that graded AU although it has been ever so lightly cleaned

gonzer · September 9, 2005 11:45PM

1969-S DDO Lincoln about XF

OKbustchaser · September 9, 2005 11:52PM

To most people (because it is a Redbook variety) my 1812/1 large 8 half...to another bust half specialist my 1827 O-124. (high R-5--at the time considered R-6).

Jim

kranky · September 9, 2005 11:53PM

<< 1969-S DDO Lincoln about XF >>

I'd say that's the winner so far. Any pictures?

JrGMan2004 · September 9, 2005 11:56PM

1965 SMS Quarter... bought out of a set for $6, $20 to send to NGC, $15 to send to PCGS, came out as a PCGS 67CAM, sold for $425

michael · September 10, 2005 12:24AM

see the above post

i thought a cherry pick was a coin that was misattributed not a coin where the cherry is a piece of plastic around it??

as you break the coin out of the holder and it loses its cherry pick appeal and price!!

cladking · September 10, 2005 12:32AM

<< Saturday September 10, 2005 9:24 AM (NEW!)

see the above post

i thought a cherry pick was a coin that was misattributed not a coin where the cherry is a piece of plastic around it??

as you break the coin out of the holder and it loses its cherry pick appeal and price!!

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Posts are based on experience and are opinion only. Experiences and opinions of others may differ.

The largest spreads I've seen between what a dealer sells the coins for and what they pay (if they buy them at all) is on 50 or less year old coins that are common as coins go (hundreds of thousands to hundreds of millions extant) but are in high grade and sold accompanied by pieces of paper and plastic.
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cladking · September 10, 2005 12:33AM

Another troll post.

Another attempt at derailing a thread he doesn't like because it concerns moderns.

MrHalfDime · September 10, 2005 12:35AM

Difficult to say which one was BEST, but here are three that made my day:

1837 Capped Bust half dime LM-3/V5 R7 AU-55 Finest Known Cherried at 1999 FUN Show

1830 Capped Bust half dime LM-5/V13 R7 G-6 Late die state, with obverse cud @ star 5-6 (at the time, second one known)

1801 Draped Bust half dime LM-1/V3 R8 G-4 Horiz. die crack thru date (at the time, second one known)

granpagraf · September 10, 2005 12:45AM

For Me it was a 1884 CC Morgan, BU for $75.00 and to top it off it was a special sale at 15% off at an antique mall!

koynekwest · September 10, 2005 12:45AM

Ancient history, but back in 1965 a VF 18/17-D Buff for $8. Of more recent vintage, a 1913 Var One 3 1/2 legged Buff in MS64. An MS65 of this one sold for $47,500 at last year's ANA.

pharmer · September 10, 2005 1:09AM

<< Another troll post.

Another attempt at derailing a thread he doesn't like because it concerns moderns. >>

keets · September 10, 2005 1:24AM

please see my sig-line pictures.

DHeath · September 10, 2005 1:28AM

"<< Another troll post.

Another attempt at derailing a thread he doesn't like because it concerns moderns. >>"

Contributed no coin to the thread, only sought to discredit other posters.

dizzyfoxx · September 10, 2005 1:31AM

<what is the rarest(most expensive) coin you have cherrypicked>

I was thumbing through a bunch of Liberty nickels from 1900-1912 and stumbled across one with a "1913" date.

jmcu12 · September 10, 2005 1:51AM

Purchased an 1880-O dollar, raw for $90, had it graded and it came back ms 64 from PCGS. I still have it.

Windycity · September 10, 2005 5:15AM

Lots of good ones.../

Found 6 1959 Cameo Franklin proofs in orinigal sets grading from Proof 66 Cam to Proof 67 Cam...
Bought a 1936 proof buffalo as an MS coin (paid $55), graded proof 65 satin...
Found a 1936 DDO cent... unc, cleaned, net au...

but the big one was a 1836 Gobrecht dollar... discovered when I asked a friend to donate his collection to a charity... as we researched the dollar, it turned ou to be on of 3 known judd 63 RES... graded Proof 62. Sold for $98,900 in a Heritage auction in 2000. My friend donated all the money to the charity. That was fun.

MrHalfDime · September 10, 2005 5:42AM

WindyCity:

Your friend has a lot of integrity. Kudos to him. I wonder how many others would have done that once the coin was identified.

ARCO · September 10, 2005 5:53AM

I have never cherrypicked a coin. My only talent is for spotting circulated coins undergraded by 1 or 2 points.

Tyler

USCGCraig · September 11, 2005 1:11AM

A 1955 Jefferson Nickel Proof Triple Die Reverse PF67. A 1945-P Jefferson Nickel Triple Die Reverse MS65. A 1938-D/D Buffalo that is MS66.

Any idea what the Jeff's go for and who might be interested?

MWallace · September 11, 2005 1:23AM

A General Motors Roller Dies Trial piece. Pollock #4060. Got it for $5.00 out of a dealers junk box.

SmallDollars.com

netrubicon · September 11, 2005 1:25AM

I recently bought an 1853 Seated Half Arrows and Rays from a coin shop marked as cleaned with nice gunmetal toning for 90.00. I thought it was not cleaned and is now in a PCGS XF-40 holder. This will be part of my type set.

cladking · September 11, 2005 1:29AM

<< A General Motors Roller Dies Trial piece. Pollock #4060. Got it for $5.00 out of a dealers junk box.

SmallDollars.com >>

Cool. It's long been my dream to find modern patterns misattributed as tokens or medals. I've actually found a couple of darkside patterns but no US.

Murphy · September 11, 2005 1:45AM

I look through the local coins shops' proof and mint sets every month or so and early this year I found a 1960 Large/Small Date Cent in a Proof Set. I bought the set for $18.50 and when I got home I popped out the cent and sent it to PCGS for slabbing. It came back PR66 Red and is in my personal collection where it will stay as long as I can afford to keep it. I don't think the present value is anywhere close to its worth, you just don't see many of these...

I also cherrypicked one of these from a $4 box of cereal and sold it for $1800 earlier this year:

ldhair · September 11, 2005 2:27AM

Fifteen years back I paid a few bucks at a show for a single 2X2 box of Lincolns from the 30s & 40s.
The last few years I started sending them to PCGS a few at a time.
Out of 54 that were sent in I received these grades.
4- MS65
46- MS66
4- MS67
Someone took a lot of time putting this box together.
I'm thankful I'm the one that got to take it apart.

Craton · September 11, 2005 2:36AM

The most expensive was this cam Franklin that I purchased with the rest of the set for 20 some bucks with no envelope. PCGS gave it a 67 DCAM. The coolest was this 1858/7 fleagle with a straight clip that I snagged off ebay with a BIN of 40 bucks or so. It was raw and unattributed. I bought it for the clip and lucked out with the overdate.

Baley · September 11, 2005 3:02AM

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This one

cladking · September 11, 2005 3:23AM

<< Fifteen years back I paid a few bucks at a show for a single 2X2 box of Lincolns from the 30s & 40s.
The last few years I started sending them to PCGS a few at a time.
Out of 54 that were sent in I received these grades.
4- MS65
46- MS66
4- MS67
Someone took a lot of time putting this box together.
I'm thankful I'm the one that got to take it apart.

>>

You can on rare occassion find small lots of mint and proof sets like this. I suppose
most were part of an estate and neither the heirs nor the dealer knew what they had.

gonzer · September 11, 2005 4:35AM

Telling the story of my '69-S DDO Lincoln tends to open old wounds but Kranky thought it might interest some. In 1973, I was starting out in the error field when I discovered the coin in change. I called the top expert at the time, 'Lonesome' John Devine, who casually mentioned that he just happened to have a photo of the same coin on his office wall. I thought "how rare could it be if he's got a pic?". I brought the coin up to his office in Newbury Park and although he wouldn't authenticate it due to ongoing legalities about ownership, he did say that it was genuine. He then told me how the Secret Service was looking into the matter that all '69-S cents might be the product of a counterfeit operation with regards to a minting process called the 'Roller-press'(?). At anytime the SS might come knocking at my door wanting to confiscate MY coin as part of their investigation. Being a 15 year old tinhorn and not wanting to lose out any monetary gain, I soon sold the coin to Natalie Halperin of Buffalo for $385. The coin was in F to VF (the terms used back then) condition. I now have permanent foot marks on my butt from all the years of kicking it myself. Being 15 and having that kind of money in the 70's was, well, fun! So ends my tale of woe.

lordmarcovan · September 11, 2005 6:40AM

This one, back in February.

Not bad for two or three cents. ('Twas in a batch of common Wheaties I bought... here on the BST Forum!)

bushmaster8 · September 12, 2005 12:22AM

I've found 3 1946 D/horiz.D Jeffs, all MS65, two with full steps.

RBinTex · September 12, 2005 12:24AM

"1992-D Type 1 Lincoln Cent."

You Cherried it! I think at least a partial refund is due!!!

A 3 legger 5c for $4.50 that graded AU @PCGS

stephunter · September 12, 2005 1:58AM

Jeffersons:
42 D/D horizontal out of dealers box, XF, $2.00
MS67 42 D not attributed as full steps for $60.00, sent in, got designation.
Couple of 39 proof reverse of 40's.

WaterSport · September 12, 2005 2:40AM

I just picked up a "VF" 1922 D Lincoln for $29 on Ebay that is at PCGS and should come back MS 63 R&B. I also picked a 1925 S on Ebay for $5 about two years ago in "VF" condition. It was slabbed MS 65 Brown.

WS

yellowjacket · September 12, 2005 11:47AM

Cherried the following:

5c 1920-S as AU on a bid board at a local shop about twenty years ago for $100. It now is in a MS 63 holder in my PCGS registry set.

1c 1922 plain die #2 as XF 40 NGC for $1450. Immediately cracked it out and sold it for $2400 (two years ago). It was an AU for sure.

1c 1915 for $9 as an AU. It's in a MS64 RB holder now.

20c 1875 as XF for $170. It's in a 55 holder.

5c 3-legger as XF for $325 about ten years ago. It's in a 58 holder in my registry set.

From raw coins I "made" a 1c 1947 MS 67, 5c 1931-S, 35, 35-S, 36, all in 66, and a 5c 1936-D and 37 both in 67... Registry set!

on and on and on...

It's the best way to fund newps!

YJ

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