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When the dealer says: You want to see something kind of neat?

WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited October 19, 2021 12:06PM in U.S. Coin Forum

"It's just something I keep back in the safe."

We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
--Severian the Lame

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  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,255 ✭✭✭✭✭

    hope you bought it

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  • pcgscacgoldpcgscacgold Posts: 2,943 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have not met that dealer yet. Great coin.

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  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,077 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pretty amazing coin to "Just" have in the back of the safe.

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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,490 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 19, 2021 12:17PM

    I sure hope that you were able to purchase it, b/c that is SUPERCOOL!!

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

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  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,576 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Someone told me that and then showed me a Liberty Nickel in a PF 69 holder. Neat stuff.

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  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 9,012 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Why can't I find this in the price guide??? There is no 1801...

  • pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,295 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CoinscratchFever said:
    Why can't I find this in the price guide??? There is no 1801...

    Are you looking under Eagle or Half Eagle?

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  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,628 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I thought everything worth slabbing was… great looking coin!

  • DollarAfterDollarDollarAfterDollar Posts: 3,215 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Show and Tell. Like kindergarten, for adults.

    If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.
  • coinandcurrency242coinandcurrency242 Posts: 1,962 ✭✭✭✭

    Wow!!

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  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,611 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow. Amazing coin.

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  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    a Chinese 100 yuan hell note

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I had collectors say "Wanna see something neat". I knew I was in for a treat :)

  • ModwriterModwriter Posts: 330 ✭✭✭

    @CoinscratchFever said:
    Why can't I find this in the price guide??? There is no 1801...

    I could not find an 1801 listed in Coinfacts either. Draped Bust Type2 with stars. Maybe there hasn't been an 1801 certified yet?

  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 9,012 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @pmh1nic said:

    @CoinscratchFever said:
    Why can't I find this in the price guide??? There is no 1801...

    Are you looking under Eagle or Half Eagle?

    Okay, I found it under draped Bust $10

  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,250 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:
    Working where I do, on the rare occasions when I’m asked if I’d like to see something kind of neat, I rarely wait more than a day or two, before answering “Yes, please”.

    OK, make it “a second or two”, instead of a “day nor two”.😉

    It balances with my asking you if you'll look at something in my budget so you can tell me everything wrong with it :lol:

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  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 9,012 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A 63 cost as much as my truck, a 65 almost the price of my house.
    I had to finance both of those :D

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CoinscratchFever said:
    A 63 cost as much as my truck, a 65 almost the price of my house.
    I had to finance both of those :D

    LOL, I paid cash for my truck and I financed the last 10K in coins I bought.

  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,494 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BryceM said:
    Harlan Berk asked me that question one time in his office. It was a tremendous privilege when he brought out a tray of 5, 6, and 7 figure ancients. Some were unique. He insisted that I pick them up, raw as the day they were made, and simply enjoy them.

    Fun memory!

    This is the kind of story I love to hear..........

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  • DelawareDoonsDelawareDoons Posts: 3,413 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Last time a dealer asked me that I saw 6 NGC Black slabs (none in census) and a pile of 2.0 and 2.1's all in one slab box. He said he had a buncha early rattlers "for next time". I'll get back to that store someday...

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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    Why would or should you or the dealer risk thousands of dollars by concluding a transaction, prior to the coin being graded? Wouldn’t it likely be far more equitable to get the coin graded and then talk price?

    You can't cheat an honest man.

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would have the dealer get it graded first. It looks a little bit off to me.

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,333 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    @Weiss said:
    Yes, I offered to buy it. They threw out a number that was probably pretty close. But my FOMO is just a little weaker than the fear of paying 5 figures for a raw coin, pretty or not.
    I'm dumb, but I'm not that dumb.
    Or maybe I am just about that dumb.

    I'm dumb.

    We're still discussing it :)

    Why would or should you or the dealer risk thousands of dollars by concluding a transaction, prior to the coin being graded? Wouldn’t it likely be far more equitable to get the coin graded and then talk price?

    “Equitable” or “easy “?

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  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 14,027 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 19, 2021 6:53PM

    @MrEureka said:

    @MFeld said:

    @Weiss said:
    Yes, I offered to buy it. They threw out a number that was probably pretty close. But my FOMO is just a little weaker than the fear of paying 5 figures for a raw coin, pretty or not.
    I'm dumb, but I'm not that dumb.
    Or maybe I am just about that dumb.

    I'm dumb.

    We're still discussing it :)

    Why would or should you or the dealer risk thousands of dollars by concluding a transaction, prior to the coin being graded? Wouldn’t it likely be far more equitable to get the coin graded and then talk price?

    “Equitable” or “easy “?

    Getting the coin graded first wouldn’t necessarily be easier. It would take time and money and it wouldn’t automatically make negotiations any easier, either. But I do think it would dramatically increase the chances of reaching an equatable agreement on price. Final answer - “equitable” (as opposed to “easy”).

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,552 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:
    Working where I do, on the rare occasions when I’m asked if I’d like to see something kind of neat, I rarely wait more than a day or two, before answering “Yes, please”.

    OK, make it “a second or two”, instead of a “day nor two”.😉

    As you work in the equivalent of Alibaba’s Cave of Wonders, it blows my mind to think of what you guys consider ‘kind of neat’!

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  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 14,027 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Walkerguy21D said:

    @MFeld said:
    Working where I do, on the rare occasions when I’m asked if I’d like to see something kind of neat, I rarely wait more than a day or two, before answering “Yes, please”.

    OK, make it “a second or two”, instead of a “day nor two”.😉

    As you work in the equivalent of Alibaba’s Cave of Wonders, it blows my mind to think of what you guys consider ‘kind of neat’!

    If I remember correctly, the last time (or next to last time) that happened, I was shown a tray of coins, one of which was a Brasher Doubloon. :o

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  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 9,012 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    @Weiss said:

    @MFeld said:

    Why would or should you or the dealer risk thousands of dollars by concluding a transaction, prior to the coin being graded? Wouldn’t it likely be far more equitable to get the coin graded and then talk price?

    You can't cheat an honest man.

    I think plenty of honest men and women have been cheated. But that aside, one of you could make a really good deal and the other, a very bad one, even if you each have the best of intentions.

    From the web:
    So you cannot cheat an honest man because an honest man doesn't put himself in situations to be cheated. He dates honorable women with tremendous self respect ; he takes very well calculated risks ; he's not skeptical but he questions things ; he’s very aware that everything comes with a price ; he sees a scam from a mile away and avoids dealing with it.

    There’s also a movie about it.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Anyone 'could' be cheated, given the right set of circumstances, materials and knowledge (or lack thereof). I love seeing 'neat' things...and always say yes, when such is offered. Have made a couple of deals in those situations... not all, by any means. And of the deals I did make, only a couple were coins. Cheers, RickO

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:
    You really should get that slabbed and get that one. I love mine and I’m glad I got it last spring:

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    If you put that in the PCGS Box under the bridge......pm me. :)
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  • Jzyskowski1Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 20, 2021 12:22PM

    Back during the mid 90’s I was in a coin shop in south Florida and bing. I asked and they pointed me to a glass case and said exactly that “ would you like to see “.
    He pulled out a tray with 5 incredible toned Morgan’s. $400 They were absolutely beautiful. Target 🎯 circular toning. Only had $200 and couldn’t make a deal. I close my eyes at night sometimes and I can still see them. 😳

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  • thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 21, 2021 4:42AM

    That was almost a common occurrence with Rich Nachbar. His office was a block away from my shop. He would call and say, "You might want to stop by this afternoon, if you get a chance." I never knew what was in store, but it was always cool. Once, a complete US gold type set spread out on his desk. He was always the master of 'show-and-tell'.
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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JohnnyCache said:
    I have an example but no where near as nice as the ones above.


    NGC AU53

    That's very nice!

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Weiss

    :D

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  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 9,012 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Earlier this year I was window shopping at US Coins in Houston and asked the dealer if I could look at the gold coin in the case because it looked kinda neat. Then I looked at the price and carefully handed it back to him.
    I was totally caught off guard, wasn't expecting the coin to be 20K, and so no doubt the next time I go in he'll be pointing me towards the modern mint sets.
    Of course he probably read me the moment I walked in the door.

  • SimpleCollectorSimpleCollector Posts: 536 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just had this happen today. Dealer knows I like old gold and need a southern mint coin.

    Freshly slabbed 1854 D $2.5, au58…bought raw, just slabbed …out of my league, but even if so, it wasn’t really for sale. Still really neat to see.

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