Today I held in my hands...the most gorgeously stunning 1795 Liberty Cap Half Cent. :bow: I gasped when he brought it out to show me...there was only one flaw on her, someone lightly scratched a small H in the area beside her chin but that was it! The date stood out magnificantly and Liberty's face was flawless. The color of the planchet was a light chocolate brown, deep enough to show she has never been cleaned but not too dark to hide Liberty or the wreath. I was practically hyperventilating and my hands were trembling as I looked closer through my loope. The rim edges were still completely reeded, it was if no one had ever touched this coin. The wreath on the back was pristine...The words 'Half Cent' kept changing in my head to 'Buy Me!'...I wanted this coin like I have never wanted anything else before (I always tell myself this when looking at a coin I am lusting after btw ) but alas I set her back on the counter, took a step back and calmed down before I dropped the staggering 1500 bucks quick. He tells me that he doesn't care if anyone buys them...he keeps them locked away in the safe and only brings them out whenever someone asks about them. How do you do it? How do you drop 1500.00 for ONE single coin? I have never spent that much...but I am slowly saving today's nickels and dimes to afford the yesteryears I love so much...and I still am amazing that someone can spend that much for something so small. Anyone want to 'loan' this copper addicit the 1500.00 needed to get her fix??? :desk: :computer:
I would but there is going to be a lot of interest 50 percent cool a deal .Well you could go to a loan shark Jazzcoins Joe:whistle:
Hey, I don't blame you ! I know the feeling. I love those Liberty Cap 1/2c. If the coin with grafitti is worth $1500, then without grafitti it would be 5 times that, or more. That "one small flaw" is a huge, huge hit to the value.
I know exactly what you mean about coin lust. My unsolicited and friendly advice: Save your money for a flawless coin.
Easy - open wallet, pull out credit card, sign receipt. Payoff credit card monthly. Nothing complicated. It is easy if you can afford it.
I think you showed admirable restraint. Later, you might regret the purchase if the graffiti began to get under you skin (might). Well written post, btw!
I had a 1794 half-cent get away from me this past weekend so I know how you feel! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180300659862&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=008 I have a 1795 C-6a that is very worn and corroded but attributeable, and it's the only LCHC I have so far and I want to get one from every year to begin with, then finish off getting the complete series later, which will cost a fortune but I hope to someday be able to afford the expensive ones. You should have seen the 1794 LCC that slipped through my hands about a month ago: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270274332433&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017 I almost cried when my snipe was outsniped. If you ever need a shoulder to cry on, I'll volunteer but be prepared to have to share yours too. Ribbit
*gasps in horror* Geeze I would have been sobbing and screaming in rage if someone had stolen THAT one away...what a beauty! The 'H' scratched on her didn't really matter to me...I am a small timer right now and would pick up the 'not so nice' coins for the collection and upgrade them later. She was a stunner though...I came soooo close to saying screw it, stick it on the Mastercard. My restraint is that of a saint sometimes And Toad I will remember that for next time I willingly pass up a copper again :whistle:
BTW - the 1794 LCC is worth 15G or more so my little $1700.00 bid was a joke but it was all I could afford and if I had won it, I wouldn't have been able to buy much for several weeks but for that one, I was willing to suffer. I watched that for the full 10 days it was listed and it stayed below 200 Pounds until about 2 hours prior to closing and then it just kept going up until the last few seconds, when 3 peeps went after it, me and two others with higher snipes than me. Oh well! There's always another coin around the corner. Ribbit Ps: Peeps think I spend a lot of money on coins but I don't. :whistle:
Ugh I can't! I wish I could roll with the big guys when it comes to coins but I gotta say...I like to eat sometimes! Money is sooo tight lately that it makes this hobby almost seem insane...paying 1500 for a single CENT! The most I have ever spent was on my Liberty Cap...and I only spent like 200.00 on her and I was wincing handing that over. Ah well...next time eh?
The most I've ever spent on a single coin is just over $200 and I've done it a handful of times but they were all worth much more. Ribbit
Your chance will come again. I spent almost that much on my 09-S VDB Lincoln Cent and it didnt hurt much. I know when the time comes for any of us, we'll be spending much more than that for the coins we need to fill those holes, I know I will. I figure that before I leave this world I'm going to try my best to own a 1913 Liberty Head Nickel. My point is, somehow, if you want it bad enough you'll find a way.
Toad: That second one is beautiful! however, why are all of these in England? Are they the new China for replicas?
regrets..... 18 years ago a dealer by the name of Harold Cudahy (deceased) offered me a chocolate brown proof large cent for $1,000. It would have taken me half a year to pay him for it and I didn't buy it. It is 20 years later & I still regret that I didn't buy it. Please post a thread & let us know how you feel in 18 years. Very best regards, collect89
I know you know a heck of a lot more about these than I do but something about this one just doesn't look right to me. The color looks odd, the missing denticles at 3 o'clock, details of the hair, overall shape of the cap... That's just my very uneducated opinion. But I'm willing to be educated - what variety should I be comparing it to?
I was also concerned, although I couldn't find anything wrong with it, so I had Tom Deck look at it and he agreed it was authentic. When you get used to seeing worn corroded ones, a pristine MS state coin throws you for a whack and that one threw me. I fully attributed it and it matched up properly and I also went over and checked to see what I could find out of China and I couldn't match it up to anything, so I believe it is authentic but I guarantee you, had I won it, off to a TPG it would have gone. Something like that has to be properly authenticated and it has to be done immediately, so if it isn't, a refund can be initiated. Ribbit Ps: It's a S-22. :kewl: Pps: Check it against this one: http://www.largecents.net/husak/s22.jpg
There is a lot of US currency in the UK and Europe. Some of my better pieces have come from overseas, which includes my Kentucky Starry Pyramid Token, and considering the UK is Colonial US, guess where a lot of colonial coins are? Ribbit
