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Holy cow, I cherry picked a coin and did not know it......
bidask
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I bought these 2 coins below raw from the same dealer at the 2011 ANA.
I bought them cause they looked pretty but I knew nothing of half cent varieties. I still don't.
I paid $380 for the pair.
I just got around to submitting them to PCGS at this years ANA in Philly.
They were shipped yesterday ( wow that was fast).....
In looking up the coins on coinfacts tonight I noticed the 1804 plain 4 stems is a rarer variety.....the last pcgs xf45 speciman sold at auction last year at a Bowers/Stacks auction
for $1840...
Order #20625952 / Submission #4669752 Line # Item # Cert # PCGS No. CoinDate Denomination Variety Country Grade
1 1 26239950 2537 1922-D 1C USA MS64BN
2 1 26239951 1066 1804 1/2C Plain 4, Stems USA XF45BN
Total Items: 2
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I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
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I was intrigued by the title of this thread and now we have a skeptic. I think my case really is unconsious cherry picking. You all decide.
In early 1972, I first got the1972 dollars. I spent many and set aside the best 10 and updated those as time went on. It was slow coming to me, but I finally realized that between 1 in 6 and 1 in 7 dollars of this early batch were the type 2. I then checked my hoard of 10, and about 8 of them were type 2. I had unconsiously set them aside because they looked so much better. At least the reverses did. The high relief die seemed to have smoothed out most of the planchet imperfections and high relief, itself looks better. The die that made the early type 2's early on cracked in an atypical fashion and had a short life.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
<< <i>Picks are great, but picking yourself is the best. Congrats!
Yep, I've cherrypicked myself a couple of times, too. It's fun.
What's even more fun is when you find a coin you forgot you even owned. Then it's like a real "Eureka!" treasure hunting moment. But you usually have to be a real clutterbug, disorganized type like me for this to happen, though.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>Can someone tell me how this happens? Bidask started this thread but his post shows second. I show DennisH as the first post, replying to bidasks post, but 2 minutes before. I've noticed this on another topic recently. >>
Maybe computer programmers that worked for Knight Trading work here now?
<< <i>We need pics of the pick.
i agree and yes we do need a pic or two of the item
U.S. Type Set
bought a 1794 half cent on E-bay in 1999 or 2000 - worn but in nice shape -paid a
couple hunderd bucks for it. Knew nothing about varieties back then, but finally bought the
books- turns out it is a C-3 now residing in a PCGS VG-8 holder - worth maybe eight
times what I paid - made up for some of my poor E-bay decisions from back in the day.
Not too many c-3's are grade worthy so a VG-8 made the cut
Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.
I looked on the reverse and it is a STEMLESS WREATH....
Bummer
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.