Nothing is Sweeter than when that Dealer Reaches for that Dusty Ol' Gray Sheet!

braddick · October 29, 2004 11:17AM

I played hooky today and made it a coin day. I mailed off a bunch of coins; started a few auctions; sent coins to ANACS and Teletrade and visited a hole-in-the-wall coin shop I haven't been to in awhile.
While visiting with the shop keeper I asked to see his book of Morgans. As he was retrieving it he stated something along the lines, "I just added a bunch of dollars from my collection at home".

I looked at them all and was beholden to a dozen or so wondefully wholesome and lovely toned coins. There were two that were also PL or DMPL. When I asked about pricing I braced myself expecting the obvious multiple pricing due to the color and originality.
I was pleasantly surprised to see him reach for a gray sheet (goodness knows what year, let alone what month!) and quote a price of about $30. per coin. Needless to say, I bought them all.

Here's a couple of them (I accidently left the Macro off or something... sorry about the fuzzy pictures!):
I'll be sending these off to ANACS (my second trip of coins to them this week!) tomorrow morning.

Common date with GEM MS65 surfaces and PL, if not DMPL characteristics:

Reverse:

Neat bands of color over choice, MS64 surfaces. Lots of luster too:

Edited to add: Dang! They are much fuzzier when larger! Sorry.

robertpr · October 29, 2004 11:41AM

OH BOY DO YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trooper · October 29, 2004 11:52AM

Wow, I'd be stopping by that dealer a little more often....

Great grabs....

Tom

roadrunner · October 29, 2004 12:05PM

Nothing is Sweeter than when that Dealer Reaches for that Dusty Ol' Gray Sheet! ...........

except when that dusty old gray sheet is dated 1989!

roadrunner

JadeRareCoin · October 29, 2004 12:39PM

uhhhhhh, even with your terrible pics, I can see that your 80-S is an easy MS-66 DMPL. You are pulling my leg........right? Either way, you really do suck!!!

Congrats on the newps!

kryptonitecomics · October 29, 2004 12:55PM

Yes.....probably the worst pictures ever and the coins still look awsome..........I have not handed one of these out on the boards but you deserve a

YOU SUCK Times 2!!!

braddick · October 29, 2004 12:59PM

Thanks guys! I promise to show crisp, clear photos as soon as ANACS returns them (they're going out on a five day submittal). I knew the photos were a bit blurry, but was surprised as to the extent after they were posted.

(I am hoping for a 66 DMPL but will be happy with a 65 DMPL.)

thebeav · October 29, 2004 1:00PM

Congrats on finding a 'new' dealer !!
Paul

coinguy89 · October 29, 2004 1:00PM

Pics aren't the best, but the coins make up for that. Nice grabs.

tradedollarnut · October 29, 2004 1:10PM

Colors look funky on that 1884-S....

itsnotjustme · October 29, 2004 9:17PM

ttt for anything not about GtG. This topic is beaten to death already!

morgannut2 · October 29, 2004 10:49PM

Please post a better picture of the color on the 1884 so we can argue over whether its worth $30! If you bought all 12 Morgans, you must list the dates to get the precise number of YOU SUCKS you are due!

JoyofCollecting · October 29, 2004 11:26PM

It's always nice when the dealer grabs the greysheet to price an AU58 coin and reads the grey sheet AU50 price authoratatively and says he'll let it go for "grey sheet."

Amazing how often that happens with the smaller dealers in areas where they do not specialize. Of course, I'm sure they bought it at the AU50 price as well.