Most expensive coin you have ever purchased

It is a cool coin, thanks!

 

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I'll bet you do!

Thou shalt not sell THAT coin.

Unless you're selling it to buy the one that our smoking buddy owns

 

He wants 200K for his 68... too rich for my blood !!

 

The most "expensive" coin I ever pruchased was this one:





I made some stupid bidding decisions which cost me about $300.
For those who don;t know, this is a 1972 Type 2 Eisenhower Dollar which in MS65 has a value of $2500 to $3000. I was (and still am) convinced that it was a least an MS65. As a matter of fact, my initial reaction to the auction was that the seller had photoshopped out the "S" mintmark.
After I received the coin, I still felt convinced it was an MS65 as the fields were extremely nice. The luster had all the presentation of a silver business strike and if this coin had been a silver business strike, it would have graded MS66 easily. There was a disruption above the date though. Its a true bag mark that is really, just not that prominent.

I sent the coin fro grading.

Came back an MS64

Cracked it out and sent it in again

Came back an MS64

Sent it in for regrading.

Came back an MS64

When PCGS came up with their "+" grades, I sent it in and it came back an MS64+



By then I was done with it and eventually sold it for around $650 but given the initial $750 auction price (yes...dumb) and all the grading fee's, it has proven to be my most expensive coin in both money lost and wisdom gained.

 

You could likely get a circ 94-S Dime for that...

 

No... I want the SP64 I saw on PCGS's web site. Not the Ice Cream Dime !!
I'm about 2Mill short to buy it...lol

 

I don't collect ancients but am really bowled over by this captivating coin! Thanks for posting.

 

The most expensive coin I ever had cost me $400,000. I flipped it in the air, "Heads we get a divorce, tails we don't!". I don't think I have to tell you which side was up.

Chris

 

nice lol
Always good for a laugh Chris

 

lmao you flipped a 400k coin? i would say that is a no no lol

 

$1,000 chip at the Mirage in Vegas.

 

Holy moly that is a beauty.
I was wondering how deep into this thread I would have to get before I saw a commemorative.
Here is my addition. $4k

 

Newbie here.

6.50 for this one. Just slightly under melt value.

 

Here's my newest most expensive that breaks the old record of $1,200. This is my 1924 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle in PCGS MS-64, it came in at $1,860.

 

The most valuable coin I ever bought was really the cheapest. I knew an old gentleman once who randomly collected coins and had no interest in their value or their age. He just liked old coins; new coins; any coin that caught his fancy...and he liked to trade. Well, one day I was showing him some of my coins and was looking at his. He said he would like to trade for a BU 1963 Lincoln that I had and he said I could have that 1877 Indian that I had looked at and had mentioned thatI really liked it. I told him that his coin was very rare and valuable ....he said he didn't care about that. So we made the trade. I received an 1877 VG-8 Indian Head Cent for a 1963 BU Lincoln Cent. He was happy and you know I was happy ! }

Alan

 

Now there expensive but back in the 1950 my uncle gave a few Bu roll of Morgan dollars.one roll 1878 7/8. back then they were just trying to keep me for being:devil: .

 

Those divorce coins are really expensive. I'm trying to keep one out of my collection.

 

$3,000 for this Regensburg (Germany) Taler. Has a mintage of 399 pieces, and is graded PCGS AU53.

 

wow- cool coin

 

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