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FAVORITE COIN PURCHASED AT LONG BEACH
wondercoin
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Ok - We did it for FUN, now let's do it for Long Beach! What was your most favorite coin purchased at the Long Beach Show/ auctions? I'll start.
It was a close call as I purchased a couple very neat coins, but my winner is an 1871 GEM RED Pattern Nickel (JUDD-1054). In this pattern, Ms. Liberty is wearing a small diadem or coronet inscribed LIBERTY and her hair is tied back with a ribbon. The design resembles that employed on regular issue three-cent pieces. The reverse has a modern numeral "5" (with cents beneath) as opposed to the often seen Roman "V", which is centered in a laurel wreath. There are believed to be roughly a dozen and a half of these coins in existence and this is the only J-1054 with a RED designation in any grade at PCGS, and even more special as a solid gem PCGS-PR65RD specimen
What did you pick up? Wondercoin
It was a close call as I purchased a couple very neat coins, but my winner is an 1871 GEM RED Pattern Nickel (JUDD-1054). In this pattern, Ms. Liberty is wearing a small diadem or coronet inscribed LIBERTY and her hair is tied back with a ribbon. The design resembles that employed on regular issue three-cent pieces. The reverse has a modern numeral "5" (with cents beneath) as opposed to the often seen Roman "V", which is centered in a laurel wreath. There are believed to be roughly a dozen and a half of these coins in existence and this is the only J-1054 with a RED designation in any grade at PCGS, and even more special as a solid gem PCGS-PR65RD specimen
What did you pick up? Wondercoin
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How much will you sell me one of your soon to be graded 1950 d Lincoln cents when it grades ms 67?
Stewart
RELLA
who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft
while in fact he has had only one year of experience...
twenty times.
43-P COPPER Lincon
43-D COPPER Lincon
44-P STEEL Lincoln
44-D STEEL Lincoln
see http://www.goldbergcoins.net/catalogarchive/20030224/chap007.shtml losts 148,149,151,152
43-P COPPER Lincon $97,750
43-D COPPER Lincon $212,750 <-- Unique?
44-P STEEL Lincoln $31,050
44-D STEEL Lincoln $35,650
If Andy wanted the 1950 D Lincoln Cents he would have bought them.Now that you have ? ms 67's spread your wealth.
Stewart
Stewart: Even the best miss a lot or two every now and again
I should be able to fill your order for a 50(d) cent before the Spring flowers bloom. Wondercoin
I did not buy any coins from the auctions but I bought 2 MS69 State Quarters from an Individual attending the auctions. Does that count? Thanks Mitch for the 2 69s.
PCGS THE ONLY WAY TO GO
Ed
It is great to see you building a wonderful MS state quarter set. Perhaps we can do a separate thread on state quarters next month and you can share your personal statistics on just how easy it was for you to make your own super gem coins from 1999-2001
1950-D for 1954 or 1948...you MUST be planning on having a FEW of them to trade, eh? What other dates did you pick up (if any)? And did you catch the posts on the US coin board where members with OBW rolls thought they were going to get rich after those auction results?
who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft
while in fact he has had only one year of experience...
twenty times.
Roger: Put me in the same room with Andy and one or two other guys and they likely WILL get rich!!
Anyway, I won one or two hundred pounds worth of Lincolns and Andy may have won another 500 hundred pounds (best I could tell) and a few other guys a good bit of poundage as well. Whether any of this actually translates into "prize coins" is entirely up to the "grading gods" as far as I am concerned. I know better than to "count my chickens", as my goose has been cooked on more than one occasion of late
Of course, I haven't seen how my Heritage bids are going to hold up, so my choice might change.
www.AlanBestBuys.com
www.VegasBestBuys.com
1953 PR66DCAM
Greg Hansen, Melbourne, FL Click here for any current EBAY auctions Multiple "Circle of Trust" transactions over 14 years on forum
I wasn't able to make the trip to Long Beach but I was out there bidding.
This one is my first Trade Dollar..ever! Picked up from the Heritage Signature Sale.
A wonderful set of trade dollars just AWESOME++++++++
again Morris Wondercoin and I no ms67 1955d
and did we try
thanks to
Mike Ellis
James Taylor
Mitch and Mon wonderful
Tom (James S.)
another show and still no AU or better 1943 (11-O-1)
its in the red book
Bob
That's "Mom" - and she is wonderful!
Everyone tried for a 55(d) - I'll post a thread later tonight.
Wondercoin
Tom
Was that you that bought my 1869 pcgs ms 64 rb indian? if so than nice meeting you.
The name sounds famliar from a sale i had at L.B. show this weekend. table 748 a.w. coins.
thanks, Rick cladmaker
Was that you??? If it were my wife who actually wrote out the check, then yes, it was! My wife and I were both wearing our new "PCGS" pins. Great coin, by the way. Let me know if you get any 1870-1879 indians as well and we can deal some more.
Nice meeting you.
Tom
Greg
My favorite purchase at Long Beach -- and hands-down at that -- was an 1881-P Morgan dollar. It's a perfect, problem-free example with no distractions that I am delighted to have finally located.
I'm pretty sure PCGS will grade it Fair-02.
It cost me seven bucks.
will post pics when it arrives.
Go BIG or GO HOME. ©Bill