When was the last time you saw a 69-S DDO for sale?

oldcameoproofsguy

I can't even remember the last time I saw a nice 69-S Strong DDO for sale. Has anyone seen one recently? What is the going rate these days?

coppercoins

Last one I "saw" for sale was by Jack Beymer at the 1999 ANA in Chicago. I haven't really been looking though, they are far out of my reach.

oreville

I thought I saw one go up for auction in the last month or so.

Let me look...................

oreville

This one sold at Heritage Auctions March 27, 2004 for $43,700 in Portland, Oregon. PCGS graded it MS62BN.

haletj

This kind of confueses me. Roger's Coins (remember Roger, aka RedCents) has a 69-s DDO ms65rd in his all time greatest registry set. Correct me if I'm wrong but I swear I saw him buy it from Wondercoin on ebay for $25,000, last fall maybe? As soon as he got it in his set he sold his set. Anyway, has it really gone up in price that much that a BN 62 is $43,700? That seems ridiculous. Also of note, now there isn't an ms65 in the pop report anymore, so I guess they had pcgs regrade the 65 (to 64 I assume?), and the current finest Memorial varieties set has the pop 1/0 ms64rd.

seanq

I should really confirm some of this before I spout from memory, but here goes: I think one of these in 65RD sold in the Dr Juan XII de Suros collection several years ago, and folks who had seen it first-hand described a large fingerprint in the obverse field. It may have been that coin which got regraded to 64RD. I also could be confusing this coin with the 1970-S DDO which sold in the same auction.

About four or five years ago an example turned up in circulation out west (I want to say Montana?), and Coin World had a fascinating feature article about it. It was graded EF45 by ANACS and changed hands about eight times in a two month period, gaining value at every step. The last value I recall was in the $8,000 range. I also have an ad from Sam Lukes I clipped from Coin World in July of 2000, where he offers a PCGS 64RD example for $35,000. In his ad he states "PCGS has graded three of these in red, two 65s and this 64, which is the second reddest of the trio." Another ad I saved from April 2001 no longer lists the coin.

Heh, after all that, I don't even know if I answered your question.

Edited to add: I almost forgot - one showed up on eBay about three years ago, circulated, in an ANACS holder, with around a $6,000 opening bid. It may have been the Coin World coin, and I don't recall it selling.

Sean Reynolds

dorkkarl

it's a coin i always dreamed of cherry-picking. needless to say, no dice.

K S

1907Quarter

so what is the estimated mintage on this one?

bigtonydallas

If I remember right, there have only been 10-20 found in any condition!

mdwoods

I'm pretty sure that Angel Dees has one for sale.

RELLA

My memory might be a bit rusty, but here is what I think I know:

Pop reports are all messed up on this one. There is a 65 red; nice for the grade. There is also a 64 red; nice for the grade, and a 64 red with fingerprint(s) (Soros specimen maybe?). Next is a 62RB and two 62BN coins; the Heritage example is one of those and recently graded. Wondercoin had a 58...Roger did not purchase this coin. It may be the same coin that Mark mentions in Angel Dee's inventory. It was a really nice slider that one might think could go 61-62 on a good day.

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BillJones

I had one about three years ago that I got on consignment for a want list customer. It was in a PCGS holder, was not Mint State, and would not have been my choice as a type coin for the Lincoln / Memorial reverse design if you follow my drift.

Still it was real, and as such must be viewed as very scarce or "rare."

oldcameoproofsguy

Are there any links to Angel Dees?