Your Best Cherry Picking Find Ever?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by JCB1983, Aug 3, 2012.

  1. gbroke

    gbroke Naturally Toned

    Thank you 19Lyds! very interesting and what an amazing cherry pick.
     
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  3. sirouseman

    sirouseman New Member

    Compared to all of your incredible cherry-picking finds, mine is going to sound so amateur! :eek: Found a Lincoln Wheat 1911S in VG+/F condition from a 600+ ct LOT of pre-40's pennies. Purchased all in total for somewhere between $46-60, so figured the 1911S to be a lucky, and quite random find that day, not to mention there were also a bunch of VDB's, indian heads, and AU's in the 30's, so this was pretty much 'a free lunch!' :p
     
  4. FE21

    FE21 Member

    I found an 1803 large cent in a dealers junk box for $6. Now that​ is a good story (anyone want me to elaborate? Anyone?)!
     
  5. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    You're buying your quarters in the wrong places!
     
  6. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    Go for it!
     
  7. SPP Ottawa

    SPP Ottawa Numismatist

    Picked this cherry out of a junk bin this past weekend. This is a F over E in the legend (Gr-703e), Jack Griffin called this coin a "rare variety" and assigned it R8. Coin dealers typically sell this coin for $600 to $800. I paid $2 for this one.

    It is described on page 105 of this monograph: http://www.charltonpress.com/NumismaticsBook.asp?v_ISBN=088968-313-1


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  8. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    SPP:
    Great find
     
  9. jello

    jello Not Expert★NormL®

    Nice one SPP!!!
    Now if grades problem free! a very well spent $2.00!!!!
    :thumb:
     
  10. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    Nice find SPP.
     
  11. sonlarson

    sonlarson World Silver Collector

    I haven't found anything exotic, but I am proud of this one. Found it at hole in the wall "we buy silver and gold" shop. The owner had it priced at $180. I gave him $100 cash to hold while I went to the bank for the rest.

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  12. FE21

    FE21 Member

    I was searching through a dealers GIANT junk box (probably several thousand coins), when I came across a very well worn large cent. The dealer had marked it "1833" (the date is barely legible), but I knew it was one of the early types I never paid attention to in my Redbook. So, I picked her up. When I compared the type with the one in my Redbook, it fitted the Draped Bust Cent picture! I used very many different types of lighting to make out an "1803". What I think happened (by forensic analysis of the writing on the 2x2 I bought it in) was dealer 1 saw the type, but couldn't make out the date, so he marked it "18--". Dealer 2 thought he saw the date, but didn't pay attention to the type, and thus crossed out dealer 1's and wrote "1833". I would like to know the die variety, but it's so worn... :cool:
     
  13. Leadfoot

    Leadfoot there is no spoon

    I've told this story on this forum many times...

    I bought this coin, raw, for about $200 on eBay.

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    It now resides in a PCGS 65 slab.

    You do the math. ;)
     
  14. costello

    costello Member

    I apologize that this is a little off topic, but I don't want to start a new thread and I bet most of you know the answer. Which Cherry Picker's Guide covers quarters?

    Thanks.
     
  15. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Volume II.
     
  16. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    Leadfoot:

    Nice pickup!
     
  17. riff

    riff I ain't got time to bleed

  18. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    Hang on -- is that MS or PR?
     
  19. Leadfoot

    Leadfoot there is no spoon

    It is a prooflike MS coin.

    FWIW, when I first saw the coin, I thought it was a proof as well.
     
  20. Islander80-83

    Islander80-83 Well-Known Member

    Time to resurrect this thread. Let's play! Paid $5 for a roll of random wheat's last year. Pulled this out.

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  21. Numiser

    Numiser Well-Known Member

    My wife.
     
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