Like last year, I'm back with some "duds" for the year. While there were some good additions and some fun coins that found new homes, there were also the stuff that missed the mark. Now these were still solid coins (for the most part) but each had a reason for being a "dud" for me. We start with a colorful silver eagle. There is debate on most silver eagles about them being artificial or natural but regardless, it looked nice to my eye. The issue here was paying up for the coin and then deciding to sell it once I wanted something else in the collection. For a while no one valued it the same as me. It sat around on eBay and the forums for most of the year. Finally, I was fortunate to break even on it at a coin show where one dealer liked it after seeing it in hand. A similar story is the case with this Morgan. It has an interesting fire/ice split toning pattern and solid colors. I picked it up at a show a few years ago for a strong price. I found out that price was a bit on the high side as it also sat around online throughout most of this year. It also sold at the same show as the Eagle above to a dealer that was buying up NGC star toned coins for a project (breakeven on this one-which I was very happy with given the higher price and the fact it was not moving). One more factor for this coin is that the in hand look is better than the photo, so that added to the difficulty of selling online.
