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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 8052306, member: 13307&quot;]I don&#039;t recall that tag, unfortunately, no...</p><p><br /></p><p><i>EDIT: and it was an 1875 Seated Quarter, I believe, not 1876, haha...</i></p><p><br /></p><p>...but I do have a fun story:</p><p><br /></p><p>I was browsing Reddit, and this kid starts talking about a collection he&#039;s inherited.&nbsp; He was wanting to sell it off, so I ended up buying the 68-70 proof and mint sets and a few later dates (at greysheet bid, so I paid him fairly.)&nbsp; He mentioned selling the earlier silver proof sets locally for like $15 each (ouch!) so I kind of felt like it was my duty to help him check out the silver dollars he still had. </p><p><br /></p><p>Turns out he had a really nice looking 1901 Morgan.&nbsp; I pointed that one out, and let him know it was a pretty valuable coin in better grades - but also had him check the reverse for the doubled die reverse variety.&nbsp; He sends me scans and sure enough, that&#039;s what it was!&nbsp; I made sure to let him know NOT to sell it before he got it graded, because if it graded MS it would be well worth the wait and investment in time and money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Didn&#039;t hear from him for months and months...and out of the blue he messages me this weekend.&nbsp; Turns out a LCS did offer him $1k for the coin...but he followed my advice and sent it to NGC (well, I actually told him PCGS but whatever) instead. </p><p><br /></p><p>NGC gave it an MS62 - and he ended up getting $15,000 for it!&nbsp; I was so happy for him, and glad I was able to help him reap the benefits of his inheritance (vs. some random LCS.)&nbsp; He let me know that because of that one coin he was able to split that money with his family and, more importantly, KEEP the rest of the coins he was interested in.&nbsp; That was the part that made me the happiest.</p><p><br /></p><p>(<i>Note: He did end up sending me a small bin of world coins he had no interest in, even though I told him I&#039;d help him check for silver or better dates - he still wanted to thank me.&nbsp; It did have about $100 in world silver, including a lot of tiny silver coins, so it was a fun thank you to get.</i>)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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