I went nuts on a coin!

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Barberian
Barberian Posts: 4,643 ✭✭✭✭✭
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When I think about how much I "overpaid" for this coin, I get bummed.

But when I look at it, I can't believe I own such a beautiful two-tone, circ cameo 1851 SLH!

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  • tychojoe
    tychojoe Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭
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    Say, that is a good look! Congratulations!

    That's the kind of circulated silver color I love.
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  • AnkurJ
    AnkurJ Posts: 11,375 ✭✭✭✭
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    If you love it...it doesnt matter!
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  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,217 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    If you think you overpaid, imagine how the underbidder feels. He/she are probably kicking themself.

    Nice ! Great score, too. It's better to step up to the plate than to cheer from the stands.
  • kryptonitecomics
    kryptonitecomics Posts: 9,185 ✭
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    Don't look at it as over paying....look at it as paying strong money for a great looking coin. I own a seated dollar with a similar look and I paid considerably more than guide but......guides usually reflect average prices for average coins......they do not provide prices for coins with super original eye appealing surfaces so.....did you really overpay? image
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  • CoinAuctionsHelp
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    I like it also, and I bet I wasted more money on something I don't have anymore than what you paid for this coin.
  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,217 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • amiller
    amiller Posts: 893
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    I'd overpay for a looker like that!

    Don't feel bad, buy what you enjoy.

    Aaron
  • Crackout
    Crackout Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nothing wrong with that one!

    I love the reverse.





    ...bump for a thread about coins....
  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    If you are happy with it... it was worth it.... Done deal. Cheers, RickO
  • eyoung429
    eyoung429 Posts: 6,374 ✭
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    Very nice looking seated!!!! Congrats!!
    This is a very dumb ass thread. - Laura Sperber - Tuesday January 09, 2007 11:16 AM image

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  • lathmach
    lathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
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    Among the rarest Seated Halves. Congratulations.

    Ray
  • originalisbest
    originalisbest Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭✭
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    Nice one to go nuts over -- really nice!!
  • joecopper
    joecopper Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭
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    On most of my nicer coins, I think I overpaid when I bought them.
  • RYK
    RYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I know nothing of its scarcity, but it appears to be a choice, mid-grade example of it.
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  • TomB
    TomB Posts: 23,191 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It's stunning.
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  • JamminJ
    JamminJ Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭
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    Lovely!
  • dizzyfoxx
    dizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
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    I REALLY like the look of that coin. It just "screams" originality.image
    image...There's always time for coin collecting. image
  • rec78
    rec78 Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Very scarce date-nice coin. I would say that you did not overpay for it, as 1851 is a very tough date. Even if you did overpay, at least you have it. A lot of times these days if you don't overpay for great coins - you don't get them.
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  • Barberian
    Barberian Posts: 4,643 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'd say that current retail value for a 1851 in VF35 is about $1500. I paid about $350 more than that. Looking back through the HA archives to see just how much I overspent, the only other price close to what I paid for this coin was $200 less 4 years ago. Turned out it was the SAME COIN. That was somewhat comforting. Someone else thought it was special too (besides the underbidder and myself).
  • BECOKA
    BECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
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    A very appealing example for the grade.
  • coolest
    coolest Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
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    I think "nuts" is an exaggeration.
    Where can you find a coin like that for grey sheet bid? It just will never happen.
    At the last long beach show I found the 1852 half-$ that I have been looking for for many years and I think I paid almost double grey sheet.
    I guess you would call me insane but we will not know until I try to sell it some time in the future.
  • tombr
    tombr Posts: 863 ✭✭
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    That is a beautiful coin. image
  • commoncents123
    commoncents123 Posts: 2,648 ✭
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    I'm the same way with Bust quarters and halves...if I see a circ cam, I gotta have it no matter what
  • COALPORTER
    COALPORTER Posts: 2,900 ✭✭
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    Quote OP, "Turned out it was the SAME COIN" !imageimage

    Did you look at the pop report? They have only slabbed TWO coins in that grade. So you now have 50% of all the slabbed VF35 1851s the world. image

    It's hard to say you paid too much .
  • coolest
    coolest Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
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    << <i>Nothing wrong with that one!

    I love the reverse. >>



    I agree, but I'm wondering if the white balance was not better on the reverse photo/scan?
  • oreville
    oreville Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I rarely say this about a female on a coin such as this one but this is a very handsome coin.

    I like it very much.

    Overpay?

    Whats an extra couple of hundred bucks or so? Just skip the movies with your wife or friend just 10 times in the next three years and you are just fine.
    A Collectors Universe poster since 1997!
  • InYHWHWeTrust
    InYHWHWeTrust Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭
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    Rick,
    That is one lovely coin!

    Don
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  • thisnamztaken
    thisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It definitely has "the look" we all like on circ. coins. image
    I never thought that growing old would happen so fast.
    - Jim
  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That's got "The Look". Nice coin!

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • MFH
    MFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭
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    Great looking coin.

    If you intend on not selling it for awhile,
    then I doubt you overpaid for it.

    Most of my coins were bought for
    more than the "current" amount but
    have since appreciated nicely over the years.

    Mike Hayes
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    Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !

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