Post a Duplicate That You Can't Bear to Sell
GeorgeKellogg
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I bought this 1854-D half eagle at the 2002 ANA World's Fair of Money in NYC. It has the orange cast that a lot of 1854 Dahlonega coinage possesses, due to an increase in copper in the alloy. I purchased the coin from Al Adams (Gold Rush Gallery), via Doug Winter. The 2002 edition is my most memorable ANA to date, so this piece holds some sentimental value as well. For the record, it is graded AU55.
A year or so later, I bought a second 1854-D half eagle, from Alpine Numismatics, this time in a green label AU53 holder. I really liked the coin, which also has the characteristic orange cast, and didn't mind that I had two nice 1854-D $5s. The photo is courtesy of BluCC.
A decade later, I still have both pieces and am hard-pressed to decide which one that I like better!
A year or so later, I bought a second 1854-D half eagle, from Alpine Numismatics, this time in a green label AU53 holder. I really liked the coin, which also has the characteristic orange cast, and didn't mind that I had two nice 1854-D $5s. The photo is courtesy of BluCC.
A decade later, I still have both pieces and am hard-pressed to decide which one that I like better!
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His replacement:
66 PCGS CAC
MJ
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
a 65rb rattler holder and I couldn't pass it up. That coin did not upgrade when I sent both in for regrade. To this day I think its a 66rb and I can't part with either. Mel
Hoard the keys.
After a bit of searching a few years back, I finally found a nice VF example of an 1823/2 large cent that a dealer friend of mine had.
I really hadn't done the pricing research I should have, and the price seemed a bit steep. He assured me it was a good deal,
and he had an offer from another dealer for just slightly less than the price to me, that he was going to take if it didn't sell
at this show. I bought it, got it home, checked Heritage, and indeed saw similar examples had sold for several $hundred more, so
I was quite happy.
Fast forward a couple months - same dealer friend was again set up, said he had some nice large cents on consignment, was I interested?
Sure - and out pops another very nice '23/2, same grade, and this one priced $hundreds LESS than the one I'd acquired a few months back.
I grabbed it in a heartbeat, figuring it a no-brainer easy profitable flip. The problem was, I get it home, and I can't decide which one I like better.
Both have pros and cons, both are solid and tough to find coins. Long story short - two years later, I still have both of them!
<< <i>I recently sold my duplicate 53-D $5 to a fellow forum member who wanted it for his collection. One good turn deserves another. Please sell to me the one you decide to discard.
You beat me to it! Very nice 54-D's. I especially like the color on the OGH.
Latin American Collection
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Or you could just call it a bunch of duplicates I can't part with
MS63RB
MS64RB
MS65RB
MS66RB
<< <i>JA Rule #332: No matter which duplicate you sell, you will eventually conclude that you chose the wrong one. >>
Been there, done that!
I often seek duplicates. The first two pairs were coins that were part of the same submission (by cert #) that I have reunited in my collection:
Sometimes I get a good deal on a duplicate and cannot resist...
Sometimes the duplicates are so different in quality or appearance that they do not seem like duplicates...
Sometimes I upgrade and do not get around to selling the undergrade...
or do not want to sell the undergrade...
And sometimes I eventually do sell the duplicate...
Recently sold:
and kept:
Here is a picture of the different Mint Mark Die pair with the Same Doubled Die Obv
I bought the second 1846-D quarter eagle at the 2005 ANA in San Francisco. I couldn't resist the coin's superb originality. It's graded AU58, which I feel is a net grade, as the piece is Mint State, with a flaw on Miss Liberty's jaw.
Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.
Purchased unattributed on eBayin an NGC MS-64 holder for $80.
My set piece.
PCGS Registries
Box of 20
SeaEagleCoins: 11/14/54-4/5/12. Miss you Larry!
PCGS Registries
Box of 20
SeaEagleCoins: 11/14/54-4/5/12. Miss you Larry!
JH
Proof Buffalo Registry Set
Capped Bust Quarters Registry Set
Proof Walking Liberty Halves Registry Set
Instead of posting a lot of 1958 material, here are two 1956 PCGS MS66FBL's that I'm keeping. I bought the first one slabbed and made the second.
U.S. Type Set
Is there a human on Earth that would pass on a lifetime of security if offered?
<< <i>Nice pieces everyone but isn't everything for sale for the right amount of money?
Is there a human on Earth that would pass on a lifetime of security if offered? >>
While everything is for sale including my wife (cheap, offers welcome). I think the nuance here is that the owners are not soliciting for offers and are content keeping them currently.
Now that made me laugh, which I needed after a 12 hr day
EDIT: I understand your point completely and should have kept my yapper shut.
A bit OT, enjoyed watching RG3 this year. Heck of an exciting QB for sure.
Hey- all you people who have duplicate Dahlonega gold and duplicate Roman gold aureii ...
Step a little closer, so I can whisper somethin' in your ear.
No, on second thought, there's no need to whisper it...
YOU SUCK!!!!
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
<< <i>If any of these duplicates become available... please consider me! I literally would buy any of the coins in this thread! Good Stuff Folks. >>
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every one of these dups look good to me!
Tom
Here are a couple more:
Empty Nest Collection
I pick up a commem and then a week later another duplicate that I've either A.) coveted, B.) like just as much or better or C.) is to good a deal to pass on, pop up.
I have no reason to sell at this point, so hanging onto them is Aok with me.
Coveted category.
A. I had the first one and coveted the second one from seeing them previously, so when they came up I had to jump.
B. ) I had the first one, but I liked the second one better.
C.) I had the first one, but the second one was a great deal.