Had several winners but think this might be the one I like the most, even if not the most profitable. Bot a roll of 79-S Morgans on EBAY almost 20 years ago. Seller didn't have the best pics. Funny story when I rec'd the package and took out all the coins, I counted only 19. Didn't think I dropped any, but turned the couch over since I open the roll and spread out on the couch. Looked everywhere, finally emailed the seller and noted only rec'd 19. But I didn't want to return since the roll was a winner +. Attached is the end roll toned coin and the average coin in the roll, an easy MS63. Well the seller responded that they bot the roll in the early 70's and forgot they sent the best 1 to PCGS in the 80's. Apologized and mailed me the attached rattler in MS 64 that looks like a 65. Still have the roll.
Pretty much everything I bought in my early collecting years, starting in the 50's and sold in the 80's. Most memorable was a gold 8 piece type set. Gold was pegged at $35 an ounce. I was able to pick the best Saint out of a dealer's stock for $65. Did the same from an accumulation of $5 Indians from a guy who owned a smoke shop. Picked out the best one for $15. Slabbed and sold them 30 years later (the Indian graded 64 by PCGS). Should have kept them and many more but I needed the money.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
This is a favorite although not the most profitable. In 2009 I started collecting Trade$'s and started a thread on the BST wanting to buy one or two. A member here offered up an 1875-P in PCGS XF-45. I bought it for $440 which was a really fair price at the time. It's a really nice original example that's probably worth at least $1500 today, and I still have it.
Several great buys over the years. Bought a raw 1901 Morgan off ebay for $50 (over value at the time) with lousy pics. Really lousy pics but I could see the luster and placed a $60 bid, just because. Was surprised to get at $10 under what I was willing. Looked to be really nice so kept my fingers crossed till it got here. WOW, nice PROOF and it graded PF63 at PCGS and sold for $3,000.
Second one was a 1909P Cent, again raw, that looked like maybe it was the DDO, again not so great pics. Yep, it was and PCGS blessed it with a 64. Still have it somewhere around here.
Lastly was the 1888-o Scarface that I bought off ebay in a group of three coins for under $800. Sold the other two for about $100. Sent to PCGS and was blessed with the pic below. Sold on GC for $10,005. The coin was clearly and easily identifiable in the ebay listing. Don't know why I was not bid up. No odd ending time, just dumb luck. It was a small curio shop in Portland Oregon and it was the only coins she had up at the time.
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I bought a bu roll of 1939-S Mercury Dimes a few years ago. Sight unseen at auction. Paid about 1200. It was a very nice roll. PCGS graded a 67fb, 66+fb, 65fb. And about 10 ms67's. Most fun purchase was about 40 Sage Historical Tokens from the QDB Collection ( at auction )
Bought a 1883-CC $20 raw for 900 in 2003. Took it to my state's largest coin show about a year or two later to get a sort of appraisal. They said it was cleaned and my heart sank. I still kept it. Went to a local shop 15 years later to get sent to PCGS with other coins. Came back XF-45.
Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.
I've made money on several purchases. That's always fun, but it's not really that important to my enjoyment of the hobby. Finding a really special coin can mean nothing more than the successful end of a long search (even if the coin isn't all that valuable), an acquisition from a great friend, a cool provenance, or just something that really causes it to stand out.
There have been many "bests" so I can't really decide on just one. This one from CRO was enjoyable:
Winning this on Heritage was fun. I remember watching the lot come up while sitting on the beach with my family in Hawaii.
Neither of these are great rarities, but go try and find another one like them.
This one was purchased from a local auction company for all the money. The coin was purchased from the bank as a birthday gift for the daughter of a US Senator who was a heartbeat away from the presidency at one point. The coin was stored in the noted envelope and 100% original. I bought the coin cabinet the coin was stored in also. It stayed in the same family almost 200 years. The auctioneer submitted it for grading himself. Once in a lifetime find.
I don't have a picture right now but my best coin purchase was a 2003 Wright Brothers First flight $10 gold coin. I just started my first job out of college with the Air Force as a flight test engineer and this was my first big coin purchase. It was my "I made it" purchase. It is one of 2 coins I will never sell.
In 1968 when I was 16, I bought a 1913 $2 1/2 Indian for $35. It was a big purchase back then, I made 35 cent an hour in a fast food restaurant. I still love the coin and don't think I will ever part ways with it.
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In terms of sheer ROI, probably the 1931-S I picked out of circulation when I resumed collecting the first time after a long hiatus. I was in my late 30's/early 40's and had just reconnected with my childhood collection. I ended up selling it on ebay for ~$35 at the time. I was funding a Large Cent run and getting schooled (tuition) in copper. It wasn't all a total loss though. I did manage to win a 1802 with decent surfaces (VG, raw) for $50 and turned it around for closer to $200 a few years later.
In terms of the coins I still have, it's probably the one I "go back to" in my Type Set. The most "visual bang for the buck" piece:
IMHO...
...and since I'm in the neighborhood...
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No real home runs to brag about, but missed out on a roll of $5 gold liberty heads that an auction company was selling as Indian head cents.
Rolls were taped up and said Indian written on the tape.
There were three rolls.
Someone questioned the roll half way thru the bids and the auctioneer shut all the coin sales down...we stood out in the sun for five hours waiting on the lots.
Back in 1984, I was offered a Capital plastic set of uncirculated 1908 type gold coins. I was collecting stamps at the time; but, knew how to read a Red Book. I didn't know how to grade uncirculated coins. I tried to do a little research and stretched with an offer of $1,000 as being a fair price. I was trying to pay more than a dealer would pay. The seller was a retired doctor who had bought the coins from a local BM shop. We did the deal. A few days later he came back to me and wanted the coins back. I was actually happy to give him the coins back as I had a bit of buyers remorse after spending $1,000. Several weeks later he came back again and said I had given him a better price than he could find anywhere else and would I still be interested in doing the deal? I said, "Sure," happy that he thought I had treated him fairly. I put the coins in my SDB. In 2004, I started collecting coins again and showed them to a dealer who said they looked good. I sent them in PCGS with my four free coupons and they came back MS64, MS63 AU58, & the $20, MS64. Today's PCGS value $9,150 (?). I can't wait to send them to CAC!
Bought 6-7 BU silver Roosevelt sets in old albums, lots of typical toners. A dealer friend gave me a good price of 1.5 X melt for all of them (probably didn't want to haul them around anymore and that was just under a typical price at the time) I pulled some tougher high grade examples out of the set-
I believe TurtleCat has one or two of these.
Of course, a few years ago I started a Roosevelt registry set- I could use those coins now, but ended up getting about $7-800 for the five coins. I still have a vast majority of the sets, with some possible future submission candidates.
By far, the BEST coin purchase (or auction win, in this case) was this unattributed 1814 capped bust half NGC MS61 that I won on Teletrade in 2011 for just under $5200. I recognized it prior to bidding as the tougher Redbook variety E/A.
After winning it, I was just hoping to cross it to PCGS 58 as the E/A in 58 is extremely hard to come by. I was very fortunate though that it crossed at grade to PCGS 61. And, as the coin did not look like your typical 61, I resubmitted it to PCGS for regrade a few times and it has since upgraded to MS63+….and then it got stickered!
One of my fave coins that I’m glad I stepped up for back around 2007. The dealer was selling it on consignment and wouldn’t negotiate off $2100.
One of those coins that even the most jaded dealer in the room would likely still make an offer on.
This is a story for another day, just got back from pcgs.
My cost basis in just the coin after all was said and done is $0. So my only expense is the slab + shipping.
@ernie11 said:
Nothing great - bought a 1991 1/2 ounce gold eagle back then raw from a bullion dealer, when gold was low. Low mintage. A couple years ago, I had it graded, at MS-69.
Same scenario! I've had this coin in PCGS MS-69 since the 90's and just keep watching the prices go up I think I paid under $500 bucks..
I've found and had graded lots of IKEs that did very well. My best was a RAW Ebay 1972 Type 2 for about $40 bucks... sent it in and scored an MS-65.. (was hoping for 66)
Super cool thread and great stories!
I have a couple of fun ones but this one really stands out.
My most likely contribution is for the item that bestowed me with that “You Suck” award seen in my sig line.
The coin purchased was a 1885-cc Morgan in an old MS-64 holder and looking like it was in need of careful conservation. I cracked it, very carefully conserved and stabilized the coin, resubmitted it and it came back as MS-65+ DMPL.
I guess some pics might be in order.
Happy, humble, honored and proud recipient of the “You Suck” award 10/22/2014
42/1-D Cherrypicked from an album I bought for a cost basis of about $1.65 is my single best % return. Sold for $700 after grading. Fees for grading were about $22.
Pure dollars, I'm still holding onto my best return. Will have to try this for recon, 65+ is 20k+. Turned down 15 for it already.
"It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
If best means coin I wish I had back either my once PCGS MS62 1889-CC $ or my once territorial $50 octagon NGC VF25 (I think). If the best you suck score that’s easy 75v Gold Eagle. Lighting doesn’t strike twice for me like that.
One upgrade I had was an 1861-O $20 Liberty in an old VF35 holder that upgraded to XF40. That would have been a much bigger price jump today than 20 plus years ago when I paid a premium for the vf coin then sold it as an xf.
My best cherry was a 1928-D Lincoln cent off a bid board in Tucson AZ for $28. Sent to ANACS for $40 and it came back 1928-d/d MS63RB. Sold it on Ebay for $700 from a buy it now bid.
Ah, all USA coins. Well, I live in the USA but collect Brit coins. About 16 years ago I took a chance on pictures alone and bought an 1838 sovereign off of ebay for 1250 pounds - about $2000 at the time. The coin looked special and when I got it felt it looked to be a milled edge pattern proof.
One of the TPGs (who shall remain nameless rejected it as cleaned - IT WAS NOT) so sent it off to Mr. S. Hill then at Baldwin's London who confirmed it not cleaned or tampered with and then offered 20,000 pounds for it as it was a discovery pattern. I held on to it, but then sadly as it was not my series used it in trade for a very rare pattern set.....
Love that Milled British (1830-1960) Well, just Love coins, period.
@DelawareDoons said:
42/1-D Cherrypicked from an album I bought for a cost basis of about $1.65 is my single best % return. Sold for $700 after grading. Fees for grading were about $22.
Pure dollars, I'm still holding onto my best return. Will have to try this for recon, 65+ is 20k+. Turned down 15 for it already.
Hey DD. What a steal. Didn't you pick up an NGC 2.1 on ebay on the cheap awhile back and then send it to CAC? That has to be a 10x jump by now.
@DelawareDoons said:
42/1-D Cherrypicked from an album I bought for a cost basis of about $1.65 is my single best % return. Sold for $700 after grading. Fees for grading were about $22.
Pure dollars, I'm still holding onto my best return. Will have to try this for recon, 65+ is 20k+. Turned down 15 for it already.
Hey DD. What a steal. Didn't you pick up an NGC 2.1 on ebay on the cheap awhile back and then send it to CAC? That has to be a 10x jump by now.
Tim
Yeah I did!
I've gotten several 10x'ers in the past year and change but that walker will be a 30-40x'er if I can get into the 5+ CAC holder I think it deserves.
"It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
I had been looking everywhere for a 1912-S with a full, solid strike. They are far and few between, but after looking for many years, I finally came across this one!
Best regards, Dwayne F. Sessom Ebay ID: V-Nickel-Coins
as for my best cherry pick ever I picked this up on Ebay for $12 - wasn't sure how much it was worth but knew from reading posts here on this forum that i should grab it. Sold but never forgotten.
I had been looking everywhere for a 1912-S with a full, solid strike. They are far and few between, but after looking for many years, I finally came across this one!
A lot of six proof sets- 4x 1964 and 2x 1960. All six for $120 shipped.
The four 1964 sets had Accented Hair halves that graded 66 CAM, 66 CAM, 67 CAM and 67 CAM.
One of the 1960 sets also had a FS-801 dime and it remains the best doubled die I have in my collection. Three of the halves sold for about $700, I kept both the dime and last half for myself as a reminder.
This one was purchased from a local auction company for all the money. The coin was purchased from the bank as a birthday gift for the daughter of a US Senator who was a heartbeat away from the presidency at one point. The coin was stored in the noted envelope and 100% original. I bought the coin cabinet the coin was stored in also. It stayed in the same family almost 200 years. The auctioneer submitted it for grading himself. Once in a lifetime find.
1845-D Half Eagle Variety 13-I because it lead to an article being published in Coin World and recognition by Doug Winter in his attribution of branch mint gold.
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Had several winners but think this might be the one I like the most, even if not the most profitable. Bot a roll of 79-S Morgans on EBAY almost 20 years ago. Seller didn't have the best pics. Funny story when I rec'd the package and took out all the coins, I counted only 19. Didn't think I dropped any, but turned the couch over since I open the roll and spread out on the couch. Looked everywhere, finally emailed the seller and noted only rec'd 19. But I didn't want to return since the roll was a winner +. Attached is the end roll toned coin and the average coin in the roll, an easy MS63. Well the seller responded that they bot the roll in the early 70's and forgot they sent the best 1 to PCGS in the 80's. Apologized and mailed me the attached rattler in MS 64 that looks like a 65. Still have the roll.
Pretty much everything I bought in my early collecting years, starting in the 50's and sold in the 80's. Most memorable was a gold 8 piece type set. Gold was pegged at $35 an ounce. I was able to pick the best Saint out of a dealer's stock for $65. Did the same from an accumulation of $5 Indians from a guy who owned a smoke shop. Picked out the best one for $15. Slabbed and sold them 30 years later (the Indian graded 64 by PCGS). Should have kept them and many more but I needed the money.
This is a favorite although not the most profitable. In 2009 I started collecting Trade$'s and started a thread on the BST wanting to buy one or two. A member here offered up an 1875-P in PCGS XF-45. I bought it for $440 which was a really fair price at the time. It's a really nice original example that's probably worth at least $1500 today, and I still have it.
It wasn't a big purchase but I picked this one up at a pawn shop. It had $9.99 price tag on it. Forgot to add, this was about 2 or 3 yrs ago.
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Several great buys over the years. Bought a raw 1901 Morgan off ebay for $50 (over value at the time) with lousy pics. Really lousy pics but I could see the luster and placed a $60 bid, just because. Was surprised to get at $10 under what I was willing. Looked to be really nice so kept my fingers crossed till it got here. WOW, nice PROOF and it graded PF63 at PCGS and sold for $3,000.
Second one was a 1909P Cent, again raw, that looked like maybe it was the DDO, again not so great pics. Yep, it was and PCGS blessed it with a 64. Still have it somewhere around here.
Lastly was the 1888-o Scarface that I bought off ebay in a group of three coins for under $800. Sold the other two for about $100. Sent to PCGS and was blessed with the pic below. Sold on GC for $10,005. The coin was clearly and easily identifiable in the ebay listing. Don't know why I was not bid up. No odd ending time, just dumb luck. It was a small curio shop in Portland Oregon and it was the only coins she had up at the time.
I bought a bu roll of 1939-S Mercury Dimes a few years ago. Sight unseen at auction. Paid about 1200. It was a very nice roll. PCGS graded a 67fb, 66+fb, 65fb. And about 10 ms67's. Most fun purchase was about 40 Sage Historical Tokens from the QDB Collection ( at auction )
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Bought a 1883-CC $20 raw for 900 in 2003. Took it to my state's largest coin show about a year or two later to get a sort of appraisal. They said it was cleaned and my heart sank. I still kept it. Went to a local shop 15 years later to get sent to PCGS with other coins. Came back XF-45.
Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.
I've made money on several purchases. That's always fun, but it's not really that important to my enjoyment of the hobby. Finding a really special coin can mean nothing more than the successful end of a long search (even if the coin isn't all that valuable), an acquisition from a great friend, a cool provenance, or just something that really causes it to stand out.
There have been many "bests" so I can't really decide on just one. This one from CRO was enjoyable:
Winning this on Heritage was fun. I remember watching the lot come up while sitting on the beach with my family in Hawaii.
Neither of these are great rarities, but go try and find another one like them.
Not a coin but definitely my best numismatic purchase ever. Elton and I holding the same (and only) Royal Mint medallion:
Tim (and EJ)
Without question this one; purchased from a lot of old time so called "electros" it is authenticated and certified as NGC's top POP:
This one was purchased from a local auction company for all the money. The coin was purchased from the bank as a birthday gift for the daughter of a US Senator who was a heartbeat away from the presidency at one point. The coin was stored in the noted envelope and 100% original. I bought the coin cabinet the coin was stored in also. It stayed in the same family almost 200 years. The auctioneer submitted it for grading himself. Once in a lifetime find.
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I don't have a picture right now but my best coin purchase was a 2003 Wright Brothers First flight $10 gold coin. I just started my first job out of college with the Air Force as a flight test engineer and this was my first big coin purchase. It was my "I made it" purchase. It is one of 2 coins I will never sell.
In 1968 when I was 16, I bought a 1913 $2 1/2 Indian for $35. It was a big purchase back then, I made 35 cent an hour in a fast food restaurant. I still love the coin and don't think I will ever part ways with it.
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I’m still looking but one day.
Hoard the keys.
In terms of sheer ROI, probably the 1931-S I picked out of circulation when I resumed collecting the first time after a long hiatus. I was in my late 30's/early 40's and had just reconnected with my childhood collection. I ended up selling it on ebay for ~$35 at the time. I was funding a Large Cent run and getting schooled (tuition) in copper. It wasn't all a total loss though. I did manage to win a 1802 with decent surfaces (VG, raw) for $50 and turned it around for closer to $200 a few years later.
In terms of the coins I still have, it's probably the one I "go back to" in my Type Set. The most "visual bang for the buck" piece:
IMHO...
...and since I'm in the neighborhood...
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No real home runs to brag about, but missed out on a roll of $5 gold liberty heads that an auction company was selling as Indian head cents.
Rolls were taped up and said Indian written on the tape.
There were three rolls.
Someone questioned the roll half way thru the bids and the auctioneer shut all the coin sales down...we stood out in the sun for five hours waiting on the lots.
Back in 1984, I was offered a Capital plastic set of uncirculated 1908 type gold coins. I was collecting stamps at the time; but, knew how to read a Red Book. I didn't know how to grade uncirculated coins. I tried to do a little research and stretched with an offer of $1,000 as being a fair price. I was trying to pay more than a dealer would pay. The seller was a retired doctor who had bought the coins from a local BM shop. We did the deal. A few days later he came back to me and wanted the coins back. I was actually happy to give him the coins back as I had a bit of buyers remorse after spending $1,000. Several weeks later he came back again and said I had given him a better price than he could find anywhere else and would I still be interested in doing the deal? I said, "Sure," happy that he thought I had treated him fairly. I put the coins in my SDB. In 2004, I started collecting coins again and showed them to a dealer who said they looked good. I sent them in PCGS with my four free coupons and they came back MS64, MS63 AU58, & the $20, MS64. Today's PCGS value $9,150 (?). I can't wait to send them to CAC!
Bought 6-7 BU silver Roosevelt sets in old albums, lots of typical toners. A dealer friend gave me a good price of 1.5 X melt for all of them (probably didn't want to haul them around anymore and that was just under a typical price at the time) I pulled some tougher high grade examples out of the set-
I believe TurtleCat has one or two of these.
Of course, a few years ago I started a Roosevelt registry set- I could use those coins now, but ended up getting about $7-800 for the five coins. I still have a vast majority of the sets, with some possible future submission candidates.
By far, the BEST coin purchase (or auction win, in this case) was this unattributed 1814 capped bust half NGC MS61 that I won on Teletrade in 2011 for just under $5200. I recognized it prior to bidding as the tougher Redbook variety E/A.
After winning it, I was just hoping to cross it to PCGS 58 as the E/A in 58 is extremely hard to come by. I was very fortunate though that it crossed at grade to PCGS 61. And, as the coin did not look like your typical 61, I resubmitted it to PCGS for regrade a few times and it has since upgraded to MS63+….and then it got stickered!
Dave
Lots of great stories being posted!
One of my fave coins that I’m glad I stepped up for back around 2007. The dealer was selling it on consignment and wouldn’t negotiate off $2100.
One of those coins that even the most jaded dealer in the room would likely still make an offer on.
This is a story for another day, just got back from pcgs.
My cost basis in just the coin after all was said and done is $0. So my only expense is the slab + shipping.
Same scenario! I've had this coin in PCGS MS-69 since the 90's and just keep watching the prices go up
I think I paid under $500 bucks..
I've found and had graded lots of IKEs that did very well. My best was a RAW Ebay 1972 Type 2 for about $40 bucks... sent it in and scored an MS-65.. (was hoping for 66)
Super cool thread and great stories!
I have a couple of fun ones but this one really stands out.
My most likely contribution is for the item that bestowed me with that “You Suck” award seen in my sig line.
The coin purchased was a 1885-cc Morgan in an old MS-64 holder and looking like it was in need of careful conservation. I cracked it, very carefully conserved and stabilized the coin, resubmitted it and it came back as MS-65+ DMPL.
I guess some pics might be in order.
Happy, humble, honored and proud recipient of the “You Suck” award 10/22/2014
42/1-D Cherrypicked from an album I bought for a cost basis of about $1.65 is my single best % return. Sold for $700 after grading. Fees for grading were about $22.
Pure dollars, I'm still holding onto my best return. Will have to try this for recon, 65+ is 20k+. Turned down 15 for it already.
"It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
If best means coin I wish I had back either my once PCGS MS62 1889-CC $ or my once territorial $50 octagon NGC VF25 (I think). If the best you suck score that’s easy 75v Gold Eagle. Lighting doesn’t strike twice for me like that.
One upgrade I had was an 1861-O $20 Liberty in an old VF35 holder that upgraded to XF40. That would have been a much bigger price jump today than 20 plus years ago when I paid a premium for the vf coin then sold it as an xf.
My best cherry was a 1928-D Lincoln cent off a bid board in Tucson AZ for $28. Sent to ANACS for $40 and it came back 1928-d/d MS63RB. Sold it on Ebay for $700 from a buy it now bid.
Ah, all USA coins. Well, I live in the USA but collect Brit coins. About 16 years ago I took a chance on pictures alone and bought an 1838 sovereign off of ebay for 1250 pounds - about $2000 at the time. The coin looked special and when I got it felt it looked to be a milled edge pattern proof.
One of the TPGs (who shall remain nameless rejected it as cleaned - IT WAS NOT) so sent it off to Mr. S. Hill then at Baldwin's London who confirmed it not cleaned or tampered with and then offered 20,000 pounds for it as it was a discovery pattern. I held on to it, but then sadly as it was not my series used it in trade for a very rare pattern set.....
Well, just Love coins, period.
Hey DD. What a steal. Didn't you pick up an NGC 2.1 on ebay on the cheap awhile back and then send it to CAC? That has to be a 10x jump by now.
Tim
Yeah I did!
I've gotten several 10x'ers in the past year and change but that walker will be a 30-40x'er if I can get into the 5+ CAC holder I think it deserves.
"It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
Very nice, @DelawareDoons. My $500 offer still stands for that Washington. No questions asked!
Tim
1912-S PCGS MS64
I had been looking everywhere for a 1912-S with a full, solid strike. They are far and few between, but after looking for many years, I finally came across this one!
Dwayne F. Sessom
Ebay ID: V-Nickel-Coins
as for my best cherry pick ever I picked this up on Ebay for $12 - wasn't sure how much it was worth but knew from reading posts here on this forum that i should grab it. Sold but never forgotten.
This 1916-d I purchased for 200 bucks on eBay. It graded out at a 66 and sold it for 9k.
Beautiful coin, Dwayne!
Dave
A lot of six proof sets- 4x 1964 and 2x 1960. All six for $120 shipped.
The four 1964 sets had Accented Hair halves that graded 66 CAM, 66 CAM, 67 CAM and 67 CAM.
One of the 1960 sets also had a FS-801 dime and it remains the best doubled die I have in my collection. Three of the halves sold for about $700, I kept both the dime and last half for myself as a reminder.
Coin Photographer.
Definitely a “you suck” award on this one!
You likely qualify for numerous ‘you suck’ awards, as do several others in this thread!
Great score!
Happy, humble, honored and proud recipient of the “You Suck” award 10/22/2014
This is one of my favorite coins and associated stories ever.
1845-D Half Eagle Variety 13-I because it lead to an article being published in Coin World and recognition by Doug Winter in his attribution of branch mint gold.