Guess the winning bid on this PROOF 70 Washington
TwoSides2aCoin
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There's never a guarantee it will turn out as well as one's expectations are, in a place like ebay or in modern coins, for that matter. So don't get your hopes too high.
Submitted this coin along with 99 other coins (25 presidential proof sets) , in a bulk submission. Out of 100 Presidential Dollars submitted, only four returned "PR 70" , iirc. Would have to check (sign in and look back at the records) to be precise.
Care to guess ? No need to see the reverse.
No cheating. All guesses must be in before Monday morning 8:00 A.M. to be eligible for the grand prize. TBA
Submitted this coin along with 99 other coins (25 presidential proof sets) , in a bulk submission. Out of 100 Presidential Dollars submitted, only four returned "PR 70" , iirc. Would have to check (sign in and look back at the records) to be precise.
Care to guess ? No need to see the reverse.
No cheating. All guesses must be in before Monday morning 8:00 A.M. to be eligible for the grand prize. TBA
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How much is brass by the pound ?
jk. hope you got a pretty penny (or dollar) for it
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I knew it would happen.
I hate it when people do this on the price is right but I'm going to say $20.01 Bob, excuse I mean Drew ,
bob
Menomonee Falls Wisconsin USA
http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistr...dset.aspx?s=68269&ac=1">Musky 1861 Mint Set
You guys are dog piling
Box of 20
<< <i>Actually when these first came out, the 70s were demanding good money which is probably true of most moderns in 70 grade when first released. Then downhill from there. >>
SO true. I had started a registry set of the unc's, and between the grades/populations changing seemingly every 5 minutes, then 'Positions A & B' were distinguished, man, it just got too much to soon (and, as pf70collector states, they WERE demanding/commanding very good $$). At the very onset of the series, there was no Position A & B, but upon seeing the TPG's were going to be distinguishing between the two (now, you'd need 2 P-mint and 2 D-mint coins, and if you were also going to have the 'no edge lettering' examples....and then NGC begins to grade the $1 covers, so just another subset of the Pres $$'s) , I realized that one PCGS box would be needed for pretty much two years of the series (I was not, and don't, collecting the proofs.... had I been, one blue box wouldn't even contain two years of the series). With Pos A&B, graded FDCC's, I suddenly had a bad feeling about these. Sure enough, one day, the bottom just drops out, not even a 'slippery slope', they just tanked. I was extremely lucky to get mine off to Teletrade, and bail out with, after fees and shipping, a SMALL tad over 50% of what I had in them (and keep in mind, I dumped mine just less than 2 years into the series). It was during my taping up of the box to ship it off to Teletrade, that I decided, at that very moment, that I swore off collecting moderns, except when there is a hole in my Danscos that needs filling.
Knowing that prices can be all over the place (mostly on the bottom) on these (with the exception of the 2012's), I'm going to guess you didn't get near what you were 'expecting' to get, Joe. Where this isn't a 'First Strike' coin, I'm throwing out a guess of under $20, as OPA suggested, but I'll give a solid guess of $18.45. Quite honestly, in a non-FS holder, these aren't even worth grading, even with a 70.
Box of 20
PF70 collecting is nice as a collector, brutal as an investment.
The way the Mint is spewing out coins, it's pretty tricky keeping up. If you thought the 1970s produced a lot of worthless coinage, today is about 6 times worse, literally.
I knew it would happen.
Final Hammer price : $18.50.
….was a little surprised about the bid being so low and may have done better had I put a reserve on it. Well that's the nature of the beast on ebay. It may have done much better in a different time slot.
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PF70 collecting is nice as a collector, brutal as an investment. >>
This is not only true of proofs, but also, high grade unc's.
On that note, I've noticed metals are down IN THE industrial sector , as are many commodities.
Of special note: if this is what the "FAIR MARKET" is in numismatics on ebay, I can tell you without a doubt, at 60. I can live with it. It was my decision to delve in the market with a hobby. If it goes lower, a guy may have to get down on his knees and scrub floors. Am not above that, either.
And with that, just curious:
what did silver do today, anyway ? I was too busy to check.
Silver, eh, stagnant, whoops, just went into the green, whoops, back to stagnant.
bob