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<p>[QUOTE="Garlicus, post: 5163821, member: 73190"]This is for coins that you came <i>this close </i>to getting. For a while, I have thought about doing this thread. It you like the idea of the thread, let’s keep it going with future misses, as well as past misses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of how I do my learning, is to research the coins that I see in auctions or for sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>While this particular coin is not something that I actively collect, I was an active bidder over $100. It was an 1829 Coronet Cent, and I figured it to be a 25-30. Not sure if it is cleaned, though. Why was I bidding over $100? Well, it is the medium letters variety (not mentioned, so cherry pick), as best as I could tell from the pics, and apparently others figured that, as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I had more experience telling whether this would be ‘details’, or not, and I was into flipping coins, I would have gone higher on my bidding.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS lists this at $550 (so, $400 in real life, lol). It sold for $159.</p><p><br /></p><p>Care to share your experiences?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210164[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1210165[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210176[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Garlicus, post: 5163821, member: 73190"]This is for coins that you came [I]this close [/I]to getting. For a while, I have thought about doing this thread. It you like the idea of the thread, let’s keep it going with future misses, as well as past misses. Part of how I do my learning, is to research the coins that I see in auctions or for sale. While this particular coin is not something that I actively collect, I was an active bidder over $100. It was an 1829 Coronet Cent, and I figured it to be a 25-30. Not sure if it is cleaned, though. Why was I bidding over $100? Well, it is the medium letters variety (not mentioned, so cherry pick), as best as I could tell from the pics, and apparently others figured that, as well. If I had more experience telling whether this would be ‘details’, or not, and I was into flipping coins, I would have gone higher on my bidding. PCGS lists this at $550 (so, $400 in real life, lol). It sold for $159. Care to share your experiences? [ATTACH=full]1210164[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1210165[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1210176[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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