Vindicated or a story of variety success
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.
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A lovely coin. Great that it is a variety too.
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Wow. Very nice.
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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
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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"?
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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
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Nice catch....hard to see, even in those great pictures.... Cheers, RickO
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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
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Very nice, only FS graded so far?
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Jeff collectors: take note of this one.
What a beautiful reverse!..........not to mention the DDO
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Nice toning!
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Spectacular. Congrats on a great pick!
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NIce coin, looks nicer than a 66 to me.
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You did good, dude!
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Very nice Jeff there...love the toning!! Congrats on the designation!
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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.
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@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
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Current high bid is at 2,750...
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@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.2 -
Current high bid is at 2,750...
And sold.
I hope I can make a niche of this0
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