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<p>[QUOTE="midtncoin, post: 4545899, member: 89569"]I was able to recently obtain a 1969 Redbook and was looking through it and thinking how nice it'd be to go back in time to be able to pick up some nicer dates at a fraction of their cost today. I put 1968 in the thread title since the 69 Redbook was printed in 68. In fact, there's a handwritten notation of 12/68 in the inside cover of this one which I assume is the original purchase date. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a few of the incredible prices of some select keys and semi-keys... (with today's value in parenthesis)</p><p><br /></p><p>1793 Chain Cent -- Fine -- $850 ($23k)</p><p>1877 Indian Cent -- VF -- $270 ($1200)</p><p>1909sVDB Lincoln -- EF -- $167 ($1000)</p><p>1885 V-Nickel -- F -- $95 ($700)</p><p>1916d Mercury Dime -- EF -- $300 ($5800)</p><p>1916 SLQ -- EF -- $650 ($8700)</p><p>1836 Gobrecht $ -- VF -- $900 ($12.5k - 2020 Redbook)</p><p>1893s Morgan -- EF -- $525 ($9000)</p><p>1929 Half Eagle -- Unc -- $1500 ($31k)</p><p>1928 Hawaii Half -- Unc -- $450 ($2000)</p><p><br /></p><p>Granted, two or three or five hundred dollars was a lot more money in 68 than it is now, but if one could have had the foresight to pick up a few of these! </p><p><br /></p><p>Just looking at the Chain Cent, that's a 2600% increase. Quite a return on investment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="midtncoin, post: 4545899, member: 89569"]I was able to recently obtain a 1969 Redbook and was looking through it and thinking how nice it'd be to go back in time to be able to pick up some nicer dates at a fraction of their cost today. I put 1968 in the thread title since the 69 Redbook was printed in 68. In fact, there's a handwritten notation of 12/68 in the inside cover of this one which I assume is the original purchase date. Here's a few of the incredible prices of some select keys and semi-keys... (with today's value in parenthesis) 1793 Chain Cent -- Fine -- $850 ($23k) 1877 Indian Cent -- VF -- $270 ($1200) 1909sVDB Lincoln -- EF -- $167 ($1000) 1885 V-Nickel -- F -- $95 ($700) 1916d Mercury Dime -- EF -- $300 ($5800) 1916 SLQ -- EF -- $650 ($8700) 1836 Gobrecht $ -- VF -- $900 ($12.5k - 2020 Redbook) 1893s Morgan -- EF -- $525 ($9000) 1929 Half Eagle -- Unc -- $1500 ($31k) 1928 Hawaii Half -- Unc -- $450 ($2000) Granted, two or three or five hundred dollars was a lot more money in 68 than it is now, but if one could have had the foresight to pick up a few of these! Just looking at the Chain Cent, that's a 2600% increase. Quite a return on investment.[/QUOTE]
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