1935 Connecticut Commemorative PCGS OGH MS63 went for moon $$$ last night at Heritage.
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I must admit, it is a beautiful piece.
Looks worthy of CAC gold or a couple grades up from the pics.
Sold: $1,080 w/bp....PCGS Price Guide: $280.
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Major premium for being properly neutralized after having been dipped which is a major rarity in this hobby.
Even if it is a 65, that is double the current value.
And then it's still a lackluster who cares ho-hum MS65.
What's going on with the eagle's face/head?
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idk if you looked at other images but those are scans. fwiw
https://coins.ha.com/itm/commemorative-silver/1935-50c-connecticut-ms63-pcgs-pcgs-population-831-4060-ngc-census-318-3182-cdn-200-whsle-bid-for-ngc-pcgs-ms63/a/60271-92223.s?ic2=mytracked-lotspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab
Scuffed from contact with the edge/rim of another CT and most likely why they graded it a 63 as the wing another major contact area is clean.
Would have to make it into a 66 or 67 holder to be worth it, I just don't see that from the photos.
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Someone just needed a OGH example bad enough to be buried forever as even a gold CAC sticker won't recoup that hammer price.
The CT is one of the the only ones I still have not found in an OG holder for my set of OGH commems. Maybe someone else is having the same problem I am having and just went crazy to get it.
Are you saying, you are the new owner?
Looks like the plastic and sticker corner of the exonumia market is strong. Glad it's only a rather widgety Connecticut being held hostage by it.
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That is a very possible scenario for sure, although I would not say that a gold sticker would not recoup the hammer price. Those gold beans have an almost cult like following.
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It looks to have been over-dipped or "burned" with luster hot-spots to me, probably why even 25-30 years ago the graders at PCGS net'd it MS63.
@Broadstruck said: Someone just needed a OGH example bad enough to be buried forever as even a gold CAC sticker won't recoup that hammer price.
I don't regularly follow Great Collections, but during the past 12-18 months I have sold three groups of coins there in groups of 20-30 each. With each sale there were coins which sold at ridiculously high prices. At the same time the better coins in the groups struggled to sell at guide prices. The nickel below sold for $500. It has great luster and attractive tone but probably shouldn't be Full Steps so the only thing that makes sense to me is the holder.
Toning on nickel is very attractive
I've said before that HA often gets very strong money in their auctions if you can wait for their longer turn-arounds from sending coins to them and getting paid compared to GC.
I still can’t comprehend how such a large, pretentious auction house can have such horrible pictures.
I could get better photos with my old iPhone 6 in my bathroom.
That Connecticut commem is definitely attractive... Not being a dealer, I do not care about the holder, even the label grade.... Probably is better than a 63, but not important to me. I like the luster and generally clean surfaces - at least from the pictures. In hand, might be different. Cheers, RickO