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Anyone here cherrypick this R5+ CBH on eBay?

BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,125 ✭✭✭
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Just scrolling through old BIN listings and I come across this. Pretty bummed I missed it... image

Anyone here happen to be the lucky dog who 'picked it? I believe the listing is a couple months old.

For anyone who doesn't know, this coin is worth upwards of $2000
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    Tdec1000Tdec1000 Posts: 3,851 ✭✭✭
    Sweet coin!
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    cameron12xcameron12x Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭
    Interesting. What attributes make it a R-5? The die breaks?
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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dang ... that's a really nice midgrade O-109.

    Wasn't me ... bummer!
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    OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,441 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Dang ... that's a really nice midgrade O-109.

    Wasn't me ... bummer! >>



    Nor me.

    The die marriage itself is R-5+ (31 to 46 known examples), but by qualifying for a graded slab this example is even rarer than most. Of the approximately 40 examples of the 23 O-109 known probably 30 to 35 of them would require a details holder. Someone got a STEAL!

    Edit:
    I don't recognize the buyer's name; looks like he mostly buys ancients. Hopefully, the new owner knows what he got.
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    BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,125 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Interesting. What attributes make it a R-5? The die breaks? >>



    Yes, but if your coin has these die cracks, you're only a step closer to attributing it - these cracks don't guarantee you have an O.109.

    Because the same obverse die was used to strike the O.108 (which is only an R2), in late die-states, the O.108a exhibits the same die cracks as the O.109.

    If your coin has a full inner-right serif on A2 (the first A in "AMERICA") you have the rare variety. If it is missing this serif, you have the common O.108a.
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    rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,619 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hopefully, the new owner knows what he got.

    Hopefully, he DOESN'T know what he got, and relists it for 2x his purchase price in an attempt to flip it. image
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    OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,441 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Hopefully, the new owner knows what he got.

    Hopefully, he DOESN'T know what he got, and relists it for 2x his purchase price in an attempt to flip it. image >>



    Well, there is that.image
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    BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,125 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Hopefully, the new owner knows what he got.

    Hopefully, he DOESN'T know what he got, and relists it for 2x his purchase price in an attempt to flip it. image >>



    I'll make sure not to miss it that time image
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    BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 30,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The expression on that portrait just slays me. Kind of reminds me of someone I know.
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    coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sheez, I have been looking at all the different varieties here for years.
    I think I may have to learn and start scanning the netimage

    Heck of a cherry pick!!

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    TomBTomB Posts: 20,730 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I doubt the seller reads the boards, but what a can of worms might be opened up if they did and the sale was canceled.
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    OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,441 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I doubt the seller reads the boards, but what a can of worms might be opened up if they did and the sale was canceled. >>



    In this case the sale was in early January and feedback has been left by both parties, so I would think that it was completed. I agree with you that sometimes the board members seem to jump the gun when reporting a sale like this, though.
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    crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭
    Rev pic please
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    coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,471 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Interesting. What attributes make it a R-5? The die breaks? >>



    Yes, but if your coin has these die cracks, you're only a step closer to attributing it - these cracks don't guarantee you have an O.109.

    Because the same obverse die was used to strike the O.108 (which is only an R2), in late die-states, the O.108a exhibits the same die cracks as the O.109.

    If your coin has a full inner-right serif on A2 (the first A in "AMERICA") you have the rare variety. If it is missing this serif, you have the common O.108a. >>



    Well, it appears from looking at the enlarged view of the reverse in the original listing that BHB didn't have any difficulty making that distinction. The coin is O.109.

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    harveypbharveypb Posts: 514 ✭
    It was listed as a Buy-It Now and someone snagged it.

    If it was listed in an auction type listing for 5 or 7 days
    it wouldn't have slipped by most CBH collectors. ( including myself...)
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,842 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't usually get that lucky , but kudos to who does. image Knowledge is a powerful tool in the advancement of mankind's well being. Sharing that knowledge can only be born of goodwill.
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    zap1111zap1111 Posts: 1,298 ✭✭
    This is the O.109 I picked raw off ebay a few years back, paying almost twice what the lucky person did for the PCGS in the OP. I was happy to get it - still am - but the slabbed VF for common money in the OP is enough to make a guy a little queasy in the stomach with envy and inspired to keep looking!

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    harveypbharveypb Posts: 514 ✭
    I got mine unattributed off of Ebay in 1999 but paid a bit over $1800 for it...
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    BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,125 ✭✭✭
    DKRC's got it now - link

    Kind of curious to know if he picked or purchased it from whoever picked it off eBay image

    His asking price is fair, too. Wish I had the $$$ image
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    LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    dang, no one sent it in for attrib. guess there is no need, just surprised me. maybe someone will crack it and put it in their collection.
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,505 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nice coin but it wasent me. bummer to

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