What coins were on your want list years ago....
Bob1951
Posts: 268 ✭✭
That you can no longer afford because of price increases? I am talking about coins that may have been in your price range even if you stretched a bit years ago but cannot afford today.
Here are a few of mine :
Years ago I could have afforded a 1793 liberty cap large cent in g condition if I stretched a bit. .
An 1878-S half dollar in EF
A 1794 half dollar (Heck, these weren't even that expensive in the 1970's-1980's).
A 1916 stand liberty quarter. (Almost bought one of these but changed my mind at the last minute)
A 1796 quarter
A 1901-S quarter (I did manage to get one of these just before the big price increases.)
All of these coins are still on my want list but unfortunetly for me these are all out of my price range today and I most likely will not be able to get any of them any more.
Here are a few of mine :
Years ago I could have afforded a 1793 liberty cap large cent in g condition if I stretched a bit. .
An 1878-S half dollar in EF
A 1794 half dollar (Heck, these weren't even that expensive in the 1970's-1980's).
A 1916 stand liberty quarter. (Almost bought one of these but changed my mind at the last minute)
A 1796 quarter
A 1901-S quarter (I did manage to get one of these just before the big price increases.)
All of these coins are still on my want list but unfortunetly for me these are all out of my price range today and I most likely will not be able to get any of them any more.
0
Comments
These coins usually come really beat up, and most of them are over graded in the holders. The piece I couldn't buy was attractive, properly graded and priced at ... okay just over $50 grand. Today the pieces you see at that price are always beat-up and unattractive. The better ones that I like seem to be worth $200 grand or more.
I've looked at auctions, and the prices are always strong, even for the not so nice ones. This is the type of coin you have to see before you buy it. You can't work with pictures. So that part of my want list will not be filled unless there is considerable downward turn in the coin market.
Today that same swap would net me about 50K in paper value. And the 1796...1797 halves are STILL the only holes in my half dollar year set--and short of winning the lottery will remain so.
``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5
1874-cc dime
1842-0 sd quarter
1851-0 quarter
1852-0 quarter
1860-s quarter
1871-s quarter
1872-s quarter
Over several years no one was able to find even a single specimen to offer me via my want list. I found 3 or 4 on my own at coin shows or through Coin World ads. Except for the 1874-cc all of these were listed from $50-$125 in XF in Coin World Trends. It was like finding free money if you bought from a dealer who went by the price guides.
I think most of my want lists went right into the garbage.