1894-S dime sells for $1,322,500 in DLRC auction
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Congratulations to Just Having Fun for realizing a lifelong dream of owning an 1894-S dime. He now owns the finest of the nine specimens known today. A coin that has been graded by both PCGS and NGC as a PR66. My thanks go out to him for allowing Mitch Spivack and myself to help in the acquisition of this specimen.
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U.S. Nickels Complete Set with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes
U.S. Dimes Complete Set with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes
Congrats!!!!!!!
Hell, I don't need to exercise.....I get enough just pushing my luck.
Russ, NCNE
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Ken
A beautiful thing.
David Lawrence had the coin on his site for $1M. I thought it was a BIN, not
part of an auction. But, just as I went to swoop down and buy, my cat jumped up
on the keyboard and.....
Seriously now, YOU SUCK!!!
Many warm felt congratulations on acheiving a life long ambition. You have the beginnings of the world's finest Barber dime collection. My meager AU 55-58 set pales in comparison.
Richmond Consignor,
Sorry to see you break up your collection, which rivals the like of the Eliasberg collection. Your purchase of the David Lawrence/ Daggett 1894-S a few years ago was a wise investment then, as it is today.
Congratulations to both the buyer and the seller.
....and to you John and Win !
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This is the first official $1,000,000 "you suck" in message board history (I think).
Sorry to see you break up your collection, which rivals the like of the Eliasberg collection>
Eliasberg had all the coins of every date and mint mark ever minted up to a certian point. That includes many unique coins. The Richmond colletion is awesome, especially as I love the taste in toning, but it doesn't even compare to a complete set... am I mistaken?
<< <i><Richmond Consignor,
Sorry to see you break up your collection, which rivals the like of the Eliasberg collection>
Eliasberg had all the coins of every date and mint mark ever minted up to a certian point. That includes many unique coins. The Richmond colletion is awesome, especially as I love the taste in toning, but it doesn't even compare to a complete set... am I mistaken? >>
I believe you are not mistaken.
jim
Congratulations JHF ... what an outstanding speciman to cherish!!
Truely you are achieving collections and specimens of numismatic greatness in you quest for fun!!
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Oh and congrats! Nice dime and wonderful milestone.
Russ, NCNE
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When I started collecting again -- about 12 years ago as an adult -- I set as one of my goals to own those coins I dreamed about. The first one I bagged was the 1939-D Jefferson which I had never been able to to find in circulation. That cost about $25 in MS65, if I remember correctly. Adn somewhere along the way, I picked up nice specimens of the 1916-D Mercury, the S-VDB penny, the 1916 Liberty Standing Quarter, the 1943 copper penny, and then the 1944 Steel penny. So this leaves me one more biggie to go after -- the 1913 Liberty head. And for that, I'm going to have to go right back to work and earn a pile of money.
Thanks again,
Just Having Fun
And eyoung429, this IS quite a milestone for me.
Hello MacCrimmon, I am having a heck of a lot of fun collecting coins. It's the only thing that keeps me working.
Glad to meet you airplane nut. A friend in the Philippines thinks I'm nuts for collecting coins; and I return the favor because he collects airplanes. But wait till he here's about this. He's going to think I'm non compos mentis. And he may be right.
But, just in case he's wrong, maybe you could swap the airplane in your logo(?) for a higher bid on the next 1894-S dime to go to auction.
and Barry, my final bid was 1,150,000 which, with vigs, came to 1,330,000.
MgoodM3. It should be a fun coin to own. I expect so. I'll let you know when I have it in my sticky fingers. I was stunned to hear about it on the radio, driving home from Morton's Steak House.
Enjoy yourselves!
Just Having Fun
If you really want to have the thrill of buying six or seven figure coins, set that as one of your goals, and get serious about it. I'm not pulling your leg. You can do it.
I started out poorer than you; I guarantee it. But I worked my you know what off; in 60 and 80 hour weeks pulling $40 a week out of the company (when it could afford it) for years, many years. I worked hard and I worked smart, and coins like this were just dreams.
But a good place for you to start -- if you really want the fun of buying these coins -- is a book called "Think and Grow Rich," by Napoleon Hill. In print. In every single chapter, that books tells you exactly what you need to do to make the millions you need to buy 1894-S dimes.
I've given it to maybe 15 people. Most everybody yawned. But three people got all hot and excited about the book. One is now at the top of his profession and probably pays a million a year in taxes. Another lives on 40-acre estate on the top of a mountain in his beloved Blue Ridge Mountains. The third -- I lost trace of.
But that book's the blue print. If you're serious about those six or seven figure coins -- go get it, and best of luck.
Just Having Fun
Russ: Maybe I should have dropped out of the bidding at a lower level, too. But business is good and I was feeling full of beans.
I had decided NOT to go after Bruce Scher's beautiful 3 cent nickel collections, proof and business strikes. I love those coins; they're one of my favorite series. So I was very, very sad.
Then this fell in my lap and I don't feel so sad about missing out on Bruce's 3 cent nickel collection. I wish Ms. Sperber the best, and she did indeed buy a glorious set that I'm sure she'll enjoy mightily.
Thank you Clackamas and Fairlaneman! Comments much appreciated.
Enjoy!
Just Having Fun
Gosh, a coin sure doesn't have to cost a million to enjoy it. Some of my favorites -- that I look at over and over again -- cost $40 give or take.
Dear MFH: If you're collecting Barber dimes in au55 to 58, knowing you, I'll bet that's a dazzler of a collection. Interesting, because that's the condition I had gotten lots of Barber dimes in as a kid. Not buying them but out of circulation.
Thank you RYK. I didn't understand his sense of humor either.
Here is a pattern that was supposed to sell for $8000 to $10000. I even bid $9890 and was the underbidder in the internet portion of the bidding. I did not want the internet winner to get it too cheap. I wanted it but at $10,000 or less. It sold for $17,000! Heck, all you get is a peek and no date!!!
Someday, I too will spend 7 figures on a coin!!
Marc Vetsch
"You are achieving coins and specimens of numismatic greatness in your quest for fun." Thank you Pursuit of Liberty! One reason I'm able to do it is that I focus on a few series of coins at a time and don't let myself get distracted.
And Lan Lord, it was my remembrance of the old blue Whitman folder that helped keep my lust for the 1894-S dime alive.
Thank you Russ. I'm an old enough curmudgeon to enjoy Paul Harvey, and I'm glad he enjoyed my coin.
And thank you, Mr. ER and coyncollector
Enjoy !
Just Having Fun