Bought for around a hundred, give or take 15.

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I don't get pizza from Papa Johns or Pizza Hut. I only eat the good stuff. "Less than 4 pizzas".

The flip it's in cracked me up, but I've seen a lot more shameless attempts. There's stuff out there in XF condition being pimped as gem DMPL.

 

I may be cheating a bit but picked these up from my LCS earlier today. Paid right at spot ($23 each) for the silvers, $92, and $14 for a '73 mint set that I pulled the top two from. The silvers are whiter in hand than in the photos.

 

Well I had to go back to 2025 to contribute to this thread.

Would chalk this up more so to the idea that even a broken clock is right twice a day, (i.e... I'm always buying) Admittedly not that exciting but someone who might come back to this thread in 10 to 20 years (or more) might find it interesting.

Presumably my last proof ASE purchased from the US Mint in the thread's price range. $105



Another tidbit along these lines. A 2 oz cast-poured, 9-Fine mint round purchased from Apmex Aug. 28, 2025 (10 months ago) for the sum of $92.09 with free shipping.
Silver has crashed recently and so they are asking $163 for one of these this morning. But mine can make the thread.

 

I'd much rather have an Eagle than a round, they are pleasing to look at. However, I like the old reverse a lot better than the new one.

 

BTW, I have this coin in hand now. The photos don't really do it justice. While it's got some bag marks, it has blistering luster. Hopefully that will help with the grade.

 

Don't think I've posted this one yet? Paid less than $80 at auction last month. 1889P, was hoping for a different VAM but it turns out it is VAM43A. Not a hit lister but still considered a R5, which is scarcer than most.

 

My all in cost of $93 dollars was for this ANACS soapbox. (Shipping was additional)

PS coin has been turned but my phone is dead. Can borrow wif'es phone if necessary. James

 

@Eduard . WOW, 38-O half dimes are a rare, rare coin. Well done. James

 

Purchased this one back a couple of months ago, won at auction for $90. 1880-O, VAM21 HOT 50 list. Might have posted already in new acquistions Just confirmed the VAM under my scope. Hopefully it won't get details.

 

@Eduard did well on all of those coins. The 1892-S Barber half is also a stunning bargain.

 

Thank you, James. I can't complain - I've just been very lucky I guess. But, I am always on the lookout.

This is one I forgot to post. I don't remember how much I paid for it, but it certainly was below $60.

 

Bargains happen. This MS63 Pan Pac is waiting for the "under $200" thread to start up.

 

This was last year's bargain. An XF45 price for an ANACS AU55 that has since been upgraded to CACG AU58. Phil does a very nice job photographing this coin.


This is this year's bargain so far. An eBay BIN ($160) that I believe is worth twice the BIN price. I smashed the BIN button for this one. It's currently at CACG being graded.


Lately, I've been getting hammered paying nearly twice retail for PCGS CAC coins at GC, and a rather disappointing 1878-CC in PCGS VG8 from Stacks that shows signs of polishing. Hopefully some cheapo low-grade coins to fill registry slots will grade OK at CACG to stop the bleeding.

Not quite as crusty as it looks here.

 

If you excercise enough patience and caution, there are plenty of deals to be had on the fleaBay.

 

Agreed. Here's another bargain coin won at auction that recently sold for four times more than what I paid for it.

PCGS XF45


And another worth five times more than my winning bid over a decade ago, though 1876-CC halves have been hot since I won the coin in an eBay auction.

PCGS XF40

 

Both nice coins, but I'm jealous. I need that particular Morgan.