Bidding war mistakes......

It barely exists in MS-63. An AU is a 5 figure price coin, and $10 grand isn't even close. The one I purchased has a fully struck reverse which fairly unusual. That adds several thousand more to the price.

 

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Just checked/ a MS-64 sold for 154K and the "8" in 1855 was missing/ either bad dies/ or wear? I guess world coins are a bargain!!!!!!

 

There are two varieties. One variety never comes with a fully struck reverse.

Yes, world coins are a bargain when you consider the rarity, but the 1855-D Gold Dollar is a one year type if you are trying to collect a Dahlonega Mint type set. It is much rarer than the 1854-D Three Dollar Gold piece which has a lower mintage of 1,120. There are about 300 of those in all grades.

 

I have now taken part in several auctions and still have no regrets, hopefully that will still be be the case after next week's Jean Elsen & ses Fils auction.

 

I was worried that the Ayyubid Gold Dinar of Saladin that I won at the auction of The Coin Cabinet would be a coin for this thread since I won it for over 3 times its estimate + 20% "buyer's premium" + a fee for paying with PayPal + 25% VAT to customs in Croatia + 40 EUR or so fee to Croatia Post for handling the customs paperwork, but the coin arrived today and it is great, it looks much better in person than it does in the pictures, so even though I ended up paying much more for it than I planned to, I don't regret it at all.

 

Being "outbid" is almost ALWAYS a relief to me... I'm hardly tempted to go further than my initial top bid.

I can only count one or two I've bought that I've regretted later.
And those were less than $100 each.