You're the winner! - That Nuclear Feeling!

Zoins

An interesting feeling is when you see the "You're the winner!" message after submitting a nuclear bid and having it finish just at your bid!

How does it feel?

Pioneer1

I was 5 minutes late to bid. Congrats ! I wouldn't have beaten you though. Non-nuclear on my end

TomB

If I am willing to bid that high then I believe the coin is a good buy at that level so I would feel nuclear!

pursuitofliberty

How does it feel? Did I really just do that!?!!

The most expensive coin I won at the ANA was at my max bid (exactly), which didn't show up until about an hour after the close (see Sheridan Downey's MB#54 bidding situations).

It wasn't a "double nuclear" bid, but it was a "go big or go home" play.

Since I won three others, there was a moment of intestinal fortitude in there, but I am absolutely glad I won her.

She's a LDS coin, tied for CC#2 on the known census for the Marriage/Die State (#3 or 4 if you count the EDS coins), and certainly appears the nicest of the three 58's (or tied with the other PCGS coin - different look). I think she looks nicer than the Vanderbilt coin as well (a 61, and the only one ahead of her for the Die State).

JMoo100

I had placed what I thought was a lowball bid that ended up winnign tonight and now I’m hoping that I didn’t miss something when grading / pricing it out. Other side of the same coin?

spyglassdesign

I've been on both ends recently. Lost one I thought was a great pickup but regret not going nuclear and picked one up going all in and it nearly got to my max.

PerryHall

How does it feel when you realize that you are now buried alive in an expensive coin?

Catbert

@PerryHall said:
How does it feel when you realize that you are now buried alive in an expensive coin?

Irradiated!

Cameonut

ricko

I never had a nuclear bid go all the way up. Probably because my bid was tri-nuclear. But I always got the coin - and usually no more than three increments.... Once it was four. Still, I was happy. Cheers, RickO