Lets see your Cherry Picked coin

It is a nice RPD. It catalogs as F-104, FS-005.3, and S2-3000.

There is no MPD on the coin.

 

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This 1842-O quarter, variety with 'open eagle's claws' is apparently a very rare variety. Most all have closed claws as described in Gerry Fortin's site.

 

Snow-3, DDO. Note the eye, the tail feathers, broken wing tip and the doubling on the letters.

 

I bought this for about $20 as an AU-50. It came back from PCGS as MS-62.

 

Nice FE cent ldhair, excellent photos too.

On the subject of FE cents, has anybody here ever cherrypicked an 1858/7?
That is one I would love to find.

If anybody has, please show them

 

Cherrypicking is one of my favorite aspects of collecting. Here are a couple of my better 'picks'.
This coin has a rather cool story. It was originally part of a Scotsman auction in a lot of about 50 different seated dimes. Unfortunately, they do not image entire lots when sold in this fashion so only a few of the coins in the lot had pictures, but the description included an AU 1887-s with 'significant' reverse die cracks. I bid what I thought was fairly aggressive for the lot considering many of the coins appeared to have one problem or another and didn't come even close to the final hammer price. Fast forward about a month later and all of a sudden I was searching ebay and started to recognize some coins listed....whoever had purchased the lot chose to break them up and list individually on ebay....I couldn't believe my eyes and clicked buy-it-now as fast as I could. the coin now resides in a PCGS AU58 holder and I consigned it to a specialist who solid it for about 10x my original investment.


This coin doesn't have as cool of a story but is one of the rarest seated dimes I have cherried. It has a rather obvious die gouge on the obverse above the shield and is an R7 variety. I paid what would otherwise have been a ridiculous price for a VF 1890-s (from a dealer who overprices everything and will typically accept offers for 60-70% of his asking price) but didn't want to risk losing out so I didn't care. I included this dime in the same consignment as the previous coin and it sold for 8x what I was into it.

 

I thoroughly enjoy stories like this. Cherried coins have gone along ways in funding my habit. While I can acknowledge the importance of affluent hobbyists assembling and preserving high grade sets for histories sake, I think the collector who can afford to just purchase a rarer coin misses out on a lot of enjoyment by eliminating the chase. I think anyone who has cherried a nice coin can attest to that great feeling of satisfaction that comes with success.

 

Some of my better ones:

1797 S-121a. Paid $5. Sold at auction for $800.



1796 S-104. Paid $260, sold for $800



1821 JR-2. Paid $60, sold $300.



1858/7. Paid $165, sold $850.



1803 NC-1. Paid $45. Sold $300

 

And the plain ol’ mis-identified coins:

Seller described this as a 1910. Paid $30. Sold for $130.



Unidentified in a group lot. Sold for $125.



Seller described this as a half dollar. Paid $125. Got it graded at PCGS (AU-50) and sold it for $450.

 

Which is it, 1935 or 1936?

 

Pulled this 1864 L Snow-5 out of the mailbox today, eBay buy it now 95 euro. Wasn't quite sure from the pictures about the RPD but thought maybe anyway I wasn't going to turn down a 64L at the price.

 

1876-cc DDR, raw pick off eBAy

1878-S DDR, unattributed

 

I have cherrypicked three of them:

One: F-15
1- VF-20
1- XF-45, cleaned

all in ANACS holders now.

 

Found this in the wrong hole in an old premium board. I took it back to the original owner and paid him a fair price. It was just the right thing to do.

 

It's good to see a conscience, I try to be fair with any acquaintance who offers me a chance to acquire their coins and I have a line I won't cross in my favorite shop. I would feel obligated to tell Carlie at Carlies Shop that the coin and date on the 2x2 don't match, but if the 1869 was a 69/69 that is just negligence and part of the game. Now a buy it now or auction online, that's a whole different ballgame where it is every man for himself. I had a online customer pick up a Woody 1873 missed Snow-7 and rubbed my nose in it with his feedback. In my defense the wood grain really camouflaged the error but as someone who chases errors I shouldn't have missed it. If the buyer is a member here and reading this, know that I still haven't forgiven you for rubbing my nose in it. Ignorance is bliss baby.

 

Buying a scarce coin without even knowing it is scarce does not really qualify as a cherry-pick, I would think. This is one of those.
I paid very little for this capped bust dime, (maybe $3-$5?), then put it aside and forgot about it (for years). It turned out to be an 1821 JR-2, which is currently
an R-5+. Low grade but an interesting variety.

 

The varieties are most often not noted in Large Cent sales. I picked up this worn 1847 N-18 R.5. for $12. It is my only R.5. coin

 

Capped Bust 25C 1834 B-5
NGC AU50

This is the rarest of the 1834 varieties and is considered an R5 as of the last census. A specially prepared die from a new hub was used to strike the 1834 presentation quarters (like the King of Siam set) and then used for a small number of business strikes, including this variety.

I cherrypicked this in an unattributed slab and then submitted it for reholdering with the variety. As an AU50 it's one of only a scant few XF or better known coins of this variety according to the JRS census.

 

I have mad respect for you guys who can spot these cherry picks. I can't bring myself to take the time to get in on that game but always enjoy seeing the winners you all find.