Who's been waiting the longest......

Peaceman

Who out there has been waiting and waiting for "THE" coin to come to market... The one that you've been hunting for but can't find in your grade or quality..... I finally found a few 28' Peace $ after 4 months.... I'm sure someone out there has been waiting longer.....

Steve27

Please send me one of those 28s; thats the coin I've been looking for. I see a lot of them at a local show but they're always raw, overgraded, expensive, and possibly cleaned. What would you offer on an ANACS MS61 (it's the only slabbed one I've seen)?

haletj

I didn't see any 64rd 18-d Lincolns on the market for 2 years. Then there were 3 in the span of a few weeks. I think (or at least hope) I got the nicest of the 3. Had I had enough money all along to buy every nice ms64rd Lincoln that came to the market, 18-d would have been the last coin I needed.

Peaceman

If you found an ANACS in 61, here's what I'd buy it at....

PQ: $ 475 (very difficult to find)
ok: $ 400
The other 97% of them graded at 61: $ 350.

Elcontador

In the last 5 years, I've only seen ONE Braided Hair Half Cent that interested me (it was an 1853 in NGC 65 RB). I was the underbidder. I've seen at least 20 others in this grade. Almost all have been 1855s, and every one of them was ugly.

Veep

For two years, I checked about 20 websites at least twice per day, read every Coin World and Numismatic News, went to every local show, Central States and an ANA. I returned two to well-respected dealers when the coins didn't measure-up and finally found a 1936 TyII Red PF65 Lincoln Cent without spots or haze. It was my white whale.

Now, I've been looking for an MS62/63 1942/1 dime for the last year or so.. I sold my XF and there seem to be zillions of AUs. But, uncs are tough and MS64's and up are too pricey.