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What coin(s) have eluded you for a Long time that you CAN afford but can't find!?

goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
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for me........
1936d 3.5 leg buffalo nickel



I've also kinda watched for a nice low grade 1916 DDO nickel. I stupidly passed on a PCGS G4 a couple years ago.

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  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    Believe it or not, once I started looking for a decent 1963P half in MS65FBL at a DECENT price, it took me almost 3 years to locate a suitable specimen!

    Frank
  • coinnerdcoinnerd Posts: 492 ✭✭✭
    An attractive uncleaned XF 1926-s Merc. I've looked at hundreds of over dipped - over graded - and slightly damaged coins and haven't found one in years
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    1967 SMS Kennedy in MS68CAM. They come up very rarely. Almost had one in a Heritage Live auction a while back, but a floor bidder got me.

    Russ, NCNE
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  • mrcommemmrcommem Posts: 1,173 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A choice 1839-D half eagle or quarter eagle in PCGS AU53-55. I have been looking for over two years.
    Mr Commem
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  • tristarztristarz Posts: 32 ✭✭
    1971-S Kennedy PR69DCAM
    Montgomery Collections
  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    nm
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,965 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Circulated Hawaiian Commemorative.

    peacockcoins

  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,380 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A decent 1877 IHC 65R - they're all in 66R holders!
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  • RELLARELLA Posts: 961 ✭✭✭
    1936-S Lincoln in PCGS MS67RD...pop report shows 23 but only know of one that sold in the last two years and I only found out after the fact. I've also never seen a MS66RD or NGC MS67RD that had a shot at PCGS MS67RD. Anyone want to sell me one?...I'll pay REALLY good money for one.

    RELLA
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  • oldcameoproofsguyoldcameoproofsguy Posts: 3,174 ✭
    The only modern coins that I will collect now are SMS Lincoln cents in MS65CAM or better. I have yet to score that elusive 1965 SMS MS65 CAM 1c. This coin is sooooo tough but cheap considering how hard it is to find. Someday though....image
  • ccexccex Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭
    1892-S, 1909-S, and 1913-S dimes in no-problem XF.
    "Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity" - Hanlon's Razor
  • freebluefreeblue Posts: 82 ✭
    OK not a long time, but it felt like it....

    1936-S Oregon Trail PCGS MS66, yesterday, ON LIVE AUCTION EBAY. Just about to bid, when they closed the auction suddenly.

    Oh well, there are bigger fish in the ocean.image
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  • rpmerrpmer Posts: 16
    The last 118 Lincoln rpms I need to have a copy of all Wiles'/CONECA listings to date. The money is here, the coins are out there but.... they're tough to put together!
  • zennyzenny Posts: 1,547 ✭✭
    a decent 1861 dollar
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    When I was working on my old 1798-2000 nongold type set, I had a time finding a nice midgrade 1798 cent without porosity. I was shopping for the nicest Fine I could come across. It was challenging finding an affordable middle-of-the-road coin with no problems, even though I had the money. Even searching on eBay and going to a show or two, I had little luck. It took me about a year and a half to two years to find one I liked. Everything out there seemed to be either Fair, AG, corroded, bent or beat up, or gorgeous AU-UNC with four- and five-figure pricetags. Very little in between. Maybe this was because collectors hang on tight to such things.

    In the end I think I did OK- I found this one at a nice price, raw. I submitted it to SEGS before I knew their reputation, and it came back F15 with no problems noted, so I was a happy camper. In retrospect, it had the slightest porosity that might have bagged it at PCGS or NGC, and was probably a F12, but it was still nice enough for me at the time. (Note that the pic does not flatter it- it was much nicer in person).

    On the "Darkside", there are frequently supposedly cheap coins that are tough to find. When collecting British large pennies toward the end of that pursuit, I had all the keys but lacked some common dates. This has also happened with my current Irish collection.

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  • JoyofCollectingJoyofCollecting Posts: 682 ✭
    An 1847 seated dime in PCGS MS63+.

    Go well.
  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    An honestly graded VG or F 1914-P Barber Half. I've come to realize that Barber coins in general are hard to find in the intermediate grades, they're either G or Unc with very little in between.
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  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The last 118 Lincoln rpms I need to have a copy of all Wiles'/CONECA listings to date. The money is here, the coins are out there but.... they're tough to put together! >>



    I have to say, that's a major-league challenge! To complete something like that is a true quest, where no amount of money is going to solve the problem.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    a 1923-S quarter in choice ORIGINAL fine condition
  • DeepCoinDeepCoin Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭
    A 1936-S No Bands Merc in 66. I did pass on one last year due to a funds shortage for coin purchases, but since then I have been on the lookout again...with no luck so far. The last 6 months I have been looking for 1945-P No Band Merc in 67 with no luck.. but there are a lot of them, so I will be patient. The problem there is the overpriced xx% bands that people want a premium for. A coin is either FB or not IMHO, so I will not pay a premium for a percentage of FB.
    Retired United States Mint guy, now working on an Everyman Type Set.
  • HigashiyamaHigashiyama Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1803 Bust Dollar. In theory, no more expensive than other later date bust dollars, but I had trouble finding a nice example. I finally got impatient and bought a so-so example!
    Higashiyama
  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, I feel like my first choice is really a low end coin (compared to what I have seen so far), but I just can't find a decent one. It is a 1906o quarter in vf/ef. This really isn't a killer coin, I just haven't found a nice one yet. But the fun, it's all in the chase.

    The other is a 1901s quarter. When ever I have enough saved up to buy it, I can't find it, when I see it, I've already spent the savings elsewhere. Someday I'll get it together at the same time.
  • 1956Quarter1956Quarter Posts: 400
    The rest of my Franklin Halfs, and Washington Quarters!!

    Also... a decent accurately graded EF or better Barber Half for a REASONABLE price, and a TY1 Standing Lib Quarter in accurately graded AU at a REASONABLE price.
  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭
    MS64FH Standing Liberty Quarters that are attractive (T1 & T2)
    Give Blood (Red Bags) & Platelets (Yellow Bags)!
  • PQpeacePQpeace Posts: 4,799 ✭✭✭
    A real ms66 1921 peace dollar with nice eye appeal.
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>1971-S Kennedy PR69DCAM >>



    tristarz,

    In light of the fact that the last one to come up sold for $3627.00, I'd like to note that I'm available for adoption.image

    Russ, NCNE

    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,964 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Broderick – A circulated Hawaiian Half Dollar?

    Not to be too flip about it, but I have seen a few that were really AU in MS-61 or 62 holders. The chances of finding that coin in REALLY circulated condition remote. The coin was issued at $2.00, which was high price for a commemorative half dollar in 1928, and it’s been a sought-after collectors item since then. Not too many people spent them or carried them as pocket pieces.
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  • BNEBNE Posts: 772 ✭
    1972-S and 1973-S PR69DCAM Jeffersons; 1964 PR70 Jefferson.

    I know they're "OUT THERE."
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  • andy007andy007 Posts: 475 ✭
    tristarz,

    Why don't you take a look at the Buy, Sell, and Trade forum here. There is a 71-S PR69 DCAM Kennedy for sale by Alltec. Now, let me go figure up my commission.
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Andy,

    That happens to be the last one that sold.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,148 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was away when the 1933 $20 sold... really needed one for my collection... what a shame... soooo hard to find!

    Jeremy

    Oh... you wanted one I could afford image
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  • andy007andy007 Posts: 475 ✭
    thanks for the update Russ, I didn't see anything to indicate that it had sold as it was still on his list. Don't know of any others elsewhere.
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Andy,

    I should have been clearer. Chris (Alltec) was the buyer.

    Russ, NCNE
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  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    1837 capped bust half dimes and dimes in problem-free XF to AU are hard to find.
    image
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  • KoinKollectorKoinKollector Posts: 388 ✭
    <<An 1847 seated dime in PCGS MS63+.>>

    You want any specfic variety for that year? I know where a nice MS64 is located.
    Sean J
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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,637 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Many of the coins I most want are available very cheaply when they
    are found. There are several Washington varieties which I've never
    been able to locate in unc. ...and I really want them in gem.
    Tempus fugit.
  • DoubleDimeDoubleDime Posts: 632 ✭✭✭
    Any Canadian $20 Silver Comm. Coin from the 1988 Winter Olympics.
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    1995 CL PR-70 Kennedy Half Dollar .
    Been looking for 3 years and still looking!!!! Bear
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    Camelotimage
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    1897 2.5 Gold Eagle MS 62. Last 3 years only seen 2, Heritage had 1 on eBay and somebody had 1 on Teletrade. Both were overpriced & didn't sell.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • joemon2joemon2 Posts: 56
    a brilliant 1923 Peace $1 pcgs66
    careful- that light at the end of the tunnel might be a freight train!
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    1848 large date half dime. It is supposed to be a fairly common coin but the only one I've ever found unattributed had a hole in it and almost all of the attributed large dates I've seen have actually been medium date coins. The only times I have seen correctly attributed Large Date pieces have been in the stock of specialist dealers.
  • LuvdawgsLuvdawgs Posts: 1,512 ✭
    1932 D and S Wash. quarters with good eye appeal; 1909S - VDB in VG or better; 1916 Merc in F with some eye appeal.
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  • clackamasclackamas Posts: 5,615 ✭
    1933-P and 1931-P Lincoln's in 66RD or better. Finally picked up a 31-P in 66RD today via the heritage auction, had to pay $325 for a coin that should be cheaper. 1 of the 31-P's in 66RD today went for $700! The 33-P's just have not show up recently.
  • LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    I'm looking for common date Pre-1930 cents in PCGS 65BN. Talk about tough to find!!! Check out e-bay, there are very few PCGS BN cents up compared to the reds.

    David
    Lincolncentman Toned Lincolns
  • BustmanBustman Posts: 1,911 ✭
    An original, high end 1799 Bust ten dollar in au58

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