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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,481 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, I saw it as soon as I received the catalog with the piece on the cover. It’s been exhibited at some FUN shows in the non competitive category which probably means few people took the time to look at it.

    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 ... ?
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    originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,912 ✭✭✭✭

    Pretty amazing looking gem. That would be noteworthy in anyone's collection (pretty much stating the obvious I guess.)

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    jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Have not seen in person, but its simply stunning based on the photo's, would be a good match to my 1794, problem is, this one is not in my budget!!!

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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    truly amazing

    Frank

    BHNC #203

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a beautiful Chain Cent.... I still hope to find one of those in the old stone houses/foundations in this historical area (Yes, there are houses here from the late 1600's and on). Cheers, RickO

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    numbersmannumbersman Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭

    My mouth won't stop watering!

    Collector of numeral seals.That's the 1928 and 1928A series of FRNs with a number rather than a letter in the district seal. Owner/operator of Bottom Line Currency
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    ColonialcoinColonialcoin Posts: 625 ✭✭✭✭

    I love the EAC 55 grade! This Chain set is going to bring some decent money no matter what the “grade”.

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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,689 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Gorgeous.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 22,685 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful example!

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    ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,627 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I could sell off my house and get this astounding coin - but then it would be hard living under a Chain Cent!

    I wish Heritage would twirl the coin around in the video, in hand. That would really show it off!

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    JimTylerJimTyler Posts: 3,054 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you're thinking of bidding you should get someone to check it out for you

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    its a 2 Million USD coin or more.

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 11,896 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am not normally a fan of the Chain Cent, but this one is definitely a beauty!

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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 8,972 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's one amazing penny!!!

    Would love to see that one in hand!!

    “I may not believe in myself but I believe in what I’m doing” ~Jimmy Page~

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947)

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

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    tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,147 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @privaterarecoincollector said:
    its a 2 Million USD coin or more.

    Not in this market

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    AotearoaAotearoa Posts: 1,367 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow. One more time: Wow.

    Smitten with DBLCs.

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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Dream coin for this type set collector. IMO pretty much unimprovable. Thanks for showing.

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 33,863 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @cardinal said:
    I've seen that coin when it was featured in a coin show exhibit, and I've held that coin in hand raw. In hand, it looks far better than the TrueView even shows!! It simply sparkles with incredible luster.

    How would you compare it with the other specimen? Have you seen that one?

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    tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,147 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zoins said:

    @cardinal said:
    I've seen that coin when it was featured in a coin show exhibit, and I've held that coin in hand raw. In hand, it looks far better than the TrueView even shows!! It simply sparkles with incredible luster.

    How would you compare it with the other specimen? Have you seen that one?

    Apples and oranges

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 33,863 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @tradedollarnut said:

    @Zoins said:

    @cardinal said:
    I've seen that coin when it was featured in a coin show exhibit, and I've held that coin in hand raw. In hand, it looks far better than the TrueView even shows!! It simply sparkles with incredible luster.

    How would you compare it with the other specimen? Have you seen that one?

    Apples and oranges

    Well, the grades are compared in the listing.

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    specialistspecialist Posts: 956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    private, please tell me you are NOT on it!! $2 million is a bit crazy for this market.

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    jughead1893jughead1893 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If I could get 20yr terms I might be able to swing it.Make that 50

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    @specialist said:
    private, please tell me you are NOT on it!! $2 million is a bit crazy for this market.

    no Im not on it. I think the coin is undergraded compared to all the other PCGS 65s out there. Easily 65 RB. Whats the value of a 65 RB Ameri Chain Cent ?

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    its a problem a bit with the grades again, this coin is 64 for scratches but unc. - some other PCGS 65 are not unc.

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    maybe 1.5 Million is the right number.

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    @specialist said:
    private, please tell me you are NOT on it!! $2 million is a bit crazy for this market.

    hope you get it cheap.

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    specialistspecialist Posts: 956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think it will be about a million....

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    JOsborneJOsborne Posts: 115 ✭✭✭
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,502 ✭✭✭✭✭

    that's wicked nice

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't see this as RB more TRB trace red brown.

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    @specialist said:
    I think it will be about a million....

    now Im bidding !! (joke)

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    tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,147 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Smoebody say ‘Anaconda‘ three times aloud and see if the Beetlejuice of coin collectors returns...

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    csdotcsdot Posts: 679 ✭✭✭✭

    How do you interpret the meaning of this sentence? Does he mean Dr. Sheldon would have offered a price he couldn't turn down, or something more sinister?

    He never showed it to Dr. Sheldon as he feared the coin would be "gone."

    @Zoins said:
    Love the personal story. How many of us take notes like this for our coins?

    Alan Weinberg's Commentary. Acquired privately from Ted Naftzger at my kitchen table at 4 P.M. on New Year's Eve 1996. We were both going out that evening. Ted had called me as a direct result of my classified ad in Penny Wise for nice Chain cents. We had not known each other beforehand. He drove out from Beverly Hills in an old beatup station wagon. Ted told me he had acquired this coin in 1947 from Tom Elder's son-in-law and vest pocket dealer, Paul Seitz, for $1,000. He never showed it to Dr. Sheldon as he feared the coin would be "gone." He told me he actually favored it over the brown, lustreless but somewhat prooflike Parmelee AMERI. sold to Streiner, which is slabbed SP65. Ted quoted me a price I could not immediately afford and I moved it back across the table to him. He pocketed it. We chatted for an hour and then, out of the blue, he offered "terms." Two years to pay. I'll take it. We shook hands and he departed. Wait a minute Ted, don't you want something on paper. No, I trust you. Ted was like that, having once mailed an Uncirculated 1793 half cent in a first class mail envelope as he wanted to avoid post office lines. Two years later he sold me at my same kitchen table his ex-Garrett AMERI. cud cent in this same auction with "terms." Perhaps the most rewarding classified ad in numismatic history! Two superb Chain AMERI. cents from one tiny ad.

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    tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,147 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Quite possibly something more nefarious...based upon history

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    opportunityopportunity Posts: 1,008 ✭✭✭✭

    Is it weird that I would be equally as pleased with a nice, smooth, choice VF? Not to rain on anyone's parade, but...

    Early American Copper, Bust and Seated.

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    Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    LOL on the CAC sticker covering the Gold Shield!!!!

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    opportunityopportunity Posts: 1,008 ✭✭✭✭

    @btcollects said:

    @opportunity said:
    Is it weird that I would be equally as pleased with a nice, smooth, choice VF? Not to rain on anyone's parade, but...

    I appreciate and admire pristine early coinage, but I prefer circulated coins because I can imagine how people used them in commerce

    That's what I'm saying, too. Don't get me wrong, I've held coins like that worth hundreds of thousands in my hands in awe, and they were fun to look at and all, but...

    Early American Copper, Bust and Seated.

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    OriginalDanOriginalDan Posts: 3,723 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Wabbit2313 said:
    LOL on the CAC sticker covering the Gold Shield!!!!

    When the text is shifted to the right, you have to put the sticker on the left, otherwise the text is covered.

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    privatecoinprivatecoin Posts: 3,182 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Definitely a beautiful coin. The lady liberty on that coin doesn't appear to be 'in a fright'.. :D

    Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 33,863 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 5, 2019 2:06PM

    @opportunity said:

    @btcollects said:

    @opportunity said:
    Is it weird that I would be equally as pleased with a nice, smooth, choice VF? Not to rain on anyone's parade, but...

    I appreciate and admire pristine early coinage, but I prefer circulated coins because I can imagine how people used them in commerce

    That's what I'm saying, too. Don't get me wrong, I've held coins like that worth hundreds of thousands in my hands in awe, and they were fun to look at and all, but...

    The other thing is that with cheaper, circulated coins, you can literally hold the coin which gives a different feel.

    I think both kinds of coins are great.

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    Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OriginalDan said:

    @Wabbit2313 said:
    LOL on the CAC sticker covering the Gold Shield!!!!

    When the text is shifted to the right, you have to put the sticker on the left, otherwise the text is covered.

    You have an astute command of the obvious! I restate, LOL!!!!

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    OriginalDanOriginalDan Posts: 3,723 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Wabbit2313 said:

    @OriginalDan said:

    @Wabbit2313 said:
    LOL on the CAC sticker covering the Gold Shield!!!!

    When the text is shifted to the right, you have to put the sticker on the left, otherwise the text is covered.

    You have an astute command of the obvious! I restate, LOL!!!!

    Well, this forum loves to overlook the obvious and go straight to the explanation with more drama.

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