Best deal you've ever been offered....

First, a question. Which is the rare one?

This 20G Dutch banknote from 1955...



Or this 25G Dutch banknote from 1955.....



Let's just say I found the rare one at a paper money convention in NYC ages ago for $40, which is what the common one is worth.

I sold it to a friend in the Netherlands for $400, even though it is worth $800.

Who knows which note is the rare one? Besides me...

 

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connor:
Interesting story, but.....


There were no slabs in the 1970's therefore the term raw was never used.

 

That is correct it's in the SDB I joined ICG back when they first opened for the free submission offer of a few coins Gold or Silver but never renewed it,I think it was late 90s or early 2000,I mistakenly called the grading co PCGS ,sorry,I think PCGS is a stricted grader.

 

Hi Treashunt .... bought the coin in the 70s ,I said if you read the post again that " I bought it & submitted it to ICG (20 years later)& it comes back MS-50,just one of the good deals way back then ." All my coins were raw back in the 70s,ANACS would give you a grading on paper & a picture back then but never did it also mistakenly called the slab a PCGS but it is an ICG ,corrected that .When ICG first open I joined & got a few graded silver & Gold coins but didn't keep my subscription renewal,not because of the service it was fast grading & quick returns plus discounted slabs when you first joined the new Grading Co.

 

No old grade from at the time a new Grading co ICG,think they opened in the late 90s or early 2000s .

 

No,I wish it was a MS 60 ! I''m happy with the MS-50 !

 

I stand corrected :rolling:

 

I couldn't find anything on either notes' rarity. You've piqued my interest. Which one is it and why is it rare?

 

Early last year -- An 1820 British 5 Shillings Piece in F for $1.
Back when gold was $300/oz, a Bahamian 50 gold coin, slabbed, for $47.

The best deal I couldn't execute due to lack of cash was a 1995 Silver and Gold Eagle set for $2200. The $1 coin was likely a cull at PF65-66.

 

Best deal?

Believe it or not this is a true story. About 15 years ago I purchased 3 rolls of UNC Lincoln cents, 1937-S, 1938-S and 1939-S. 2 years ago I dug them out and took a good look with my new microscope. Half of the 1938-S original, full red, UNC cents were S/S/S, RPM #2 -- FS# 016.5 ... If that wasn't enough about half of the 1939-S were RPM#2... Lately I have spent several weeks studying the 1937-S cents from the same purchased lot. Many of them are RPMs also, though I'm not sure that they are bold enough to be listed. One of the '37s that I am now studying, besides the slight RPM, looks like like it has a mint mark to the N.E. almost completely seperated from the main mark. OMG, you look like you are turning green.

 

Best offer was these coins:

Kennedy 1964 PR Accent Hair FS-103 PR64
Kennedy 1966 SMS FS-102 MS66
Kennedy 1969-D MS66
Kennedy 1972 MS DDO FS-101 Raw, est. XF or AU
Kennedy 1967 MS66 Non-SMS Business Strike
Kennedy 1970-D MS66

for my MS63 1972-D No FG Kennedy.

 

This wasn't an offered deal either but my best deal came out of a bag of "no date" buffalo nickels. Got a 1913-S type 2 in AG-3 (not great condition but good enough for me). Got it for twenty cents.

 

I got one of those also from a no-date bag. I had to acid date it first though...

 

I was offered a $500 star note for $800.00 in Fine+ condition. I got it for $700 cash and $80 in trade. Sold it 5 days later for $2,000. I was very happy with that deal!

 

Judging from the price its the 20 gulden one.

The 20 gulden one is worth 1250 euro in UNC
The 25 gulden one is worth 200 euro in UNC (its the rarer kind with 1 number 2 letters and 6 number, if it had 3 letters and 6 numbers its worth 125 euro in UNC)

 

I have gotten a free obsolete bank note, two off-center pennies free, and a 100 trillion dollar bill all from a local dealer free. The same dealer gave me a couple of the old album pages that have the plastic slides for free because I did not sell them at auction. A friend gave me some free foreign coins with American tokens and another friend gave me a free Euro. You can never argue with FREE!

 

a lady at the gas station sold me 13 pre 1965 quarters for $25. I told her they were worth more but she just wanted to get rid of them

 

An error note I just bought today after nearly a year of making different offers.
I finally hit the magic number.

RickieB

 

Really Happened

The best deal I ever got was an unexpected one. I stop into a local pawn shop every week or two and chit chat with the broker there. He knows my interest is in coins and he can usually sell me something. Today he grabbed what turned out to be 106 wheat cents, loose in a baggie...transferred from an old can, the coins still had dirt on them. He was asking $25 for the bunch. I poured out and looked at them noticing most of them were teens and twenties...I figured I couldnt go wrong as I noticed a 1911S , 22D and a 24D. So I paid the man and went home to look over what I had just bought. To my surprise I also had two 1909 S VDB's both grading in at VG/F....am in shock!

 

leave now or i'll call the cops was the best deal i've gotten...