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I gotta have it...!!!

Che_GrapesChe_Grapes Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Have you ever seen a coin and think - damn I gotta have that!!
Oddly I thought just that when I saw this coin! (I know, I’m such a nerd)

Post your “I gotta have it”’ moments below!

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  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,140 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Crazee Buff for a crazyhounddog. Joe it truly matches the herd.
    Jim



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  • BaronVonBaughBaronVonBaugh Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭✭

    I’ve seen a lot of top pop proof Jefferson nickels this year. I’ve already spent my budget for the year. Unfortunately I could spend 5 maybe 6 digits on pre ‘64 nickels. Mostly because people with deep pockets have gotten into them. Just a few years ago they would be much cheaper. Good luck to those who can afford to compete for them at the levels these will go for.

    1938-64_Jefferson_Nickel_Proofs
  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,699 ✭✭✭✭✭

    very nice coins guys :)

    2003-present

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  • semikeycollectorsemikeycollector Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @rays said:
    Last Friday I put a strong bid on this one, at Heritage a coin I have wanted for over 25 years. Even though it had some problems. A couple of people bid higher, as oftentimes happens:


    i love it too!

  • Joey29Joey29 Posts: 458 ✭✭✭
    edited May 10, 2022 9:37PM

    This amazing lustrous gold toned peace dollar. Only a 64 but soo pretty and clean for the grade. My favorite coin Paid well over 64 money.

  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,873 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There are a couple of coins on my “gotta have” list. Unfortunately they’re also on my “gotta find” list.
    Amazing coins everyone!

    MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940

  • Che_GrapesChe_Grapes Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The 1860 token is super cool!!! Wow

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I stopped building sets about 10+ years ago. Since then, my acquisitions have been mostly 'gotta have it' or 'really like it'. No rhyme or reason.... and too many to show here. I enjoy this type of collecting and will likely continue. Cheers, RickO

  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,169 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 11, 2022 5:19AM




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  • Joey29Joey29 Posts: 458 ✭✭✭

    @joeykoins said:
    My recent.
    I pulled the trigger on this old classic.
    In which, I haven't had any Bust coins in my collection. Until now.
    "Had to have it!"


    Picked this up at the recent Central States Show, in Chicago.
    Thanks

    Very nice coin. Looks so much better in eye appeal than a VF 20. I thought from first glance it was AU.

  • Joey29Joey29 Posts: 458 ✭✭✭
    edited May 11, 2022 12:00PM

    @Joey29 said:

    @joeykoins said:
    My recent.
    I pulled the trigger on this old classic.
    In which, I haven't had any Bust coins in my collection. Until now.
    "Had to have it!"


    Picked this up at the recent Central States Show, in Chicago.
    Thanks

    .

  • Joey29Joey29 Posts: 458 ✭✭✭
    edited May 11, 2022 12:02PM

    @Joey29 said:

    @joeykoins said:
    My recent.
    I pulled the trigger on this old classic.
    In which, I haven't had any Bust coins in my collection. Until now.
    "Had to have it!"


    Picked this up at the recent Central States Show, in Chicago.
    Thanks

  • Joey29Joey29 Posts: 458 ✭✭✭

    @joeykoins said:
    My recent.
    I pulled the trigger on this old classic.
    In which, I haven't had any Bust coins in my collection. Until now.
    "Had to have it!"


    Picked this up at the recent Central States Show, in Chicago.
    Thanks

    Looks seriously undergraded. Amazing find.

  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 16,628 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Seriously thinking of cracking out to send it to PCGS? Also, to receive the True View Pics!
    :*

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  • Joey29Joey29 Posts: 458 ✭✭✭

    @joeykoins said:
    Seriously thinking of cracking out to send it to PCGS? Also, to receive the True View Pics!
    :*

    The VFs I see posted show heavy wear, think you should definitely resubmit

  • Joey29Joey29 Posts: 458 ✭✭✭

    @Joey29 said:

    @joeykoins said:
    Seriously thinking of cracking out to send it to PCGS? Also, to receive the True View Pics!
    :*

    The VFs I see posted show heavy wear, think you should definitely resubmit. Only see heavy wear on the portion of the portrait

  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,998 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coinsarefun said:
    I wanted since it was first auctioned in 2008. I didn’t have the money back then but. I kept
    in constant contact until 2 years ago where I started to really put the pressure on him to sell
    Well………..here it is!
    .
    I have never seen one with this much toning. Most are gin metal gray with. Slight toning.
    This one ranks number one in my book!

    .
    1860 Token Miller NY-426 Silver Levick MS65 EX; Stacks auction 2008

    .

    That has got to be thee coolest token I’ve ever laid my eyes on. I’m envious, Steff! Very, VERY cool❤️❤️
    I want one😊
    Thanks for sharing it👌

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  • Cranium_Basher73Cranium_Basher73 Posts: 3,290 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 11, 2022 6:37PM

    See a shiny regardless of funds...

    Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.

  • BarberianBarberian Posts: 3,769 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 12, 2022 1:23AM

    I wandered over to Heritage auctions to familiarize myself with the site and see what coins were available in that night's auction and spotted this coin. I HAD TO HAVE IT, so I bid two bid increments higher than the highest price for the grade in HA's database for my max bid. Without any experience with an online HA auction, I just hit the bid button repeatedly once the coin auction began. I freaked and bid so often that I accidentally bid $4K on the next coin up for auction, which was an 1851-O in MS65. Thankfully, I was outbid.

    When the dust had settled, I had won the coin at my max bid and the winning bid remains the highest price paid for the grade in HA's database almost 14 years later. The 2nd highest price paid for the grade was for the same coin two years earlier.

    1851 WB6, PCGS VF35

    Here's the "Yikes! Did I do OK?" thread I started here shortly after the auction closed. It was the most I'd paid for a coin at that time.
    https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/678935/i-went-nuts-on-a-coin.

    3 rim nicks away from Good

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