Whats the most you have paid for a coin

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Atlas37, Dec 29, 2017.

  1. charlietig

    charlietig Well-Known Member

    No question at all Sam. The ---> :wideyed: is for the amount you paid to get it. Ching ching $$
     
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  3. wxcoin

    wxcoin Getting no respect since I was a baby

    I wouldn't reveal what I paid either. For me to own a coin like that it would have to be a steal!:)
     
  4. Omegaraptor

    Omegaraptor Gobrecht/Longacre Enthusiast

    You have evidence so I have no reason not to believe you. I am surprised at how much $$$ was paid, but it must have been an amazing coin to own.
     
  5. ilmcoins

    ilmcoins Well-Known Member

    Is it the one at the link below that sold in March 1981 for $625k from the Garrett Collection? Did you mix up your dates and prices or is this a different coin?

    Check out this 1787 $15 Brasher, Breast Punch on PCGS CoinFacts!
    https://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/coin/detail/488
     
  6. TheFinn

    TheFinn Well-Known Member

    Pics don't show the true color. PCGS hasn't seen the colors that these come in as seen in auctions. Very nice coin that I was able to get for good price. DSCN1954.jpg DSCN1955.jpg DSCN1956.jpg DSCN1957.jpg DSCN1958.jpg DSCN1959.jpg
     
  7. TheFinn

    TheFinn Well-Known Member

    I posted some, just not as a reply.
     
  8. calcol

    calcol Supporter! Supporter

    Beautiful coin. Thanks. Could see if it will cross to NGC for straight grade. Or could send in for conservation at either service, which would get it a straight grade but all the toning would be gone.

    Cal
     
  9. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Thanks!
    My nickname is more likely, "Lawnmower Man";) Cutting grass/ trimming hedges/ maintaining gardens.....seven days a week/ from April to end of November:) But, it pays the bills, and allows me to spend 120K @ year on my collection:happy:! Other benefits, I can bring ice cold Coronas/ go shirtless/ get a awesome tan/ walking 260kilometers @ week keeps me in top shape.....never ever get sick or need a doctor;)
    John
     
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  10. brg5658

    brg5658 Well-Known Member

    Just under $2K for a silver token with a mintage of 5 pieces...

    I'm a small fish. Only spent >= $1K on 3 numismatic items in my life.

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  11. A prime example of why one shouldnt believe everything one reads! Bowers & Merena reported that the coin was sold out of the Garrett Collection at $625k, however reliable sources in late-'81/early-'82 related to us that the coin had actually been "returned to the book!" For whomever's & whatever reasons, Q. David and the powers-at-be of General Mills, B&M's then parent company, decided the coin's "non-sale" wouldn't do. We were told a horsefeathers story that the new owner had experienced a reversal and was prepared to take a substantial loss to raise money. Theoretically it made no difference to us and we proceeded with the purchase. But to this day, what irks me most is that Q.D.B., who had to have known the details of the reality, is still perceived as so damn squeaky clean …more horsefeathers. Obviously it's water under the bridge and I've had to move on, but more than a third-of-a-century later, such things still should disturb us all.
    Sam_I_am
     
  12. NumisNinja

    NumisNinja Active Member

    Do to budget constraints all my coin purchases are less than $100 per coin.
     
  13. wxcoin

    wxcoin Getting no respect since I was a baby

    Anything squeaky needs a little oil now and then. Image is very important to some so your story doesn't surprise me at all. At least you ended up with a once in a lifetime coin.
     
  14. Fortunately, I have had several once in a lifetime numismatic, notaphilic and numismatic experiences. I was raised in this business and can honestly claim over sixty years of experience, yet I'm only 70. I hope to share some of them on CoinTalk.com in the future. I really love the hobby/business, but the ignorance & avarice of too many in it detracts from from the pleasure.
    Sam_I_am
     
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  15. wxcoin

    wxcoin Getting no respect since I was a baby

    I look forward to your sharing some of them on CT.
     
  16. Quite frankly we didn't have new photos taken of the coin; we couldn't have improved on the photos used & widely published by B&M. If we had held on to it longer, we were intending to produce holographic keychain & other souvenirs of the coin, but other business matters diverted us from that project. Unfortunately, the only images that were distinctly ours are the glass holographic plates which I still have.
    If I may share another thought on that particular Brasher specimen… for all the many years it was in the Garrett Collection at John Hopkins University, it was described as a Choice VF-35. And why would or should anybody want it graded by a so-called TPG? ¡It was & still is unique! Did its re-grading and its encapsulation as an AU-50 really change it or make it more/less valuable or desirable? Really??? More horsefeathers …quite frankly, I think not.
    Sam_I_am
     
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  17. Cheech9712

    Cheech9712 Every thing is a guess

    Ok sam. We get it
     
  18. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    Kripes, if ya lived in NY metro in the eighties, it was The Son of Sam. Don't think they're one and the same........ devil.gif
     
  19. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    Good Lord........it's Dr. Seuss back from the dead........
     
  20. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    And that's a joke son...........
     
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  21. charlottedude

    charlottedude Novice Collector

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