What is the ugliest six figure coin you've seen?

SethChandler

I once saw a 1794 Dollar PCGS XF40 at a B&M sale that was "newly discovered" The coin looked horrible, the worst toning I have ever seen on an early dollar(and they can come UGLY). The coin sold for around 125k. Don't get me wrong, I'll take ANY 1794 Dollar as they come.....but 125k! I think a member posted a VF30 here.....much more attractive, and isn't that what you want when you spend 125k on a coin, attractiveness? Just my two cents worth. Seth

Julian

One of, if not, the ugliest six figure coin is the 1870-S $3 that is in the Bass collection.

Where do you come up with your questions? Did you go to school with Andy, the puppy dog? Most of both of your threads are quite interesting.

MrEureka

It's hard for anyone, much less a puppy dog, to pick a six figure coin uglier than Julian's selection - the 70-S - but any of the 1795 reeded edge cents might give the 70-S a run for the money.

Sorry, all I could find was a black and white image:

MrEureka

Here's the link for the 70-S $3

Ugly Rare Coin

nwcs

I've never seen a six figure coin. But I did see a 1794 that went for $30,000 or so at Charlotte. I think the proof trade dollar there, though, went a bit higher. I saw it, too.

Lakesammman

At the risk of offending someone, I thought the Eliasberg 1913 5c piece was ugly.

tradedollarnut

Tim: whew! you picked the right one!

One of the 1885 trade dollars wasn't too pleasing to look at - still sold for over $500k!

BillJones

I'd say that the poorest known 1804 Dollar has to be the ugliest sure fire 6 digit coin in captivity. It grades Fine and has a big scratch across Ms. Liberty's face.

One of the Strawberry leaf cents might bring $100,000+ if it was offered at auction. The best one is an unattractive VG. The worst I think is in Poor-1.

Ronyahski

1839 Reed Hawn Half Dollar

SethChandler

Thanks for the nice comments, Julian. Actually we have met before........at the same show that I met Andy,too! Ballpark 1993 in the concourse of the World Trade Center. I sold you some cool stuff. In fact I remember most of it. 1851-C Gold Dollar, 1844-O Seated Quarter Frosty brilliant AU58, and a nice group of confederate currency, about 30/35 diff notes. I think you paid about 3k to 4k for the group. I doubt you remember.....I was 21 at the time, 6'3 with dark hair. It was a pleasure to do business with you. And at a FUN show in 89 or 90 you showed me a 1794 Dollar that was CH AU or UNC, you wanted 175k, man was that coin nice. Thanks for letting a 17 yr old kid hold that kind of coin. Do you remember that dollar?

Regarding Andy I sold him a real nice NGC Proof Seated Half(or two?)at the same show.. Cool guy, we gotta get him to open up and tell us about all the monsters that he has handled throughout his career.

BillJones, is that the 1804 Dollar thats NGC PF15 that the Duponts/ANA coin? If so, you're right, that's a real dog.

JML

I do remember the $, Seth. Please say hello the next time we get close. How come your PM is off?

It's interesting about letting people hold memorable coins. They remember that, it seems, forever. I get reminded all the time about letting someone hold J-1776 or a stella or something else and when they ask the value, they are stunned. It does spark interest.

At the 1980 Cinc. ANA, I had the Amazonian gold set and J-1776 in the same show case and probably some other gold patterns. That was a great showcase.

branchmintgold

Strawberry Leaf Cents of 1793, Sheldon NC-2 and NC-3. Very rare, very expensive, very ugly!

Doug Winter
Douglas Winter Numismatics
www.raregoldcoins.com

MrEureka

Doug, how can you NOT mention the open wreath 49-C???

How about showing us a picture?

SethChandler

Hey guys,
The 1870-S $3 doesn't count. That's a seven figure coin.
My poor attempt at humor....

branchmintgold

Andy: I've owned two Open Wreath dollars: a lower grade one that isn't as bad looking in the flesh as you'd think and a nice one. I'd be happy to post a picture if someone explains how (for probably the nine-hundredth time...)

DW

Doug Winter
Douglas Winter Numismatics
www.raregoldcoins.com

branchmintgold

I looked at the 1870-S pretty carefully while I was at the ANA Museum last summer and it is actually pretty decent looking (especially when it is displayed obverse up and you can't see the graffiti). Much nicer than I remember it looking in 1982 at the Eliasberg sale.

Doug Winter
Douglas Winter Numismatics
www.raregoldcoins.com

MrEureka

Copy the URL at which the photo is located.

Click on "Reply to Message" on the CU board.

Click on the "framed picture" icon above the entry field for your response.

Paste the URL into the entry field provided. Click OK once or twice, whatever it takes to get the URL to post in the body of the reply.

Click "Reply to Thread".

That should do it!

RYK

Seth, once again, excellent thread!

DW,

I do it a little bit different. I resize my image on my photoshop program, I hit "reply", then "attatch file", follow the instructions to attatch the file to my message, then "reply to thread". Then, I open the attatchment from the posted message, right click on photo, get url, copy it, "edit" my message, hit picture box (between u-underscore and http in tool bar), and paste url and finish edit. Confusing?

I wish you would post some interesting gold coins here. It would save me from all those Sac dollars!

MrEureka

Nice One at CoinFacts.com

Doug will post the less attractive Elrod photo later, hopefully.