Coin Dealers: What is the most expensive coin in your collection?

SethChandler

I ask this not to pry into your finances but rather to see what high powered coin convinced YOU to part with a SIGNIFICANT sum of money to place in YOUR collection.

wondercoin

One of my favorite coins is clearly not the most expensive coin in my collection (at least not yet). I own an 1867 Shield Nickel with RAYS grading PCGS-PR66RB (JUDD 572). As you know, the Mint graded a couple dozen regular issue Proof 1867 Shield Nickels with RAYS (and one in PR66 grade would have a price attached to it which would make it near impossible for me to own). But, they also struck around 1/2 dozen specimens in copper!! And, while the coin is roughly 4x rarer in copper than the regular issue nickel, the price is just a fraction of the regular issue price, because Pattern coins have simply not "caught on" (yet) for coins such as this.

The PCGS Pop Report for the 1867 Proof Shield Nickel with Rays shows a total of 40 coins graded with (21) coins in PR65 and (3) coins in PR66. The 1867 Proof Shield Nickel with Rays (in Copper) shows a total of (3) graded - an AU53, a PR63BN and a PR66RB. To me, the PR66RB is a VERY NEAT coin.

And, a special thanks to Rick Kay for offering me the JUDD-572 in the firstplace.

Wondercoin

MrEureka

You're going to think I'm nuts, but I can't lie to you guys!



Click for more info

kieferscoins

What is the slab grade Andy?

Cameron Kiefer

MrEureka

What is the slab grade Andy?

Grades are just a function of your state of mind. What grade would you like it to be?

numispro

Here's a few scans of my favorite.

Sorry the scans don't look better, but it's hard to scan a coin that's bent!

kieferscoins

My mind is functioning good now. I would like it to be MS-64.

Cameron Kiefer

jbsteven

andy:

yep that confirmed my gut feeling that you are nuts!



info on err, ummmm it

islemangu

I:m just a poor fisherman with nothing compared to the big guys on this forum but I did strain in the 4 digits for a coin I never saw anything similar to from years of internet searches. 1883P MS66 DPL NGC with intense blues/oranges/yellow 100% toning on obverse with white reverse. I:ve always loved low budget color toned slabbed morgans but the combination of color on deep mirrors was too much for me to let this one get away.

Singapore

Mike -

Hard to top that Pine Tree - is that the Mills / Smith / Brand / Wurzbach coin?

BillJones

1792 half disme.

BigE

No offense Bill--but were people and birds really that ugly back then?-------BigE

BillJones

Watch it! Some people that's a portrait of Martha Washington.

Flash

Watch it! Some people that's a portrait of Martha Washington


Gives me a whole new respect for George!

gsaguy

I've got two that probably rank pretty close to one another.

Both are GSA's and both are 1879-CC's. I believe both are lock MS66's, one capped die and one regular die. The regular die looks like a really nice 1879-S. It's bright white, loaded with frost, and has a cheek as smooth as a baby's behind.

GSAGUY

RKKay

Thanks for the nice comment about the J-572, Mitch. It was one of my favorites. Here are my two biggest buys: the finest silver and copper Schoolgirl Dollars, J-1608 (NGC PR 65) and J-1609 (NGC PR 68RD).

ANACONDA

My most expensive coin is an 1834 Capped Bust Quarter in NGC Proof 67.

RKKay

Here's Mitch's J-572, long before the evolution of my photographing skills.

wondercoin

Rick: No wonder I got such a good deal on J-572 - NO ONE COULD EVEN SEE THE COIN!! Wondercoin

RKKay

Sorry. Give me the coin back, and I'll take a better picture. You may never see the coin again, but...

Bikingnut

I have a raw 39D Washington that has a fair shot at MS66. I've had it a while, didn't pay all that much for it. The most expensive coin I've paid for in my collection is a 1913 Type 1 Buffalo graded MS65 by PCGS. (I'm not a dealer)