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BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,229 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Post a coin that you paid (and would pay again) a +50% premium to the average example for. Call it the eye appeal premium.

Paid a 100% premium to grade and guides
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Paid a 200% premium for the nicest VF Barber half ever
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75% premium for this ridiculously toned half eagle which rumor has it came from the cornerstone of a church in the south.
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50% premium for likely the nicest 1844 AU $2.5 around (a very rare date)
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Latin American Collection

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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    toners can be crazy when one looks at % rates paid

    2,000 % premium here
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    415 % here
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    600 % here
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    6300 % here
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    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,293 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Strictly based on originality.

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  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,229 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That 55-D G$1 is a very tough coin! With the originality and full reverse details it is even more elusive.

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  • mercurydimeguymercurydimeguy Posts: 4,625 ✭✭✭✭

    It's a real business strike as opposed to Proof coin being inside an MS holder image

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  • ahopewell55ahopewell55 Posts: 276 ✭✭
    This one. It's shown in a scan and I need to get photos of it. It's an even, dark pewter color that is crisper in the denticles than the scan shows. Now, though, PCGS price guide has almost caught up with it.image
  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    When I bought it in 2009 it was a big premium but the market since has caught up.

    It was crossed by another member from a old ANACS MS62 holder into PCGS MS63...

    I've seen enough MS64-66's yet never saw a upgrade candidate.

    1837 Feuchtwanger Cent, HT-268 / Low-120 Variety 6-I, German Silver.

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  • PQueuePQueue Posts: 901 ✭✭✭
    Based on the photo 2 posts above, there is eye appeal and then there is EYE APPEAL.
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,138 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • maibockaddictmaibockaddict Posts: 1,759 ✭
    There is this

    Problem free above XF next to impossible to find. Paid more than double current price guide 8 years ago and was the high bidder by 2 bucks

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  • maibockaddictmaibockaddict Posts: 1,759 ✭
    And then there is this one

    Also paid more than double current price guide 8 years ago. Well worth it and then some

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  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Toned Franklins

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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,368 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ...and a RPD variety to boot!

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  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PCGS PR65, but cost me 66 money. Regret it in retrospect. No reason to pay a big premium for anything in the current market unless you collect big-ticket items and you're bidding against the other whales.

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  • BGBG Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One of many at 1,000+ per cent:


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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,519 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners. :smile:
  • AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,370 ✭✭✭✭
    No Regrets!

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  • BGBG Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ankur that 1807 is the bomb!!!

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  • AuroraBorealisAuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And I never looked back.... image

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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • ThePennyLadyThePennyLady Posts: 4,481 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I gladly paid a huge premium for the amazing toning AND the repunched date on this 1894/94 Indian cent.

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  • HighReliefHighRelief Posts: 3,676 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This one was worth a premium


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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,503 ✭✭✭✭✭
    one of the best parts of specializing in one series (capped bust half dimes) is that any time I stray outside that series, I tend to buy only those coins that REALLY appeal to me. And when I do, I have little knowledge of what an expert in that series might pay for the coin. I recently bought this and paid what was asked.

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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,368 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Charmy, that 1894/1894 IHC is incredible!
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  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not a WHOLE LOT of premium, but some.

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    And no premium at all but no regrets, either.

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,383 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • CommemDudeCommemDude Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,633 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>No Regrets!

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  • SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,178 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Front-facing coins were extremely difficult to engrave for the ancient celators and they rarely did a good job. This coin is unique, the finest of the overall type, among the nicest of all front facing portraits on ancient coins, and with a world-class pedigree to boot. The reverse is also nothing to sneeze at, with a lifelike depiction of a swan. I definitely paid a premium for it but am not looking back as it is utterly irreplaceable:

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  • Michael4692Michael4692 Posts: 89
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  • Rayman311Rayman311 Posts: 423 ✭✭✭
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  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So far, I could justify premium pricing if they were offerred to me. image
  • TPRCTPRC Posts: 3,805 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,032 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    I dig it!
  • david3142david3142 Posts: 3,562 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How about a deep cameo Morgan?

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  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,739 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I posted this on the darkside, but it is an upgrade to my collection.
    It is most amazing in hand and worth every bit of the premium.





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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,474 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PCGS PR-66
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  • BarberFanaticBarberFanatic Posts: 671 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>This one. It's shown in a scan and I need to get photos of it. It's an even, dark pewter color that is crisper in the denticles than the scan shows. Now, though, PCGS price guide has almost caught up with it.image >>



    Now THAT is a gorgeous circulated coin! Love the originality!
    My current coin collecting interests are: (1) British coins 1838-1970 in XF-AU-UNC, (2) silver type coins in XF-AU with that classic medium gray coloration and exceptional eye appeal.
  • DaveWcoinsDaveWcoins Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭


    << <i>PCGS PR65, but cost me 66 money. Regret it in retrospect. No reason to pay a big premium for anything in the current market unless you collect big-ticket items and you're bidding against the other whales.

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    Jeez -- I don't know if I would regret this purchase, Rhedden. It is a spectacular coin.

    There are some truly fantastic coins shown in this thread, BTW!
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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,368 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice collage and coins!
    oih82w8 = Oh I Hate To Wait _defectus patientia_aka...Dr. Defecto - Curator of RMO's

    BST transactions: dbldie55, jayPem, 78saen, UltraHighRelief, nibanny, liefgold, FallGuy, lkeigwin, mbogoman, Sandman70gt, keets, joeykoins, ianrussell (@GC), EagleEye, ThePennyLady, GRANDAM, Ilikecolor, Gluggo, okiedude, Voyageur, LJenkins11, fastfreddie, ms70, pursuitofliberty, ZoidMeister,Coin Finder, GotTheBug, edwardjulio, Coinnmore, Nickpatton, Namvet69,...
  • ProfLizProfLiz Posts: 273 ✭✭✭✭
    PCGS AU58 CAC
    My avatar coin and the queen of my Everyman half cent set.
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  • RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just bought these for my personal collection - probably another sign that the bottom has fallen out of the Commem market, never to return...

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,327 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just bought these for my personal collection - probably another sign that the bottom has fallen out of the Commem market, never to return...

    More likely, it's a sign that you need a vacation. Seriously.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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  • RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey - it's only been four years and nine months since my last one.

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
  • CoinRaritiesOnlineCoinRaritiesOnline Posts: 3,676 ✭✭✭✭


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    I love this one!
    John Agre

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  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,620 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>PCGS AU58 CAC
    My avatar coin and the queen of my Everyman half cent set.
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    very nice!
  • SoCalBigMarkSoCalBigMark Posts: 2,791 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Christmas Eve


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