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Try to guess the final bid for this auction.
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I am holding out for a nice VF or better coin. So goodluck to those who bid.
Maybe $2250-$2750 for a Fine. During the shakeout in early 2009 I recall seeing a slabbed NGC XF40 going for $6500-$6800. This should bring about 1/3 of that.
roadrunner
<< <i>And not likely from an estate sale.
Maybe $2250-$2750 for a Fine. During the shakeout in early 2009 I recall seeing a slabbed NGC XF40 going for $6500-$6800. This should bring about 1/3 of that.
roadrunner >>
Seeing what the OP had paid for a broken ANACS holdered VG10 - which I thought was a fair price, I venture to think it'll go for about $3800 IMHO. Rich Ulrich has an ANACS G4+ for an ask of $2400 and a raw F12 for $4950. So I think 2250-2750 may be low but you have a lot more experience with the series than I.
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<< <i>I was lucky to get mine as a $500 buy it now. >>
I think a few more details are needed!
A photo maybe?
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<< <i>And not likely from an estate sale.
Maybe $2250-$2750 for a Fine. During the shakeout in early 2009 I recall seeing a slabbed NGC XF40 going for $6500-$6800. This should bring about 1/3 of that.
roadrunner >>
Seeing what the OP had paid for a broken ANACS holdered VG10 - which I thought was a fair price, I venture to think it'll go for about $3800 IMHO. Rich Ulrich has an ANACS G4+ for an ask of $2400 and a raw F12 for $4950. So I think 2250-2750 may be low but you have a lot more experience with the series than I. >>
$3,087...makes me think I should have bid $3,100 in hindsight. Then again, I probably would have lost out to $3,125 bid. Not surprisingly, Roadrunner was close to what it sold for. He is probably spot on if you consider Ebay's 'irrational over exuberance' if I may borrow a term coined by the former FED chief.
That should take care of all the available undamaged 49-O quarters for a few years?
But $3000 or so seems like a fair price for the coin. For coins that trade so infrequently, esp. problem-free, pricing these top seated dates isn't that easy....regardless of what the specialist dealers are asking for their pieces. As a raw coin this specimen was probably only worth $2250-$2750. But better dates in PCGS slabs have at times brought very strong prices. That is not happening as a rule in any other slab.
roadrunner
Tom
<< <i>My own thoughts have always been that the 49-0 is a bit overrated compared to the other top notch S and O mint rarities...and I'm not saying it's by a lot either. But the 49-0 always tended to bring more money because of the perception of it being the rarest O mint quarter not to mention the "perceived" mintage of 16,000 coins. But personally I like the 72-s, 71-s, 42-0 sd, 51-0, 52-0, and 60-s a bit better than the 49-0. And one can usually/often times find those other dates for less money. Other than the 72-s I think the 49-0 has the highest CDN price in circ grades. The 72-s has a sizeable mintage of 83,000 which is quite substantial for a better date. Yet it's undeniably rarer than all the ones that have 12,000 to 30,000 mintages. Go figure.
But $3000 or so seems like a fair price for the coin. For coins that trade so infrequently, esp. problem-free, pricing these top seated dates isn't that easy....regardless of what the specialist dealers are asking for their pieces. As a raw coin this specimen was probably only worth $2250-$2750. But better dates in PCGS slabs have at times brought very strong prices. That is not happening as a rule in any other slab.
roadrunner >>
The 60-s has a higher CDN value in XF then the 49-o or 72-s - if we exclude the cc's and the rare varieties. Current CDN in XF would go: 60-s, 72-s, 49-o, 42-o sd, 67-s, 64-s, 52,o, 66-s, 61-s, 59-s, 51-o. 71-s is not on this short list but I like it as an undervalued coin but I wouln't call it a sleeper.
My comments were directed at "circ" grades in general, not specifically XF and certainly not with respect to the 59-s, 60-s, and 61-s which are essentially non-existant in unc...regardless of what the TPG's have placed in MS holders. The 49-0 has been somewhat available in XF the past couple of years with XF's and AU's popping up a number of times at auctions. The 71-s is certainly as rare or rarer as some in the list above regardless of CDN pricing. It is decidedly tougher than the 66-s or 67-s in grades of G-VF. The 66-s does seem to show up in XF-slider with some frequency. The 67-s does not. I bought a mini-hoard of 67-s quarters back in the 1970's and every one was totally original. But what I did find odd was that every one of them graded between VG-VF. Not a single XF among the group. From that day on my spidey senses were on the lookout for that date in XF or better. I was able to find one orig 1867-s in XF45...cost me a whopping 75% over CW Trends value at the time: $130.
None of these dates are sleepers anymore. But no doubt the price guides could be worked to be more accurate. Most have risen multiples over the past 5 years.....and many are still off by a factor of 3X (or more) in CDN. Doesn't make them sleepers. Just means the price guides are out to lunch. Other than varieties there are probably no true sleepers left in the seated quarters....but there will always be underrated and overrated dates/mint marks. CDN pricing is not the place to go to compare anything with accuracy in seated material. The 49-0 is probably priced the closest to its true market price than any of the other dates above. The fact that the 59-s in XF is on the tail end of that CDN list should tell you how far off if is. Only the 60-s in XF is possibly worth as much or more.
roadrunner
Wow, that's just crazy money- you must have really regretted that purchase down the road!