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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 24619418, member: 116145&quot;]The hardest one was probably the 1779 Rhode Island token, just because they&#039;re scarce and expensive - I got lucky on a Great Collections auction that ended on a weekend (less action) where I was the only bidder.&nbsp; The Georgivs Triumpho was also a weekend auction and the pictures were bad and it&#039;s in a SEGS slab, the AuctionZip / Key Date auction didn&#039;t have much else in the way of colonials, so that was lucky for me - mostly Morgan action.&nbsp; I have more of a budget now (kids are out of college and job is going well, knock on wood) than I did ever before, but I&#039;m still an opportunist looking for deals.&nbsp; I have had luck with bad pictures, weekend auctions, misidentified or misspelled items and items that just haven&#039;t sold so the seller is amenable to offers.&nbsp; It also helps me that I&#039;m open to low grade Details pieces that a lot of collectors don&#039;t want, lol.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow!&nbsp; Those are some top notch pieces!&nbsp; I&#039;m hoping to put an oak tree or pine tree shilling in the collection one of these days, but dang, I&#039;m finding even a G Details piece is $1000 these days, and I keep finding other things to add to the collection before I get the bank account up to the proper level (today&#039;s bargain best offer accepted was on a scarce 1783 Washington &amp; Independence Small Bust with the Engrailed Edge in an ICG Details slab).&nbsp; I also hope to someday have a US Bar copper cent [Hat tip to Randy A.] and a 1793 cent.&nbsp; That&#039;d be awesome![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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