Let's build a box of 20! (17 to go).

2ltdjorn

Post a coin that exists in a PCGS holder, and approximate value. If you have the coin post a picture!

What will the final value be?

1) 2000-D Maryland PCGS Genuine (VF Details) Value $0.25
2) 1848 Cal Quarter Eagle PCGS AU 55 Value is Approximately a Cadillac ( about $60,000)
3) 1916 5 Fr PCGS MS 67 Value about $10,000

Onedollarnohollar

mrearlygold

braddick

Ok, I'll start. Value after it is graded, Secure Plus: 25c

JedPlanchet

Now why on earth would anyone slab that quarter? Especially in secure plus!

coinsarefun

<< <i>Now why on earth would anyone slab that quarter? Especially in secure plus! >>





......why?? why not....lol

Yet.....somehow I had a feeling that was going to be posted

braddick

<< <i>Now why on earth would anyone slab that quarter? Especially in secure plus! >>



I did, and honestly, looking back, couldn't really give you a good reason why.

JedPlanchet

Well, it does have entertainment value ...

Justlooking

It's unique, too. Can't ask for a better start for a box o' 20.

coinlieutenant

Do you want the box of twenty to have any guidelines? All MS? All circ? Grade range? Min Value?

BillJones

The box of 20 concept would not please me. My interests are so diverse that having a collection of only 20 coins would leave me totally dissatisfied. But in fairness I'll start this with what I would label a "landmark coin" and hope others will go from there.

Here is an 1848 CAL quarter eagle. This coin was produced from the first shipment of gold from California after it was discovered in that soon to be state in January 1848. Lieutenant Lucien Loeser with a undisclosed number of guards brought a tea catty, which contained 230 ounces of gold nuggets and dust, to the east coast of the U.S. He left San Francisco, California on August 30 and arrived in Washington, DC on December 7. It took him that long to travel the "short route" by ship down the west coast, across the Isthmus of Panama on horseback and then by ship to Jamaica, New Orleans than up the east coast of the U.S.

The gold was sent to the Philadelphia mint with instructions to convert it into gold coins with a distinctive mark. Since the $2.50 gold piece was the smallest U.S. gold coin at the time (The gold dollar would be introduced the following year.) the gold was converted into an estimated 1,389 quarter eagles. While the coins were laying in the obverse die, the "CAL" counterstamp was punched into the piece on the reverse above the eagle . This avoided creating the flat post on the opposite side which is usually seen on most counterstamped coins.

This piece is a PCGS AU-55, and let's say it's an expensive coin that is worth about as much as a nicely equipped Cadillac. The estimated surviving population is somewhere around 220 pieces.

coinlieutenant

Bill set the standard pretty high. Of course, it started with Pat setting it pretty low, so I will split the difference. No rules were applied, so I imagine darkside is allowed.

This is a monster of a coin. Beautiful original champagne toning over both sides, it has the luster of an 81-S morgan with nearly perfect surfaces. It has a mintage of 22000 and is a key date in the series, probably only behind the 1894 and 1912 in overall rarity. Graded MS67 by PCGS, it is tied with one other coin for finest of the type and is the finest of the date. I would estimate it worth somewhere around 10,000 dollars in today's market. Probably my favorite darkside coin.

2ltdjorn

Cool coins so far. No rules, just want to build an awesome box!