And no buyer's premium. Serious PR for Heritage too. I'll also point out that this morning it was $550,000. Some heavy hitters really stepped up.
Auctioned on Heritage to benefit UNICEF's humanitarian response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. Just hammered for $103,500,000.00. Wow....
People go straight to "I struck it rich!" mode and skip all the work. When you tell them it's not what they think it is, you stole their dreams.
In my case, I don't really care that much whether the slab says "discovery" or not - they simply won't attribute something new until the "right"...
Poof, it's gone.
I have 3 discovery coins (US Barber dimes) and communicated directly with David Lange at NGC. They basically weren't interested unless there is...
Of course I also picked up a dealer "set" from the LCS - I think every coin collecting kid did. [ATTACH]
Silver halves were still circulating when I worked in an ice cream parlor in the early 70s. I pulled them all out of course. I'll be the relative...
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1175844/1879-S-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-MS-68-CAC Price hasn't changed.
They made 5 billion of them. XF, AU, details, what's the point? It's pocket change.
I grade it "spend"
Here's my PCGS AU55, paid $188 in December 2021, for your grade / worth submitting? evaluation. I was looking for Type 1 reverse though and...
AU53-55, Type 2 reverse.
Gosh there's 62 1879-S on GC right now, including many nice 67 and 67+ for less than a tenth the price. But that's not the point, is it.
This is where it's not really rational coin collecting anymore, it's all about whose you-know-what is bigger. Get two of the "powerball" guys...
hahaha but if I'm over, you win!
$72,870
The first step for me is reading your articles. :)
It looks whizzed and then toned to me, but I'm no expert.
I politely contacted the seller and reported the item. Perhaps others did as well.
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