Post your under $50.00 purchase...

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by jtlee321, Sep 4, 2016.

  1. jtlee321

    jtlee321 Well-Known Member

    There are a lot of collectors like me with tight budget's. Because of this, most of my purchases are for coins that I can buy for less than $50.00. Don't let the $50.00 mark keep you down, with some hunting and a little knowledge, you can make some great buys for less than $50.00. With that in mind, let's see where this thread can go and add to it as you make more picks. Maybe this will inspire other's like me with small budgets to get out there and find some great stuff. The $50.00 is the purchase price only, don't factor in shipping. The purchases can be old or new, from a B&M or internet sight, Pawn Shop or garage sale but they have to be something that YOU bought. So dig around and post them here.

    I'll start it off with my most recent arrival. I'll add more as the thread grow's, I have a lot...

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  3. TJ1952

    TJ1952 Well-Known Member

    Way under $50.00! $20.00 Last week at a flea market.

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  4. jtlee321

    jtlee321 Well-Known Member

    Sweet high grade 64!!
     
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  5. Santinidollar

    Santinidollar Supporter! Supporter

    $35, I believe.

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  6. Omegaraptor

    Omegaraptor Gobrecht/Longacre Enthusiast

    All right, here's four of mine... Are you ready?

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    Would you believe $20?

    I was at a coin show and asked a dealer for a cheap bust half. He found this 1836 and originally had it priced at $55, he lowered it all the way to $20 because I was a YN!
     
  7. jtlee321

    jtlee321 Well-Known Member

    Here's a raw purchase that I made.

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  9. Omegaraptor

    Omegaraptor Gobrecht/Longacre Enthusiast

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    Paid $22 for this one. Even though it's a problem coin, with a mintage of 161000 I like it. When I bought this from my LCS (surprised they even had one) I showed him the mintage for this coin and he jokingly said he had to change the price! When I paid him with a roll of small dollars, he said "How many billions of these?"

    It was a fun day at the LCS that day.
     
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  10. Santinidollar

    Santinidollar Supporter! Supporter

    I've tried to get dealers to give me a price break because I'm a YN, but that dog hasn't hunted yet.
     
  11. jtlee321

    jtlee321 Well-Known Member

    Nice Bust Half!!
     
  12. Omegaraptor

    Omegaraptor Gobrecht/Longacre Enthusiast

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    1852-O half dime. A mintage of 260000, but the real kicker is the PCGS survival estimate at only 200! For a coin this great, would you believe $36?
     
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  13. Omegaraptor

    Omegaraptor Gobrecht/Longacre Enthusiast

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    This last one was minted outside of the United States, but because it's Spanish, it could have circulated in Colonial America and been brought back to Spain. It's a 1738 half reale. It was only about $28 including shipping from Portugal!
     
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  14. jtlee321

    jtlee321 Well-Known Member

    Nice coins!! Keep them coming..

    That '38-D/D is a sweet one. The luster looks fantastic!!
     
  15. jtlee321

    jtlee321 Well-Known Member

    I need to add a Spanish Reale to my collection sometime. They are just too cool not to own one.
     
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  16. jtlee321

    jtlee321 Well-Known Member

    I scooped this one up for $48.00 just before my birthday at the local shop.

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  17. cpm9ball

    cpm9ball CANNOT RE-MEMBER

    This one cost me 68c........

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  19. Omegaraptor

    Omegaraptor Gobrecht/Longacre Enthusiast

  20. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

  21. stldanceartist

    stldanceartist Minister of Silly Walks

    This was the bestest $20 this collector ever spent at a LCS:

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