2nd Annual Coin % Price Increase Contest: Sept. Update - 3 months to go!

greghansen

Thank you to everyone who submitted entries. The following lists all 46 eligible entries together with their official beginning value figures. The contest had 19 entries last year, so this is a nice increase in participation. In those cases where I received an entry that did not meet all necessary criteria, I tried to substitute the closest available entry which did. In a few cases I could find no comparable substitute and I apologize to those whose picks were excluded due to the eligibility criterion needed to make the contest easier to administer. The list begins with defending champion, 2003 Coin Picker Guru jdimmick whom everyone will be trying to dethrone for the title of 2004 Coin Picker Guru!



jdimmick: 1916 G4 Standing Liberty Quarter: $1,700

Wingsrule: 1999 Silver Proof Set: $205

keets: 1904 MS63 Lewis & Clark $1 Gold Commemorative: $1,725

greghansen: 1943/2-P MS65 Jefferson Nickel: $450

mgoodm3: 1922 No-D XF40 Lincoln Cent: $1,150

Deadhorse: 2002 $50 Gold Eagle: $418

HavanaJoe: 1995-W $1 Silver Eagle: $2,050

jbsteven: 1882-O MS63DMPL Morgan: $105

FrattLaw: 1925-S MS64 Peace Dollar: $400

WACoinGuy: 1909-S MS64RB Indian Head Cent: $750

orville: 1883-S MS60 Morgan: $375

Bubblehead: 1917 Type 1 MS65FH Standing Liberty Quarter: $835

bearcave: 1884-S AU50 Morgan: $210

coinlieutenant: (1838-1839) XF40 $10 Gold Eagle Type: $1,425

bajjerfan: 1893-S F12 Morgan: $1,800

poptopsRus: 1939-D Circ. Roll Jefferson Nickel: $100 (Ask)

RGL: 1941 PR67 Jefferson Nickel: $335

relayer: 1908 MS63 $5 Gold Indian: $1,330

coinkat: 1892-S AU50 Morgan: $1,300

itsnotjustme: 1932-D MS63 Washington Quarter: $1,760

stewartblaynumis: 1793 VG8 Half Cent: $2,350

fountainheadgold: 1910 MS64 St. Gaudens: $1,050

cherrypickincoin: 1936 PR66 Mercury Dime: $2,015

Trooper: 1942/1 VF20 Mercury Dime: $525

MrEureka: 1936 Brillian PR63 Lincoln Cent: $125

DrPete: 1904-S XF40 Barber Half: $600

my3cents: 1911-D XF/AU $2 1/2 Gold Indian: $1,000

seanq: 1938 PR66 Jefferson Nickel: $110

Nysoto: 1806 VF20 Bust Half (Type): $260

beartracks42: 1892-CC MS63 Morgan: $835

papabear: 1909-S VDB MS63RB Lincoln Cent: $950

Dahlonega: 1851-O MS65 Three Cent Silver: $1,800

OnlyBuffalos: 1984-D $10 Gold Olympic Proof: $230

hughesm1: 1950-D MS65 Franklin Half: $275

TAP444: 1916-D VF20 Mercury Dime: $1,700

aRabidChipmunk: 1905 MS60 $20 Gold Liberty: $725

eagle7: 1908 MS64 $5 Gold Liberty: $965

sinin1: St. Gaudens MS65 Type: $1,365

beboplawyer: 1865 AU50 Seated Liberty Dollar: $775

cladking: 1982-P BU Roll Washington Quarters: $150

dcarr: 2002 Proof 1/2 oz. ($50) Platinum: $420

Bochiman: 2001-S Proof Sacagaewa Roll: $450

marcmoish: 1916-D F12 Mercury Dime: $1,200

Baley: 1923-S MS64 Peace Dollar: $150

TommyB: 1937-S MS64 Washington Quarter: $150

agentjim007: 1793 AG3 Liberty Cap Large Cent: $850

As a reminder, here is the link to the original announcement with the eligibility rules:

Elgibility Rules for 2nd Annual Coin % Price Increase Contest

If you have any questions as to how/why I amended or deleted your submission, please PM me rather than responding to this thread. Thank you again for all of the excellent entries, good luck to everyone and HAPPY COLLECTING!

cladking

This looks like a great list of coins no matter how they perform in the coming year. Good luck to all.

cladking

...and thank you Greghansen for all the effort involved in this. ...it should be even more fun this year.

greghansen

Just now getting around to posting an update to the 2nd Annual Coin % Price Increase Contest we started on Jan. 1 of this year. I've plugged the current values into an excel spreadsheet. If anyone knows how to post and/or link the entire spreadsheet to this thread or how to make it available for all interested people to look at...please let me know. I will email it to you and let you do your thing.

For the time being...let me post the top 5 current performers. I will say, the Top 5 so far this year are clobbering the Top 5 we had last year at this same time. Last year, the best performers were up around 50%. This year we have a single pick up over 100% and several pushing that mark. Oh yea, if the spreadsheet gets posted and you think there is an error in the Current Value figure, just PM me. I did these pretty quick today and havn't had a chance to vouch for complete accuracy. O.K. the top 5 through today are:

beartracks42: 1892-CC Morgan MS63 Jan. 1 Price:835 Current price:1,860 up 122.8%

my3cents: 1911-D $2 1/2 Gold Indian XF/AU Jan. 1 price=1,000 Current price=1,900 up 90%

Bochiman: 2001-S Sacagewea Rool - Proof Jan. 1 price=450 Current price=820 up 82.2%

mgoodm3: 1922 No D Lincoln - XF40 Jan. 1 price=1,150 Current price=2,050 up 78.3%

bajjerfan: 1893-S Morgan - F12 Jan. 1 price=1,800 Current price=3,000 up 66.7%

If your new and/or don't remember the rules and/or don't remember what values I used for your picks, you may review the rules here:

Original 2004 Coin Picking Guru thread with rules

Around Dec. 15 I will be posting a thread soliciting your picks for the 2005 calendar year. Not too early to begin getting your short list together! Congrats to all those who are kicking tail and good luck to all for the remainder of the year.

jdimmick

I had forgot all about this years. Well time to pass the crown to someone else, there has been some serious advancement this year on several of the choices. Be intresting to see who hangs in at the end?

jim

I think Brian may get into the top 5 with the 32-d quarter, as Its being pushed higher and higher and will probably rise another 500+ before the end of the year!!

RGL

Whoa, those are some impressive gains ... My lousy Jeff is only up 49 percent. That's what I get for being sentimental. Thanks for the update, Greg.

Bochiman

Wow!

Thanks for the update Greg!

I can't believe a modern like I picked is actually battling around with those heavy hitting coins!!!!
Looks like there were only 3 other moderns picked out of the batch.