I knew that coin was going to be a good deal as soon as I saw it and yeah gold is little bit more expensive but you know what they say scared money don’t make money 🤷🏼♂️
I knew that coin was going to be a good deal as soon as I saw it and yeah gold is little bit more expensive but you know what they say scared money don’t make money 🤷🏼♂️
How can we determine if you got a good deal or not unless you tell us what you paid for it? Also, it isn't a proof and it may not even be genuine since all dates in this series have been very heavily counterfeited. Better close up pics outside the holder may help us give you a better evaluation of your coin.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
@PerryHall said:
How can we determine if you got a good deal or not unless you tell us what you paid for it? Also, it isn't a proof and it may not even be genuine since all dates in this series have been very heavily counterfeited. Better close up pics outside the holder may help us give you a better evaluation of your coin.
I think, based on prior postings, we can be sure he didn't pay even 4 figures for the coin. So it would definitely be a bargain for a "proof". I'm still trying to decide what it is "proof" of...
“ Just got a great deal on this 1908 proof what do you guys think?”
This guy thinks that 1) with melt value at about $392, if you actually bought the coin and paid less than $300 for it, you got a great deal and 2) the “proof” part of your post is, of course, pure bologna.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
@mon1ck said:
I would check out that article that was posted by PCGS on April 25 before trying to sound intelligent
Not that I expect you to ever make sense but...the article is only market commentary and leads with a picture of a business strike (not proof) 1908-S $5. What does the article have to with anything?
@MFeld said:
“ Just got a great deal on this 1908 proof what do you guys think?”
This guy thinks that 1) with melt value at about $392, if you actually bought the coin and paid less than $300 for it, you got a great deal and 2) the “proof” part of your post is, of course, pure bologna.
@Cougar1978 said:
It’s AU at best, not a proof, and hopefully not fake.
Do not buy big big ticket coins like this unless TPG graded (our hosts….).
I hardly think that coin qualifies as a “big ticket item”.
It's all about your perspective. When I was a kid collector, $200 was "a big ticketed item."
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 ... ?
@Cougar1978 said:
It’s AU at best, not a proof, and hopefully not fake.
Do not buy big big ticket coins like this unless TPG graded (our hosts….).
I hardly think that coin qualifies as a “big ticket item”.
It's all about your perspective. When I was a kid collector, $200 was "a big ticketed item."
I understand that but the person who posted that holds himself out as a dealer.
If he's putting himself out as a dealer, I'd say he has a problem if he thinks the OP is a piece of Proof gold.
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 ... ?
@Cougar1978 said:
It’s AU at best, not a proof, and hopefully not fake.
Do not buy big big ticket coins like this unless TPG graded (our hosts….).
Hard to tell the grade from those pictures. Can’t go by eagle details as they didn’t have the same details on the 1908.
This 1908 quarter eagle is always flatly struck at the top of the eagle's wing.
This one is graded MS-64. It looks better in person. My photos often magnify every mark.
This one is an AU from a raw set I assembled many years ago.
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 ... ?
could you post larger and infocus pictures of both sides. i had to crop out a lot of the cardboard holder. to get those pictures. it really needs to have the coin taking up as much of the photo as possible
@MsMorrisine said:
could you post larger and infocus pictures of both sides. i had to crop out a lot of the cardboard holder. to get those pictures. it really needs to have the coin taking up as much of the photo as possible
And when the OP is done with this request, please perform 100 jumping jacks and 50 burpees followed by 10 pull-ups.
Looks like a very ordinary AU business strike common date Indian Head quarter eagle. Zero chance it's a proof.
If you bought it at an ordinary price for a raw AU business strike common date Indian Head quarter eagle, then great, fine, that's a good thing to have. Assuming you can spare the money, it's probably got better prospects over the long term than the money does, so, great, good pickup. But I'm seeing a pattern in your posts where you seem to suppose you're the one guy smart enough to recognize something that nobody else has been astute enough to see ... and I think you're headed for some disappointments that way. I wouldn't bother saying this to you, except that you asked what we thought.
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send it in and tell us the results!
Not a proof
How can we determine if you got a good deal or not unless you tell us what you paid for it? Also, it isn't a proof and it may not even be genuine since all dates in this series have been very heavily counterfeited. Better close up pics outside the holder may help us give you a better evaluation of your coin.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I think, based on prior postings, we can be sure he didn't pay even 4 figures for the coin. So it would definitely be a bargain for a "proof". I'm still trying to decide what it is "proof" of...
“ Just got a great deal on this 1908 proof what do you guys think?”
This guy thinks that 1) with melt value at about $392, if you actually bought the coin and paid less than $300 for it, you got a great deal and 2) the “proof” part of your post is, of course, pure bologna.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Seems appropriate that the article you mention is titled “Fairy Tales & Moon Beams.”
I would look at the coin... have you ever seen a proof $2.5?
You're doing a good job Ike but we really need @manifest_destiny aka @BANNED .
chopmarkedtradedollars.com
Not that I expect you to ever make sense but...the article is only market commentary and leads with a picture of a business strike (not proof) 1908-S $5. What does the article have to with anything?
https://www.pcgs.com/news/fairy-tales-moon-beams
chopmarkedtradedollars.com
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Try?
Could be “Proof of life?”
Still waiting to see your first PCGS graded coin.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Bad coins, great hair.
What Feld said.
There are no bargains, you get what you paid for.
I disagree on both counts.
Sometimes there are bargains and sometimes you don’t get what you pay for.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1112114/possible-1922p-sandblasted-high-relief-peace-dollar-discovered
1922 counterfeit
Even better pecs.
I forget where they put the keys, but I don’t forget silly photos.
Can you dig yourself out, or alt in with a new m.o.?
It’s AU at best, not a proof, and hopefully not fake.
Do not buy big big ticket coins like this unless TPG graded (our hosts….).
You can’t say that. I’m a nurturer.
I don’t want to see your thumb next time.
I hardly think that coin qualifies as a “big ticket item”.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Don’t stress, take the compliment. Most guys here would trade a stickered chain cent and a few mustard-stained shirts for that hair.
It's all about your perspective. When I was a kid collector, $200 was "a big ticketed item."
I understand that but the person who posted that holds himself out as a dealer.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
If he's putting himself out as a dealer, I'd say he has a problem if he thinks the OP is a piece of Proof gold.
No, he doesn’t think that, which made his “big ticket” characterization even more strange. See his post copied below.
“@Cougar1978 said:
It’s AU at best, not a proof, and hopefully not fake.
Do not buy big big ticket coins like this unless TPG graded (our hosts….).”
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Hard to tell the grade from those pictures. Can’t go by eagle details as they didn’t have the same details on the 1908.
This 1908 quarter eagle is always flatly struck at the top of the eagle's wing.
This one is graded MS-64. It looks better in person. My photos often magnify every mark.
This one is an AU from a raw set I assembled many years ago.
Good luck pinning him down and shaving that hair off of his head.
peacockcoins
could you post larger and infocus pictures of both sides. i had to crop out a lot of the cardboard holder. to get those pictures. it really needs to have the coin taking up as much of the photo as possible
And when the OP is done with this request, please perform 100 jumping jacks and 50 burpees followed by 10 pull-ups.
peacockcoins
Looks like a very ordinary AU business strike common date Indian Head quarter eagle. Zero chance it's a proof.
If you bought it at an ordinary price for a raw AU business strike common date Indian Head quarter eagle, then great, fine, that's a good thing to have. Assuming you can spare the money, it's probably got better prospects over the long term than the money does, so, great, good pickup. But I'm seeing a pattern in your posts where you seem to suppose you're the one guy smart enough to recognize something that nobody else has been astute enough to see ... and I think you're headed for some disappointments that way. I wouldn't bother saying this to you, except that you asked what we thought.