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@jmlanzaf said:

@ChrisH821 said:

I think the underlying question is how was a nickel reproduced (at least relatively) accurately at 2X+ scale.
What I find interesting is that it has a mintmark, so someone created this from an already struck coin, or less likely, from a prepared die.

I don't follow this at all. Many of these oversized novelties are made for "key date" coins. A 1950-D qualifies. The engraver need only have seen pictures of a nickel to recreate it. Those 3 inch 1877 Indian cents or 1913 nickels are created from molds that are not made from anything but pictures.

My point is that large novelty coins always have a cartoonishly bad look, proportions or relative relief is always wrong. This appears to have been made by somehow making a mold of an existing coin at ~2x scale to make this copy, rather than hand engraving a new one. The mint mark is an indication, not proof, that the mold was made by copying a coin.
If Braddick had shown us this 'coin' with no context, people would probably have identified it as a cast copy, if you show one of those big novelty coins without context, people would immediately say it's a bad fake or correctly ID it as a large novelty coin, quite different.

@Goldbully said:

@Optex said:
Now it looks like the auction is starting 15 minutes later.

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Due to the extremely heavy call volume in the last hour, we have delayed the start of the auction by 15 minutes. The sale will begin promptly at 9:15AM/ 12:15PST.

Last minute bid limit approvals?

I guess if you get enough coins slabbed and pay a fee, you can get any design you want within reason.

@dsessom said:
That is pure insanity in my mind, but I guess some folks have a LOT of disposable income to play with. A beautiful coin to be sure! If I were a multimillionaire I would probably bid on one of them as well.

Like I've been saying all along. Only 230 for worldwide distribution.

Expert marketing and hyping. People here expecting anything less were dreaming.

And projecting what they wanted to happen, because they wanted them, either to own or to flip, but only at prices they consider "reasonable." And, it really has not yet even begun.

But you just said you didn’t say it. When in fact you did. That’s the problem. You are so inconsistent that of course some of your predictions will be right.

@NJCoin said:

@jwitten said:
You did in fact say 70s would far exceed $20k. Several times.

@NJCoin said:

@coiner said:
Remember @njcoin - you had MOON money on the 70's ----far exceeding 20k per coin for everything.

So, if we play this like the Price is Right - lets see who is closer without going over

No. Please don't put words in my mouth. Never said "far exceeding" $20K per coin for everything.

I said $20-50K, and I'm sticking with that. Even if some 69s don't quite get to $20K, and that's an open question.

Doesn't matter if they break $15K, given that you are still, stubbornly below $10K, even after seeing the bids right now. No way you are going to see 70s below $20K. I can't believe you don't see that now, but you will in around 13 hours, so it's all good.

For the record, moon money IS $20-50K, given they are modern issues with around $2700 worth of gold in them. Especially when you were predicting $7-9K for all of them, including 70s (other than the "special numbers"), not just the lowest of the 69s, when I was at $20-50K.

Even now you're drawing false confidence from the fictional Greysheet numbers, thinking generic 70s will top out at $12.5K. You are going to be off by A LOT. Especially as compared to me, even if every 69 doesn't make it all the way to $20K, and you try to make a big deal out of that, because "Price is Right" rules.

And some will. By a lot. Others by less.

I STILL believe no 70s will sell for less than $20K. If you are going to want to poke holes, and quibble about what "far exceed" means, have at it. $20K establishing the bottom of a range certainly does not imply that all coins will "far exceed" it. Otherwise, that number would have just been set "far" higher.

I gave a range. I'm sticking to it. $20-50K. I said #1 would "far exceed" $100K. I haven't received any pats on the back over that one yet, and it's the only one where anyone has been proven right or wrong to date.

Crypto: Ok. We can use the next Commemorative from 1 year later. The MS Constitution with a MINTAGE: 451,629. So, the Mint only lost 98% of its collector base in 37 years instead of 99% in 38 years. Now all fair.

Wondercoin.

Corrosion, and random damage from a hard life. Maybe it was buried for a time and some of the damage happened when it was dug up. Just guessing as damage is hard to know unless you were there at the time