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The PCGS pop reports list a VG in both the Round and Octagonal. Have any of the board members seen these coins? or do you have a pic of one of them?
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,664 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>$50 Pan Pac commems >>

    Mmm, yes please.


    Seen the VGs? Nope, not me.

    Say, ppc- a couple of folks have offered me holey commems via PM lately, and I referred them to you since I don't do post-1900 holeys.

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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,997 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Octagonal is the #1 coin on my Wish List. Sigh...

    But come to think of it, I don't recall ever seeing either type in less than AU.
    When in doubt, don't.
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    I used to dream about these as a kid.
  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Having an ungraded Pan-Pac Octogonal, I too would be interested in seeing photos of PCGS or NGC examples in other than MS state.
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,333 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I had that pair a long time ago. Boy, were they hard to sell!
    Andy Lustig

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,446 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I had that pair a long time ago. Boy, were they hard to sell! >>



    Maybe you were charging too much.image Any idea how they got to that grade? They seem too large for pocket pieces.

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,333 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Any idea how they got to that grade? They seem too large for pocket pieces.

    Yet that's what they must have been. As I remember them, they were perfectly wholesome for the grade. Pure wear, no net grading.

    Maybe you were charging too much.

    Yes, I saw the winky, but I'll answer anyway. I don't think it was the price as much as the size of the market. Cool as these coins were, they do not fit into many collections. They're more like five figure conversation pieces, and not that many people are in the market for those.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    I don't know about the VFs, but the Chicken loves those Pan-Pacs!!!

    image
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • BloodManBloodMan Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A VF25 Round is shown in a video featured on the Gainesville coin web site.

    An still shot from the video is shown below.

    image
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Someday... the one coin I would sell all my coins for... and still not have enough... Cheers, RickO
  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
    Here's another


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    Coin's for sale/trade.


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  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Still waiting for someone to post a photo of a Pan-Pac Octogonal below mint state in a NGC or PCGS holder.
  • ChrisRxChrisRx Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭✭
    Got 59k? HA has an AU one for sale au $50
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I got the opportunity to fondle a raw AU octagonal once.

    Boy, talk about hefty!


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  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Got 59k? HA has an AU one for sale au $50 >>



    Thanks!
  • meos1meos1 Posts: 1,135 ✭
    These are very nice
    I am just throwing cheese to the rats chewing on the chains of my sanity!

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  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I got the opportunity to fondle a raw AU octagonal once.

    Boy, talk about hefty! >>



    I saw you fondle the chicken once also! image
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • SilverEagles92SilverEagles92 Posts: 6,787 ✭
    $38,000 VF25 1915-S $50 Round at Gainesville
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Despite cost or value, the octagonal commemorative of 1915, and the bi-metallic of 2000 are two of the most uniquely minted coins in a century of making coins in my opinion. I would love to own one of each.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I want one of the octagonal... sooooooo bad... when I win the lottery, it will be my first purchase... imageimage Cheers, RickO
  • meos1meos1 Posts: 1,135 ✭
    I would second that. Frankly the 2.5 dollar one is very desirable to me as well. I like the odd denomination combined with the design.
    I am just throwing cheese to the rats chewing on the chains of my sanity!

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  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How have the Pan Pacs been doing at FUN this week? Anyone seen these changing hands on the bourse for reportable dollars?
  • jsfjsf Posts: 1,889
    these are so awesome, I'm so glad I could swing the little panpacs. If I wasn't intent on getting a new cabin and shop built while I had this wad o' cash... image

    Somebody else was wondering about which slug to buy. I'd have to use the musical analogy. Who would you rather hear one of your favorite songs performed by? A, a backup band, or, B, the original songwriter and their band? case rested.

    Kidding aside, I've done my best to better fit into the eye appeal mode of coin buying these past few years. Wouldn't the sheer "shock value" aspect of eye appeal alone steer a buyer toward the octagonal piece? Doesn't it truly fit the artist's rendition better? Heck, I don't know. That sorta stuff is too rarified for me. I just want one!

    Who am I kidding? I'll be upgrading Walkers 'til I die...
  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,587 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My great great grandmother attended the expo, she lived in SF from 1904-1916. I have several of her mementos from the fair, including some lookalike medals struck in bronze. Unfortunately for me she didn't shell out the $100 to buy one of the gold Pan Pacs.
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,333 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Given the success of the new UHRs, it might make sense for the Mint to issue 2015 Pan Pacs as well.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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  • jsfjsf Posts: 1,889
    Lordy, if the Mint did do that I'd need a year, or so image , heads-up for extra savings time.

    I suppose if I absolutely had to have one I could give my Merrill-Lynch guy a call and give him a heart attack...,

    but I'd prob'ly only do that if I wanted a real one. image

    yeah, I'm afraid I have to put my foot down about priorities on this one, folks.
  • EagleguyEagleguy Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Given the success of the new UHRs, it might make sense for the Mint to issue 2015 Pan Pacs as well. >>



    Dude, don't tease me with ideas like that!

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  • HoledandCreativeHoledandCreative Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have never seen a VG $50. Picked up any holed commems recently?

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