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"CHERRY PICK" Let's see your favorite/best Cherry pick!

CRH4LIFECRH4LIFE Posts: 849 ✭✭✭✭
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I am a sucker for those short stories! I only have 4 Coin shops around that are within 30 ish miles.I have not been through all the inventory, But as far as my skills/personal interests have taken me So I like to read up on other's ventures. Thank you in advance :smile:

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  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have cherrypicked a few AH Kennedy's.....That is why at shows I always asked if the dealer had older proof sets I could look through... also picked up two AH sets at gun shows....Cheers, RickO

  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,249 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 3, 2018 4:34AM

    Where to begin? Favorite/Best? I picked up a nice 1908 1C (unattributed) MPD FS-301 S-4 (011.77) MS65RB PhotoSeal/CAC, and flipped it on the bay for a nice tidy sum.

    The PUP is the loop of one digits within the denticles below the "8"

    oih82w8 = Oh I Hate To Wait _defectus patientia_aka...Dr. Defecto - Curator of RMO's

    BST transactions: dbldie55, jayPem, 78saen, UltraHighRelief, nibanny, liefgold, FallGuy, lkeigwin, mbogoman, Sandman70gt, keets, joeykoins, ianrussell (@GC), EagleEye, ThePennyLady, GRANDAM, Ilikecolor, Gluggo, okiedude, Voyageur, LJenkins11, fastfreddie, ms70, pursuitofliberty, ZoidMeister,Coin Finder, GotTheBug, edwardjulio, Coinnmore, Nickpatton, Namvet69,...
  • tommy44tommy44 Posts: 2,291 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not cherry picks per se because neither the auctioneer nor I recognized it at the time.

    In the Superior Charles Ruby Part 3 sale I bought what I thought was a 1850 P mint half-eagle that ended up being a 1850 Weak C when I finally submitted it a couple of years ago. I didn't catch it when submitted but NGC did and it was real obvious after they pointed it out.

    In the same sale I also purchased a 1854 half-eagle that turned out to be a DDO FS-101, that one I did recognize via my Cherrypickers' Guide prior to submission.

    it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide

  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,249 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @WaterSport that is an incredible find and trend value for a RPM! 9.1X for the variety!

    oih82w8 = Oh I Hate To Wait _defectus patientia_aka...Dr. Defecto - Curator of RMO's

    BST transactions: dbldie55, jayPem, 78saen, UltraHighRelief, nibanny, liefgold, FallGuy, lkeigwin, mbogoman, Sandman70gt, keets, joeykoins, ianrussell (@GC), EagleEye, ThePennyLady, GRANDAM, Ilikecolor, Gluggo, okiedude, Voyageur, LJenkins11, fastfreddie, ms70, pursuitofliberty, ZoidMeister,Coin Finder, GotTheBug, edwardjulio, Coinnmore, Nickpatton, Namvet69,...
  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭

    <---- my avatar for $110 on eBay. The bad pictures kept the price down. The coin ended up grading MS-65.

    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
  • WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 6,800 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks oih82w8

    If you breakdown the cost of selling my old one to a friend for $325, then I am even more ahead. But its not the value - its the pick that counts!

    WS

    Proud recipient of the coveted PCGS Forum "You Suck" Award Thursday July 19, 2007 11:33 PM and December 30th, 2011 at 8:50 PM.
  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,947 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't cherrypick varieties, if that is all that you mean. Just underappreciated raw coins.

    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.
  • TLeverageTLeverage Posts: 259 ✭✭✭

    This one is a favorite of mine, an 1877-S FS-301 RPD Trade Dollar w/ Chop Mark, one of the strongest RPDs in the T$ series. Came out an ICG XF40 Details holder.

  • mgobluemgoblue Posts: 7 ✭✭✭

    I don't if this is a true 'cherry pick' but the date and profile are interesting.

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably this one I cherried for $200 in 2005. Paid $200 and later sold it for $10,350.

    I replaced it with this AU53 cherried a couple of years later for $25. I still have it.

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    BTW-they are the 3 1/2 legged variety 1913 Var 1.

  • OnWithTheHuntOnWithTheHunt Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @koynekwest said:
    Probably this one I cherried for $200 in 2005. Paid $200 and later sold it for $10,350.

    I replaced it with this AU53 cherried a couple of years later for $25. I still have it.

    Those are the ones I dream about finding.

    Proud recipient of the coveted "You Suck Award" (9/3/10).
  • HallcoHallco Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I found a 5 leg Buffalo(1930) many years ago at a show. It just so happened that JT Stanton was at the show and he confirmed it. Wish I still had it actually. It was very nice! :/

  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well most here see what I pick not all of it but some of it most in the $2k to $3k range but I think the best was this one Picked it for $700 raw just in the GSA holder then it graded MS67 sold it for $14K

    Next some Chinese $ coin pick for $175 sold at auction for $12k

    This was my latest it was raw a 1915-P two fathers buffalo. Don't know what it's worth but it's a nice coin for what I paid for it. Traded 3 GSA for it I paid $800 for the GSA's.

    This set as well is going to be a very good pick as well.

    I have to many to post but I do have fun doing what I do.



    Hoard the keys.
  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those '13 3 1/2 legged coins are, and always have been very difficult to find.

  • georgiacop50georgiacop50 Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭✭

    TNTC... only Microbiologists will understand

  • CRH4LIFECRH4LIFE Posts: 849 ✭✭✭✭

    @oih82w8 said:
    Where to begin? Favorite/Best? I picked up a nice 1908 1C (unattributed) MPD FS-301 S-4 (011.77) MS65RB PhotoSeal/CAC, and flipped it on the bay for a nice tidy sum.

    The PUP is the loop of one digits within the denticles below the "8"

    @clarkbar04 said:
    I don't cherrypick varieties, if that is all that you mean. Just underappreciated raw coins.

    Or even that! I browse for coins such as that. With little to almost no luck!

  • CRH4LIFECRH4LIFE Posts: 849 ✭✭✭✭

    @Type2 said:
    Well most here see what I pick not all of it but some of it most in the $2k to $3k range but I think the best was this one Picked it for $700 raw just in the GSA holder then it graded MS67 sold it for $14K

    Next some Chinese $ coin pick for $175 sold at auction for $12k

    This was my latest it was raw a 1915-P two fathers buffalo. Don't know what it's worth but it's a nice coin for what I paid for it. Traded 3 GSA for it I paid $800 for the GSA's.

    This set as well is going to be a very good pick as well.

    I have to many to post but I do have fun doing what I do.


    That is what it is about! The fun factor and wow Awseome job!!!

  • CRH4LIFECRH4LIFE Posts: 849 ✭✭✭✭

    I really enjoyed reading all the comments!! I wish there was a WOW button!!! Thanks to everyone. Who commented and or posted!

  • Jason_UScoinsJason_UScoins Posts: 9 ✭✭



    Picked up this beautiful 1911 d (strong d) for under melt!

  • USMarine6USMarine6 Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not sure if it's my favorite but it's the most recent.
    I bought this 1877s dime in an online auction that had horrible pictures. I paid just over $200 for it. Just came back last week as a ms65. Should be worth about 3k.

  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,675 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Threads like this make me wish I had more time for the hunt. Happy to live vicariously through all of you successful cherrypickers in the meantime.

    Sean Reynolds

    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭✭✭

    While not a cherrypick in the traditional sense, I'd say this still qualifies as my best find yet...

    https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2017/02/common-1909-vdb-lincoln-cent-turns-out-to-be-rare-matte-proof.all.html

    The more you VAM..
  • azrielb24azrielb24 Posts: 15 ✭



    Found it in an unattributed holder for 400. Sold it for 1250. Buyer had it upgraded to a MS62. Definitely one of my better finds.

    "Dreams begin Responsibilities"
  • azrielb24azrielb24 Posts: 15 ✭

    Found this one as a raw. Seller had no idea. Think I paid less then 20 for it. Still have it.

    "Dreams begin Responsibilities"
  • TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,782 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 4, 2018 9:59AM


    I bought this raw off EBay for $235, it graded MS-62 Chopmark which is a pop 2 coin and tied for finest known. I sold it to a well known collector for a nice profit.

    Trade $'s
  • TLeverageTLeverage Posts: 259 ✭✭✭

    @TennesseeDave said:
    I bought this raw off EBay for $235, it graded MS-62 Chopmark which is a pop 2 coin and tied for finest known. I sold it to a well known collector for a nice profit.

    This one I am definitely jealous of. It's now a part of the top set ever assembled. I just need to find out where that other 62 is...

  • CRH4LIFECRH4LIFE Posts: 849 ✭✭✭✭

    @CascadeChris said:
    While not a cherrypick in the traditional sense, I'd say this still qualifies as my best find yet...

    https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2017/02/common-1909-vdb-lincoln-cent-turns-out-to-be-rare-matte-proof.all.html

    That is very cool!!!

  • CRH4LIFECRH4LIFE Posts: 849 ✭✭✭✭

    @azrielb24 said:


    Found it in an unattributed holder for 400. Sold it for 1250. Buyer had it upgraded to a MS62. Definitely one of my better finds.

    Nice!! I love it

  • mt_mslamt_msla Posts: 815 ✭✭✭✭

    Was fortunate enough to find 2 of these this week. One for $47, another for $62.


    Insert witicism here. [ xxx ]

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