Vindicated or a story of variety success

Aspie_Rocco

My favorite thing is coins and variety hunting. My latest personal best, another top population finest known coin graded. I got the designation today for my 1939 MS66FS doubled die obverse FS 101 and its got colorful toning.

I have also recently picked a 1962 proof misplaced D half dollar, a 52 superbird quarter, and several 51-54 nickel proof varieties.

I need to figure out how to make a job out of this so I don't have to waste anymore time in my normal career.
Coins RULE!!!

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Jackthecat1

A lovely coin. Great that it is a variety too.

golden

Wow. Very nice.

Aspie_Rocco

Look at this one. Seems the same but as though the Die was polished between strikes. Note the similar 9s wth the bump and doubling. The G of God, the sharper point on the B is gone.
This one did not grade as ddo, I sent them together. Besides the missing roughness found on the color coin, this one seems like a DDO also pcgs disagreed wth this pic

oih82w8

I was just discussing this "career opportunity" with a co-worker...sounds like you (we) need a "sponsor" to fund your (our) hobby. I wholeheartedly agree.

What are the PUP's for the "Rev of '40, DDO FS-101"?

Aspie_Rocco

The B of liberty with a sharp curl/horn on lower bubble, the doubling and mound on the 1939, elongated upper left star arm, filled 3, split in G of God, reverse of 1940, splits in the R of liberty and the base of the 1 in 1939. This is what I look for

ricko

Nice catch....hard to see, even in those great pictures.... Cheers, RickO

Aspie_Rocco

I think circumstances require me to offer this up for sale/auction, it may show up in the BST ornin eBay soon. Taking offers top pop Only Full Step ms66fs ddo cherry picky variety

davewesen

Very nice, only FS graded so far?

BuffaloIronTail

Jeff collectors: take note of this one.

What a beautiful reverse!..........not to mention the DDO

KellenCoin

Nice toning!

unclebob

Spectacular. Congrats on a great pick!

mannie gray

NIce coin, looks nicer than a 66 to me.

joeykoins

You did good, dude!

maddogale

Very nice Jeff there...love the toning!! Congrats on the designation!

keets

I know this will sound like sacrilege to some, maybe the OP, but I think it would be very hard to "make a living" in coins with Varieties, the overall market is too thin and tends to be one-way. some Varieties are easy to sell and have a wide market: they tend to be harder to find because so many hunt for them. others tend to be easier to find: they are very subtle to the average collector and anyone who wants one tends to like to find it themselves.

just looking at the two coins pictured in the TrueViews, I am unable to see the diagnostics and even with the OP telling me what they are I still don't see them. as an example, I recently had a 1943/2-P Jefferson Nickel graded and in the same-sized TrueView the crossbar of the underlying digit is clearly visible. additionally, most collectors recognize the Variety.

unless you are able to establish a list of willing buyers(possibly dealers you can wholesale to) you may end up with a lot of nice Varieties in PCGS holders, both noted and not, that you can't sell.

Aspie_Rocco

@keets said:
I know this will sound like sacrilege to some, maybe the OP, but I think it would be very hard to "make a living" in coins with Varieties, the overall market is too thin and tends to be one-way. some Varieties are easy to sell and have a wide market: they tend to be harder to find because so many hunt for them. others tend to be easier to find: they are very subtle to the average collector and anyone who wants one tends to like to find it themselves.

just looking at the two coins pictured in the TrueViews, I am unable to see the diagnostics and even with the OP telling me what they are I still don't see them. as an example, I recently had a 1943/2-P Jefferson Nickel graded and in the same-sized TrueView the crossbar of the underlying digit is clearly visible. additionally, most collectors recognize the Variety.

unless you are able to establish a list of willing buyers(possibly dealers you can wholesale to) you may end up with a lot of nice Varieties in PCGS holders, both noted and not, that you can't sell.

Excellent point, and sage advice. Appreciate this point of view

Aspie_Rocco

oops double elposto

Aspie_Rocco

Current high bid is at 2,750...

mannie gray

@keets said:
I know this will sound like sacrilege to some, maybe the OP, but I think it would be very hard to "make a living" in coins with Varieties, the overall market is too thin and tends to be one-way. some Varieties are easy to sell and have a wide market: they tend to be harder to find because so many hunt for them. others tend to be easier to find: they are very subtle to the average collector and anyone who wants one tends to like to find it themselves.

just looking at the two coins pictured in the TrueViews, I am unable to see the diagnostics and even with the OP telling me what they are I still don't see them. as an example, I recently had a 1943/2-P Jefferson Nickel graded and in the same-sized TrueView the crossbar of the underlying digit is clearly visible. additionally, most collectors recognize the Variety.

unless you are able to establish a list of willing buyers(possibly dealers you can wholesale to) you may end up with a lot of nice Varieties in PCGS holders, both noted and not, that you can't sell.

It might be a tough way to make a living, but if you sell varieties as a by-product of your coin buys, you can add a significant amount of money to turn into new inventory.....and just keep it rolling.
That's kind of what I do and have been doing for over 25 years.

Aspie_Rocco

Current high bid is at 2,750...
And sold.
I hope I can make a niche of this