What's the most expensive coin you've ever purchased........RAW?

SethChandler

Were you nervous about it? Was it hard to write that check? Did you run it by everyone on the boards first and they all screamed don't do it!!!!!!unless its slabbed? (excepy dorkkarl)

Seth

ziggy29

I think most of my biggest raw buys were clustered around the $300 area, around 4-5 years ago. All of the 1869-1872 XF/AU Indian cents I bought for my date collection were bought raw, and all in that price range, give or take a little. I bought two of them from JJ Teaparty, one from Eagle Eye and one from Heritage if I recall correctly.

jdimmick

Probably it was a VF 1893-s Morgan $, but I wasnt that nervous as it was definitley genuine and fully original. (from a show) I ended up getting it holdered at PCGS in Vf-25. This was a few years ago so the price was a little less than today about 2100.00 Course I no longer have it as I have upgraded.

jim

mirabela

See infamous "Poe58" thread elsewhere on this forum...

Most of the excessive deliberation in regard to this particular purchase came after the fact.

Barry

$9000 - a 74-CC dime from a major auction house.

AuldFartte

In the $250 to $450 range for some US Large Cents, and a few US gold pieces. Didn't make me nervous at all 'cause I've known the dealer since about 1976.

longtimecollector

9K for a chain cent !

lordmarcovan

Think I paid something like $550 for an 1800 Bust dollar that the dealer had graded F15. I thought it was F12, myself. I was a little concerned about the color, as it was a grey I am not used to seeing, but it wasn't bad looking and I liked it.

Sent it to ANACS and they didn't net grade it, but they only gave it a VG8. I think that was a bit harsh- it should've gotten VG10 at least. It really did look Fine to both the dealer and I.

elwood

$36,000 for a Chain Cent in AU+++ Wished I had it now

Dave99B

$650 (Chain cent). Came back from ANACS as an S-4 P1.

Dave

jom

About $850 for this 1918-S Mercury Dime from Stacks at a Long Beach show.



jom

littlejohn

hi
$1,625.00 for a $10 dollar gold liberty 1845-o doubled date .raw

tradedollarnut

Almost $75k for the Vermuele 1873-CC trade dollar. Right before that was $54k for the Amon Carter 1874-CC:

EVillageProwler

Look at all that stripped and dead luster on that Amon Carter 74CC TD...

Yuck, I say!



EVP

ccex

$325 for an 1885-O dime advertised on eBay. It turned out to be a F-12 as advertised, worth $500.

nwcs

$404 for a $20 1924 saint.

jom

<< <i>Look at all that stripped and dead luster on that Amon Carter 74CC TD... >>



Totally agree. That coin lacks far too many silver ions! lol

jom

Stuart

$975 for this 1799 AU Draped Bust dollar back in 1991 at a local Houston Coin Show. I'm pretty pleased with the purchase!!

coppercoins

<< <i>What's the most expensive coin you've ever purchased........RAW? >>



Hmm, I guess that would also be the most expensive coin I've ever bought since I've never bought one slabbed. About $300.

nccoin

Got a Lincoln 09-S VDB raw from ebay for 700.00. Sent it to ANACS, AU details, net XF. It was a risky buy, but the coin was worth the money.

oreville

Bought a roll of 1928-D cents in blazing BU (kept in mineral oil for 60 years until broken up) back in 1970 for $300. Probably responsible for nearly all the high mint state cents listed in MS-65 red and better in the PCGS pop reports. I should NEVER have broken up that roll.

Still have my original 1919 BU cent roll also purchased in 1971.

My newer favorite is a Gem BU roll of 1936-S quarters I bought in the last several years for $5000. All raw.

But what about buying a coin sight unseen? The GSA dollars in the unopened boxes? Paid well into the in the hundreds each for them.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>$975 for this 1799 AU Draped Bust dollar back in 1991 at a local Houston Coin Show. I'm pretty pleased with the purchase!! >>



No st... I would be, too!

my3cents

paid about $300 for a 3 cent piece from Birddog here on the forums. Got it graded and it came back MS something or other, then traded it to LM for some other material.

This stuff gets hazy over time

ARCO

I bought a raw 1904-S XF Barber half for $750 from Randy Holder. I also bought a SEGS XF40 1897-S half (isn't SEGS like buying raw?) for $700.00

My local coin dealer has a raw AU58 1904-S half they are asking $3500 for. Am I friggin crazy for even considering it? Man is it scarce in AU and Mint State though.

Tyler

Dismeguy

About $3000 for an 1841-O Small O Closed Bud dime in F12. Bought the coin from Brian Greer in the mid 90's. Was never lucky enough to cherrypick an example. Now the dime is my plate coin.....

snapmohr

Shop within your budget. Collect what YOU like, as it's all good. I enjoy purchasing coins for my Type Set. I have champagne taste with and a beer budget. $450 is the most I have spent on any coin and I have a long way to go to fill all my collections.

EVillageProwler

My most expensive raw coin purchase was a circ 1852 dollar from a major auction. After serving time as a pocket piece, it has since become entombed. Man, oh, man - that was quite a coin to hold raw in my hand!

Funny story - I once gave it to Coinosaurus to hold. He wanted to see it. As he extended his hand, I became afraid because his was shaking so much. I let him take it anyway, because I trust him and because of the carpetting. But, you gotta see his hand shake... I almost wet myself, partially from fright and partially from the humor.



EVP

lordmarcovan

<< <i>paid about $300 for a 3 cent piece from Birddog here on the forums. Got it graded and it came back MS something or other, then traded it to LM for some other material. >>



I remember that piece. ANACS graded it MS61 but it looked nicer than that. It sold fairly fast at my coin booth, but I don't recall paying or getting anything like $300 on it. It was a sweet coin, though. Birddog had some nice raw material. Wonder what became of him.

PS- Mike- remember that little 1861 half dime that we had a wager on? You thought it was MS and I thought it was AU at best, and possibly cleaned? (I won the wager but we were both right in a way- it came back UNC details, Cleaned, Net AU50). Anyway, that was also a nice looking piece despite the net grade- it ended up in Baley's famous Dansco type set, and looks great there.

snapmohr

Of my coin collection, 95% are raw coins, mostly in albums.

Robgetty

Most expensive I bought raw was $700 for a 1872 $3 gold in XF. Didn't realize
how lucky I was that PCGS agreed with the grade!

saintguru

1933 Saint from King Farouk, but the bastidge had his goons take the fargin thing away from me at the airport! It was all poloshed anyway...

Geoman

My most expensive raw coin ever purchases was a 1914-D Lincoln in VF for $125 a few year back.

Colorfulcoins

$3500 and the was BB'd for rim damage. Learned a lesson on that one that I will never forget.........

KollectorKing

I paid almost 2 grand for two 79-CC Morgans in their GSA holders; I bought them from a woman who inherited them from her grandfather. She responded to a post I made on a bulletin board next to a Ralph's Supermarket in So. CA.

MoeSzyslak

All the coins I've ever purchased are raw. I (over)paid $37.50 for an AU 1863 IHC way back when I was 13. That was a lot of money then. I also paid close to that same amount at the time for a 1860-O $1 in (at best) AG for the type set. I guess that makes me the lowest-budget collector in this thread so far.

Nic

A Pan-Pac set years ago..... a few large cents ..... all in the mid 30K range. K

dorkkarl

quite a few in the 1000's.

every coin i buy is raw, even the 1's stuck in plastic!

K S

vega1

About $350 for a 1889 proof 3 cent nickel a few years ago. Came back from ANACS as a PF-64.

mgoodm3

About $200 for a half cent. I tend toward slabs now because I don't have much in the way of nice coin shops within 300 miles of me. So I buy mainly online.

cosmicdebris

$1200 for a raw 1995 W SAE sold it it raw a while later for $2000.00.

IrishMike

$550 for a 1872 IHC that I knew had been messed with but had such a strong strike I bought it anyway. Prior to 1986 several raw morgans.