1850 large cent,why so overpriced

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  1. potty dollar 1878

    potty dollar 1878 Well-Known Member

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/133906425503 This really got me,why so much?the large cent is a common date in the condition its in around $20.I know sometimes these counterstamps bring big bucks but a $700 difference,what makes the counterstamp so special or is it just a bunch of biditos case.
     
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  3. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

  4. potty dollar 1878

    potty dollar 1878 Well-Known Member

    OK now I remember:):).
     
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  5. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    Good for you, but I think it was a tad bit before your time. Congrats on being the student of cinema most extraordinary, bizarre and extreme....... sneaky.gif
     
  6. Evan Saltis

    Evan Saltis OWNER - EBS Numis LLC

    https://www.worthpoint.com/articles...ilkins-pittsfield-nh-counterstamp-coin-master

    He apparently was a bit of a trouble maker at one point.
    Stamped everything that came across his path, really.

    Large cents, small cents, matron head, coronet head, flying eagle, Indian head, seated quarters...
    Heres a New Brunswick cent.
     
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  7. Mainebill

    Mainebill Bethany Danielle

    Interesting so a common counter stamp on a common coin. Looks like about$ 20-30 to me
     
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  8. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Some counterstamps bring good money. I know the Houck's Panacea counterstamps on Bust halves are very popular, for example.

    With certain counterstamped coins, it's all about the counterstamp, and the host coin is nothing but the bread the sandwich happened to be made with, if you'll pardon my strange food-related metaphor.
     
  9. Matthew Kruse

    Matthew Kruse Young Numismatist

    I remember Little Shop of Horrors. I used to hate that movie when I was very little because I was scared of the plant. :nailbiting:
     
  10. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank


    I'd love to get a reasonably priced Houck's.
     
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  11. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    Check out the left side of the photos. Happy Halloween!

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  12. Savoyspecial

    Savoyspecial Member

    It brought that price because it had the (common) Wilkins stamp and the (scarcer) Pittsfield stamp together on the same host coin.
     
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