This is a quick tip since i just bowed out of the race at the $200 level. It is for a properly labeled 1798 S-180 R5+ which is probably the toughest 1798 other than the NC-1 and NC-2. While there are several R5+, this may be the toughest. But you have to be quick. It's almost over. http://www.ebay.com/itm/320749704023?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1431.l2649
Thanks for the tip, I've got a snipe set. I also have one on the S-47 which is still in the running. If I get lucky I'm going to owe him a bundle.
\ I swallowed hard when the price jumped from $203.50 to over $600 at the last second. The same thing happened with the S-53 a little while back. The big money Large Cent buyers lurk on eBay and they recognize the good ones.
Well I don't owe him a lot of money. And actually the prices they brought were quite reasonable, especially the S-180. I'll say. I have seen some super pieces come up that the seller didn't know what he had and he had to be totally shock when coins he was expecting to get one or two hundred for suddenly shot into five figures. (second finest known S-96 which hadn't been seen since 1962, the finest known of three 1796 NC-7's etc.)
Nice reminder about keeping notes on your collection, and sharing knowledge about your collection with your significant other/kids!!!
The S-96 hadn't been seen since 1962 because John Wright discovered it unattributed in a shop that year but didn't have the money to buy it. He was able to make a pressing of the coin though. After that it was never seen again. it was probably sitting in someones date or type set for years and years until it resurfaced on ebay about five years ago as an unattributed 1796 Draped bust. The 96 NC-7 was only confirmed in the early 90's. The unique specimen was in the ANS collection (very low grade). Then in the late 90's a second piece in AG turned up. The Ebay coin turned up in the mid 2000's, was unattributed and grades a F-15. Notes to your significant others /kids only help if you know what you haave.
