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name a coin you just cannot find for sale right now and you want badly.

fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
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I wonder how many of you have been on the hunt for months or
maybe even years to find a single coin you want/need.

I cannot find a 1889P half eagle (mintage 7500) or a 1890P half eagle
(mintage 4500) for sale/auction. I think I vaguely remember one on
ebay when I first started but never since.

I probably could not afford it anyway, but quite a tough coin. One would
never think those two would be at first glance.

thanks for posting

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  • coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,320 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have been searching for bust halves of the following dates in choice AU with beautiful color...1807, 1809, 1810, 1812, 1813 and 1815/2...

    Also, Reeded edge halves in choice XF...especially an 1839-O...

    siliconvalleycoins.com

  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    I'm having a terrible time trying to find a 1929-D in MS64 that even looks "average for the grade".

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • PeacemanPeaceman Posts: 5,098
    All the top 50 Peace $ in MS-65... image ok... how about just one....
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1806/9 bust half in VG-Fine

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1877 $3 AU-53 (+/- one grade)
    1850-D and 1858-D $5 XF-45 (+/- one grade)
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • my3centsmy3cents Posts: 1,411
    any coin in a tpg company slab that looks good for the grade

    My Auctions
  • mhammermanmhammerman Posts: 3,769 ✭✭✭
    A good for the grade, ms62, '08 NM $10 Indian...well, as long as we're lookin, make it a little green with a couple or three very small copper spots in the field, excellent rims, and a magical luster that speaks of 1908, and a very crisp date with no dings on it, and maybe her buck tooth (overbite) will have a little rub on it so it gleams...I'm still lookin'.
  • gyocomgdgyocomgd Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm having a terrible time trying to find a 1929-D in MS64 that even looks "average for the grade". >>



    What denomination, Shamika?
    image
  • bigbadchad777bigbadchad777 Posts: 1,835 ✭
    1947 P Booker T. Washington commemorative half dollar PCGS MS66.
  • TheRavenTheRaven Posts: 4,148 ✭✭✭✭
    1910-P & S Barber Halves in VG or VG+ grade.....

    I can't seem to find these two coins uncleaned and/or without terrible rim dings.....

    Collection under construction: VG Barber Quarters & Halves
  • KlectorKidKlectorKid Posts: 3,723 ✭
    A 1 million dollar coin so I can afford the coins that are for sale right now.
    image
  • bgricebgrice Posts: 1,180
    PCGS MS66 '41S walker with defined left hand/thumb.... green holder would be a bonus.
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭

    gyocomgd,

    I'll give you three guess and the first two don't count. image

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • markglickermarkglicker Posts: 1,486 ✭
    1894 Morgan in MS 65.
  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    A beautifully toned 1921 Missouri commem MS64 or higher.image

    image...There's always time for coin collecting. image
  • MrHalfDimeMrHalfDime Posts: 3,440 ✭✭✭✭
    1797 13 Star (LM-4/V1) half dime in F-VF.
    They that can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither Liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    mrhalfdime,


    ooooh, you have caviar tastes.
  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭
    A classic head half cent with a nice planchet and even dark color that is within my budget.
    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
  • MrHalfDimeMrHalfDime Posts: 3,440 ✭✭✭✭
    I'm not sure about caviar - perhaps pate. Maybe in EF or AU it would be, but it's one of the only half dimes I do not own, and I have been unsuccessful in obtaining one. In one of the few opportunities that has presented itself in recent months, I bid twice the Trends price for one in the next highest grade and was not successful. Maybe next time.
    They that can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither Liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
  • DismeguyDismeguy Posts: 496 ✭✭✭
    an 1858 seated dime in PCGS MS65 with attractive toning and full head. They exist but can't seem to locate one. Same goes for an 1842 dime in PCGS MS65.

    Gerry Fortin's Rare American Coins Online Storefront and Liberty Seated Dime Varieties Web- Book www.SeatedDimeVarieties.com Buying and Selling all Seated Denominations....
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1797 13 Star (LM-4/V1) half dime in F-VF.

    you mean, a little something like this:

    image

    (well, you probably want one without a hole.. this one nets a little lower than Fine)

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,254 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1832 Capped Bust 25¢, 10¢ and 5¢ in PCGS AU58.
  • pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355 ✭
    Rainbow toned unc silver Irish florin. Please pm. Thank you in advance.
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

    image
  • MrHalfDimeMrHalfDime Posts: 3,440 ✭✭✭✭
    Baley:

    Oh, yes. One just like that. Even with the hole. Not a bad coin, not bad at all. They are truly tough to find, and when you do, they are either damaged or the competition for them escalates the things well beyond any published price sheet. I guess it's just one of those things where you have to bite the bullet and just bid. Thanks for sharing that coin with us.
    They that can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither Liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,735 ✭✭✭✭✭
    See my sig file. I'd give an eye tooth for a nice mid-grade clipped '09-S-VDB, I know of a couple of UNC examples but they are (a) out of my price range and (b) locked up tight in collections.


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • 09sVDB09sVDB Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭
    A PCGS graded F12/15 Morgan for around $100.
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1805 Half Cent holdered PCGS/NGC in AU-low MS.
  • RGLRGL Posts: 3,784 ✭
    No laughing now, but have you tried to find a PCGS 1965 SMS MS-67 RD Lincoln? Geeeshhh!
    The Ludlow Collection (DCAM/CAM)
    The Ludlow Brilliant Collection (1938-64)

    image
  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    haha

    such modern crap!

    j/k
  • GullibleNewbGullibleNewb Posts: 401


    << <i>Rainbow toned unc silver Irish florin. Please pm. Thank you in advance. >>



    Pharmer, I am seeking a Morgan like your avatar. In fact if you could be so kind as to change your avatar, it's really starting to drive me nuts.
  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,254 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1832 CAPPED BUST QUARTER PCGS AU58!!!!!!!! arg!
  • OldTimeHunterOldTimeHunter Posts: 189
    ms65 1889 Half Eagle so i can use it for a pocket piece.












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  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    oldtimehunter,

    yea one day as a m65.
    two days at 63, five days at 60 image


  • XXXXXX Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭
    2004-D Keelboat in MS68 PCGS <<<<
    2004-P Kenn. in MS68 PCGS <<<<
    2003-D Sac in MS68 PCGS <<<<

    2000-P & D Sac in MS69 PCGS
    1958-P 5c in MS65FS or MS66 PCGS
    1958-P 1c in MS67RD PCGS
    2000-P & D 1c in MS69RD PCGS
    2005-D Sac in MS70 PCGS
    Finest Possible 2004 Mint Set
  • anablepanablep Posts: 5,160 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice peripheral rim toned 1884-O and 1882-O Morgans in 64 or 65 to match my set.
    Always looking for attractive rim toned Morgan and Peace dollars in PCGS or (older) ANA/ANACS holders!

    "Bongo hurtles along the rain soaked highway of life on underinflated bald retread tires."


    ~Wayne
  • OldTimeHunterOldTimeHunter Posts: 189


    << <i>oldtimehunter,

    yea one day as a m65.
    two days at 63, five days at 60 image >>



    fc

    imageimage

    Happy Thanksgivingimage
  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 6,052 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm looking for a G-04 or lower Hawaiian Commemorative that PCGS will grade.
    Pocketpiececommemoratives

    Lafayette Grading Set
  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    well coinlieutenant magically pointed me to the two coins i want.

    now i just need to "scrape" 1350 dollars up for both in AU.

    the coins i am referring to are in my sig.

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