Coins worth double or more what you paid for them. ($100 Min value)
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Here are some coins that are worth at least double or more for what I paid. I don't think anybody has ever done this thread before.
I bought this half in a grouping of 16 for $179.00. The sixteen other Good4 halves sold for about $100.00 making this a $79.00 purchase. I think it would sell for $225-$260.00 on Ebay. This is a three-bagger.
This one was the same scenario, paid $190.00 for a lot of 14 barber halves, sold off the others for $135.00 or so making this a $55 coin. Would probably sell for around $150+ on Ebay. Another three bagger.
Paid $135.00 for this Beautiful Fine18 1904-S and sold it for $435.00 on Ebay...I hope the buyer doesn't frequent these boards
Have some fun and brag a little, show us what you've got!!
Tyler
I bought this half in a grouping of 16 for $179.00. The sixteen other Good4 halves sold for about $100.00 making this a $79.00 purchase. I think it would sell for $225-$260.00 on Ebay. This is a three-bagger.
This one was the same scenario, paid $190.00 for a lot of 14 barber halves, sold off the others for $135.00 or so making this a $55 coin. Would probably sell for around $150+ on Ebay. Another three bagger.
Paid $135.00 for this Beautiful Fine18 1904-S and sold it for $435.00 on Ebay...I hope the buyer doesn't frequent these boards
Have some fun and brag a little, show us what you've got!!
Tyler
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Oh, wait- I just remembered an Irish shilling I bought for less than $100 that has a Krause value of $500. There are probably a few others in my just-completed Irish collection.
Total cost basis of $75, including grading fees.
Russ, NCNE
Sold it for $1200 less than a year later.
Numerous $1S Buffalo Dollars, all tripled.
2x 1976-S Kennedy Halfs as part of $12 mint sets. Both graded MS68, sold one for $475.
2x 1976-S Washington Quarters as part of $12 mint sets. Both graded MS68, for sale nowin this thread.
20x 1959 Proof Washington Quarters in $19 proof sets. All graded PR66CAM to PR68 CAM. Also for sale in ref thread above.
3x 2000-D SC Quarters from bank roll. All graded MS68, valued at about $130 each.
6x 2001 Silver Proof Sets, almost tripled.
rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
I purchased an 1904-s barber half in PCGS-45 for 1040.00 (CDN was 525/575). Kept it a year or so until someone offerd me 1750.00 and I sold it.
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$10 for my PCGS MS65RD 1927 Lincoln(also raw)
$60 for my PCGS 1921S Buffalo in VF25
These were al purchased in the mid 80's
Several others I'll think of later.
How about THESE for $15 each?
1999 silver proof sets.
Too bad 2000 sets didn't do likewise!!!
1 60117256 1919 10C MS64FB paid $70 worth $235
2 60117257 1918 10C MS64FB paid $70 worth $275
3 60117258 1920 10C MS64FB paid $30 worth $110
4 60117260 1942-S 10C MS66FB paid $9 worth $170
I got pretty lucky, I bought these all raw. Plus, I consider myself still a newbie to collecting. I still have 12 more merc's to send in. A lot are nicer than the ones I sent in.
Sumo
Bought 1939 Jefferson nickle from a dealer at a coin show in Arlington Texas for $3. Anacs again and came back 1939 Jefferson MS64 5.5 steps Double Die Reverse #2. Sold if for $200 on Hertitage.
Bought another 1939 Jefferson on Ebay. Paid $3 for an MS64. When I got it it was AU but a very high grade AU. I was disappointed until I turned it over and it was the double die reverse #1. Sold it for $81. (Sorry did not make the $100).
Bought 1857 Flying Eagle on Ebay for $16. Was the double die obverse sold it for $79.
Bought 1936 penny rolls on Ebay and found one double die #2 in very first roll. Found another in the fifteenth roll. It was die #1. Bought each coin for about .16 Sold them for $31 each.
I bet many folks looked at it and thought it was just an old VF coin.
I know a dealer that did.
Thing is, now that I have more experience in Ms grading an the differences in service's, there's no way this coin should have graded that high. In fact, I dont think it would have made FS designation at PCGS because of a nick in the steps. and definitley not 67.
It was a nice coin, but no way in comparison to the PCGS-67 39-d I have now.
Best all time hit. I bought a 1974D PKOK toned IKE in PCGS MS67 from a major, major dealer about 3 years ago for $2,400. Sold it last year for $8,500, and the new buyer (who I consider the world's foremost IKE collector) got a great deal. Sorry, the picture doesn't really do it justice.
Dave
A roll of 1956D cents purchased for $4 yielded a single example of 1956D OMM#1 in MS65RD, worth around $350. That's 8 cents to $350. Anyone else gain that sort of percent?
Another - a single $4.50 roll of 1956D cents yielded 28 MS64RD-MS66RD 1956D OMM#2 coins. They value around $40-$75 each. So that's $2.52 to $1650.00 (average) - another rather substantial gain. Couldn't even do that in the stock market on a good day during the dot-boom days.
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my local dealer
1941-S 5c PCGS MS66FS - in the slab just under three years ago for $37.76 - as of
today it is a pop 17/1 coin.
Should be worth 10-20 times that...maybe more on a good day
Ken