Coins worth double or more what you paid for them. ($100 Min value)

ARCO · July 18, 2003 11:10AM

Here are some coins that are worth at least double or more for what I paid. I don't think anybody has ever done this thread before.

I bought this half in a grouping of 16 for $179.00. The sixteen other Good4 halves sold for about $100.00 making this a $79.00 purchase. I think it would sell for $225-$260.00 on Ebay. This is a three-bagger.

This one was the same scenario, paid $190.00 for a lot of 14 barber halves, sold off the others for $135.00 or so making this a $55 coin. Would probably sell for around $150+ on Ebay. Another three bagger.

Paid $135.00 for this Beautiful Fine18 1904-S and sold it for $435.00 on Ebay...I hope the buyer doesn't frequent these boards

Have some fun and brag a little, show us what you've got!!

Tyler

ProofPudding · July 18, 2003 11:12AM

I wish I had a coin worth $100.

Louis · July 18, 2003 11:14AM

The results for a PCGS submission of mine were posted today. One of them was a 1927 $20 that I bought raw on eBay for $340 about a year ago. It came back a MS65.

lordmarcovan · July 18, 2003 11:15AM

I've more than doubled my money on a lot of coins (usually Darkside coins), but I can't think of any specific examples, and very few of those would be over $100.

Oh, wait- I just remembered an Irish shilling I bought for less than $100 that has a Krause value of $500. There are probably a few others in my just-completed Irish collection.

Russ · July 18, 2003 11:17AM

Total cost basis of $75, including grading fees.

Russ, NCNE

TWQG · July 18, 2003 11:59AM

1998 $10 Platinum PCGS MS69paid $102 with shipping.

Sold it for $1200 less than a year later.

darktone · July 18, 2003 12:13PM

Here's a coin I purchased raw on ebay from a really bad picture. I paid about $230 for it and I think it's worth a little bit more than that. I keep meaning to send this to NGC one of these day's as everyone say's it should be in a 64 holder. mike

itsnotjustme · July 18, 2003 12:21PM

11 $5G CVC Commems purchased for $200 each. All more than doubled, one landed in a PCGS MS70 holder and would be a grand slam.
Numerous $1S Buffalo Dollars, all tripled.
2x 1976-S Kennedy Halfs as part of $12 mint sets. Both graded MS68, sold one for $475.
2x 1976-S Washington Quarters as part of $12 mint sets. Both graded MS68, for sale nowin this thread.
20x 1959 Proof Washington Quarters in $19 proof sets. All graded PR66CAM to PR68 CAM. Also for sale in ref thread above.
3x 2000-D SC Quarters from bank roll. All graded MS68, valued at about $130 each.
6x 2001 Silver Proof Sets, almost tripled.

rainbowroosie · July 18, 2003 1:03PM

Common date rainbow Merc bought at $26 slabbed PCGS 66, sold for almost $400.

jdimmick · July 18, 2003 1:27PM

Wish I still had it currently, but

I purchased an 1904-s barber half in PCGS-45 for 1040.00 (CDN was 525/575). Kept it a year or so until someone offerd me 1750.00 and I sold it.

coincollector1989 · July 18, 2003 3:48PM

Russ excellent Kennedy.

09sVDB · July 19, 2003 7:01AM

A couple that come to mind are: $90 for my PCGS 1914D Lincoln(raw when I bought it)
$10 for my PCGS MS65RD 1927 Lincoln(also raw)
$60 for my PCGS 1921S Buffalo in VF25

These were al purchased in the mid 80's

cherrypickincoin · July 19, 2003 7:06AM

1909-S VDB 1c ANACS EF40: Paid $60 raw for it in February of this year, dealer thought it was counterfeit.

Several others I'll think of later.

KenzoT · July 19, 2003 8:14AM

How about this one for $15?

KenzoT · July 19, 2003 8:22AM

OOps, wrong photo.....
How about THESE for $15 each?

fishcooker · July 19, 2003 8:56AM

1999 silver proof sets.

Too bad 2000 sets didn't do likewise!!!

Sumo · July 19, 2003 9:41AM

These are from my recent and first submission:

1 60117256 1919 10C MS64FB paid $70 worth $235
2 60117257 1918 10C MS64FB paid $70 worth $275
3 60117258 1920 10C MS64FB paid $30 worth $110
4 60117260 1942-S 10C MS66FB paid $9 worth $170
I got pretty lucky, I bought these all raw. Plus, I consider myself still a newbie to collecting. I still have 12 more merc's to send in. A lot are nicer than the ones I sent in.

Sumo

darktone · July 19, 2003 9:51AM

Here's another one I got a couple of month's ago for around $200. It's in an NGC MS63 holder now and it's looks undergraded! mike

ldhair · July 19, 2003 9:57AM

This is my favorite.

bigtonydallas · July 19, 2003 10:05AM

Bought 1928-d Lincoln on a bid board in Tucson Arizona for $26. Sent to ANACS for $20 to be graded and attributed. Came back an MS63RB RPM#1. Sold it on Ebay with the buyer using BUY IT NOW for $700.

Bought 1939 Jefferson nickle from a dealer at a coin show in Arlington Texas for $3. Anacs again and came back 1939 Jefferson MS64 5.5 steps Double Die Reverse #2. Sold if for $200 on Hertitage.

Bought another 1939 Jefferson on Ebay. Paid $3 for an MS64. When I got it it was AU but a very high grade AU. I was disappointed until I turned it over and it was the double die reverse #1. Sold it for $81. (Sorry did not make the $100).

Bought 1857 Flying Eagle on Ebay for $16. Was the double die obverse sold it for $79.

Bought 1936 penny rolls on Ebay and found one double die #2 in very first roll. Found another in the fifteenth roll. It was die #1. Bought each coin for about .16 Sold them for $31 each.

darktone · July 19, 2003 10:06AM

Larry, clashed with a $20 obverse die S-7. Nice! mike

ldhair · July 19, 2003 10:52AM

Thanks Darktone

I bet many folks looked at it and thought it was just an old VF coin.

I know a dealer that did.

jdimmick · July 19, 2003 1:42PM

Probably the best hit ever for me was a 1939-d Jefferson Nickel in BU I bought for 5.00 about 4 years ago in an Indiana coin shop. It had nice steps that looked full. Back then before knowing any better, I sent it into PCI where it came back Ms-64. This is about the time that ICG started up in buisness and I had a free grading certificate. SO I broke it out and sent it to ICG, where it came back Ms-67FS. Boy was I blown away. I ended up selling it on E-bay for 750.00,

Thing is, now that I have more experience in Ms grading an the differences in service's, there's no way this coin should have graded that high. In fact, I dont think it would have made FS designation at PCGS because of a nick in the steps. and definitley not 67.
It was a nice coin, but no way in comparison to the PCGS-67 39-d I have now.

Typetone · July 19, 2003 2:16PM

My best current holding is a 1976D Type 1 IKE I both raw for $5. Graded PCGS MS66 and is worth about $300 now. Funny thing is that the dealer who sold it to me felt guilty about charging $5 and kept trying to discount it.

Best all time hit. I bought a 1974D PKOK toned IKE in PCGS MS67 from a major, major dealer about 3 years ago for $2,400. Sold it last year for $8,500, and the new buyer (who I consider the world's foremost IKE collector) got a great deal

. Sorry, the picture doesn't really do it justice.

Dave99B · July 19, 2003 2:40PM

Tyler - I need that 1910 half! Wonderful color --- could not be improved upon. SEND IT ASAP!

Dave

coppercoins · July 19, 2003 5:02PM

And now for the largest percent gain...

A roll of 1956D cents purchased for $4 yielded a single example of 1956D OMM#1 in MS65RD, worth around $350. That's 8 cents to $350. Anyone else gain that sort of percent?

Another - a single $4.50 roll of 1956D cents yielded 28 MS64RD-MS66RD 1956D OMM#2 coins. They value around $40-$75 each. So that's $2.52 to $1650.00 (average) - another rather substantial gain. Couldn't even do that in the stock market on a good day during the dot-boom days.

MacCoin · July 19, 2003 5:33PM

I once made a 2000% profit on a 04 Barber dime I found in cirulation. I sold it for $2.00.

solid · July 19, 2003 11:37PM

It's tough to beat the examples of a roll coin making a good grade, but I did buy a
1941-S 5c PCGS MS66FS - in the slab just under three years ago for $37.76 - as of
today it is a pop 17/1 coin.

Should be worth 10-20 times that...maybe more on a good day

Ken

Coins worth double or more what you paid for them. ($100 Min value)

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