Why the $75 jump in Dan Carr pieces?
thefinn
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I went to the Moonlight Mint website to order one of Dan Carr's 1907 Caballito restrikes and saw the price was $75 more for both dates and the 1902-S Philippines peso. Wassup?
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dcarr
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@thefinn said:
@dcarr said:
The Bust Dollar product is structured they way it is out of necessity, due to the cost and scarcity of suitable host coins.
But I'd rather buy the Caballitos outright and not have to keep track of who is supposed to get which specific coin. Also, this makes it easier to provide a "high-grade" coin that was ordered (because there is no guarantee that a particular coin will come out right).
Will the pieces struck over an actual Bust Dollar (I can't imagine someone doing that) still have the wording below the eagle? That ruins it for me - like the 1916 gold pieces that say, "24kt Au".
If it is struck over a genuine Bust dollar then it will not have the wording below the eagle.
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Maybe a glitch?
Increased costs? Higher demand?
Only @dcarr can tell us for certain (if he wants to that is).
...on a positive note, it looks like the overall mintage was kept down at least 1 piece on each issue
For $275 I can buy a nice BU original strike.
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These are prices on his website, not aftermarket. There are plenty of DC pieces that resell for less than issue price, just like the U.S. Mint.
Perhaps he's out of coins to overstrike and it's more expensive to get more?
Interesting....
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Prices rise in most areas, due to many reasons. The important thing is, that product from @dcarr is always of high quality. I have acquired several pieces and always happy with them. Cheers, RickO
If I get a Caballito and it is deemed acceptable, is there a price like for the Bust Dollars?
Don't think you can buy a Caballito in Unc. slabbed for 275 other than maybe a "details" grade.
Well, just Love coins, period.
You can if you're patient.
Hmm, ok, look at eBay - not there. If you can get a nice "62" for 275 that is IMO a good buy.
I wanted a 2007 and not the 2015 but the site was glitched at the time. Didn't bother with the Philipino one as it was just too high a bill to get everything...
Will Danny make a 2019 Clark, Gruber & Co 1/4 oz gold coin this year (usu $500 dollar denomination)? I have the 2013-2018....
Well, just Love coins, period.
How come no one complains that overstriking coins is a numismatic loss? I mean, I don't care what anyone does with a coin they own, but people get made about cleaned/altered/jewelry coins in other contexts, why not this one?
...like a silverware collector getting upset at Martha Washington for letting the boys get to her stash?...what would we be doing right now if that had not been allowed?...sometimes greater things get made out of the old
My point is that if you go dig up the thread on the high relief $20 money clip and other coin modifications, there is always much ringing of hands.
Pull up some of the gold and silver threads and you'll find people ruing the "melting pot".
Yet no one seems to mind if Dan Carr is overstriking a relatively scarce coin.
[Like I said, I don't care. We need to melt about 90% of the Saints in existence and probably 90% of the silver dollars to save the "numismatic premium".]
I don't care either BUT I
love 
all the whiners 
, whatever they whine about!
It was Thomas Jefferson's silver, not MW's.
Most Caballitos have been circulated and/or wiped. He is not using Mint State specimens.....See for example the one I bought from the BST on these boards and graded MS65 at our hosts that I posted....
Well, just Love coins, period.
EBay has become a fixed price mart, not an auction house. I pick up my nice foreign coins from U.S. coin dealers that don't care about them
So, do you see slabbed 62+ coins going for substantially less from US dealers? I'd be a buyer for nice specimens at that price.
Well, just Love coins, period.
Daniel, I sent a PM on another subject I just wanted to make sure that you got the message.
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The Bust Dollar product is structured they way it is out of necessity, due to the cost and scarcity of suitable host coins.
But I'd rather buy the Caballitos outright and not have to keep track of who is supposed to get which specific coin. Also, this makes it easier to provide a "high-grade" coin that was ordered (because there is no guarantee that a particular coin will come out right).
Yes, that is planned - maybe later in September.
Hmm...
I do not see any messages from you in my inbox.
Maybe try again ?
Check your wall as sometimes people post there by accident instead of sending a PM.
There it is. I never checked my "wall" or even realized that is what it was. Its like Facebook but without all the graffiti.
Will the pieces struck over an actual Bust Dollar (I can't imagine someone doing that) still have the wording below the eagle? That ruins it for me - like the 1916 gold pieces that say, "24kt Au".