Post your best ebay purchase

rhedden · June 17, 2004 1:35AM

Here's one of mine to get this thread started. It's an 1805 Draped half dollar in VF-35. I bid rather low, expecting a polished, hairlined disaster (the STANDARD for Bust halves on ebay), but it's beautifully toned and not cleaned at all. It's a scarce, underrated date, too.

airplanenut · June 17, 2004 1:38AM

Fantastic piece of history! I've had lots of great buys on ebay... ones that aren't at the top of my head, though

But, be sure I've had some

Louis · June 17, 2004 1:45AM

I don't have an image, but it was a 1927 St. Gaudens $20 raw that was described as MS63+. I was pleasantly surprised when I recieved the coin and thought it was better than a 63. Submitted it to PCGS and it came back a MS65. I won the auction for $342.

Russ · June 17, 2004 2:21AM

Russ, NCNE

Numismanic · June 17, 2004 2:25AM

paigowjohnny · June 17, 2004 2:32AM

$1500 and change from our friends at bluemooncoins....

seanq · June 17, 2004 3:06AM

Sean Reynolds

Craton · June 17, 2004 3:08AM

$40 dollars. It was raw when I purchased it. The overdate was discovered after it was purchased. One of my better cherry picks!

PutTogether · June 17, 2004 4:24AM

i have two.
was lucky enough to snag the 1812 large cent below for 90 bucks (was a bad picture). When I got it in hand, it was an EASY uncleaned EF40-45 with slight porosity to the planchet, no other problems. (large cent guys will tell you how damn difficult it is to get one of these) and at 90 bucks was a STEAL!!!

The second was a 28 peace dollar i got through ebay from peaceman - cost me just over 800, not a STEAL, but super nice quality that is tough to find.

flaminio · June 17, 2004 4:57AM

Back before they got stupid-high prices, this one was listed with a starting bid of $700. It didn't sell, so after the auction close I emailed the seller and bought it off-eBay for $600. It was a lot for me to pay, but I'm glad I did, because I couldn't afford one of these today:

prooflike · June 17, 2004 4:59AM

Bought it in an ANACS 64 holder for $31 shipped, now it's in a PCGS 65 holder.

haletj · June 17, 2004 5:10AM

1919-s Lincoln. PCGS ms64rd. I bid $611, barely was the highest bidder but didn't meet reserve. I won other coins from the seller that day, and he e-mailed me saying I just missed reserve and I could have it for $600, so I bought it. Today these go for $1600-$2400, but not only that, it is about the nicest ms64rd Lincoln I have ever seen! I really think it could upgrade someday to a $20,000 ms65rd!

Placid · June 17, 2004 5:56AM

Only paid 1¢ plus the guy gave me the shipping back when I complained

ms70 · June 17, 2004 6:34AM

It's gotta be my icon coin!

WWW · June 17, 2004 7:02AM

That icon coin of MS70's is a real beauty. I had the pleasure of imaging that one for a coin dealer friend of mine.

Speaking of icon coins, here's mine, a 1878-CC in NGC MS63, courtesy of fellow board member Hadleydog.

GoYankees · June 17, 2004 8:13AM

About 4 years ago, before I knew the difference between type 1 and type 2, I bought a type1 1979 proof set on eBay for under $15. I submitted them to PCGS as Type1s and ALL came back type2! Only the dime was 69DCAM, the rest were 68s. 3 years ago I bought a 1909-S VDB cent off eBay. The winning bidder had a negative FB rating and got NARU'd. I contacted the seller and offered to but it. She let me have it for $475. I was raw and graded VF30. PCGS slabbed it VF35. I've seen those same coins go as high as $800 on eBay. As Homer Simpson would say, "WHOHOO"!!!!

RGT · June 17, 2004 8:37AM

I've had a few but the best was probably an 1838 Half Dime. It was raw and the seller graded it chioce AU. When I got it I couldn't see any rub anywhere so I sent it off to NGC where it graded MS63. My winning bit was around $70.

Another was about four years ago. Heritage had just started up on ebay and apparently hadn't got things down quite right yet. I found they had listed an ANACS AU55 1909-S Lincoln with a starting bid of around $525. Thinking that was a bit high I had to check it out. It turned out to be a VDB but wasn't mentioned in the title. I got it for the opening bid. It was a good deal at the time but looks like a great deal now.

Shamika · June 17, 2004 9:36AM

I've actually made a couple of nice buys. Two that immediately come to mind was a 1909-S VDB PCGS MS65RB that I bought for $1400 (worth more than twice that today) and a 1956 Lincoln NGC MS67RD (solid) for $26 (probably worth ten times that today).

Don't have images.

DorkGirl · June 17, 2004 9:58AM

Maybe, just maybe this 1883. I bought her as a proof 58 for $80. I think she is, but she's raw, so I could be full of it.....but she just glows. Wish I could get a better picture for you guys

roadrunner · June 17, 2004 9:59AM

In the past couple of weeks I was lucky to pick off a PCGS MS64 first gen seated half that no one else bid much of anything on. I got the coin for under CDN bid and it was a great first gen coin. The obverse was essentially 66 and the reverse an average 64. Fully original violet gray surfaces with semi PL obv and fully PL reverse. It's probably worth an extra $100 or so above what an average 64 brings. Could have knocked me silly to get another decent type coin off ebay. For $824, a good deal.

The fact that it was a first gen coin was not mentioned.

roadrunner

Russ · June 17, 2004 10:04AM

<< <i>Maybe, just maybe this 1883. I bought her as a proof 58 for $80. >>

If it is a proof, that's a hell of a rip.

Russ, NCNE

RGL · June 17, 2004 10:28AM

There are soooooo many, including a couple of Russ rips.

How about this pair, purchased for the grand total of $25 at the same time from the same seller. And the JFK is a 67 ... PCGS erred.

Russ · June 17, 2004 10:34AM

<< <i>And the JFK is a 67 ... PCGS erred. >>

No they didn't.

Russ, NCNE

Crackout · June 17, 2004 10:35AM

solid · June 17, 2004 12:20PM

Dollar-wise, probably a 1941-S 5c PCGS MS66FS, purchased in Aug 2000 for $37.76. It is
a pop 19/1 coin now and listed as $475 by PCGS.

Beauty-wise, I've got a number of nice ones, including my icon coin - a 1950-D MS66FS, and
paid double the going rate at the time.

Ken

Wolf359 · June 17, 2004 12:48PM

It's all in these photos!

ms70 · June 17, 2004 12:54PM

WWW- I don't know what the obverse of your Morgan looks like, but the reverse sure looks better than 63 to me!

Stuart · June 17, 2004 12:57PM

This is one of my favorite E-Bay purchases -- esp. since I feel that it's a shot MS-63 which now sells for 3x what I paid for her about a year ago...

1883-S NGC MS-62 (Semi-PL)

Boom · June 17, 2004 5:21PM

Having not one but TWO PCGS 63 1932-D Washington Quarters upgrade to PCGS 64 !!

MacCoin · June 17, 2004 7:11PM

ColonialCoinUnion · June 17, 2004 8:00PM

This one, which appeared on a Sunday morning a number of years ago being offered by some guy in Texas named Anaconda that I had never heard of.

I 'bought it now' and had it removed from the site in about an hour.

This coin turns out to have an illustrious pedigree dating back many years and is, in my opinion, finest known. PCGS has graded 1 higher (the Eliasberg coin at MS66RB) but that coin is slightly off-center, has some die clash marks and a few spots and is objectively less attractive than the one above.

WACoinGuy · June 18, 2004 12:13AM

Bought this raw as a VF-20 a few years ago for just under $250. Now it's sitting in a PCGS XF-40 holder:

FrattLaw · June 18, 2004 12:28AM

Binion NGC MS65* for $140 off Ebay. I've seen 1 other toned Binion Peace $ non star MS64 selling for over $500.

Michael

ARCO · June 18, 2004 12:54AM

I have picked up many nice pieces off Ebay, but my Icon coin ranks up there with the most satisfying purchases. $69.00 was the net price paid for the coin. Original AU's are very hard to find in the Barber halves, but the 1898-S -1900-S coins that were sent to the phillippines are especially hard to find untampered with. This coin has great looking die cracks to boot.

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