Buying a high value raw coin on eBay? (1943 Ireland Florin)

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by catbox_9, Mar 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM.

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  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    A gamble, for sure, and it would’ve been too big an acceptable risk for me personally, but if you get lucky and it pays off, then… wow.

    I lay your odds at less than 50% on a gut check, but I’ll cross my fingers for you nonetheless. Please let us know the outcome!
     
    lordmarcovan, Mar 11, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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  3. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    Ha- my 1943 halfcrown was also a F15 slab crackout, though mine was cracked out of one of those really early PCI slabs with the photocertificate in it. I guess the slab was late 1980s or very early 1990s vintage while I bought it around 2003 or 2004, which was when I “completed” the Irish predecimal series (minus the ‘43 florin). The Dansco albums weren’t quite as hard to find back then. I did pretty well when I sold the collection in the three albums.
     
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    lordmarcovan, Mar 11, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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  4. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    This is the only Irish coin I own now.

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    lordmarcovan, Mar 11, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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  5. catbox_9

    catbox_9 Member

    You are a lot more optimistic than me. I was 20% when I bought it but the more I think about it I'd put my odds at 5% so in retrospect I probably made the wrong decision here as the cost of doing this is probably only worth it with odds of 10% or higher.

    Normally I would never dream of buying a coin like this raw, but finding it in any condition graded or raw is all but impossible. I'm not sure what I would pay if one ever came up on HA, but apparently it's at least $4000 but realistically I'm not sure it's possible to get one for under $10K.
     
    catbox_9, Mar 11, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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  6. catbox_9

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    That's a nice coin. I don't have any of the proof milled coins. I have the 1928 proof set and had that graded but I probably need to replace most of them as the grades were all pretty mediocre.
     
    catbox_9, Mar 11, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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