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The hunt continues: I missed out on a coin that I have been searching for for 3 years!
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While I will keep the specifics vague, as to not hype up the coin I am searching for, I was recently browsing a well-known dealers' online New Inventory.
This dealer is not well known for selling this type of coin, and my intent when browsing his list of NewP's was not focused towards this coin.
The moment I saw the coin in question I gasped. It took me totally by surprise that he would have "THE" coin I have been searching for for 3 years, and at a price 25% less than the only other example I saw in approximately the same grade. It's not by any means any expensive coin (less than $200), and only holds the contingency of a small collector base (as far as I know). BUT, the coin is rare, and to argue against it only could mean that you are hoarding this piece, or know someone else who is hoarding it.
My plan right now is to email this seller to see if, by chance, the coin was returned and I can buy it from him.
Therefore, let's hear about your long-hunted-for coins. This can be about you actually getting the coin, or about losing out like I just did
This dealer is not well known for selling this type of coin, and my intent when browsing his list of NewP's was not focused towards this coin.
The moment I saw the coin in question I gasped. It took me totally by surprise that he would have "THE" coin I have been searching for for 3 years, and at a price 25% less than the only other example I saw in approximately the same grade. It's not by any means any expensive coin (less than $200), and only holds the contingency of a small collector base (as far as I know). BUT, the coin is rare, and to argue against it only could mean that you are hoarding this piece, or know someone else who is hoarding it.
My plan right now is to email this seller to see if, by chance, the coin was returned and I can buy it from him.
Therefore, let's hear about your long-hunted-for coins. This can be about you actually getting the coin, or about losing out like I just did
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nowhere saw it on a web site, but it turned out to be sold. Small world.......
in my date set to save my life..........
I have searched auction archives going back 10 years and there were 3 of one of the coins I was looking for and 0 of the other 2.
So if anyone sees one of the 3 coins I am looking for please let me know.
P.S. I can't tell you what they are because I don't want to get the prices artificially inflated. So it will be quite difficult to contact me when you see it.
<< <i> I can't find a nice 1888 IHC in XF/AU that meets my criteria for eye appeal that doesn't go for moon money. I see a fair number of them in many other dates go for reasonable prices, but a nice '88 always goes for a LOT more than I'm willing to pay. >>
Define moon money. It seems as though this is just a tough one to find, and collectors are recognizing the difficulty in finding the quality that you, too, are after. Perhaps for this date, "reasonable" is just higher than for other dates.
<< <i> << I can't find a nice 1888 IHC in XF/AU that meets my criteria for eye appeal that doesn't go for moon money. I see a fair number of them in many other dates go for reasonable prices, but a nice '88 always goes for a LOT more than I'm willing to pay. >>
Define moon money. It seems as though this is just a tough one to find, and collectors are recognizing the difficulty in finding the quality that you, too, are after. Perhaps for this date, "reasonable" is just higher than for other dates. >>
You may be right. I'm getting close to sucking it up and paying for it. By "moon money" I mean about twice what I usually see the other 1887-93 dates selling for in similar condition (i.e. $50+ in nice XF and close to $100 in a nice AU). I keep thinking it's just a temporary blip, but it's looking more like it's not. I can't really account for why this date seems to be harder to find like this; the only plausible thought is that maybe it's sought and hoarded by Chinese for whom the number '8' is considered good luck.
Too bad, but I'm sure I will come across one eventually.
I'd looked and looked for a little lower grade one but when you found them they are for the most part not slabbed and frankly just too expensive for me to buy one hoping it would slab.
Then one day a dealer posted a beautiful example here that literally made my heart flutter. It's an AU53 which was higher grade than I had targeted due to my funds.
At any rate, I contacted the dealer and he was kind enough to allow me to make payments on it and now it is the center piece of my 1853 year set.
As much as it hurt to stretch for it, I'm thrilled I did.
<< <i>I've been on the hunt for an AUish 1822 Large Cent for a long time. Before I ever really thought about wanting one there was a nice PCGS AU55 on eBay. It was listed as a fixed price listing and was available for many weeks. I never pulled the trigger. That was some years ago and I've yet to see an affordable example since! >>
In my experience, that's a tough coin to find nice in ANY grade, much less AU. Good luck with that search!
"Therefore, let's hear about your long-hunted-for coins."
I've been on the hunt for an uncleaned seated dollar for my 7070 for almost 5 years now. I came close once, but TomB outbid me on the auction.
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<< <i>I've been on the hunt for an AUish 1822 Large Cent for a long time. >>
In my experience, that's a tough coin to find nice in ANY grade, much less AU. Good luck with that search! >>
I just picked one up in AGish condition last week. It and a VG 1817 large cent were among a handful of coins (1880-O Morgan, some '64 Kennedys, a 1906-D Barber dime, couple Liberty Head nickels, some wheaties, a couple IHCs, a couple other holed and plugged large cents, etc.) a guy wanted $40 for.
I hadn't ever owned a coin of any denomination from the year 1822 (or 1817), but (to provide some relevance to the original topic of this thread) I can't say that I'd been looking for one either.
<< <i>What is a "shooting star" die break on the SLQ? >>
A die crack at the star like this.