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@NJCoin said:

@MsMorrisine said:
gold in all 232?

~30k avg then 250k for the last with the cancelled dis

Nope. Based on one canceled Gold FH die going for $440K, 3 canceled cent dies will surely go for more than $500K.

Also, based on 230 Gold FH coins going for more than $30K on average for a single coin, albeit one with an ounce of gold, it is likely that each Lincoln 3 coin set will go for more than that. Likely $50K+.

People here constantly commit the sin of looking at things like this through their personal lens when pontificating how much things like this will sell for, ignoring empirical evidence that doesn't line up with value as they see it.

I'd never spend what these things are going to go for. But what they are going to go for is not a mystery, given the data set we have from a mere year ago, and then how those coins did in the secondary market.

Interesting, you think these 3 coin sets will go in auction for more money than the Flowing Hair Gold Privy at auction, which to the best of my memory were mainly between $28k and $38K except for the unique numbers and dies. Not that i would ever doubt you given your correct call on the Flowing Hair Gold Privy results.

@TomB said:
As @Bikergeek has mentioned, some classic coins have center dots. I believe there are several cents and half cents with this feature as well as at least one die pair of 1838 (if I recall correctly) RE half dollar with a prominent reverse die dot.

1837 R.E. Half Rev Dot.
Jim

@NJCoin said:

@oih82w8 said:
I briefly looked at the numbers last night. There is a big drop between the bookends, 001 and 232. Ya'll have fun.

Meaningless until the auction begins. 232 will be a standout, because it is the last, and contains the dies. Once things get going, there won't be "big drops" between anything else.

What i meant was that the sets in between 001 and 232 are lower and will bring lower prices than the 001 and 232. Collectors will pay more for the first and the last, especially since 232 has the canceled dies.

@jesbroken said:
Only 50¢ denomination from Tn was a note, that I'm aware of. Did the coin have a photo in the book or just a description?
Jim

No, no photos.

I have some issues with what I have read so far. The first “evil leader” was the Roman emperor, Caligula. Fair enough. Caligula was insane and cruel, deserved to be assassinated because in Rome, there was usually no other way to change leadership.

The trouble is the author made the claim that was the beginning of the end for the Roman Empire. He extrapolated over 400 years, all the way out to the ultimate fall in 475. The trouble is the time of the Adoptive Caesars was in the offing. Historians agree that the Adoptive Caesar period marked the golden age of Rome. The empire reached its largest land mass, and all the leaders except last emperor, the insane Commodus, are rated from better than average to great, by Roman standards. Caligula was bad, but his reign did not mark the beginning of the end for the Eastern Empire.

We have liftoff!

United States 2015 Five Ounce Silver Coin - Kisatchie National Forest Louisiana

I believe the penny will be around for many years after being minted.