My first "Big" (ha, ha) Coin Show Buy!! - 5 PICS - Comments Appreciated: *Price Update*
AskRaq
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Well, first off, the coin that stole my heart wasn't to be had...
I fell in love with a "double struck & flipped" Lincoln on a struck dime planchet.. WoW!!!
Heavenly.... and the price was up in the clouds for me too: $2000.00
Okay - back to reality & my $100 budget.
Aisle after aisle... thousands upon thousands of the same displays of coins... (oh yeah, I don't collect series or sets of anything... so no trying to find a certain date).
So, I come to a case that piques my interest (because there are small groups of different types of coins) and as I'm scanning a yellowed plastic flip catches my eye.
Now, although I like this coin, and have never owned one (and know practically nothing about it other than reading a thread about bands?? on here)... I certainly wasn't expecting to buy one as I'd already passed by about 500 of 'em.
But... for some unknown reason (maybe because I had already fallen in love with that pseudo-dime)... my eye was drawn to this little pile of about 10 coins, toned & untoned. But, what was even odder, is that my eye caught on the one in the old yellow plastic flip - which, with the poor light I couldn't see all that well. So, after waiting patiently the lady takes it out for me to look at under the lamp, still not much help... I can see it's shiny... and has detail. So, the lady puts out the other 8 or 9 and takes that one away to put it in a new clear flip. This takes awhile, and I examine and sort the others, finally picking one that I might buy - and she hands me the first one back. Oh YEAH, I gotta have the first one that caught my eye!!! (even though I can now see a small area of discoloration/spotting near the rim & date - it doesn't show too much in the pic).
Now, I haven't been to a coin show since I was a kid... and didn't realize dickering was the norm (this was a pretty darn slow show)... and I don't have enough knowledge to dicker about this coin anyhow. So I say how much, the guy looks it up in some book, and I say I'll take it!
Now for the consensus from knowledgable people... (just so you know, I don't care if it was overpriced or not, and there's no buyer's remorse - even if it's been cleaned)
I just want your opinions, information, estimated value/grade... (highest price you'd pay a dealer)... comments, etc. Thanks!!
I fell in love with a "double struck & flipped" Lincoln on a struck dime planchet.. WoW!!!
Heavenly.... and the price was up in the clouds for me too: $2000.00
Okay - back to reality & my $100 budget.
Aisle after aisle... thousands upon thousands of the same displays of coins... (oh yeah, I don't collect series or sets of anything... so no trying to find a certain date).
So, I come to a case that piques my interest (because there are small groups of different types of coins) and as I'm scanning a yellowed plastic flip catches my eye.
Now, although I like this coin, and have never owned one (and know practically nothing about it other than reading a thread about bands?? on here)... I certainly wasn't expecting to buy one as I'd already passed by about 500 of 'em.
But... for some unknown reason (maybe because I had already fallen in love with that pseudo-dime)... my eye was drawn to this little pile of about 10 coins, toned & untoned. But, what was even odder, is that my eye caught on the one in the old yellow plastic flip - which, with the poor light I couldn't see all that well. So, after waiting patiently the lady takes it out for me to look at under the lamp, still not much help... I can see it's shiny... and has detail. So, the lady puts out the other 8 or 9 and takes that one away to put it in a new clear flip. This takes awhile, and I examine and sort the others, finally picking one that I might buy - and she hands me the first one back. Oh YEAH, I gotta have the first one that caught my eye!!! (even though I can now see a small area of discoloration/spotting near the rim & date - it doesn't show too much in the pic).
Now, I haven't been to a coin show since I was a kid... and didn't realize dickering was the norm (this was a pretty darn slow show)... and I don't have enough knowledge to dicker about this coin anyhow. So I say how much, the guy looks it up in some book, and I say I'll take it!
Now for the consensus from knowledgable people... (just so you know, I don't care if it was overpriced or not, and there's no buyer's remorse - even if it's been cleaned)
I just want your opinions, information, estimated value/grade... (highest price you'd pay a dealer)... comments, etc. Thanks!!
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of the pic you took.
bob
Oh, price: probably in the $10 range?
Gonna say its a MS64 worth around $12-20. A dealer might pay as little as $5-10 for one due to the availability of common dates in unc.
roadrunner
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I'll post some pics of my other (marginal) purchases in another thread.
Anyone else wanna comment on this coin before I reveal the $ - ?
So, 250 times face value was a little higher than I had expected... BUT, luckily I was carrying a handy-dandy roll of GW $1 coins ($25)... so, I just told myself it was a TRADE!!
<< <i> but it shows slight rub or contact with the highest points, >>
Huh ? Possibly a little weak in the hair but thats it. These are very hard to image and show all of the details. No rub period. I do see what looks like some slide action on the neck. 64FB in my opinion and about a 10 buck coin.
Ken
Also, what are the little lines above the "E" & "R" (in Liberty) that show up in the first & second obverse shots?
Here's an example of a 1943(-P) with die polish a-plenty.
I got out the glass and looked under brighter light... and at an angle I can see the fine raised lines under the chin and on the neck too (still hard to see in the field where the camera caught them though).
<< <i>My question is about the third obverse photo I listed... at the angle & lighting I used, it looks like cleaning marks? Does that seem to be the case?
Also, what are the little lines above the "E" & "R" (in Liberty) that show up in the first & second obverse shots? >>
The stuff out in the field shown in picture 3 could very well be either wiping marks or die polish. I cannot tell from the picture. The other two lines above the letters could be ejection doubling. It would be strange if they were only showing there and no place else. I have seen die polish lines on Miss Liberty's cheek before. Usually they were very light and not straight line at all. More of a circular pattern.
Mercs are great for die polish, ejection doubling and some great die cracks that come from different areas and meet at the center of the coin. They are also great for having slide marks on them also which is not a good thing.
Ken