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The Finest 18th Century Silver Coin

CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 3,063 ✭✭✭✭✭
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In this Sunday’s GC auction; simply WOW:


“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”

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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 9,281 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow is quite the understatement...

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,419 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like 🤩

  • TrampTramp Posts: 949 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool! Intense die cracks!

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,632 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I saw a 1799 U.S. Dollar once that I would call a Proof, and I would say that it is nicer than this piece, IMHO.

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  • jacrispiesjacrispies Posts: 1,421 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    I saw a 1799 U.S. Dollar once that I would call a Proof, and I would say that it is nicer than this piece, IMHO.

    You can't leave us hanging without photos! ;)

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  • CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 3,063 ✭✭✭✭✭

    GC is stating finest due to the coin’s grade. “Nicer” is different.

    “The thrill of the hunt never gets old”

    PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
    Copperindian
    Copperindian II
    Indy Eagles
    Gold Rush

    Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
    Copperindian
    Nickelodeon
    Early Walkers

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  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,927 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Gorgeous. Im assuming my it has more luster than the photos portray.

  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,578 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 13, 2026 10:45AM

    Nah. Theres an MS69 graded

    https://coinweek.com/stacks-bowers-galleries-to-auction-ms-69-1793-wreath-cent/

    Early Dollar Set
  • CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 3,063 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @tradedollarnut said:
    Nah. Theres an MS69 graded

    https://coinweek.com/stacks-bowers-galleries-to-auction-ms-69-1793-wreath-cent/

    Silver coin….

    “The thrill of the hunt never gets old”

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    Copperindian
    Copperindian II
    Indy Eagles
    Gold Rush

    Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
    Copperindian
    Nickelodeon
    Early Walkers

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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,578 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OK. Tied finest

    https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/amazing-half-disme-nears-2-million

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  • MEJ7070MEJ7070 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Should ended up being a new all time high on Great Collections.

    Hat tip to Ian, his team, and the consignor. Though I don’t play in this realm, I think it would have been borderline unfathomable to consign this coin there 7-8 years ago…..now it’s likely quite savvy.

  • bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭✭✭

    She's a hottie! :o

  • GuzziSportGuzziSport Posts: 532 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Amazing coin. Guess as to hammer price?

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  • CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 3,063 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @GuzziSport said:
    Amazing coin. Guess as to hammer price?

    Already @ $1.16MM with 5 days to go….

    “The thrill of the hunt never gets old”

    PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
    Copperindian
    Copperindian II
    Indy Eagles
    Gold Rush

    Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
    Copperindian
    Nickelodeon
    Early Walkers

    Successful transactions: redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector

  • MEJ7070MEJ7070 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 13, 2026 2:12PM

    @GuzziSport said:
    Amazing coin. Guess as to hammer price?

    I’ll take a stab and guess $1.43 million final (1.3 million + juice)

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,644 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Way beyond my pay grade. The best I have is an 1800 half dime in MS-64, and that was a high end stretch for me.

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  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,307 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hmmmmm. I “get” the rarity and grade opinion but at least, from the photos,…..I see little drop dead eye appeal there.

  • CryptoCrypto Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU63 due to rub on her cheek and shoulder ;)

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  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,307 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well maybe if the dog poop had a gold GAG sticker,

  • CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 3,063 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Winning bid was $1.375MM!
    As an aside, there were 3 or 4 other GC auctions tonight with $1MM+ winning bids. 2 were in excess of $2MM; one of those was nearly $3MM!

    “The thrill of the hunt never gets old”

    PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
    Copperindian
    Copperindian II
    Indy Eagles
    Gold Rush

    Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
    Copperindian
    Nickelodeon
    Early Walkers

    Successful transactions: redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector

  • WinLoseWinWinLoseWin Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭✭✭

    PCGS appears to have been a little conservative on the coin in 1988 when it was graded MS-65.

    Missed out on viewing the coin then as it was either out or I had run out of time. Have not ever seen it so don't know what I would call it.

    No color photos of it in the 1988 catalog. Can be hard to photo match to 1988, but it matches up by a speck of toning between the bases of the R and I in AMERICA (the dot by the M might be in the die).

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    Noted on the PCGSCoinfacts census for 1796 10C (Regular Strike) as MARCA 1/1988:409 - Heritage 8/2014:5553, $793,125

    GreatCollections 1796 Draped Bust Dime PCGS MS-68 (CAC Green) Sun, Jan 18, 2026

    Ex: FUN Sale 1/1988; unknown intermediary; ANA Auction 4/2014); Private Collector; Present Consignor at GreatCollections.

    https://greatcollections.com/Coin/1926311/1796-Draped-Bust-Dime-PCGS-MS-68-CAC-Green

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    The January 1988 F.U.N, Sale by Mid-American Rare Coin Auctions Lot 409 as PCGS-65 at a reported $37,400

    https://archive.org/details/1988funsale1988mida/page/36/mode/2up

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