Post a coin that you refused to be outbid on...
...and did you live to regret it.
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And I've not regretted it one bit!
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Can't imagine I could ever regret this half dollar.
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How many plasters of accepted coin designs exist in private hands? Okay, this one was accepted and then unaccepted, but even so!
Never regretted for a moment. As someone who did a lot of sculpting, it's amazing to hold this art.
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NO REGERTS!
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Not yet.
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The oldest Indian PR coin possible with really nice color......for an Old Indian Nut Kase.
OINK
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@Zoins said:
How many plasters of accepted coin designs exist in private hands? Okay, this one was accepted and then unaccepted, but even so!Never regretted for a moment. As someone who did a lot of sculpting, it's amazing to hold this art.
Yes, yes, and YES. It's beautiful. A rare work of art. I'm glad you own it.
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~~now PCGS AU58 CAC.
Finest known, by far, of an extremely rare half dime remarriage ~~
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I don't regret it one bit!
My current coin collecting interests are: (1) British coins 1838-1970 in XF-AU-UNC, (2) silver type coins in XF-AU with that classic medium gray coloration and exceptional eye appeal.14 -
Nope, out bid many bidders, and no regrets...The court jester does not play, but gently pulls the strings…
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Not sure I refused to be outbid. But I made a monster bid that squeaked by. NGC AU55 gold sticker, now PCGS AU58+.
Lance.
Coin Photography Services / Everyman Registry set / BHNC #21320 -
It's been several years but paid moon money for this one, Pop. 0 none finer as a 66R at the time. Had to have it - paid around 50K, got my money back out of it when I broke up the collection 10 years ago, current EERC price 35K.
Gone but not forgotten: IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal, CoinsAreFun.12 -
Never!
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I WAY OVER PAID for this 1855-D gold dollar. One of our members bought one years ago that is much nicer for far less money. Yet the few coins that have been offered to me for less money, have always had some sort of an issue that made them undesirable. This piece is well struck with original surfaces and no defects. The grade is EF-45. I think that it is an AU-50.
I don't like the fact that I am buried into this piece financially, but I still like and enjoy the coin.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?10 -
Easily this one... after being the underbidder on a couple other really nice ones for several years before this one came along, I wasn't about to play any number games... damn the torpedoes & full steam ahead.
It paid off...
'dude
Got Crust....y gold?17 -
Many beautiful coins here... overpaid or not....Coins have market value of course, and we too often get hung up on that figure.... they also have a personal appeal value, and that can exceed the market value for some collectors. If that is the case, then personal ownership is the goal and there are no price guides for satisfaction. Cheers, RickO
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Love the look of this Flying Eagle. I was determined to own it!
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I was very insistent to have this one...twice!
oih82w8 = Oh I Hate To Wait _defectus patientia_aka...Dr. Defecto - Curator of RMO's
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My icon coin, shown it here before. Thought I might be buried, but I've has some offers for just over what I paid. Still no regrets, sort of wished I got the almost matching 1818/7 in the same auction.
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Erik
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There is no coin that I'm unwilling to be outbid on.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
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While I like what I have won, I have never regretted being the underbidder.
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@BillJones said:
I WAY OVER PAID for this 1855-D gold dollar. One of our members bought one years ago that is much nicer for far less money. Yet the few coins that have been offered to me for less money, have always had some sort of an issue that made them undesirable. This piece is well struck with original surfaces and no defects. The grade is EF-45. I think that it is an AU-50.I don't like the fact that I am buried into this piece financially, but I still like and enjoy the coin.
i like
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@Elmhurst said:
While I like what I have won, I have never regretted being the underbidder.Quite often after I have been the underbidder in auction, I often forget about the piece. For many American coins, there are multiple opportunities to buy them.
The pieces that I remember most are the ones I should have bought via private treaty. There have been a few items that I passed on buying that I have never seen offered again, either in a similar state of preservation or in one case, never to be seen offered again in any form in more than twenty years.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?0 -
@CharlotteDude i love that coin. i think i told you before that i bid on that one, but dropped out early. i had a feeling it was going to be a battle for such a nice example.
i'm glad you got her in your stable. she's in good company.
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I was fortunate enough to make a very advantageous trade of some silver bullion for this beautiful Prooflike 1890-CC $20 Gold Liberty Double Eagle at a time when its market value was much lower and silver prices were significantly higher!
1890-CC $20 Gold Liberty Double Eagle
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"5 -
Rare 1842 $5 Large Letters ex. Jimmy Hayes & Ed Milas in an old NGC fatty
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The best purchase I ever made...
What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake4 -
I was very happy not to have been outbid on this 1814 E/A. Was in a regular 1814 NGC MS61 holder when I won it....and it now resides in a PCGS MS63 holder.
Dave
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One of my research and collecting interests is the "Dollars of 1798" by die marriage. I started this collection in the 1980s.
I refused to be outbid on this 1798 B-16, BB-110 Draped Bust Dollar in a very late die state with a cud in the lower left of the obverse. It is graded PCGS MS62 (CAC). It is the finest known example for this die marriage, the only example known in Mint State, and the only example known with this cud.
I must confess that I was unsuccessful my first four times trying to acquire this coin - "Raw" as Lot 492 in the Superior Galleries Boys Home Sale Mary 1990; Raw as Lot 733 in the Stack's October 1993 Reed Hawn Collection sale; a third time when it was offered as Lot 2029 (graded NGC MS63) in the April 2008 Heritage sale of the Queller Family Collection of Silver Dollars. This coin was offered privately in 2011 but it was consigned to auction before I could successfully negotiate for it.
I finally "refused to be outbid" when it came up at auction for the fourth time in August 2011 as Lot 7397 in the Stack's Rarities Sale held during the 2011 ANA Convention. This was the most expensive coin I'd ever bought, and I've never regretted it.
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_W. David Perkins Numismatics - http://www.davidperkinsrarecoins.com/ - 25+ Years ANA, ANS, NLG, NBS, LM JRCS, LSCC, EAC, TAMS, LM CWTS, CSNS, FUN
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The more challenging Feb. 22 Steam Coinage medal.
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There are a couple of coins that I refused to be outbid on only to find out that someone else REALLY refused to be outbid. Everything has a limit.
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@david3142 said:
There are a couple of coins that I refused to be outbid on only to find out that someone else REALLY refused to be outbid. Everything has a limit.You were probably the winner then.
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