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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 875183, member: 15309&quot;]The 2010 April-May Milwaukee CSNS Heritage Coin auction has been open for bidding for a few weeks.&nbsp; I found a coin that I really wanted for my PCGS registry collection.&nbsp; The coin is a fantastically toned 1943-D PCGS MS67 FS Jefferson Nickel.&nbsp; Here is a photo of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickel%20Registry/JeffersonNickelPCGSMS675FS.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now as many of you know, I am not a stranger to paying huge premiums for monster toned coins.&nbsp; This coin was going to be no exception.&nbsp; I did my research and found that very few 1943-D Jeffersons have dramatic rainbow toning.&nbsp; Further investigation revealed that this same coin was sold by Heritage for $718.75 in the 2004 CSNS sale (see auction link below).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=346&amp;Lot_No=6437" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=346&amp;Lot_No=6437" rel="nofollow">1943-D Jefferson Nickel PCGS MS67 FS 1st Sale</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I knew with the improved photo and the added popularity of rainbow toned coins that I was not going to get the coin for that price and would have to go higher.&nbsp; The PCGS price guide on the coin is $150.&nbsp; I decided that the coin will probably go for about 5-7X PCGS price guide so I bid on the high end just surpassing the 7X mark with a bid of $925 ($1,063.75 w/ BP).&nbsp; I checked the auction last night and I was the high bidder by a comfortable margin at $650.&nbsp; When I came home from work tonight, I checked the auction again and to my complete and utter dismay, I found that not only had I been outbid, but my bid had been destroyed.&nbsp; It pains me to even type the price of this coin.&nbsp; Please click the link if you want to know.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1139&amp;Lot_No=1170" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1139&amp;Lot_No=1170" rel="nofollow">1943-D Jefferson Nickel PCGS MS67 FS Current Sale</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Is there any possibility that the PCGS + designation is influencing the price of this coin?&nbsp; Is it just two crazy PCGS registry collectors?&nbsp; Every time I bid on a PCGS coin, it just goes insane.&nbsp; I am on coin collecting tilt!&nbsp; I feel like Phil Helmuth, &quot;what the heck is going on here&quot;.</p><p><b> <a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/auction/catalog.php?SaleNo=1139" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/auction/catalog.php?SaleNo=1139" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></b></p><p><b><a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/auction/catalog.php?SaleNo=1139" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/auction/catalog.php?SaleNo=1139" rel="nofollow"></a></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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