Guy paid $1 for a Pewter Continental dollar...
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News story from Fox44 out of Burlington VT says a Vermont man paid $1 for it at a flea market in the 60s. The coin now resides in a PCGS MS64 holder! Not a bad payday.
The PCGS Cert number from the news story is 24516854. I took a quick image. It was a transitioning shot, so you see the lady's and the man's outlines. I didn't catch the whole story as I was fumbling around trying to take a picture. Looks like a nice coin though!
The PCGS Cert number from the news story is 24516854. I took a quick image. It was a transitioning shot, so you see the lady's and the man's outlines. I didn't catch the whole story as I was fumbling around trying to take a picture. Looks like a nice coin though!
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<< <i>What were they worth in the 60's? >>
Apparently $1.
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<< <i>Call me a skeptic, but it is a good story. >>
Im also in the skeptic camp , apparantly the guy was or is a coin collector according to the reports , why wait 50 years to have it checked out ? If it really was in a wallet for these 50 years and pewter being a soft metal..would it really grade MS ?
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<< <i>Call me a skeptic, but it is a good story. >>
Im also in the skeptic camp , apparantly the guy was or is a coin collector according to the reports , why wait 50 years to have it checked out ? If it really was in a wallet for these 50 years and pewter being a soft metal..would it really grade MS ? >>
No chance.
<< <i>What were they worth in the 60's? >>
According to the 1965 Red Book the most common variety was going for $575.00 in Uncirculated.
New England has yielded some real treasures in years past. I don't when it happened, but years ago a guy in Maine bought 50 large cents for $50. This was one them.
As the story goes the scratches were put on the piece AFTER the guy bought it. He was not much of a numismatist and carried it around in his wallet to show off to people.
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<< <i>Call me a skeptic, but it is a good story. >>
endings I like !!!
My brother lives in Northern, NH. I've told my wife for years how cool it would be to wonder into one of the antique shops and find a Continental Dollar (or a nice Colonial).
So neat to think that it's been floating around for over 200 years.
It's also interesting how, after nearly 200 years, they were worth about $500 - $600 yet over the last 45 or so years they've gone from there to six figures. Even inflation adjusted, that's just amazing.
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