Thread: New Fractional

I have been hoping to pick up a Specimen for some time (a couple years). I periodically look at the auctions on ebay and watch the prices on those I am interested in. This beauty came up last week along with a couple others from the same seller. The one I missed out on was a 2nd issue wide margin five cent removed from a shield. It graded AU and was noted as glue residue. The wide margin notes are harder to find at a decent price. I really went after this note just because of condition and centering really caught my eye. I won this by $3 with 3 seconds to go. The other late bidder doesn't know how close they came to winning. The price doubled with those last two bids but I feel I still picked it up at a very reasonable price. Hope you like it!

Any guesses on how this graded?

Great looking fractional Darryl.
I do not see any folds, and it looks bright and well centered. My guess would be Choice uncirculated (64 or 65) with a PQ notation.
Congratulations on your recent find.

Thanks Steve! You nailed it ~ 64 star ppq

Wow, what a fantastic find, especially in that grade! Congrats on the new note and thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by USS656

Thanks Steve! You nailed it ~ 64 star ppq

You da man Steve, good eyes! That's a beautiful note Darryl, these don't come up too often in this type of grade.

Thank you, usually when I have seen them this nice in the past, they have been buy it now type auctions with a hefty price tag. I am really excited about this addition. It's been a while since I bought something nice currency related yet it was worth the wait.

Great specimen, Darryl! And an excellent price, relative to similar buy it now items.

Nice one.
I'm sure you'll enjoy that for along time.

Thank You

They book at, what, like $150 for the specimens?

I shopped them at the WFoM and the cheapest I found in the grade was $400. If you know where you can get them in that grade for that price you let me know!

$400?!?!? Wow, I was way off on my price estimate for them. I think I used an older price guide I had laying around to come up with that figure. Better just toss that one in the trash!

I know where you can get one in the same grade for around half of that