Ever Bought a Dream Coin and Didn't Even Know It???

segoja · February 8, 2010 12:00PM

How about 2???

I bought two Ikes recently and sent them off to PCGS for slabbing. Not looking at them closely when I bought them, they were just cool coins for inventory.

They came back today and I was comparing them to the Plate Coins in the Hager Accugrade Ike Book, and every mark lined up for the first coin. Then I looked at the second coin, and bingo, it all lined up. So, without knowing it, I bought both major off center Ikes listed in the First Ike book. I drooled over these coins when I was 24 years old when I first purchsed Hager's book. Now I own them both.

COOL.

Pics attached so that we can all enjoy!!!

ChrisRx · February 8, 2010 12:03PM

Too bad it's still an Ike

RYK · February 8, 2010 12:05PM

Some aspire to own Norweb and Eliasberg coins...others aspire to own Hager/Accugrade coins...to each his own.

Broadstruck · February 8, 2010 12:06PM

<< Too bad it's still an Ike

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Broadstruck · February 8, 2010 12:09PM

Seriously segoja, these are really neat yet your images are so large it's hard to see the coins.

What percentage O/C did PCGS designate them at 30% and 40% or 35% and 45%

segoja · February 8, 2010 12:09PM

Some people have even aspired to own some of my coins.....Ikes

30% and 40%

How do I cut the pics back??? I did a tiny pic upload, but I think it was huge pics?

Broadstruck · February 8, 2010 12:12PM

<< How do I cut the pics back??? I did a tiny pic upload, but I think it was huge pics? >>

You need to resize them prior to uploading to tinypic.

BaronVonBaugh · February 8, 2010 12:21PM

Nice coins.

segoja · February 8, 2010 12:30PM

OK Resized...thanks

goodmoney4badmoney · February 8, 2010 12:49PM

nice

seanq · February 8, 2010 12:56PM

To answer your title question, about three years ago I bought a large group of clipped Lincolns from an eBay seller who occasionally puts large mixed lots up and who usually has a few of the scarcer zinc dates mixed in. I didn't know until I went through the group to log the purchase, but in there was a 1982-D small date, which was struck in zinc only. In fifteen years of dedicated searching, it's still the only clip for the date I know of, I couldn't even find a reference to another one in any sales catalogs. It was a coin I never seriously thought I'd own.

Sean Reynolds

19Lyds · February 8, 2010 1:05PM

Very nice James. Thank You.

goodmoney4badmoney · February 8, 2010 1:25PM

I collect errors exclusively. The second coin I ever bought (as a totally uneducated error newby) was a 1976 Kennedy half with a very large cud from a local B&M for a modest price. Turns out it's unlisted in "the cud book" and its supplements. I am aware of only one other example.....from a picture in an error magazine from the 1980's and its not exactly the same because it has progressed to even a larger cud. It still stands out to me as a truly lucky find. When I bought it I liked it a lot.....but knowing now it's rarity it becomes more "dreamy" in my eyes.....and I think it qualifies for your question.

PQpeace · February 8, 2010 3:13PM

Bought an 1869 seated dollar..pcgs ms65..pop 2 with 1 better..

Never should have sold that coin..

It was a dream coin..

Larry

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Bochiman · February 8, 2010 4:20PM

<< Some aspire to own Norweb and Eliasberg coins...others aspire to own Hager/Accugrade coins...to each his own.

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Man...no one commented on the POTD quality of this one? This is true humor...and from RYK even!!! That should amount for double the laughs

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divecchia · February 8, 2010 6:20PM

I think they are

Donato

sinin1 · February 8, 2010 9:19PM

Nice coins, where did you get them?

Although Hager gets a bum rap for his marketing with AccuGrade

he obviously had some evolutionary numismatic ideas - and great expertise in the dollar series

bushmaster8 · February 8, 2010 11:05PM

Nice!

lcoopie · February 8, 2010 11:13PM

you are on automatic

chucknra · February 8, 2010 11:32PM

Ikes are so under looked and under valued! Very nice indeed.

johnny9434 · February 8, 2010 11:42PM

very cool. i wish i had them in my collection. nice pick ups

FinallyHere · February 9, 2010 12:16AM

ahhh...never mind.....i was going to say something about cookies and cereal....but never mind

jmcu12 · February 9, 2010 1:46AM

I purchased an 1876CC trade dollar, yes it is real, for only $30 at a coin auction. The coin grades at least AU55-58! Everyone must have been asleep.

As if that were not cool enough - it is a Double Die Reverse!

JamesMurray · February 9, 2010 2:06AM

In a way i sort of did , i bought a badly photographed dime from a UK seller and it turned out to be an 1877 CC in extremely nice condition.12 bucks won that auction.

coinguy1 · February 9, 2010 2:36AM

Can a coin truly be a "dream coin" if you don't know it/feel that way unless or until you later learn something else about it?

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JamesMurray · February 9, 2010 2:41AM

<< Can a coin truly be a "dream coin" if you don't know it/feel that way unless or until you later learn something else about it?

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Absolutely , if one happens to collect old US Silver coinage and can only covet and admire the CC issues for example.To obtain one by default would still be a dream coin i think.

coinguy1 · February 9, 2010 2:51AM

<< 

<< Can a coin truly be a "dream coin" if you don't know it/feel that way unless or until you later learn something else about it?

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Absolutely , if one happens to collect old US Silver coinage and can only covet and admire the CC issues for example.To obtain one by default would still be a dream coin i think. >>

So, you buy a CC coin but you aren't even aware that there is a CC on the reverse. You later find out, so THEN it becomes a dream coin?

JamesMurray · February 9, 2010 2:55AM

<< 

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<< Can a coin truly be a "dream coin" if you don't know it/feel that way unless or until you later learn something else about it?

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Absolutely , if one happens to collect old US Silver coinage and can only covet and admire the CC issues for example.To obtain one by default would still be a dream coin i think. >>

So, you buy a CC coin but you aren't even aware that there is a CC on the reverse. You later find out, so THEN it becomes a dream coin?

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No , i think you missed the point , i collected all the dimes from 2009 as far back as i could go.In the midst of this i bought a poorly photographed coin from a seller in the UK , CC wasnt mentioned in the description nor visable in the photo.
The seller didnt declare it to be a CC , i didnt know it was a CC , its condition and mintmark only became evident on its arrival.I would hazard a guess its worth considerably more and i doubt if id pay that much to fill a space in the dime book,it was one that i could only "dream" of owning as it were.

JamesMurray · February 9, 2010 2:56AM

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<< Can a coin truly be a "dream coin" if you don't know it/feel that way unless or until you later learn something else about it?

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Absolutely , if one happens to collect old US Silver coinage and can only covet and admire the CC issues for example.To obtain one by default would still be a dream coin i think. >>

So, you buy a CC coin but you aren't even aware that there is a CC on the reverse. You later find out, so THEN it becomes a dream coin?

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Thats the one...almost , it didnt just become a dream coin when i got it , id have loved a CC version,could only covet one.

coinguy1 · February 9, 2010 3:01AM

<< 

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<< Can a coin truly be a "dream coin" if you don't know it/feel that way unless or until you later learn something else about it?

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Absolutely , if one happens to collect old US Silver coinage and can only covet and admire the CC issues for example.To obtain one by default would still be a dream coin i think. >>

So, you buy a CC coin but you aren't even aware that there is a CC on the reverse. You later find out, so THEN it becomes a dream coin?

>>

No , i think you missed the point , i collected all the dimes from 2009 as far back as i could go.In the midst of this i bought a poorly photographed coin from a seller in the UK , CC wasnt mentioned in the description nor visable in the photo.
The seller didnt declare it to be a CC , i didnt know it was a CC , its condition and mintmark only became evident on its arrival.I would hazard a guess its worth considerably more and i doubt if id pay that much to fill a space in the dime book,it was one that i could only "dream" of owning as it were. >>

That's very different from the situation with the original poster who had the coins in hand, but didn't think of them as dream coins until he learned more about them later.

PerryHall · February 9, 2010 3:03AM

<< So, you buy a CC coin but you aren't even aware that there is a CC on the reverse. You later find out, so THEN it becomes a dream coin?

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Not if it's an 1882 $20 double eagle.

JamesMurray · February 9, 2010 3:11AM

I was going by the thread topic , had i ever bought a dream coin and didnt know it ? I had no idea what i really had until it arrived , i knew it was a seated dime was all and the date.To turn out to be a CC in superb condition was "a dream come true" for me anyway.

coinguy1 · February 9, 2010 3:12AM

<< I was going by the thread topic , had i ever bought a dream coin and didnt know it ? I had no idea what i really had until it arrived , i knew it was a seated dime was all and the date.To turn out to be a CC in superb condition was "a dream come true" for me anyway. >>

Fair enough and congratulations

seanq · February 9, 2010 3:18AM

<< To answer your title question, about three years ago I bought a large group of clipped Lincolns from an eBay seller who occasionally puts large mixed lots up and who usually has a few of the scarcer zinc dates mixed in. I didn't know until I went through the group to log the purchase, but in there was a 1982-D small date, which was struck in zinc only. In fifteen years of dedicated searching, it's still the only clip for the date I know of, I couldn't even find a reference to another one in any sales catalogs. It was a coin I never seriously thought I'd own. >>

Just realized I still have a picture of this coin on the server:

Sean Reynolds

dizzyfoxx · February 9, 2010 3:23AM

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<< Too bad it's still an Ike

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....and I'm not going to insert a wink.

JamesMurray · February 9, 2010 3:50AM

Thanks Mark , its the star of my dimes dansco.

littlebear · February 9, 2010 4:38AM

Several years ago, I was looking at an 1885-cc Morgan in PCGS66DMPL that had the deepest mirrors I have ever seen on a morgan dollar, bar none. Legend was selling it in their case. I wanted it, I had the money, but didn't pull the trigger because I did not know if it was better than the one I already owned (it was). When I got home and compared the internet photo with my own specimen, I knew I had to have it. Of course, it had already been sold to somebody overseas, who then thanked Legend for selling them the Wayne Miller Plate Coin!! (It was not attributed on the holder.) Legend was most gracious in reporting this. I compared the image to the Wayne Miller textbook and every single speck lined up! And, get this, it sold for less than the original hammer at the 1986 auction of the Wayne Miller Collection. If I had purchased it, that would have been a dream coin fitting the description.

Larry L.

Gandyjai · February 9, 2010 6:44PM

WOW! Sweet coins!

I actually got my dream coin from you, James....the 74-D MS Ike on a 40% Silver planchet.

I was soooo happy to finally get one, I didn't realize until much later that it was also a Peg Leg, Talon Head clashed die.
Some don't care for clashed dies, but I find them very attractive....Especially on my "Dream Coin"

Thanks James!

Brian

I Love

DIVA & Error Ikes!

JamesMurray · February 9, 2010 11:06PM

<< WOW! Sweet coins!

I actually got my dream coin from you, James....the 74-D MS Ike on a 40% Silver planchet.

I was soooo happy to finally get one, I didn't realize until much later that it was also a Peg Leg, Talon Head clashed die.
Some don't care for clashed dies, but I find them very attractive....Especially on my "Dream Coin"

Thanks James!

Brian

I Love

DIVA & Error Ikes!

>>

If im the James you mean , you are more than welcome Brian , it goes to show those dream coins are out there waiting.

Ever Bought a Dream Coin and Didn't Even Know It???

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