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What was the most expensive coin you bought raw? And....
mercurydimeguy
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Did you get it graded by a TPG or is it still raw?
If you got it graded, did it grade commensurate with the grade/price you paid for it?
If you got it graded, did it grade commensurate with the grade/price you paid for it?
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<< <i>Did you get it graded by a TPG or is it still raw? >>
Graded.
<< <i>If you got it graded, did it grade commiserate with the grade/price you paid for it? >>
One sold for $1275, the other for $900. Obviously, I wasn't commiserating.
Russ, NCNE
The name is LEE!
I paid the most for this one...
This one is probably more valuable...
What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
Now I stick to slabbed coins or from a dealer I trust for most over $100. Modern mint products I would be more trusting raw.
collections: Maryland related coins & exonumia, 7070 Type set, and Video Arcade Tokens.
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NE Shilling
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I'll take better pics when my copy stand gets here.
WS
<< <i>What I bought was much, much cooler than an NE Shilling, wasn't it? >>
That's like asking a dad if his kid is the smartest one in school.
Put it this way: if I discovered the first NE shilling, I would think it was cooler. As it is, I can at least say that my check is bigger than yours!
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I couldn't help myself.
What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
Still raw in my album.....
That is likely to be topped one of these days by it sister from new orleans one day.....
I will not purchase any american gold raw period, so unless I get into other barber sets (1895-O Dime?) this could hold for a while.....
OK, who's next?
Not me, I blew $600 on a coin that got bagged.
In fact, I'd be OK if that one coin constituted my entire collection
>....Where are the folks from Legend. I've heard rumors that they've pulled the trigger on some high flying raw material
They include but are not limited to a 1936 proof set (with very very nice dime and satin nickel) bought in 1998 for what I thought was too much but what now looks like a bargain); a 1950 CAM Proof Frankie; a 1924-S MS Quarter; a 1933-S MS half; a 1909-S MS RB Lincoln; a 1914-D fine Lincoln; a 1908-S VF-EX cent; an XF 1830 Bust Half (bought in the 78-80 time period); an 1857 MS cent; an MS California Jubilee Commem half; a 1935-S MS Quarter; a proof 1942 dime; a proof 1940 quarter; multiple CAM and DCAM 1950-1970 coins out of proof and sms sets and 2-1956 Mint Sets.
Don't need it slabbed cause it's a dansco coin.
Herb
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<< <i>$322,000 for an NE Shilling at the Ford sale. It remains raw but may well be graded in the future. >>
Congrats J.K.....is it for yourself??? If so, are there any positions available with ANR
I think it was?????????
$40K for a C.C. Chain Cent.
Chris
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Still raw and in an album.
<< <i>Congrats J.K.....is it for yourself??? If so, are there any positions available with ANR >>
C'mon, how much money do you think some kiddie pool-intellectual makes writing about coins?
ANR bought two NE shillings and a Willow Tree shilling on behalf of our retail clients. We spent over $800,000 in the first 5 minutes of the auction on 3 raw coins.
My most expensive coin was bought in a holder (then and now pop 1 with none higher, a colonial) and cracked out the instant I finished paying for it.
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I had it slabbed by ANACS (MS61) and traded it for a Hawaiian 50 cent piece ANACS MS61 (I didn't have any commemortives at all at the time) and an 1878-CC Morgan in PCGS MS62.
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That reminds me of a raw Chain I bought in about 1989. (For the copper weenies, it was the Beckwith S-2.) I paid about 115K and it graded AU the first time. Since I graded it "nice unc", I resubmitted and it graded 62. Later, I got it into a 63 holder and sold it. Years later, it reappeared in a 64 holder. A dealer bought it and ugraded it to 65. It later sold for 431K in an ANR sale. I guess it really was a "nice unc".
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Dave
That was a very nice coin. They was on drugs there for a while, eh?
PS - it was actually just over $400k.
<< <i>That reminds me of a raw Chain I bought in about 1989. (For the copper weenies, it was the Beckwith S-2.) I paid about 115K and it graded AU the first time. Since I graded it "nice unc", I resubmitted and it graded 62. Later, I got it into a 63 holder and sold it. Years later, it reappeared in a 64 holder. A dealer bought it and ugraded it to 65. It later sold for over half a million bucks in an ANR sale. I guess it really was a "nice unc". >>
Andy, don't you just hate it when that happens??
Gradeflation...what's that???
Not at all! Do you know how much harder it would be to make a living if they graded the coins the same every time?
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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<< <i>Andy, don't you just hate it when that happens??
Not at all! Do you know how much harder it would be to make a living if they graded the coins the same every time? >>
bought it for 1 cent!
graded 65 red .....now its worth $3.50
shot at EF40, the 1806/5 is F15 & the 1837 has a shot at AU58. Getting ready to send them off in the next week or two.
I must say MrEureka's Chain Cent is very impressive. I would never grade a coin with such gashes a 65, but hey, I would agree it is a nice Unc.
Pray tell, is there a nicer Chain Cent around? As anyone can tell I'm not an early copper guy, but that is the nicest I've seen...
Mostly those are planchet voids present prior to striking.
Pray tell, is there a nicer Chain Cent around? As anyone can tell I'm not an early copper guy, but that is the nicest I've seen...
Yes, several. The nicest, a sure-fire specimen pictured in the '100 Greatest US Coins' book, is in the marvelous Stellar Collection.