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Complete your SL Half Dime set for $2.25 Miliion!
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Got the flyer yesterday from Legend. They are selling the Law/Simpson Half Dime set, which includes the unique 1870-S.
You can buy the entire set for $3.25 million or the 1870-S separately for $2.25 million, and the balance of the set for $1 million.
Wonder where it will wind up?
Legend Half Dime Set
You can buy the entire set for $3.25 million or the 1870-S separately for $2.25 million, and the balance of the set for $1 million.
Wonder where it will wind up?
Legend Half Dime Set
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<< <i> The only reason this set is for sale, Mr Simpson ran out of room
That can't be right. A collection of half dimes takes up less room than a few rolls of Certs with Retsyn.
You can carry the whole set in your front pocket and tap the ends of the rolls together to signify the "freshness" of the deal.
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You can carry the whole set in your front pocket and tap the ends of the rolls together to signify the "freshness" of the deal. >>
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<< <i> The only reason this set is for sale, Mr Simpson ran out of room
That can't be right. A collection of half dimes takes up less room than a few rolls of Certs with Retsyn.
You can carry the whole set in your front pocket and tap the ends of the rolls together to signify the "freshness" of the deal. >>
It's pretty bad when a multimillionaire dumps a set just because it seems like a better solution then paying for another safety deposit box
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I need a magnifying glass to see details on a half dime, so I will pass on buying any.
Thanks, Laura, for the offer.....
<< <i>Really a neat set. >>
agreed and for the price it better be
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<< <i> The only reason this set is for sale, Mr Simpson ran out of room
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I can understand how a tray of proof $20s might be cooler than a tray of ultra-high grade half dimes.
But I don't understand how someone who could afford either would have a space problem.
My only comment would be on the 1870-s. Being unique.... any price, any amount could be asked for it, in any assigned grade. But considering it was last a MS63, and before that considered AU when first discovered, not sure how we get to the current grade of MS64. It doesn't seem like this beats every coin in Pogue if Mr Simpson is looking to trade it in towards some of the Pogue coins. I wouldn't mind the rest of the half dime set for $1 MILL....if I had a MILL to get rid of. But I'd pass on the $2.25 MILL for just the 1870-s. It's kind of a weird set where one coin is worth 2x the price of everything else. Though I've been a seated collector since 1974, I don't really consider the 70-s critical to a "complete" set of US seated half dimes. No different than if an 1870-s quarter is still out there. We may have lost the idea of what a set is if one of the coins is unique and "uncollectible." Considering they offer the option of selling the 70-s separately, that sort of leads to the notion it's still a "set" without it.
Works out to be about $12.5K per coin in the normal 80 coin set. Not unreasonable really. In the quarters it might be 2X to 6X that amount.
Space problem? A sabbed proof $20 Lib takes up the same space in your safe deposit box as a slabbed MS half dime. Now if this were the old days, a raw gem half dime set could take up only a few cubic inches in your SDB. Slabs have increased our storage requirements by 10-20 fold. The banking industry is all in favor of slabs.
jim
Edited my previous thread. That's actually not a lot of money per coin now that I think of it. My 1998 to 2007 PCGS pop reports have the 70-s as a MS63.
The MS66+ 1851-0 is an old friend. I bought that out of a Superior sale in 1983. It was originally slabbed/graded MS65 in 1988. Has the creamiest luster and slickest surfaces that just glow. I never actually "sold" that coin either. It was shipped to a Maryland dealer in 1988 on approval. The FEDs shut down their business and confiscated everything. They ultimately paid only part of my asking price. They never sat all that well with me.
<< <i>In fact if we donot find the "right" collector for this set, he will just keep it. >>
Well La De Da. How typical.
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