Sky High .50 Mod. Commemorative Realized Prices!

ClausUrch

Look what these low pop 50 cent pieces are going for...And the amount of bidders!!!

1992 P Olympic

1995-S Civil War

NBSQLGeek

dumbfounded

Wondo

I collect old stuff with dings and dents; they collect new shiny stuff.

I hope modern collectors enjoy the hobby as much as I do. There is room for us all. Besides, if people are buying stuff that I'm not, be it beanie babies, Van Goghs or moderns, my stuff will be cheaper!

Paultjuno

Well, that's why I collect MS69/PF69 vs. 70. I get the exact same coins and almost as good for a small fraction of the price. I like buying good quality coins as much as anyone else, but the price just don't justify the price. I would rather get 15 MS69 pieces for the price of one MS70 coin.

Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

FatMan

Those MS70s look pretty cheap compared to the 82d Washington .50 in MS69. I collect modern commems and some of the prices go beyond my sense (which I believe to be common). To each thier own.

cladking

It's not just modern and classic collectors who share common interests, it is
all collectors. We all define for ourselves what is needed for our collections,
and then we go against all other collectors to bid on these item so that price
can be set by supply and demand. It is not only some fuzzy thinking modern
collector with an interest in a civil war half. There are collectors of all coins re-
lated to the civil war. One might go from this auction directly to bid on an 1865
indian cent. There are people who collect anything with a cannon or soldier on
it. There are collectors searching for any coin made of more than one metal.
People who collect items far afield from these may have an interest because of
some inconsequential connection to their specialty.

But this isn't what ties all collectors together. What truly binds us is the belief
that there are things of more value than just what they can do for us. It is the be-
lief that there is more to life than the mundane comings and goings necessary to
keep body and soul together. It is the willingness to bid amounts in excess of mere
utilitarian value to gain the pride of ownership and attempt the holy grail of all col-
lectors; completeness.

There are those who will see these prices as more evidence of a world gone mad.
Perhaps another, more accurate, way to look at this would be "a mad world in flux".