Best sub $500 coin
mercurydimeguy
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Hi, I thought it would be great to have an annual contest for best coin as voted by PCGS Forum members. So I am officially launching this contest and making the rules very simple. There will be 5 categories...
Sub $100, Sub $500, Sub $1,000, Sub $5,000, and Sub $20,000 (each according to PCGS Price Guide or most recent auction records). Post an image of your coin to match the stated categories. Forum members and guests will vote on your posted coin by Liking your post.
Contest will run from now until May 31 (and annually thereafter, in a new annual post). You can post multiple coins but each coins MUST be in a separate post (be careful not to compete with yourself, though). Cut-off for voting will be midnight Pacific Daylight Time, May 31, 2017. Coin post with the most number of Likes will win the respective category.
The prize will be a nice PCGS graded coin of my choosing (sub $25 value according to PCGS Price Guide). I will offer up the prizes myself (if someone wants to pitch in, then Message me). Let's have some fun and let the contest begin...
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Ooooohhhhh GREAT idea
By FAR I think this will be the toughest/most competitive category. I'm struggling to select a coin myself...
@mercurydimeguy Exactly, this one is going to be very difficult.
Are we going to set criteria for what 'best' is? I'm expecting to see monster toned type pieces take all of the votes. I'd like to see this be a little more than an 'oooh pretty' thread.
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"Numismatic categorizations, if left unconstrained, will increase spontaneously over time." -me
Some exception should probably be made for toned coins, where the price paid/value may be multiples of the PCGS guide. I say we use the Max(price paid, PCGS guide).
Rich men's contest. Wish I can join, but my highest valued slab was $50 in which I cracked open to put it back to OGP. Good luck to all you money bags~
Sub $1000 coin. 1866 half dime in PR65
Sub-$500 coin:
1837 "Large 5C" Capped Bust Half Dime in PCGS AU55, PCGS Price Guide $390
@neildrobertson the idea is to keep this as simple as possible. Post a coin fitting the headline, people vote with Likes, most Likes wins
@david3142 I agree which is why you have a choice of either PCGS Price Guide or Auction Records...either is OK.
@TurboSnail there are 5 categories. And the Sub $100 should be a lot of fun!
@AllCoinsRule LOL...Current plastic hopefully not much will change to the coin in the next 45 days
US only?
If a coin is listed at $500 and brings 5K at auction, is it a sub-500 coin?
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@MrEureka World is OK...trying to eliminate constraints and just have some fun. Also you have a choice of either PCGS Price Guide or Auction Records...either is OK.
So the goal is really just to find the coins that are most undervalued in the PCGS price guide?
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The goal is to post a coin that matches the category and has the most number of likes on May 31
Or are we looking not so much for the "best" coins, but the coolest and most interesting?
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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That works!
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
Latin American Collection
@mercurydimeguy
So toned coins pretty much win hands down, they tend to be the most undervalued in the price guides.
Maybe you should make it by however much the owner paid for the coin.
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So is it price guide, or price paid? Here is my best, if doing price paid: $2 1/2 Indian, 1911-D weak D XF45
And here is my best if doing by pice guide:
These are going for sub 500.. PCGS 69,currently 4/12/17 has at 900 and "50 cent"(1/2 oz) at 640 Think they got them mixed up. Reversed seems more realistic...
2016-W 25C 100th Anniversary SP
2016-W 50C 100th Anniversary SP
575
580 585
585 640
775
$5 USA Modern Gold Commems PCGS MS 69 or 70 if 70 not that much more.
Ones fairly close to melt my fav.
100 bucks right on the money.
1941-D Lincoln Cent (PCGS MS67RB). I bought this stunner from my good friend Robec a few years ago. I called this one "Creme Brulee" because it reminded me of that toasty desert. MS67RB is a rare grade in Circulation Strike Wheaties, with around 100 known to exist. Fantastic luster on original surfaces.
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Sub 500.00
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Bump, 48 hours of posting and voting left
Price guide $440
Blast white and drooling luster!
Congrats to the winner of this category, with 11 likes, @UltraHighRelief 1853 Seated Liberty Quarter (Arrows and Rays) PCGS AU50 Gold CAC.
This weekend I'll be posting the prize in this thread and will Message you separately to get your mailing address.
1940-S NGC MS65* 50c
