Best find of the year.

ckrakowski

With the year almost over what is your best find?

It could have been from circulation or given to you by someone or bought.

Have a happy and healthy 2015.

cucamongacoin

This one fur sure...

Boosibri

Added this beauty to my collection thanks to RYK:


Bought this for half my bid in the Bently sale, $3k for a $6k coin. About 40 exist and the rarest non Civil War No Motto $5, I own 2 of the 3 coins CAC has approved. The other being a "should not exist" MS64 which I would love to own.

lunytune2

Just purchased from JGNumismatics ,not in hand yet !


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Ajjohnson77

I just found a 1929 2 1/2 Gold Indian in MS65 and I paid VF price. Poor antique mall guy. He consigned it so I wasn't able to ask him why it was so cheap. 😉

fcloud

I picked up this MS65FB 1942-Inverted S dime. A true Full Band Example. (The only other FB example is misattributed and not an inverted S.)

UtahCoin

My most recent find/cherrypick is a 1942 D Lincoln Cent entombed in a PCGS MS66RD holder (unattributed) that I picked up for $8. I sent it to our host to have it re-holdered and attributed. PCGS attributed it as a 1942 D/D FS-504 (which is why I sent it in). Until last week PCGS had only graded 9 in MS Red, 4 MS64 and 5 MS65 with none higher. Now my Top Pop MS66 is at the top of the heap. The last auction appearance was for a MS65RD in 2011 which sold for $719.
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Weiss

If we're talking best "deal" for the year, I think it would have to be this Robert Fulton gold SCD I got from Heritage. Thomas Elder issued pieces for both Henry Hudson (explorer) and Robert Fulton (inventor), to commemorate the Hudson-Fulton exposition of 1909, ostensibly the celebration of Hudson's navigation around what is now New York and Fulton's first commercially successful application of the steam engine to water transportation. The 1909 celebration was a pretty big deal and is credited with launching NYC's status as a world-class, modern city.

I'd already started my collection of the Hudson pieces but hadn't given much thought to the Fultons. I'd been saving my pennies to bid on the highest-graded example of the Hudson piece I knew was coming up at Heritage's Long Beach auction in June. One of the neighboring lots was this Fulton piece. All of these miniature masterpieces, the size of a gold dollar, are rare. Heritage called the Fulton piece an R-7 (4-12 known). But it didn't indicate that this piece, the sole 67 with none higher, was the pop top for the series. I bid what I felt was the max for the Hudson piece and took a gamble with what I thought was a low-ball bid on the Fulton piece, too. They're collected concurrently and I knew I'd regret missing out of the pop top if I didn't at least make a bid.

And I won it for well under my max. The total was $1100 including the juice.

Since it's the pop top, it's not difficult to research the piece. Turns out it brought $3450 at Stacks about 5 years ago. SCDs are a tiny market and one or two buyers or sellers can obviously make a huge difference in realized prices. But I was thrilled to pick up this piece at a ~70% discount off its 2009 sale price.

Broadstruck

<< <i>I just found a 1929 2 1/5 Gold Indian in MS65 and I paid VF price. Poor antique mall guy. He consigned it so I wasn't able to ask him why it was so cheap. 😉 >>



Would like to see what a Two & One Fifth Dollar Gold piece looks like... Since maybe the Antique Gold Guy made out better

ricko

I am waiting on what may be my best find - presently in the mail - when I receive it, I will see if what I saw is, in fact, reality. If so, will post...

Cheers, RickO

dimples

I got a silver quarter in change last month. It's been several years since that has happened.

C0INB0Y

Couldn't buy anything till I found this!

WaterSport

Well in my small collecting world it has been a heck of a year. Not only have I cherry picked some very tough cents for my set, but I have been able to spread the finds to others as well which is very rewarding. So if you don’t mind me bragging a bit, here goes…

I started January by finding the second only graded example of a 1911 D/D RPM #1. I had promised a fellow forum member that if I ever found another – he would be the first to know. By midyear I had found another 3, which were all placed in fellow collectors collections. Thus all 5 known PCGS graded examples have been found by me.

In February I picked a raw 1927 DDO cent which even though it graded only AU, it is the nicest AU for the grade and it only cost me $15 but I ended up with a $300 coin with my former example going to another forum member.

For some strange reason I was able to snag a 1910 S/S RPM 2 in an unattributed holder of which the seller listed it as an RPM, but it still sold for less than a regular 64 R&B 1910 S cent at $208. Current BV for this variety is $1300. Must have been a case of folks being too lazy or unwilling to resubmit for a variety designation?

Next came a cent I have been searching for years. In fact, I even offered a $50 reward for the privilege to just examine anyone’s example with no such luck. Again, the only PCGS graded example was held in a forum collector’s set, which he generously shared with me to examine. And then finally one night while searching on eBay, I took an $8 gamble that paid off with the second only graded example thus far of the 1911 D/D RPM 3.

I made a couple of purchases that turned out better than I expected. The first was a MS 63 Red 1972 DDO #5 that graded MS 65 Red at PCGS. I paid $128 for the coin now BV at $875.

Another purchase came from a dealer who I have dealt with many times who offered me a 1943 DDO in an unattributed MS 64 holder for $500. I cracked it out, hit it with some acetone and it came back MS 65. Since this was a $1500 value increase over what I paid, I felt obligated to call him and ask him if he wanted to buy the coin back as I could not afford to pay him the difference in value. He only laughed and said he was happy I got the grade.

And finally, my last big find. For those who know Lincolns and follow the 1972 DDO series – there is nothing more valuable than DDO #4. I paid $1900 for a MS 64 brown example back in 2007. But later traded it. These have come and gone at auction and always for over $2000. But diligence paid off. As I picked the coin with bad pictures off of eBay for $27 and it now resides in a MS 63 R&B holder with a BV of $3000.

So there you have it. As I said its been a heck of a year for me and my collection and I doubt I can even come close to it this coming year – but I sure will be searching just the same.

WS

nwcoast

You suck!!! Again WS!!!
Congratulations on a great cherrypicking year!

Ajjohnson77

Would like to see what a Two & One Fifth Dollar Gold piece looks like... Since maybe the Antique Gold Guy made out better

Sorry, typo fixed Mr. Police Officer.

CharlotteDude

Toss up...





'dude

Barndog

this "find" was pretty cool:






numismatically-speaking, adding this to the collection was years in the making:

UtahCoin

That Half Dime looks very familiar.

WingedLiberty1957

BillJones

I had to pay strong money for this 1838-C $5 gold, but I had been looking for one for more than two years. So I guess that qualifies as my best find.

lasvegasteddy

i love those toners there wingedliberty57

Barndog

<< <i>That Half Dime looks very familiar. >>



yes, I think it used to be on ebay

kaz

1876 Trade Dollar, type 2 obv and rev. A very scarce, perhaps even rare, die pairing. Not a cherrypick but I feel lucky that it found me.

UtahCoin

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<< <i>That Half Dime looks very familiar. >>



yes, I think it used to be on ebay >>



It's a little better than the one I had. Mine was a VF35 and yours looks more like XF40

jmb

<< <i>Toss up...





'dude >>



SOLD !!! Where do I send the check.

TennesseeDave

This has been my only coin purchase of this year, therefore it must be my best find of the year. I paid XF money for it raw, so if it grades it will end up as a decent purchase.






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Barndog

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<< <i>That Half Dime looks very familiar. >>



yes, I think it used to be on ebay >>



It's a little better than the one I had. Mine was a VF35 and yours looks more like XF40 >>



best line of the year right there!

Ed62

Thanks again to Regulated and Boiler for sending it my way.

kaz

That's an amazing pattern. (Nice eagle, good boy, here's a herring for you!)

Type2

Very nice coins all. It's been a very good year for me as well i have been doing more on the dark side so i'll just post 3 of the better one's.



Picked for $150 worth $10k to $19k





Picked for $35 worth $5k to $8k






Picked for $250 worth $10k one point higher $30k+





Here is one from the US side. Picked for $850 worth over 12,500 that was my last offer.




Let's see what the new year has to offer. I love my part time job.

Casman

I found some 2014 Kennedy clad sets for sale at the US Mint Booth, bought 8 sets @ $9.95 each, had them graded and sold them for $6K.

bolivarshagnasty

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<< <i>That Half Dime looks very familiar. >>



yes, I think it used to be on ebay >>



It's a little better than the one I had. Mine was a VF35 and yours looks more like XF40 >>



Sounds like an inside joke going there.......... Wanted to know how are the girls doing after the wreck??

Aegis3

No question for me. Numismatic literature overload.

puffer

If I bought a coin for $100 that ended up netting me $10K I would contact the original seller let him know what happened and offer to send him a 50% check. I bought a coin from a small dealer that netted me a tidy $400 plus and let him know how I made out. I will offer him cash next time I see him as a thank you since he had cut the price to me to the bone.

Yorkshireman

<< <i>Added this beauty to my collection thanks to RYK:


Bought this for half my bid in the Bently sale, $3k for a $6k coin. About 40 exist and the rarest non Civil War No Motto $5, I own 2 of the 3 coins CAC has approved. The other being a "should not exist" MS64 which I would love to own.
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Love that 1800 $5!!

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csdot

<< <i>Very nice coins all. It's been a very good year for me as well i have been doing more on the dark side so i'll just post 3 of the better one's.



Picked for $150 worth $10k to $19k



Picked for $35 worth $5k to $8k



Picked for $250 worth $10k one point higher $30k+


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If I tried to pick these Asian coins, they would inevitably turn out to be alibaba fakes. Congrats on your scores.

Type2

Thats a nice one.

seanq

I haven't bought much this year but I have my eye on a coin right now that would definitely make my year.


Sean Reynolds

braddick

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Thanks again to Regulated and Boiler for sending it my way. >>



Never met an eagle that likes to be tapped on top of its head.

mercurydimeguy

Probably this one...

  

DIMEMAN

I found many Dime varieties this year.

The best was probably the 1946-S/S 503 I picked on ebay raw. Sent in to PCGS and it was graded 66FB. This is a very scarce variety.

Next favorite was the 1969-P rev of 68 901. Haven't sent this one in yet.

2014 was a good year!

AnkurJ

Coin is just spectacular in hand.

PCGS AU50 CAC

UtahCoin

Love it! And a clashed die too!

keyman64

Bought it for $45
Sold it for $1,750!
Top Pop By 7 Points and also the ONLY known Mint State Example.
It's a pretty neat toner too.

CMCART

The 2 VAMS

silverpop

this partly grease filled die quarter was my best find this year

scubafuel

Probably this raw quarter from ebay. It ended up looking much better than the pics!

1825 Bust Quarter - Listed on CollectiveCoin

JJSingleton

One from the first year of the Dahlonega Mint and one from the last. The 38-D had eluded me for the better part of 5 years. The 61-D Dollar is just one of those dream coins that you thought you would never own. It was a pretty good year for JJSingleton.

Eclectic

I am probably waiting for my 'best find of the year' to arrive in the mail. It's darkside though!

I've still had a fun, productive year starting a new collection genre, and that made NewP's all that more rewarding.

ckrakowski

anymore? happy new year.