UPDATE! Got the coin today...POLL: Just did a BIN for a Rainbow Morgan on eBay for $800...

uofa1285 · October 26, 2005 12:28PM

Link to the auction

Please feel free to opine! Thanks, Doug

UPDATE!!!!

It looks just like the pics! Score!

RiotAct · October 26, 2005 12:34PM

Could we get a link to the auction?

uofa1285 · October 26, 2005 12:36PM

<< Could we get a link to the auction? >>

Oops, thanks!

Doug

ILikeDimes · October 26, 2005 12:37PM

depends if it's a 1921 or an 1889-CC................

uofa1285 · October 26, 2005 12:38PM

<< depends if it's a 1921 or an 1889-CC................

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Sorry, now Link-ified in my first post...

ss350camaro · October 26, 2005 12:39PM

Holly Crap!! You bought a coin from a clothing store !!??

uofa1285 · October 26, 2005 12:41PM

<< Holly Crap!! You bought a coin from a clothing store !!?? >>

hahahahhahaahaha!

braddick · October 26, 2005 12:42PM

Absolute RIP. Worth easily 3X's what you paid (and that's conservative, IMHO) if it looks anything like the photos.

dtkk49a · October 26, 2005 12:45PM

1881 S is fairly commom well struck. Is the toning worth that much of a premium ?

ILikeDimes · October 26, 2005 12:45PM

<< Absolute RIP. Worth easily 3X's what you paid (and that's conservative, IMHO) if it looks anything like the photos. >>

if Braddick says its a rip....OK, cuz I SURELY don't know.......sure is purdy though!

and you probably don't want to see this then............certainly not as colorful

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ultradmpldollars · October 26, 2005 1:13PM

Have no idea what it may be worth...Nice looking coin though..

JrGMan2004 · October 26, 2005 1:19PM

I think you did decently well...

dizzyfoxx · October 26, 2005 1:20PM

Common date...yes, common eye-appeal...NO! That is a BEAUTY and I wish I saw it before you bought it!

uofa1285 · October 26, 2005 1:25PM

Thanks for your comments thus far...I am hopeful the Greens and Purples are as electric as the scans appear! Doug

jabba · October 26, 2005 1:28PM

I have never seen one like that! Sure Ive seen a Lot of one sided toned Morgans but never seen one with Frost and toning

rainbowroosie · October 26, 2005 1:32PM

You did fine...

Myqqy · October 26, 2005 1:45PM

If I had that much money to spend on a 1881-S morgan, I would have bought the same one- Very nice pickup!!

Numismatics · October 26, 2005 2:05PM

The coin looks nice.

TonedCoinTrader · October 26, 2005 2:15PM

Nice Score!

coinbuf · October 26, 2005 3:09PM

Well so far the votes say you overpaid. It is very pretty but for my money you overpaid; but in the end it's all about what you think, I meen if your happy with it then it was a bargin.

Chris

uofa1285 · October 26, 2005 3:41PM

<< Well so far the votes say you overpaid. It is very pretty but for my money you overpaid; but in the end it's all about what you think, I meen if your happy with it then it was a bargin.

Chris >>

Chris - very true...just like art work, I valued it as a buy so I am happy regardless (unless the colors are faked somehow!).

Thanks to everyone else for your kind comments.

Doug

sellsatan · October 26, 2005 4:45PM

While I doubt that I personally will ever spend $800 on a relatively common Morgan I think you got your money's worth and a little extra there.

gemtone65 · October 27, 2005 1:49AM

"..the votes say you overpaid." It seems to me this result says more about the quality of the poll responses than it does about your decision to purchase it. Are we supposed to assume that 85% of the respondents don't think this is a rip? That is, well, pretty far off the mark, I must say. There are several comments on the mark, most prominently Braddick's, who in fact has it exactly right.

The mitigating factors here relate to the usual risks associated with buying a coin on E-bay. I assume the question posed and the responses given abstract from those risks, and rather address the issue of whether a coin which looks exactly as depicted and delivered to the buyer in a timely manner is worth $799. Those who did not say "yes" and, in fact, that the coin is worth much more than that perhaps may need to become a little more familiar with the market for NGC66* rainbow toned Morgan dollars.

mgoodm3 · October 27, 2005 1:54AM

nice coin. you did fine, but I don't know how to price toned stuff.

ziggy29 · October 27, 2005 1:58AM

If the toning is worth the premium to you, then it was a good buy, period.

Not being the type to pay a huge premium for toners, I said "you did okay," personally, but I'm sure a lot of people who are into toners for huge premiums will think you got a rip.

Russ · October 27, 2005 2:13AM

If the image is accurate, that coin would bring a couple grand in a major auction.

Russ, NCNE

Outhaul · October 27, 2005 2:19AM

Sorry...way overpaid for a common date that just happens to look nice. You got stiffed unless you're happy.

If you're happy, that's what really counts.

Cheers,

Bob

Steve27 · October 27, 2005 2:26AM

Sell it to Pat Braddick quick, before he comes to his senses.

BAJJERFAN · October 27, 2005 2:30AM

Pictorified OR is that pictorialized?

stman · October 27, 2005 4:06AM

Not being a Morgan collector these days I can say this..... Having owned and especially viewed many of these in person...
I'm very familiar with this toning pattern/color progression. I believe the colors will be very vibrant, with flashy luster.
If it's a "true" 66, and knowing the market for these, I don't feel you over-paid whatsoever as many on here do.

Coinhusker1 · October 27, 2005 4:25AM

That coin was a bargain, especially for less than 4 figures.

66s with that kind of color are not terribly common. Just look at the prices the Battle Creek 66s hammered at!!

uofa1285 · October 31, 2005 10:07AM

UPDATE!!!!

It looks just like the pics! Score!

coinbuf · October 31, 2005 10:18AM

Congrats

Chris

Coinhusker1 · October 31, 2005 11:02AM

We want PICS!!!!

uofa1285 · October 31, 2005 11:05AM

<< We want PICS!!!! >>

Really close to the pics shown above. I would say the surfaces and luster are better but no frost, as the pics may imply. The colors ARE electric. A true 66* Monster.

fc · October 31, 2005 11:23AM

800 can buy a lot of coin.

but if you are happy...

Dennis88 · October 31, 2005 11:55PM

I only like the reverse

The obverse is somewhat fugly

braddick · November 1, 2005 1:12AM

<< We want PICS!!!! >>

I agree, only I'd add,
We want PICS!!!!! NOW!

messydesk · November 1, 2005 1:17AM

New photo contest?

Coinhusker1 · November 1, 2005 2:09AM

<< 

<< We want PICS!!!! >>

Really close to the pics shown above. I would say the surfaces and luster are better but no frost, as the pics may imply. The colors ARE electric. A true 66* Monster. >>

The auction photo is kind of fuzzy.

Would be nice to see larger, sharper pics of that beauty!!

ultradmpldollars · November 4, 2005 4:04PM

ttt

Coinhog · November 4, 2005 10:04PM

<< Holly Crap!! You bought a coin from a clothing store !!??

>>

2004 1/4 oz Proof Platinum BIN $300

Coinhog · November 4, 2005 10:08PM

<< 

<< Holly Crap!! You bought a coin from a clothing store !!??

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2004 1/4 oz Proof Platinum BIN $300 >>

What I meant to say was ...... I also bought this from a clothing store!!!! I Think I will shop there again. This is a key date for proof platinums and has sold for as high as $1595 in a PCGS DCam 69.

razorface1027 · November 4, 2005 10:33PM

I kinda like it. BUT, I think ya mighta OP'd fer it.

Tom

UPDATE! Got the coin today...POLL: Just did a BIN for a Rainbow Morgan on eBay for $800...

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