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Re: What is your biggest blind luck score ??
I thought, and thought....and can't come up with any "blind luck" scores. Either I'm just not lucky, or under the theory that you make your own luck, I'm not working hard enough. But the one "score" I'm most proud of was a raw 1896-O Morgan, graded XF-40 by the seller, that I sent in to ANACS for grading just KNOWING it… -
Re: What is your biggest blind luck score ??
In the 70's and 80's I collected double mint sets 1948 - 1963 for gorgeous toned sets and high grade Franklins. I amassed almost 200 sets. During that time I also collected Full Step nickels (yes, a few folks did collect them way back when even before slabs existed). In 1978 at a coin show at the Albany Polish Community… -
What is your biggest blind luck score ??
When I was a kid (in Kansas) and collecting with my dad, he was working on highway projects for which he would drive around the eastern & central parts of the state. This was pre-interstate highways and pre-air-conditioning. He would look for places in the small towns where older men would get together to talk and waste… -
Re: What is your biggest blind luck score ??
Years back I had a really beautiful bullseye rainbow toned 1878-cc Seated Lib Quarter in a PCGS-58 holder. It's the only coin I ever cracked out of a holder, not to mention 2 times, and the only coin I ever submitted for grading 3 times. I sent it to NGC for crossover & it came back still as AU58. I cracked it out the day… -
Re: What is your biggest blind luck score ??
Bought a toned PCGS VF30 1903-S Morgan dollar with marginal photos on eBay two years ago for Greysheet Bid. It turned out to be a micro-S that I hadn't noticed because of the toning. I decided to do a regrading when I sent it in for attribution. Now it's in a VF35 holder. -
Re: What is your biggest blind luck score ??
Spotted a certified toned silver dollar from a distance in a dealer's case at the 1997 A.N.A. summer convention and had to have a closer look. Bought it for GS ask, and it became the highest graded of the die variety at the time. Easily forwarded today at 20X cost basis. -
Re: What is your biggest blind luck score ??
My biggest score was buying a tube of 1/10 oz gold Eagles in 1988 plus a half tube of 1 ounce. Gold was relatively low and the 88 1/10's turned out to be a lower mintage year. I sold them in 2005 or 2006, don't remember. I kept one of the tenth ounce in my wallet for years. I recently sent it in to PCGS; came back as a 67. -
Re: What is your biggest blind luck score ??
<< <i>Finding an 8 Escudo (Gold Coin) in a 117 pound batch of world coins I bought as part of a larger hoard. >> That's amazing. -
Re: What is your biggest blind luck score ??
From a bulk lot of Wheaties. (The cents, that is, not the cereal.)
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