3rd Annual (2005) Coin Price % Increase Contest: Contest Over.

greghansen

This is the 3rd consecutive year I have sponsored/administered this contest. Winners/Guru Pickers of past contests can be viewed here:

1st Annual Coin Picker Guru Contest Winners
2nd Annual Coin Picker Guru Contest Winners

The purpose of the contest is to pick the coin that will have the greatest PERCENTAGE price increase between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2005. The rules for the 2005 contest will be simlar to prior years. Rules for eligible coins are as follows:

1. Must appear in the CDN Bluesheet or the CDN Weekly or Monthly Greysheet. I will use the values in the last 2004 weekly edition of the Bluesheet and Greysheet, along with the December 2004 monthly greysheet as the starting values. If you submit a coin that appears in the Monthly supplement to the bluesheet I will use the Dec. 2004 edition as the starting value. If you are unsure if your selection appears in the eligible price sheets, please PM me and I will tell you. (Please try not to post entries here unless your sure they qualify...that will help us keep this thread length managable. PM me with any entry questions) I will use the 'bid' values for all coins. If you submit a coin that appears in both the greysheet and bluesheet, the greysheet number will be used unless you specifically state at the time of submission that you want the bluesheet figures to be used.

2. Value of the coin (as determined above) must be between $100 and $2,500 on the beginning date of the competition, Jan. 1, 2005. I know this is arbitrary but it is intended to keep out the super low end and super high end coins. I'd like the focus to be on coins available to most budgets but with good liquidity.

3. End of the measuring period will be the last weekly bluesheet/greysheet of 2005 or the Dec. 2005 Monthly greysheet/bluesheet which contains the coin you submitted.

4. Entry submission cutoff date is midnight Dec. 31, 2004.

5. After entry cutoff, I will post a seperate thread listing all of the coins (and forum ID of submitter) which meet the above referenced criteria. Purpose of the supplemental thread will be so forum members can have a single post as a handy reference to print out all eligible submissions to follow during the year.

6. First come, first served. In the past we have had 2 board members who submitted the identical coin. In case 2 members nominate the same coin, the first member to post his selection to this thread, is entitled to the choice.

7. WINNER WILL RECEIVE:
a.) much acclaim, glory and noteriety from his/her fellow forum members,
b.) bragging rights as coin investment guru of 2005,
c.) bottle of champagne to enjoy the New Year ($100 or less please) along with personal congratulations from yours truly
d.) any other prizes donated by charitable fellow contestents or interested board members. Please PM me if you have a prize you would like to donate to the contest winner. Appropriate credit will be given to all donors!

kieferscoins

1942/41 Mercury dime in EF.

Cameron Kiefer

JrGMan2004

Proof IHC PF64RB

100proof1957

1969 S mint Lincoln Cent in MS65

Do i get more than one guess ?

MORGANHUNTER2

a 1904-o ms65 morgan

mr3holesinone

1932-D Washington Quarer MS-63

poptopsRus

1927 S quarter in VF

BAJJERFAN

1896-S Morgan in ms63 and in the event it is not within the price range I will pick a 1895-S Morgan in 58

greghansen

TTT for the Chrismas Eve crowd. Only a week left for your entry. I'm going with the 1895-S Morgan Dollar in VF.

gemini12398

Greg, I hope you are the winner if I am not of your contest. Bought myself one last month (95-s in vf that I hope comes back a vf35 if not a xf40).

My guess? 1892-s morgan in xf

David

tlhoy

1922 NO - D in EF

Glenn

WACoinGuy

1886 Liberty Nickel, MS-64

keets

1913 T2 Buffalo Nickel-----PR65.

al h.

morgannut2

The 1794 (opps). 1894-P Morgan in VG, 1896-S Morgan MS-63, 1879CC Morgan in AU-55/58, in that order. The 1937D 3-leg nickel will double in VF-EF, maybe?

TommyType

Give me the 1913S Type I Buffalo Nickel in MS-64.

(Counting on the new Jeff's reverse with the Buff to give it a kick).

Tom

morgannut2

Let me change it based on a recent auction I lost. I'll go 1895-S Morgan $1 in VG/F, however it's grade is listed in the sheets. Not listing my top pick--I need one!!!

mercurydimeguy

1916-D Mercury Dime AU-55/58

CaptainRon

1917 Type 1 SLQ in MS63

Mistercoinman

My guess is a 1957-P Fb Roosey in ms-66

YCCY9229

1888O Doubled Die Obv in EF40

BAJJERFAN

As an aside to this thread I thought it might be interesting to see the change in value of a complete set of one coin series over the next year.
To this end I will volunteer my Morgan Registry set for the task. I will [with Greg's help] post the bid prices from the last 2004 CDN sheet for all the coins in a basic Morgan set in the grades listed. I lack a 92-O at this time but lets plan on it being a 64. A few of the numbers were taken from numismedia and will be so noted.


78 8tf 64 $325
78 7f rev 78 64 $215
78 7/8 tf strong 64 $400
78-cc 64 $488
78-s 66 $700

79 64 $100
79-cc 53 $1110 numismedia
79-o 64 $360
79-s 66 $330

80 64 $100
80-cc 64 $600
80-o 63 $280
80-s 66 $330

81 64 $110
81-cc 65 $725
81-o 64 $120
81-s 66 $330

82 65 $340
82-cc 65 $450
82-o 64 $54
82-s 66 $335

83 66 $380
83-cc 65 $365
83-o 66 $375
83-s 63 $2120

1884 66 $675
1884-cc 66 $850
1884-o 66 $360
1884-s 55 $630 numismedia

1885 66 $370
1885-cc 65 $1320
1885-o 66 $340
1885-s 64 $450

1886 66 $350
1886-o 58 $170 numismedia
1886-s 64 $505

1887 66 $365
1887-o 64 $310
1887-s 64 $550

1888 66 $525
1888-o 65 $340
1888-s 64 $610

1889 64 $48
1889-cc 50 $4900
1889-o 63 $340
1889-s 64 $432

1890 64 $84
1890-cc 62 $390 numismedia
1890-o 64 $225
1890-s 64 $205

1891 64 $475 numismedia
1891-cc 62 $400
1891-o 64 $550
1891-s 64 $200

1892 64 $750
1892-cc 63 $1910
1892-o 64 $525
1892-s 53 $2040 numis-whsle

1893 63 $920
93-cc thru 95-s prices are numismedia
1893-cc 53 $2010 numis
1893-o 58 $1140 numis
1893-s 35 $6000 numis

1894 62 $3970 numis
1894-0 58 $320 numis
1894-s 62 $600 numis

1895-o 53 $1530 numis
1895-s 58 $1620 numis

1896 66 $485
1896-o 58 $410
1896-s 63 $2420

1897 65 $190
1897-o 58 $240
1897-s 64 $120

1898 65 $210
1898-o 66 $350
1898-s 64 $650

1899 64 $315
1899-o 66 $380
1899-s 64 $585

1900 65 $150
1900-o 66 $480
1900-s 64 $390

1901 58 $750
1901-o 65 $145
1901-s 64 $700

1902 66 $975
1902-o 66 $510
1902-s 64 $765

1903 66 $500
1903-o 64 $345
1903-s 63 $4800

1904 64 $525
1904-o 66 $370
1904-s 63 $2520

1921 65 $125
1921-d 65 $240
1921-s 64 $130

total sheet value for the set $72,121

TUMUSS

Two Cent Pieces (RED) - PR-63

ARCO

Lets see, maybe something easy. How about the 1878-S Seated half in Fine or Very Fine.

Tyler

majorbigtime

1913 S quarters, all grades.

AJ2525

I'll try a 1926S Lincoln cent in MS-60.

I think rumors the US mint plans to discontinue the lincoln cent and the result will be extreme price speculation.

SilverDollarMan

<< <i>1927 S quarter in VF >>



Damn I hope not!..............Till I get mine. hehe

OnlyBuffalos

1922 Peace Dollar MS66

mgoodm3

1988D lincoln in MS69 RD

Baley

Put me down for 1802 half dollar in Fine.

pursuitofliberty

Greg,

Put me down for a 20-d Standing Liberty in MS60. I think some adjustment on a few of these better dates is in order on the Greysheet.

And here's a shameless link for my 300th Post YN Giveaway

IwantNonCCs

1902-o Non-CC GSA in GSA holder.
Dec 3, 2004 CCDN says $150 bid / $160 ask.
Been looking for a year, haven't found one yet.
(not to mention other dates, but got to pick just one)
CCDN price is just plain fantasy.
Feel like I got a head start.

MadMarty

1990 No S proof set

coinkat

If we have up to $2500 to spend, I will go with an 1879-CC Morgan in EF and an 1892-s in AU50. The two combined is around 1,900 or so.

fountainheadgold

1927 ms64 saint gaudens

edsondl

2004 Clad Proof Set

cohodk

unc roll of 1950-d nickels

greghansen

TTT for tonights group. I will bring this TTT one final time...probably New Years Eve for final entry candidates. Remember deadline for submission is midnight Dec. 31, 2004. Thanks to everyone who has submitted so far...and good luck to everyone.

poptopsRus

<< <i>

<< <i>1927 S quarter in VF >>



Damn I hope not!..............Till I get mine. hehe >>



I hope so, I'm hoarding 1927 S quarters. I've been doing it for a while too

Shamika

1991-P Jefferson Nickel MS65FS

coinkat

YCCR9229:

I think that you meant (Morgan Dollar)1888-O DDO in EF40. I think that is an excellent choice...

BAJJERFAN

A bump for those of you who have not participated yet.

seanq

1900-O Barber Dime in Very Good. Most of the key dates in this (and other) series have skyrocketed, maybe the secondary keys will begin to follow suit. This coin in any grade is also surprisingly tricky to find.


Sean Reynolds

Wingsrule

Barber quarter (type) PR65.

csw

.01 1955/55 MS60

-csw-

greghansen

TTT this final time on New Years Eve! Last Chance to Enter. Please submit your choice by midnight PST if you wish to participate! Happy New Years and good luck to all!

morgannut2

You got me down for the 1895S Morgan in VG/F didn't you? (I changed my mind and posted twice earlier) Bill P.

Bochiman

I think, that with the new nickel design, it will be a buffalo nickel that has a chance at winning.....not my series, so I am not sure, but, I will hazard a guess:

1926-S in XF according to the greysheet.

coinbuf

I'm going to go with the 1889 CC in VF

Chris

Bochiman

<< <i>I'll try a 1926S Lincoln cent in MS-60.

I think rumors the US mint plans to discontinue the lincoln cent and the result will be extreme price speculation. >>



I was gonna go the same route, since I had the same thoughts you have voiced, but I think that we still have another year or two before a large run-up of the lincoln cents.....I think when the USMint actually announces what they will do, it will be more of a run-up.

Bochiman

<< <i>.01 1955/55 MS60

-csw- >>



I'm trying to get one at FUN, so I hope I get one before any run-up.

K6AZ

Lewis & Clark $1 MS69.