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<p>[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 1289996, member: 21705"]I thought i finally pulled one off...for a few days.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1802-Large-Cent-S-229-very-rare-LDS-Breen-State-VII-G-detail-/110761658420?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D310353203648%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D3783288761509540535&autorefresh=true" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1802-Large-Cent-S-229-very-rare-LDS-Breen-State-VII-G-detail-/110761658420?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D310353203648%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D3783288761509540535&autorefresh=true" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1802-Large-Cent-S-229-very-rare-LDS-Breen-State-VII-G-detail-/110761658420?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo=SIC.NPJS&its=I&itu=UA&otn=5&pmod=310353203648&ps=63&clkid=3783288761509540535&autorefresh=true</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I thought everyone else would overlook the significance of this lower grade common coin, even if the die state rarity was plainly stated. But it wasn't to be. My $50 bid was almost double the second bidder right up until the last minutes of bidding. Then it exceeded my last minute topper of $120 by $30.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why the interest for such an ugly common coin? This may be only the second coin in this Rare Die State. I'm only aware of the Wright-Holmes specimen in roughly the same shape. The die state rarity was of sufficient merit to Holmes that he included it in his collection. It sold for $600, but provenance probably accounted for a fair bit of that.</p><p><br /></p><p>It does pose a question. If you have something of great rarity and only a small handful of people desire that particular rarity, does it actually have higher value?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 1289996, member: 21705"]I thought i finally pulled one off...for a few days. [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/1802-Large-Cent-S-229-very-rare-LDS-Breen-State-VII-G-detail-/110761658420?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D310353203648%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D3783288761509540535&autorefresh=true[/url] I thought everyone else would overlook the significance of this lower grade common coin, even if the die state rarity was plainly stated. But it wasn't to be. My $50 bid was almost double the second bidder right up until the last minutes of bidding. Then it exceeded my last minute topper of $120 by $30. Why the interest for such an ugly common coin? This may be only the second coin in this Rare Die State. I'm only aware of the Wright-Holmes specimen in roughly the same shape. The die state rarity was of sufficient merit to Holmes that he included it in his collection. It sold for $600, but provenance probably accounted for a fair bit of that. It does pose a question. If you have something of great rarity and only a small handful of people desire that particular rarity, does it actually have higher value?[/QUOTE]
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