worth 90? (fugio)

Hyperion · December 29, 2011 1:37AM

this went off on ebay at 90....

clear date, nice rev at least

opinions?

RYK · December 29, 2011 1:43AM

I would have passed.

MidLifeCrisis · December 29, 2011 1:47AM

<< I would have passed. >>

Ditto

lordmarcovan · December 29, 2011 1:54AM

Better lookin' than the heavily corroded holey example I have (or had), but I only paid $30-something for mine.

Hyperion · December 29, 2011 2:05AM

<< Better lookin' than the heavily corroded holey example I have (or had), but I only paid $30-something for mine. >>

$30 fugio?

Pistareen · December 29, 2011 2:18AM

It's worth $90, even if it's not a beauty contest winner. In fact, it was a pretty good buy at that.

messydesk · December 29, 2011 2:21AM

Ugly being in the eye of the beholder, there are a few Fugios that I think are uglier than the subject coin on Heritage that sold for more (just a little). While this one is heavily pitted, it doesn't have other nasty problems, like hacked rims, an orange glow peeking through brown shoe polish, a greenish-black scaly crust, being bent, and a nasty scratch. While I would have passed on this coin as well (unless I saw that it was a rare variety), someone looking for a Fugio under $100 isn't going to find anything nicer than that.

lordmarcovan · December 29, 2011 10:58PM

<< $30 fugio? >>

Yeah, I bought it from dthigpen. I'd have to excavate in my PM history to see how much. $30...ish. $40, tops, if I remember correctly.

Like the coin in the OP, mine ain't no beauty contest winner. In fact, it's worse than the one in the OP. But for the price, I thought it a suitable ornament for the Holey Coin Vest, since it IS a Fugio, and identifiable as such. A "nice" addition to my cullection.

As a detectorist who's dug coppers of this era, it is plain to me that this piece spent a good long time in the ground.

ColonialCoinUnion · December 29, 2011 11:04PM

The piece cited by the OP looks like a $100 version to me.

MWallace · December 29, 2011 11:07PM

<< $30 fugio? >>

I have one in the approximate condition as lordmarcovan's that was struck off center. I paid $28 for in the 80's.

lordmarcovan · December 29, 2011 11:30PM

Frank, did you buy the coin in the OP?

I'd have to say, with the clear date, as you pointed out, not to mention the readable legend, I'd say $90-100 is not outta the question for that, IMHO. It's a low-end example, for sure, but it has some positive attributes for a "budget" example. Obviously, it's a good bit better than my $30-ish holey. Is it worth three times as much? Hm. Maybe. Probably.

ambro51 · December 30, 2011 12:10AM

As a generic piece it does nothing at all for me...and I have a high level of acceptance with colonials. Id need to peg that as an R4-R6 variety to enjoy it.

sumnom · December 30, 2011 6:14AM

I would consider it.

Hyperion · December 30, 2011 6:32AM

<< Frank, did you buy the coin in the OP?

I'd have to say, with the clear date, as you pointed out, not to mention the readable legend, I'd say $90-100 is not outta the question for that, IMHO. It's a low-end example, for sure, but it has some positive attributes for a "budget" example. Obviously, it's a good bit better than my $30-ish holey. Is it worth three times as much? Hm. Maybe. Probably. >>

nope, I was an under-bidder

but as I related it was just an impulse bid I didn't want to go deeply on.

worth 90? (fugio)

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