Grapevine Texas Cherries!
bigtonydallas
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I have cherried 1917 Good, 1917-s VG, 1918-s VG+, 1920 Good & 1921 VG+ two feather variety Buffalo nickles. I know some of these are real common but I have decided to build a complete set of them. My 2 other cherries are also from the same dealer. I have attached pics of the Jefferson mintmarks. First is 1942-D/ Horizontal D XF and a 1955 D/S MS65. Not bad for three hours of searching. I am going to go to other shows a little ways off becuase it seems the fresh meat of a new dealer is ripe. LOL. I may even go to the TNA show next month in Fort Worth Texas. What do you all think?
Big Tony from Texas! Cherrypicking fool!!!!!!
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Just wondering what is protruding from the step below the 'D' on the '42 D/D.....it almost looks like part of another D that was misplaced?
Hoard the keys.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
1895-O, MS62
Here's the thing: I did not know I had cherrypicked until I got home and looked on CoinFacts. I was trying to buy an 1894 MS63 eagle, but I came up short by about $80. I saw a 1907 eagle, also MS63, but I noticed this coin, and I was intrigued by the idea of having a New Orleans branch mint gold. What I did not know was that, though I had to empty out my wallet completely in order to afford this coin, it was astonishingly under-priced compared to what CoiinFacts and PCGS pegs it for--any other show, and it might have been $250-300 more than the other coin I couldn't quite afford!
And, it gets better. Right now, these low population eagles are not collected heavily by date and mintmarks, because there just aren't enough who can afford to do so. This coin has a PCGS population of 67, with only 15 graded higher--and all 15 are MS63. Without realizing it, I came away with one of the top 100 finest known examples of this date and mint mark. This is definitely not the "generic" gold I had in mind when I went in the door an hour or so earlier!
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1895-O, MS62
Here's the thing: I did not know I had cherrypicked until I got home and looked on CoinFacts. I was trying to buy an 1894 MS63 eagle, but I came up short by about $80. I saw a 1907 eagle, also MS63, but I noticed this coin, and I was intrigued by the idea of having a New Orleans branch mint gold. What I did not know was that, though I had to empty out my wallet completely in order to afford this coin, it was astonishingly under-priced compared to what CoiinFacts and PCGS pegs it for--any other show, and it might have been $250-300 more than the other coin I couldn't quite afford!
And, it gets better. Right now, these low population eagles are not collected heavily by date and mintmarks, because there just aren't enough who can afford to do so. This coin has a PCGS population of 67, with only 15 graded higher--and all 15 are MS63. Without realizing it, I came away with one of the top 100 finest known examples of this date and mint mark. This is definitely not the "generic" gold I had in mind when I went in the door an hour or so earlier! >>
That is a great looking 62.
SNMAN
I agree, a nice MS62 that could be worth resubmitting.