$500 for a VF large cent that was bodybagged by pcgs for "waxed". I took it back to the dealer aandgot my money back. It was a cool coin, 1802 with 3 errors. Always wondered if I shudda kept it
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$5. Can you tell I'm new? LOL! Most of my collection has been pulled from change. I'm actually on the very LOW end of the income spectrum, and I have another hobby that still outranks this one, so I can't see me going much higher. I currently have a personally imposed max of what I would ever spend on a single coin, and that's $100.
250K - the dealers that won't talk to me don't know that, so keep it quiet.
I'm glad to live in the era of high-res pics - makes it easy to enjoy while it's at the bank.
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
<< <i>Frankly I am rather particularly surprised that people that would not likely share how much their houses costs, or what their automobile cost, would share what their most expensive coin cost. >>
What you paid for your house is a matter of public record if one wants to take the time to look it up. Not sure why it should be public record but it is.
The most I have ever paid for a coin is about $600.00 - I have bought several for around that price - many of them are now worth double or triple that amount.
$4500.00 for a PCGS XF45 Draped Bust dollar. I sold it for $4100.00. I just bought my second most expensive coin three days ago on the Heritage live auction. I paid $1600.00 for a 1915 Barber Half.
I was crossing my fingers to get it. It's up to $325K now....one year later.
Thanks for realizing that spending big $$ isn't what turns me on. Great coins do, and I could easily have 100 Saints with the money I have in a dozen. It's about owning coins that had to have been owned by a very select group of "survivors". Anyway, I don't own them.
Somewhere in the neighborhood of $350, I think. The most I've spent on a single transaction was around $600. I'm pretty sure this coin is the record-holder, if not it's certainly in the top 5:
Luckily, I have a much different answer to the "most money you've sold one coin for" question.
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
The most I've paid for a single coin was for the lowest graded coin in my type collection (so far). $3,300 for a 1796 Liberty Cap large cent graded VF35 by PCGS.
I would tell you what I paid for the house too but I'm not really sure with all the law suits, construction defects and subsequent repairs.
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
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the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed
Join the NRA and protect YOUR right to keep and bear arms
To protest against all hunting of game is a sign of softness of head, not soundness of heart. Theodore Roosevelt
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Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
As for actual coins, probably in the $200 range. But I'm working on being more patient so I can buy better coins!
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Dahlonega Type Set-2008 PCGS Best Exhibited Set
I'm glad to live in the era of high-res pics - makes it easy to enjoy while it's at the bank.
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$ 44k
<< <i>Frankly I am rather particularly surprised that people that would not likely share how much their houses costs, or what their automobile cost, would share what their most expensive coin cost.
What you paid for your house is a matter of public record if one wants to take the time to look it up. Not sure why it should be public record but it is.
MY COINS FOR SALE AT https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/other/bajjerfans-coins-sale/3876
>>>My Collection
Positive BST as a seller: Namvet69, Lordmarcovan, Bigjpst, Soldi, mustanggt, CoinHoader, moursund, SufinxHi, al410, JWP
But it's about to be surpassed, as soon as I can find it's gorgeous sister from the year before
Hoard the keys.
<< <i>Here's the coin I'm rebuilding my collection around:
Dang!!!!!
Stefanie
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
<< <i>I think it is nobodies business, save my wife, how much I spent on a coin.
Lighten up Francis! BTW....Does the wife really know?
Tyler
<< <i>This dollar. The haze around the shield is an artifact of imaging, it's fully struck there.
WOW!!! Love it!
-Randy Newman
I probably need to work on quality over quantity, too.
"The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows." - Frank Zappa
<< <i>I hate these questions because a certain percentage of people love big coin collectors and the remaining percentage resent them.
It's my oft labeled "Proletariat/Boshevist" lynch mob. They love seeing the coins in shows but don't BUY one and post it!
181K...not as much as ol'd Sunnywood paid.
Were there tiny beads of sweat on your forehead as you pulled the trigger on that one Jay? Or was it more of a "cool as a cucumber" experience?
By the way, I dont loathe big coin collectors. I just loathe snotty attitudes from people with big money. You are not one of those people.
Thanks for realizing that spending big $$ isn't what turns me on. Great coins do, and I could easily have 100 Saints with the money I have in a dozen. It's about owning coins that had to have been owned by a very select group of "survivors". Anyway, I don't own them.
I'm renting them.
That's an amazing coin...regardless of the date and mintmark...just stunning.
Lane
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
3 years was the most time, the money was nowhere near that investment.
-David
Luckily, I have a much different answer to the "most money you've sold one coin for" question.
Sean Reynolds
"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
54G for this piece of copper
Keith
That is one unbelievably amazing chain cent.
I sold the coin for $12000. It's the best I've ever made out on a coin.
Don't ask me the most I've ever lost on a coin though.
<< <i>Most money you spent on one coin? >>
489K.
Who is John Galt?
I have indicated numerous times here how much I paid for it.
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<< <i>Most money you spent on one coin? >>
489K. >>
ah come on...whats the coin?
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
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<< <i>ah come on...whats the coin? >>
Husak-Oswald S-67.
Who is John Galt?
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<< <i>ah come on...whats the coin? >>
Husak-Oswald S-67. >>
I have not followed the legacy of those names closely auctionwise. What is the coin itself? Thanks,
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
<< <i>I have not followed the legacy of those names closely auctionwise. What is the coin itself? Thanks, >>
It is a 1794 large cent.
Who is John Galt?