whats your best coin bargain found at the flee market???

Topdollarpaid

I found a 2-1/2 indian for 65.00 a while back,,,,,,,,, How about You?

unknowncomic

I got a 1954 Roosie in change at the flea mart last week.

COALPORTER

I bought some Libertads for half of spot when silver was $6.

tydye

$500 about 10 years ago at Cowtown NJ

tjkillian

I bought a 1795, plain edge, large cent for $1.00, and it graded out at PO-01. My wife spotted it and so it will stay with me. Any gradable 18th century coin in PCGS plastic is easily worth a full dollar.

pakasmom

Holy Carp, Tydye!!!

PerryHall

<< <i>I found a 2-1/2 indian for 65.00 a while back,,,,,,,,, >>



Was it real?

TennesseeDave

Bought a 1928-P Peace for $100 that later graded 63 and an 1899-P Morgan for $50 that graded 64 (Both @Anacs in the late 80's)

zap1111

Where are you people finding these flea markets? Holy cow!

speety

First coin I bought, costed me a WHOPPING $60! It was a lot 6 years ago for a 14 year-old.

coinkat

I can't stop looking at that 1795 Dollar

a belated congrats- terrific coin

lkenefic

wow... 1795 dollar in that condition for $500?? may I say, with no malice intended... you suck!

coindeuce

a Fine 15 1899-O Micro O Top 100 Morgan VAM 6 in a G.S.A. pliofilm "Blue Pack" for 21.50. Sold on Fleabay for 10X cost.

nankraut

<< <i>I found a 2-1/2 indian for 65.00 a while back,,,,,,,,, How about You? >>



Good deal......if it's real!

dcarr

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<< <i>I found a 2-1/2 indian for 65.00 a while back,,,,,,,,, How about You? >>



Good deal......if it's real! >>



Good deal if it's gold !

Topdollarpaid

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<< <i>I found a 2-1/2 indian for 65.00 a while back,,,,,,,,, >>



Was it real? >>

YES it was

Type2

What's a flee market. No just kidding I have not found any thing that wont stick to a mignet yet. I need to look harder.

robkool

Picked up a 14 d Lincoln (F/VF) a few years ago along with a 1804 half cent in VF for about $60 bucks...

BlindedByEgo

Got a bunch of 1795 Silver Dollars with Washington's head on the obverse. Seller SWORE that they were real. I suppose he was correct, at least in the existential sense

ernie11

Never found any great rarities. Did find an 1895-O silver dollar VG on a table for $10 several years ago. Also a 13-S dime for $2.

PerryHall

I picked up a circulated 1880 Lib $5 gold piece for $165 which was about melt at the time. It was the 1880/1 overdate and it slabbed at AU58. It is a very nice original coin with only a few very tiny tic marks.

kryptonitecomics

I picked up a 1938-D walker in XF-AU probably about 10 years ago and it was marked at $38 when I found it in the half price bin so I paid $14 bucks. No clue what it is worth today but I believe I flipped it on ebay back then for like $60 There was another key date that I grabbed from the bin at the same time but for the life of me I can't remember what it was

Mission16

I bought a SAE for a buck under spot several months ago

agentjim007

I bought the scarcest year redbook (5th edition I think) for a dollar and sold it to a dealer for around $175, this was probably 20 years ago.

DNADave

Its been a few years, but I bought my 1894 Morgan at a flea market. The seller was a usual and had been given a whole set minus the 93-s to sell. I thought the 94 Morgan was the best coin I get from him at $600. It ended up in a small ANACS holder at F12....yet another coin I wish I hadn't sold.

ricko

I have never found a coin bargain at the flea market. Found some other great deals, but the coins were all overpriced and not of interest. Cheers, RickO

Topdollarpaid

Bucket of copper coins for 3.00

mannie gray

There are some really good flea markets around these parts--good deals on coins and other stuff as well.
I've found too many good deals on coins to remember them all....although last month I found a 1956 Type 1 Franklin (unattributed) in a PR65CAM OGH.
The coin is a shot DCAM and looks nicer than a 65.
It's on its way to be graded.

Veep

Dateless SLQ for $1 which shows how tough it is to find a deal at a flea market

unclebob

Thought I had found a Indian Head 1888/87 but alas it was just grime and gunk...

My other hobby is looking for art work.

Nothing comes to mind except a painting found at a yard sale.

$5 got me a water color from a dead California artist who had auction results as high as $500.

I keep trying, but I've picked a lot of nice antique prints but nothing of significant value.

Mostly rescues from the inevitable trip to the dumpster.

ricko

We have one flea market a year around here (High School French Club sponsors)... and while it has a wide variety of things, I have yet to see coins....Cheers, RickO

unclebob

@tydye said:
$500 about 10 years ago at Cowtown NJ

I want one of those!

Gorgeous...

gonzer

@kryptonitecomics said:
at $38 when I found it in the half price bin so I paid $14 bucks.

Man, I'll never understand this new math!

CommemKing

Bought this raw for $20. Graded MS67 at PCGS. Sold it for a very substantial profit.

jdimmick

In the past year, probably a 1856-s lg over small s quarter

QCCoinGuy

I heard a guy in VT bought a Continental Dollar at a flea market, possibly in 60s, and always assumed it was fake. Took it in to a local shop maybe five years ago, got it certified, and it sold for something like $121,000.

ChrisH821

I bought a 1965 SMS with a nice cameo cent. It's in for grading right now, hoping to see a 66CAM out of it.

logger7

I have been stung at flea market as well as benefited by some purchases.

Here is a seller that had some underpriced items, he said he bought the collection from an elderly diabetic guy who didn't check around on value.

Elcontador

My best recent find (a change find) was a 1953 S Lincoln Cent which would grade MS 65 RD if I sent it in (and it would cost more to grade than it was worth).

tommy44

No coins but I did buy a large storage type box of coin books for $5 that included a Breen's Encyclopedia.\

How are all these old threads coming back to life? By the time I get about 10 pages deep it's time to go to bed.

hickoryridge

15 years ago or so,
41-d Jefferson marked at $2
came back 67fs

jcapaldo

Around 7 years ago found a 1884 IHC for 9 dollars that graded out at PR64 RB

RogerB

Coin collectors search a "flea market" with their eyes. At a "flee market" they search with a magnet.

mustangmanbob

I posted before, 3 items come to mind at various automotive swap meets.

A bucket of bolts, that buried inside was a bank bag, with over $200 face in 90%, all for $25 IIRC.

A n 189?-S Morgan, forget which, Graded G4, IIRC, sold to Heritage for $300, paid $10

When silver was high 30's low 40's (I do not document everything down to the second) a guy was just starting to lay stuff out, and had boxes of coins. he had "been in the business" years ago, and was clearing it out. Most 90% dimes were 50 to 60 cents, quarters for $1.50, and halves for $3. Some were more. In the junk box, $1 each or 6 for $6. was a pile of Sac's.

I bought EVERYTHING I could til I ran out of cash, as it was a small auto swap meet so I only had about $1500 or so. I quickly headed to the bank, reloaded, and bought everything that was reasonable. his Morgan, even then were pricey.

Ironically, a couple tables down, an elderly gentlemen was selling off his SnapOn and Mac tools, and among his stuff was a brand new in the box Colt .45 ACP Stainless full size for $500, bought it also.

I bought a lot of things that day with Sac's.

justcollecting

Last year I bought 10 better grade indian cents for $22. This 1887 DDO was in the stack.