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I gladly paid full retail for this 38-D Buff in 65
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Haven't seen one of these in a while! Better than a Doily find imho!!
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Illini420 had some of those before I think, they were frankies
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I'm not sure what sort of premiums these carry, but I imagine it's significant. Whenever I run into 'em at shows (which isn't too often), I'm always they're only "display pieces" or are "owned by a customer" and "aren't for sale".
Someone should start a "census" thread on these puppies!
Yep - they have a cointainer style holder inside the flip. The range of coins seems to be fairly narrow - steel cent, Jeff 5c, buffs, Mercs, Wa. 25c, frankies, WLH, Kennedy 50c, Morgans, etc. Not likely to find a CBH for instance. I've only seen one commem - Texas.
If anyone has a coin other than what I listed, would love to see it.
edit - added 2 coins to my list......
Well, just Love coins, period.
A local dealer in the Northern Virginia area sold a quantity of these periodically over the last year as a small hoard was sold to him by a
collector. Really nothing special....
These flips do carry some premium. Just sold one with an MS65 Connecticut half on ebay. Also have a nice 1937 wheat cent in an MS65 flip that should really be a 66RD or better today. Definitely a nice find!
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<< <i>Well, considering that the highest grade Mr. Hall assigned to coins back then was MS65, I think you did well buying it for retail $ in that grade. By today's standards, it's likely closer to MS66/67. We'd love to see some close-ups of the coin if possible.
I'm not sure what sort of premiums these carry, but I imagine it's significant. Whenever I run into 'em at shows (which isn't too often), I'm always they're only "display pieces" or are "owned by a customer" and "aren't for sale".
Someone should start a "census" thread on these puppies! >>
I was a frequent subscriber to DH's Inside View from around 1983 to 1985. As I recall, he used the grades of MS67/70 as many other leading dealers of that time did (Renrob, NIOF,
Nercg, Heritage, Numis Professionals Inc, etc.). This was necessary to describe that a coin was far nicer than MS65. The Eliasberg gold coins hitting the market in 1982 clearly showed
that the MS65 price limit to most price guides was lacking. The grades of 67 and 67/70 to denote a better than 67 coin were commonly used by many top notch graders. Don't see
why DH would have limited himself to MS65. Even when PCGS came along they were assigning grades of 66 and 67 to some very worthy coins, even if very few coins made this level.
My first ever slabbed coin was a MS66 seated quarter that was purchased raw for for me at auction in August 1986 (graded later that month at PCGS).
I've bought and sold a number of these over the years and only kept only two - pics below. When selling these at a show, they never last more than a day in the showcase.
Anyway, here are my two - including an older (I think) version of this holder.
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<< <i>Interesting discussion on these "slabs".
I've bought and sold a number of these over the years and only kept only two - pics below. When selling these at a show, they never last more than a day in the showcase.
Anyway, here are my two - including an older (I think) version of this holder.
Wow! I've never seen this second, beige-colored label type...
Very strange. I'd have thought, at least judging by the boldness of the font and the detailed graphic, that this would be a more recent type than the first.