First deal of the decade - post yours

KollectorKing · January 2, 2020 10:01AM

Sold 15 SAEs & some junk silver.

ricko · January 2, 2020 1:44PM

Sold my snowblower.....Will have a service clear my walks and driveway....10 years old, sold for $100. Cheers, RickO

1630Boston · January 2, 2020 2:32PM

Sold 35 raw 1909 VDB cents on the BST

TurtleCat · January 2, 2020 2:36PM

Hoping it will be Saturday. Have $163 in 90% and $14 in 40% I’m hoping to unload. With silver going up a little I’m really going to try hard for 12.1x or 12x.

1630Boston · January 2, 2020 2:37PM

Best of luck @TurtleCat

1630Boston · January 2, 2020 2:38PM

@ricko said:
Sold my snowblower.....Will have a service clear my walks and driveway....10 years old, sold for $100. Cheers, RickO

If we lived closer I would use your service also and split the costs

Mgarmy · January 2, 2020 2:42PM

Awesome deal with forum member Luke Marshall. Traded some gold and silver for sealed ERP.

TurtleCat · January 2, 2020 2:44PM

@1630Boston said:
Best of luck @TurtleCat

Thanks! I have one advantage over myself years ago. I had a hard time with negotiation and such but being in management over the last 4 years cures me of it. It’s easy to say but hard to do without experience: be able to walk away without a done deal.

Commencents · January 2, 2020 3:16PM

Got this 140 year old 1880 S PL. Full cameo and cartwheels with tons of frost & luster. Flashiest coin I have!
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Mgarmy · January 2, 2020 3:30PM

That is an awesome coin man. Congrats! You might have peaked for the year early😁

AlanLastufka · January 2, 2020 3:45PM

I finally pulled the trigger on a 1907 High Relief Saint-Gaudens. It's been on my want list for about a decade. NGC 63+ CAC. Can't wait for it to arrive! It was an inventory item on Heritage's website. They deleted the listing as soon as they accepted my offer, and I didn't think to grab their hi-res images first, so all I have are the low-res previews to show off for now.

With them accepting my offer, it became the lowest price a 63+ has sold for on Heritage ever, CAC or not, according to their listed past auctions. So assuming the pictures are accurate (and I did ask MFeld to look the coin over before it shipped, and in summary he said "Overall, I like it a lot."), I'm pretty excited about this one.

Zoins · January 2, 2020 3:57PM

@AlanLastufka said:
I finally pulled the trigger on a 1907 High Relief Saint-Gaudens. It's been on my want list for about a decade.

Very exciting. It's been on my want list for over a decade. Congrats on a great looking coin!

TurtleCat · January 2, 2020 4:36PM

@AlanLastufka said:
I finally pulled the trigger on a 1907 High Relief Saint-Gaudens. It's been on my want list for about a decade. NGC 63+ CAC. Can't wait for it to arrive! It was an inventory item on Heritage's website. They deleted the listing as soon as they accepted my offer, and I didn't think to grab their hi-res images first, so all I have are the low-res previews to show off for now.

With them accepting my offer, it became the lowest price a 63+ has sold for on Heritage ever, CAC or not, according to their listed past auctions. So assuming the pictures are accurate (and I did ask MFeld to look the coin over before it shipped, and in summary he said "Overall, I like it a lot."), I'm pretty excited about this one.

Great looking coin! Congrats! That's one of my aspirational coins.

amwldcoin · January 2, 2020 6:05PM

From those pictures it looks awful Dang nice for a 63 even with a +!

@AlanLastufka said:
I finally pulled the trigger on a 1907 High Relief Saint-Gaudens. It's been on my want list for about a decade. NGC 63+ CAC. Can't wait for it to arrive! It was an inventory item on Heritage's website. They deleted the listing as soon as they accepted my offer, and I didn't think to grab their hi-res images first, so all I have are the low-res previews to show off for now.

With them accepting my offer, it became the lowest price a 63+ has sold for on Heritage ever, CAC or not, according to their listed past auctions. So assuming the pictures are accurate (and I did ask MFeld to look the coin over before it shipped, and in summary he said "Overall, I like it a lot."), I'm pretty excited about this one.

Mgarmy · January 2, 2020 6:13PM

Absolutely beautiful!

CoinHoarder · January 3, 2020 12:42AM

Bought these 5 half dollars for 14X face yesterday at my LCS.

Timbuk3 · January 3, 2020 2:10AM

Nothing yet for me !!!

messydesk · January 3, 2020 6:42AM

@AlanLastufka said:
I finally pulled the trigger on a 1907 High Relief Saint-Gaudens....

Looks fantastic from the pics. Congrats!

messydesk · January 3, 2020 6:52AM

As for my first deal of the '20s, I'll post them when I get them, but there are two bust halves headed my way.

AlanLastufka · January 10, 2020 6:17PM

Promised I'd come back and share my own photos when this arrived. It's here now and I was able to photograph it earlier today. I think it's stunning, I've looked at a lot of these over the years, and it's one of the cleanest I remember ever seeing in this grade. Zero disappointment in hand, in fact it's better than I was expecting, which doesn't happen often for me (the "America" on the reverse isn't as "mushy" as it looks here, that's just a side effect on the dramatic lighting). I'll definitely make a "Collection Highlights" video for this one in the future, it's now the top dog in my collection.

mirabela · January 10, 2020 6:26PM

AlanLastufka, that's a really great pickup.

Walkerfan · January 10, 2020 8:48PM

@AlanLastufka that is truly exciting!

Congratulations! You made a very good move and I don't believe you will ever regret it.

You were also smart to do your homework and talk to Mark Feld.

Salt her away and she will be good to you.

Downtown1974 · January 10, 2020 9:06PM

Wow! That HR Saint is stunning!

P0CKETCHANGE · January 11, 2020 10:15AM

Just got off the phone with the seller who accepted my offer on this colorful PCGS MS63 20c. Won't have the coin in hand for another couple of weeks, but I couldn't resist posting. One more hole in my Basic Type Set filled. It's going to be a good decade!

Cazkaboom · January 12, 2020 6:49AM

Off the BST

keets · January 12, 2020 8:03AM

mirabela · January 12, 2020 1:49PM

Just bought one of these. I've never had a silver Panda. I'm thinking this is probably it for me this winter.

keets · January 12, 2020 6:18PM

Rare to find such beautiful toning on 20c pieces!

I'll second that. I looked for a Type pc. many years ago and gave up, all I could find was either dipped out coins or darkly toned coins. maybe I should start looking again.

brianc1959 · January 13, 2020 12:13AM

An unexpected win on the Heritage FUN auction:

brianc1959 · January 13, 2020 12:23AM

@AlanLastufka said:
Promised I'd come back and share my own photos when this arrived. It's here now and I was able to photograph it earlier today. I think it's stunning, I've looked at a lot of these over the years, and it's one of the cleanest I remember ever seeing in this grade. Zero disappointment in hand, in fact it's better than I was expecting, which doesn't happen often for me (the "America" on the reverse isn't as "mushy" as it looks here, that's just a side effect on the dramatic lighting). I'll definitely make a "Collection Highlights" video for this one in the future, it's now the top dog in my collection.

Difficult to believe that's a 63+. Very nice.