Here is the challenge. Post photos of really pretty coins that meet the following criteria: Uncirculated or proof PCGS/NGC certified PCGS/NGC list price equal to or less than $20. Pre-1980 (a bit arbitrary, but helps balance the pre and post 1965 coinage). This is pretty tough. Let's see if we can keep a thread going.
Here is my first qualifying coin. 1964 Proof Roosie in NGC MS67. NGC list price is $20 on the nose; PCGS list price is $11. I don't think I have any other qualifying coins in my collection at the moment!
I got a really nice toned 1946 dime graded by PCGS. I will try to take some good photos of it for this thread
In 1944 the U.S. Mint produced 25,000,000 Belgium 2 franc coins -- using the same zinc-coated steel planchet as the 1943 U.S. steel cent. Worth maybe $5 in uncirculated condition: http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=7831&main_ss_id=407630&main_ww_id=270 My coin is definitely NOT the rare & valuable error version, which was mistakenly struck on silver planchets intended for the Dutch 25 cent coin.
Here's a bad photo of the coin I was talking about earlier, I decided to use the somewhat blurry photo I took when I first bought the coin. Many people probably think that it is ugly but I like it Graded by PCGS at MS-65FB, I paid $8 at a flea market. For the same price she had a some more similar ones, all in the same grade with nice toning. I regret not buying them, at $8 they were less than what it probably costed just for the grading alone.
One of my "LIBIERTY" die-break coins. PCGS says this MS64RD coin is worth... $1. I have a 1955 D "LIBIERTY" as well, but that one is worth big money. $8. Same MS64RD, but this one is prettier.
Why is the same common coin in the same common grade with a different common date worth BIG $$$ compared to this one? Or were you just being sarcastic??
