What's the biggest financial homerun you have made in numismatics?

mcmxi · February 9, 2007 3:39AM

I bought a 1942/1 mercury dime for about $450. sent it to ncs who wouldn't do anything for it. Then sold it to a dealer for $2000

kiyote · February 9, 2007 4:03AM

The 1999 silver proof set. I got it for what, $31.95? Sold it for north of $400.00.

Stuart · February 9, 2007 4:09AM

FiveCents: I posted the following 1892-S $20 Liberty Double Eagle - PCGS MS-65 Pop-1 Thread back in 2004 describing my good numismatic fortune.

ddbird · February 9, 2007 4:13AM

Bought a toned peace for $30, sold with a better picture for about $550

thezookrew · February 9, 2007 4:31AM

Has to be finding some Wisconsin extra leaf quarters at the bank I used to work at. Cost = $.25 + $20 for slabbing apiece. Pretty nice profit on the back end!!!! Nothing like having a little luck while at a job I absolutely hated!!!

Does that earn me a "You Suck" Award?

moosesr · February 9, 2007 5:51AM

Bought this jefferson for $165 link Sold it for $2990 Link

ricko · February 9, 2007 6:27AM

I like my '95 W ASE.... still have it despite offers of moon money.... Cheers, RickO

TennesseeDave · February 9, 2007 6:33AM

I bought an 1899-P Morgan and a 1928-P Peace dollar at a flea market for $150.00 They were later graded as 64 and 63 respectfully.Sold them in 2001 for around $500 and have regretted it ever since.

stephunter · February 9, 2007 6:34AM

Bought a raw 45-s Jefferson on ebay for 85.00. Had it graded and sold it 6 months later for 1,800.00.

flyingcougar13 · February 9, 2007 6:37AM

A couple of years ago I won a ICG AU58 09-S VDB on eBay. My jaw dropped when I got it,
cracked it out and sent it in, came back PCGS 63RB.

Joflax · February 9, 2007 6:37AM

Bought a NGC 2004 w pf 70 platinum set on TT at mint issue price, but the 95w that I have had forever feel more like a home run

Rarity · February 9, 2007 6:42AM

20th Anniversary AGE set in my safe deposit box.
And a 1999-S 10 coins Silver Proof set that I bought from the Mint for less than $40 and is worth $300 now

Topdollarpaid · February 9, 2007 6:56AM

I bought a old Marble on ebay for $250.00
and sold it for $ 4500.00

stephunter · February 9, 2007 6:58AM

<< <i>Bought this jefferson for $165 link Sold it for $2990 Link >>

Nice!

speety · February 9, 2007 7:22AM

Mines not that good but i got a 1830 bust half for $50 from the flea market. Came back from pcgs at XF-45 with nice toning and sold for $300+. Not bad for my first coin purchase over $20

WinPitcher · February 9, 2007 8:01AM

1986 Statue of liberty sets. bought 12 from the mint. tripled my money.

Steve

p8nt · February 9, 2007 8:35AM

I bought an original roll of 1957 silver dimes on Ebay for about $50. This is the end roll coin (now pop 3/0) which I immediately sold for a handsome sum

Russ · February 9, 2007 8:41AM

<< <i>Has to be finding some Wisconsin extra leaf quarters at the bank I used to work at. Cost = $.25 + $20 for slabbing apiece. Pretty nice profit on the back end!!!! Nothing like having a little luck while at a job I absolutely hated!!!

Does that earn me a "You Suck" Award? >>

Yep, that's a YOU SUCK!!!™.

Russ, NCNE

PerryHall · February 9, 2007 8:42AM

Bought an 1881 circulated gold $5 for a little over melt from a flea market coin dealer. It was the rare 1881/0 overdate variety and it slabbed at MS58.

tyler267 · February 9, 2007 8:48AM

In the 1990's when you had to call your bids into teletrade I used to buy some of the multi coin lots. One of the lots I bought was a half roll of NGC 66 1945 Mercury Dimes (I think I paid about 15 bucks a coin). When they came in I glanced at the coins they looked nice so I just put them away. About 5 or 6 years later I ran accross them and decided to have a closer look. About 4-5 of the coins had 90 percent bands and one looked very close to being split. Anyway I wound up with a PCGS 64 Full Band Dime. The coin was sumitted raw, but it seemed kind of strange that it downgraded 2 points but got the band designation. But I'm not complianing.

Rodius · February 9, 2007 8:48AM

I have two. I bought a Jefferson set 1939 - 1956, had a few graded and sold 3 that made the price of the set.

I bought 5 ASE sets and sold for 3 times + the price. Honestly I never thought they would sell and was going to keep them.

woodwalker · February 9, 2007 8:49AM

I bought a 1983 proof set for $6.00, and traded it for a 16d merc in g-4. Oh, the proof set was missing an s on the dime.

21Walker · February 9, 2007 8:53AM

Bought a raw 51S Frankie on ebay, submitted to PCGS, came back 64FBL.........sweet..........Rick

ziggy29 · February 9, 2007 9:19AM

<< <i>A couple of years ago I won a ICG AU58 09-S VDB on eBay. My jaw dropped when I got it,
cracked it out and sent it in, came back PCGS 63RB. >>

For all the flack ICG gets -- mostly on their grading of high MS moderns -- I think in general AU-58 ICG coins are as nice as ANY TPG's AU-58s, bar none. No Kool-Aid needed.

bidask · February 9, 2007 9:21AM

Bot a 1919 d 10c raw for 200, came back PCGS MS 64 full split bands...have not sold it yet. l

bidask · February 9, 2007 9:23AM

I also just bot a 1592 Transylvania thaler raw for $3000. It came back PCGS MS 62. I don't know if I struck out or got a hit!

coltgus · February 9, 2007 9:32AM

I have had 3 :
1861-O $20 AU50 PCGS, regrade, came back AU55. $6,000 to $15,000.
1910-S $10 MS61 PCGS, regrade, came back MS63. This was 6X money.
1926-S Saint MS64 PCGS bought from Heritage for $3,600, put in Heritage auction, hammer $9,000.

REALGATOR · February 9, 2007 9:48AM

Bought in 2004: 1882-CC $5 Gold SEGS AU paid $350.

Sold in 2005 as raw AU scratched for $2200+. 3 competing bidders in the last few minutes just had to have it!

-RG

LincolnCentMan · February 9, 2007 9:58AM

I bought five raw toned mercs for $240 at a show. I sent them to PCGS. One came back MS67. Three came back MS67FB. The third came back MS68FB. I sold three of the coins, including the 68FB for 5K to a forum member. He has since gotten one of the 67FB's into a PCGS 68FB holder. I still have the remaining two mercs.

I have many other tells, but the merc dime sell is by far by % and $ the biggest homerun I've made.

-David

coindeuce · February 9, 2007 10:07AM

Bought a PCGS MS-64 DMPL 1878 7/8 TF Morgan(Attributed as 7/8 Strong ) at auction last year for $3500. Since the coin was misattributed(actually 7/8 Weak), our host with the most reviewed the coin and agreed to reholder with the correct attribution, and return the coin to me with a $2K check for market value difference. Then the coin was sold to a Registry collector for the TOP 100 VAM that it was (VAM 32) for approximately 30% over my original cost.

Cladiator · February 9, 2007 10:11AM

Here was mine, coulda been bigger...shoulda been bigger...I screwed up and didn't open the darn book!

Animalkeeper · February 9, 2007 10:11AM

Wow! There's some cool homeruns!

Bought a 1912 $2 1/2 Indian as an AU55 back when gold was in the $300-$400 RANGE - I had no experience grading gold and the seller said no problem. Paid $139 for it. Slabbed it and it came back MS64. Still sitting on it as the gold market has kinda slumped. Retail is +$4000

Bought a 2006-W $10 Plat for $180 from the Mint. Slabbed it and it came back MS70. Still sitting on that one too - for right now. I'm not into the 70 thing....Retail is $1000.

lasvegasteddy · February 9, 2007 11:37AM

mine aren't too big to say the least but one goes as follows...
on the bay a 1923 peace pops up with a buy it now for $24.00 delivered noting that there is a die break on her jaw to neck in "ms" grade...it came and looks like a 61 with possible 62 whisker jaw top 50.
sad thing with it was..,
pqpeace on the boards here had requested a buy it now be placed on the auction then went to bed...:-O.
then while russ was sleepin i guess i scored an 64 proof set with a stunning ah half cameo which when off and back from grading should rest in at least 67 if not 68cam as i have pre-certified comparison examples and 68 isn't out of reason....oh the one grading example too is a ngc ah pr68cam for $150 delivered which brought a smile too
last is the 53' proof set at $200 delivered that has a really sweet cameo half resting in it-strong obv and rev contrasted...time to buy another 53 half as he's going on a journey into plastic land
as i say nothing big but hey i keep chugging

yellowjacket · February 9, 2007 12:10PM

Let me see...

1932-S Quarter Anacs 61 cracked out and came back PCGS 64. $235 to $2100 over 3 years.

1922 Plain Strong Reverse NGC 40 for $1400. Cracked it out and flipped it for $2400 as an AU.

25 1947 Red Lincolns from a $70 original roll graded 3 MS65, 21 MS66, 1 MS67. Also 5 Red 1954s from an original roll graded MS66. That paid for half of my daughter's wedding.

Right now I have a 14/13 5c overdate 58-62ish that I cherried for $75. I'm waiting for its return from the school.

Just to name very few...

Garrow

GoldenEyeNumismatics · February 9, 2007 12:16PM

I bought a bunch of 10 oz silver bars when silver was at about $6 an ounce... sold them when silver hit $14

Coxe · February 9, 2007 12:37PM

Bought a raw AU 1887 MOrgan for $22.50 at a local show. Sent it in the $50 service with VAM attribution to PCGS and it came back a week later in a holder that said VAM-1B AU53. Haven't sold it; so it's not yet a home run. But based on an offer I got for it, being the finest of about a half dozen known of 30+ years of looking for these, it is a paper homer.

The one full homer that does come to mind is a 1949-S Frankie I bought for $46 mail order in '95. It slabbed at 65FBL and sold for a lot more. I forget the price, but it was like 15X my cost or something.

tydye · February 9, 2007 12:44PM

About 8 years ago i was set up at the local market with a friend dumping part of my toy collection. A guy came up to my table and asked if I traded. I asked what he had and what he wanted to trade for. He was after Hot Wheels. He said he had an old silver dollar but that it was worth $2500. I did not believe him, but thought to myself maybe I could comvince him to just purchase the Hot Wheels as i had literally 1000s of them and they were taking up a lot of space. We made arrangement to meet later. He shows up (I never thought he would) and pulls out a 1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. And it was a perfect VF/XF. He wanted 2500 in trade for it. So i pack his truck up to the roof with 1000s of Hot Wheels and slip a 1795 Silver Dollar in my pocket. My best trade to date. I had about $500 into the Hot Wheels and still have the 1795 FH silver dollar which now resides in a PCGS VF-30 holder.

SUMORADA · February 9, 2007 1:03PM

BigE2 · February 9, 2007 1:10PM

Seems like I only hit HR's with Modern Mint stuff. 1995 Gold set w/ the W Silver Eagle and last years Plats and Silver Eagles.

FullStrike · February 9, 2007 3:39PM

<< <i> I bought a old Marble on ebay for $250.00

and sold it for $ 4500.00 >>

Lucky you. What are the odds of finding someone who lost their marble and are willing to outbid all to get it back?

Elcontador · February 9, 2007 4:19PM

Bought a 36 S Walker in 1968 at an auction. Bidding was fierce & I had to pay $35 for it. The coin was a lustrous Unc., but some of the luster was obscured by a yellowish layer of sulfur oxide. The coin sat in a 2 by 2 for 30 years.

A dealer said he could get rid of the sulfur compound on the coin by dipping it; said it would not damage the coin. He did just that & I sent it to PCGS & it came back in a 5 holder. A year later, I got curious. I lined up a number of other Walkers in PC 5 holders. Mine looked better so I sent it in for an in holder regrade. It came back in a 6 holder, where it is today.

lordmarcovan · February 9, 2007 4:37PM

Bought a PCI green label MS62 1904 $20. Paid about EF or melt money for it at the time- around 400 bucks.

Cracked it, submitted it to PCGS, came back MS64. Sold it for something between $1200 and 1300, as I recall, so I got about an $800-900 profit when I flipped it here. Cha-ching.

Watch some of those old PCI greens.

Second-best would be the choice-VF 1914-D cent I cherrypicked out of a bulk bag of Wheaties about two years ago. Still need to send that one off to PCGS. It's genuine, without a doubt. And has pretty nice surfaces, too. But I'll probably get more selling it slabbed.

clackamas · February 9, 2007 4:41PM

I bought a collection of 1800 1968 mint sets for just under $4K. Pulled out a Uniqued FS 68-D Jefferson ($15K), 2 FS 68-S Jeffersons(~$3K), an MS67RD 68-P($2.5K), 3 MS67RD 68-D's ($7.5K), 5 MS67RD 68-S's($4K), an MS67 Ken Half($2K), a Dozen MS67 68-P Washintons($2.5K), 14 MS67 68-D Washintons($2K), 2 MS67 68-S Jefferosn($1.5K), a two dozen MS66 68-D Jefffersons ($2K) and scores of $100 68-P MS66RD Lincolns($3K). The list continues - all in all well over a $35K haul.

Trime · February 9, 2007 10:50PM

Paid 25C for a 1901-S 25C VF in a roll of quarters ( years ago). Worth more then and now.

TwoSides2aCoin · February 9, 2007 11:03PM

I struck out in the first. The dealer was throwing curveballs and I kept swinging.

billboat · February 9, 2007 11:31PM

Raw 1903-O Barber Half from dealer for EF money ($225) kept it for about two years and decided to have it graded--came back MS63 (probably would sell for $1500+ today).

IRCWCoins · February 10, 2007 12:16AM

I bought a 1974-S Ike for $12.50 I sent it to NGC and it came back PF-69*UCAM. I sold it for $250. I bought a 1955 Mint Set for $20 and sold it to Braddick for $200. I bought a circulated 1899 Morgan out of a dealers junk bin for $12.00 and sold it for $125. I bought a 1853 A&R Quarter that a dealer had marked VF for $60, it came back EF-40 from PCGS and I sold it for $240.