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Methinks thou doth underestimate the coolness of that coin. Obverse looks like raining fire

 

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That Buffalo is pretty

 

This was $85. My cost of submitting to PCGS brought it over $100 but I think it still counts. One of my best deals ever.

 

This is on it's way. $80. As usual, it fits into my Island of Unwanted Coins collection nicely. I'm confident this is a late die state S-113 R5-. Though both S113s and S114s are both listed with the same rarity, I've seen 3 S-114s for every S-113 and was happy to find this one.

 

Wow. does that have a value? (getting redbook)

 

35 bucks in g4 (2014 Redbook). Guess that would constitute low enders people are collecting now?

 

75$ in 2015. Not sure why I purchased it?

 

$76

 

Cost me $56. Because of lowballers, the cost versus grade price curve for certified coins goes up at the very low end. I don't really collect or compete at the low end (this is my only cellar coin) because: 1. I like higher graded coins (cost rules there though), 2. grade can be artificially reduced. The trick is not to overdo it and wind up with an ungradable coin. I'm not into the wear-to-the-borderline game using rock tumblers, sanders and such.

Cal

 

$ 79

 

Wow! That's how you spend 79$ right there.

 

I thought that was a good price.

 

Thinking this came in under $90 with shipping, can't get to my eBay records at the moment:





I decided I couldn't afford to keep it, and flipped it at a show to a dealer with a client who liked both Charlotte gold and love tokens.

Now, if only I had the continuing luck to find five or six similar buys, where I could re-invest the profits...

 

Crazy. The worst coins now have value. Who would have thunk?

 

Yeah. I first learned about lowball registry competition when I took a grading class from PCGS at Long Beach. I was amazed. But there are over 1600 lowball sets in the PCGS registry alone, and the competition in some sets is fierce. Some of the highest ranked sets are composed entirely of PO1 coins!

Cal

 

That's just wild. I wonder if the services will be denoting P001 coins that have been altered.

 

I suppose there could be a coin with a label of genuine, (choose the problem), P details. I haven't seen one, but haven't really looked. Of course, if it's too altered, it won't be slabbed.

Cal

 

$60 at a local auction.

 

$62.50 in an ICG MS63PL holder. Fields are certainly proof-like.