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Another 1792 Half Disme is up for auction.
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Great Collection has a 1792 Half Disme up for auction this Sunday. It is NGC VG details damaged. The bid is now $5555.00. Any guesses as to final price?
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sans a story to go with it............ruh roh
That’s pretty damaged
$226,000
The coin is of great historic interest, but it's not that rare. There are over 300 survivors.
The trick is to find examples with no damage. These coins were small and are frequently found beaten-up.
$287,000 then
Looks pretty nice for a damaged example. $36,780.95
Dave
I do not think it will break $20,000. I thought the PCGS FR-2 CAC would not break $30,000 so what do I know.
$35k
found used as a shim for a dealer's glass coin show case by a YN.
$312,000 before the juice
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Someone saw the last one sell and thought they could use that kind of money. I'll be shocked if it makes half what the last one did, put me down for a guess of $40K.
Sean Reynolds
"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
If any of these numbers are for real, it’s Internet madness.
I’m making things up
The Fr-2 was acquired by a legitimate lowball collector. Coin World wrote it up. This, on the other hand, is just another low grade, problem half disme. If this one has a reserve it better be under 25k.
The bid is now $15,055 plus the juice.
How many au's and ms' are there?
PCGS has graded 22 in AU and 19 in MS.
After looking at PCGS 1792 Half disme's graded, I believe the coin will surpass $50k. Too much bidding going on today with almost 5 days left. I think their will be far more offered if this does sell high. Just an opinion.
Jim
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Lets say 74k. I just randomly typed those numbers sso idk.
I have no idea what the final bid will be....so much depends on who is bidding....Auctions very often become a personal contest and testosterone takes over. Fun to watch. Cheers, RickO
Anyone willing to bid $15,555?
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1005280/1792-Flowing-Hair-Half-DismeHalf-Dime-NGC-VG-Details
It appears, without a so-called story prices realized are without the recent dramatic legs
The price is now $20086 all in. It sells tonight.
$20K is a reasonable number. $30K is not unreasonable. $50K is unthinkable. This is just old junk. Thos. Jefferson phooey. Not a real coin like an 1938-S 10c PCGS MS68+FB CAC.
Now at $21186 all in. More than I thought it would be.
Final price was $25,481.25.
I can find better ways to spend $25K on a rare coin......just sayin'.
That amount would buy a decent Chain Cent.
Update,
I just discovered the story that should have been made available for this subject 1/2 disme.
This was the heel of Benjamin Franklin's shoe, a cobbler ran out of metals taps and used an already worn available 1/2 disme that he was saving just for this purpose and applied it to Ben's heel in order for Ben to travel to Europe to purchase the Libertad's.
Anyone could say the same about any other coin that they hadn’t bought or weren’t planning to buy.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Just call me 'anyone.'