I wish I knew! Last time I looked was almost ten years ago, and then again this past year. I suppose I should be selling rather than buying. Look at the difference eye appeal makes. Or lack thereof..
Notify the U S Mint that you found some coins that are a couple dollars more than theirs @Marsden Thanks for sharing.
Lucky for me I'm not particularly into rarities. So I can be happy with a "common" beauty. J/K, that's not mine either. Yet.
I think Barber Halves look pretty nice in original Fine. Deceptively difficult set. As are the Barber Dimes. 1904-S is a big condition rarity.
Although I try never to buy grades, I can't help but notice that you can have the 67+ or for the same money you can have the 67 plus one of these.
They did, but a lot of prices have recovered to one extent or another since the pandemic and the current inflation.
That Micro O is a tough one. I saw one, unattributed, on eBay about ten years ago, I bid it up to about $1,000 then - which was the price of a G-04. I still lost to someone else. I should have gone higher
For a variety with fewer than 100 known pieces all released into circulation it’s kind of crazy there’s a PC 68 and a 67 known.
Not really. Most of the Mint State coins we have today were saved by dealers and collectors. They plucked them from circulation before they got any wear and got them from a bank. The Philadelphia Mint also supplied coins to people over counter, I believe at face value for coins that were no Proofs. If you go back 100 years, coin collectors and dealers had two basic grades, circulated and Mint State. It took some time to establish the circulated grades we use today like Fine, VF and EF. There was no huge make for exceptional coins in MS-67 or 68. They might have been called “Gem Uncirculated” and brought a modest premium, but it’s only been over the last 50 years that people have go ga-ga with the prices paid for very high grade material. Therefore, out of saved population, a Gem coin would be unusual, but not impossible.
OMFG you're right, and for sale simultaneously too. Chicanery at this price point even? Or is there some other explanation https://www.ebay.com/itm/204237940937 https://www.ebay.com/itm/185758316680 Very reputable seller, nothing in listing to clarify the matter. Ideas? Are they offering a choice of slabs?!
I would guess it is an administrative error. Assuming it is currently in the PCGS holder… if someone bought and paid for it via the NGC 67 listing, I wouldn’t envy the seller in having to explain: “You can still buy the coin, it’s just half a point lower in a different holder and costs $10k more.”
