Best sub $100 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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Sounds interesting, I'll have to give it some thought.
You should link to the other contests in each post to make navigating between them easy.
Collector, occasional seller
PCGS Price Guide: $80
Here is a beauty I picked up from @UltraHighRelief . Price guide of $100 but it certainly cost more than that, hope that is okay.
Don't know if you can enter twice but I was really unsure which coin I liked best for this category so here is my other coin. PCGS guide of $45, once again this was over guide.
@MorganMan94 you can enter as many coins as you want. The voting is on a coin per coin basis. Btw I love both your coins
Sunshine Rare Coins
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PCGS Price Guide: $60
PCGS Price Guide: $54
Price Guide 50 bucks.
U.S. Type Set
Price Guide: $70
1958 Proof Lincoln (PCGS PR66BN). A $15 bargain raw coin on eBay that graded 1st time through PCGS at the high PR66BN grade. Rare color at a bargain basement price.
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I'll give everybody 100 each.
LOL. Get in line.
I'm especially interested in the 1847 dollar. I might even go higher than $100.
Lance.
Being that a PO-01 1847 $1 guides at 125 I suspect scotch is at play here, though some forum members probably had a shot at plucking that out of change.
I'm guessing we're ignoring premiums for eye appeal? Because I'm with the last few posts. I'd pay $100 or more for most of these coins pretty easily, and I suspect I'd get declined pretty quickly, as well.
One of two benchmarks should be used (at the poster's option/discretion) -- PCGS Price Guide for the coin, or recent auction records for the coin, to level the playing field / use a fixed point of reference. Hope this helps...
That is a little clearer. The original post just says PCGS Price Guide or recent auction price (not specifically for the coin, however). If you're saying recent price you actually paid or PCGS price guide (if you haven't purchased recently), that seems fair. Otherwise your idea may get undermined by people posting wild, rainbow toned coins in here that technically have a book value under $100, but would clearly never be available at that price.
MS-63
Paid 99.95
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Think of monster 1881-S Morgan toners which are $75 in MS64.
1881-S in MS64
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Bump, 48 hours of posting and voting left
Wow....wonderful coin!
Bought this for $52. It's an Accented Hair ANACS pr67. Should turn a small profit if I sell it.
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Wanted to enter another coin but not home right now. So here's Bender.
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Nice!
Congrats to the winner of this category, with 12 likes, @UltraHighRelief 1938-D Buffalo Nickel PCGS MS66 Gold CAC.
This weekend I'll be posting the prize in this thread and will Message you separately to get your mailing address.
PCGS MS66
https://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/mycoinfacts/1961/2174495/146048
A four dollar coin.
rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
Nice color.