Post a great great bargain coin (In your eyes anyway)

joeykoins

Hi guy's, You can show your bargain price or not, it's up to you. My great bargain coin is this Soho coin. Just the year and History behind it makes it worth it! All these were hand punched. Plus, the coin encased by NGC is an additional bonus. Despite the "Detail Grade". Price $9

Zoins

Looks pretty nice. Can't go wrong for $9!

lordmarcovan

Yep. Nice pickup for nine bucks.

I have its flashier twin, but paid about eighty-three times what you did! LOL

This Roman AE3 of the emperor Licinius I (308-324 AD) cost me $20. Had nice desert patina and sharp details- you can even see the pupil in his eye and the wispy little hairs in his beard. Not to mention peacocks and bound captives and all that.

More recently, this nicely toned silver gem cost me $31, in a PCGS Secure Plus MS65 holder with TrueView.

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ricko

I picked up an 1883 CC Morgan, MS64... not slabbed... for $20... that was a nice deal. Cheers, RickO

Bullsitter

Bought these already graded 2 months before they started selling out.

silverpop

well this 1917 lamination error nickel i bought out of the half off box for $1.25 (the shop owner thought it was damaged and wouldn't sell so he tossed it into the half off box)

Mark

Bullsitter:

I had never seen all 4 PR or all 4 MS buffalo coins side-by-side. Now that I have, I think my impression of these coins has risen by about 500%. They look really sharp all together.

joeykoins

@lordmarcovan said:
Yep. Nice pickup for nine bucks.

I have its flashier twin, but paid about eighty-three times what you did! LOL

This Roman AE3 of the emperor Licinius I (308-324 AD) cost me $20. Had nice desert patina and sharp details- you can even see the pupil in his eye and the wispy little hairs in his beard. Not to mention peacocks and bound captives and all that.

More recently, this nicely toned silver gem cost me $31, in a PCGS Secure Plus MS65 holder with TrueView.

Yes! Nice pick ups Rob. That Roman coin rocks, Esp. for what you paid. Also, that PCGS coin was a great bargain too!-joey
Whoa, I just took a glance at the Twin coin of mine. WoW, what a SICK coin, dude! That eighty-three times the price as mine (to me) was well worth it, Rob. Nice coin.-joey

joeykoins

@silverpop said:
well this 1917 lamination error nickel i bought out of the half off box for $1.25 (the shop owner thought it was damaged and wouldn't sell so he tossed it into the half off box)

Great Bargain!

joeykoins

@Bullsitter said:
Bought these already graded 2 months before they started selling out.

Very Beauuutiful sets.

joeykoins

@ProfHaroldHill said:

I paid more for the slabbing than I did for the coin.

Nice "Woody", dude

joeykoins

@ricko said:
I picked up an 1883 CC Morgan, MS64... not slabbed... for $20... that was a nice deal. Cheers, RickO

For any CC Morgan $20 is a great great bargain, Ricko

TomB

@ricko said:
I picked up an 1883 CC Morgan, MS64... not slabbed... for $20... that was a nice deal. Cheers, RickO

This didn't happen in 1884, did it, RickO? Cheers!

CascadeChris

$50 raw at the Long Beach. It's one of if not the favorite in my collection. Seller must have thought it was AT but the pullaway told a different story and he obviously wasn't a VAMmer either. Had a $1500 offer on her recently but I love her too much. She was my first mega cherry plus I'm both a tonner guy and VAMmer. This coin is the best of both worlds imo

CascadeChris

And to go with it I picked up one in pcgs 64 recently for only $160! Seller wanted high standard 64 money for it but its a $500 +/- VAM in 64 so I couldn't pull the cash out fast enough

ricko

@TomB...... Good one.... No, actually, a fellow at work brought it in .... said "I know you like coins.... Had this for a long time.... will you give me $20?" I said well, it is very likely worth more.... He said..."Yeah, but just give me $20 and I will be happy."..... So, I did...Cheers, RickO

Lakesammman

Nice picks!

Bought this for $90 at a major show, unattributed, off center clash reverse.

CascadeChris

Here's my latest cherrypick from a few days ago. Got it for under standard regular 63 money. Due to the cracked slab the dealer just wanted it gone. It's one heck of a killer clashed VAM worth around $300 in 63. You can see most of the obverse on the reverse with this one

coinsarefun

I got this for $6

RockyMtnProspector

@joeykoins said:

@silverpop said:
well this 1917 lamination error nickel i bought out of the half off box for $1.25 (the shop owner thought it was damaged and wouldn't sell so he tossed it into the half off box)

Great Bargain!

How much would this nickel be at a retail price if $1.25 is a great bargain? I'm curious because I've picked up quite a few of these lamination errors over the past few years and always wondered what kind of premium to a regular circulated Buff they would present.

lordmarcovan

I paid around 3 or 4 cents for this. Something less than a nickel, anyway. Found in a bulk lot of Wheat cents.

joeykoins

@lordmarcovan said:
I paid around 3 or 4 cents for this. Something less than a nickel, anyway. Found in a bulk lot of Wheat cents.

I'm going to use from another thread, C'MON MAN!!! nice find Rob!

morgansforever

Bought this years ago, probably 10 or so for $75, had no idea it was a VAM145 EDS till many years later. Not a terribly rare VAM but I think I did ok.

morgansforever

Well done Rob, musta been shocked to find a key in decent condition.

WingedLiberty1957

Bought this raw for $4 on eBay.
Graded by PCGS 1st time through at MS66RB.

CascadeChris

I'd like to thank Andrew Jackson and his twin brother also named Andrew Jackson for allowing me to trade them for this Joker.... Why_so _serious!

Baley

I thought this 1797 13-star half dime was a heck of a bargain, when priced as a Fair-2

jtlee321

Here's a 1909 Lincoln Cent I picked up back in October at a local show for $5.00. It has a very nice wood grain effect, some nice iridescent toning and a detached lamination and a peeling lamination on the reverse. It was a no brainer.

KollectorKing

Bought this from a junk pile @ double face

Type2

At spot platinum.

At melt.

Melt.

For $50

$75.00

All in the last two mo. I have had a thankful year so far.

COCollector

I really like the 2015 High Relief American Liberty Gold. But not affordable for me. And not a bargain given the 50k mintage.

So I was thrilled by the price ($35) and mintage (12,500) for the 2016 silver version:

Happily, I was able to buy Mint-direct despite the 6-minute sellout.

mt_msla

I'm kinda skirting the rules here for this post because I'm showing not just a coin, but an entire proof set. The reason I like this one is because I was fortunate enough to pick it up for only $27. And it includes both the Accent Hair Kennedy and the (not quite so popular) pointed-9 dime. But the combination of both is rare so I dig it.

joeykoins

@KollectorKing said:
Bought this from a junk pile @ double face

Now that's a deal alright!

joeykoins

@mt_msla said:
I'm kinda skirting the rules here for this post because I'm showing not just a coin, but an entire proof set. The reason I like this one is because I was fortunate enough to pick it up for only $27. And it includes both the Accent Hair Kennedy and the (not quite so popular) pointed-9 dime. But the combination of both is rare so I dig it.

You go right ahead to show sets, whatever a great bargain consists of, and what you have there is a "great bargain". Nice. I too found one such as yours (Accented Hair/Pointed 9) I placed mine in a see-thru box. It's a better impression that way. I sold mine at a show years ago. I forgot what I priced it at but I know I did receive a nice profit (Great Bargain).

BillJones

It might seem ridiculous to post up a coin like this when I paid fair a retail price for it, but the coin pleased me so much at the time that I bought it and subsequently, that I still view it as "a bargain." Prime early gold type coins like this with original surfaces can drive you crazy when they come up for auction. Therefore the opportunity to nail it down in "a private treaty transaction" was most welcome.

joeykoins

Nice Gold Candy! Good eye with your bargain coin.

blister13

Not the greatest picture, but paid $17 raw for this one.