Post Your Most Expensive!

Post the most expensive coin or note that you have ever purchased here! Mine was a 1960 Cent on a Silver Dime Planchet, for $400. The dealer that I purchased it from said that he found it in a jar of pennies that he paid ten bucks for. Lucky him! I got the coin, like I said, for $400, and it was graded ANACS AU-50. I do not have a picture, since I recently sold it.

 

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Well here are a couple of mine though i have more i like these ones the best both of these are around
$1,600 (each) very rare to boot!!

Series 691 $5 IN PCGS 67PPQ SUPERB GEM/NEW

SERIES 681 $10 IN PCGS 68PPQ SUPERB GEM/NEW










The Series 681 IN PCGS 68PPQ is a bonus that,s the one and only at PCGS and It,s around
$1,800

Enjoy

 

nice!

 

Great stuff mpcusa, another shoulda, I could have had all the Series 681 MPC I could carry.

 

1916-D Winged Liberty Dime



1904 Proof Morgan Dollar



1878-S Trade Dollar

 

1959 MS Gold Sovereign!

 

I think i will be the lamest. 1899 Morgan for $20 Ha. It was a neat peace though first morgan aswell

 

1909-S $5 Indian in PCGS MS63

This was the first coin (and only so far) that I paid over $10,000 to acquire. It's really pretty though

 

That's a beauty, albeit an expensive one, Illini. I'd love to be able to afford something like that someday.

 

roto:
are you sure that Morgan is a proof?

 

Here's a couple of my most expensive coins. 1894 Morgan Dollar in NGC XF-45 and 1908 no motto St Gauden Double Eagle in PCGS MS-64.
I'd guestimate they're each worth around $1500-$2000 right now.

 

Illini, WOW that is one pretty coin.

That 1908 S IHC grading set you posted the link to is also phenomenal! Thanks for sharing that. That's the kind of collection we can all aspire to.

 

Please rob my home.

Are you guys totally lacking in situational awareness?

 

Perhaps the other posters coins are in a bank vault, like mine.

 

Love it Mike! Looks like a poster from despair.com but I haven't seen it there.

 

Thanks, the 1908-S IHC grading set was really fun to build and also taught me a great deal about grading Indian Cents. Todd of BluCC took great photos of them all so hopefully the set can help others learn and enjoy the series as well. Glad you enjoy.

Exactly, I sure don't leave my coins on the dining room table!!! Mine live most of their lives in a cool dark safe deposit box I do visit them sometimes though when the pictures I have don't fill the need



Also, at first glance I wasn't sure that 1904 Morgan Dollar posted above looked proof either. I really don't know too much about Morgan Proofs though but I seem to remember seeing some of the early 1900s proof morgans looking more like a polished business strike coin to me than the more traditional mirrored proofs of 1878-1890s.

 

99.9% sure.

The rim is sharp and there is great eye appeal, in hand.
In these pictures, I was trying to capture the toning.

The 1904 Proof was a bit of a freak.
The die polisher made the mistake of polishing the devices, instead of the fields.
(Fields still look nice, with shine.)
This gives an sparkle-like luster to those devices.
Shifting in the light, the eagle feathers give off a look of diamond-cut jewelry.
Unfortunately, they polished away too much in ceartain areas of the coin.
(This MAY be why they only minted 650.)

For example, hair above the ear......



The information is available in Mr. Bowers' book on Morgans.

The history of the coin was that it was in a "coin-cabinet" face down on the felt.
So, there are some minor marks on the obverse.

Some fleebay listings for comparison......

http://cgi.ebay.com/1904-PROOF-PF-M...43?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item5adb1658b3

http://cgi.ebay.com/1904-proof-morg...37?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item35aca72c15

 

I have some at a bank vault and a little at the home safe.
My Wife is at home all the time and knows how to use all of my firearms (including the AK-47 and AR-15, she'd probly use the 12ga. though).
I also have a neighbor on each side of me that is home all day.
ADT and 2 dogs help a lot, too.

But, you are right, it is not good to advertise one's self to potential dangers.

:thumb:

Oh....
PS.....

I'm kind of a big goon, too.

 

roto:
only an AK 47?


You forgot to mention the grenade launcher!

 

I had one, but it had been discharged.
They are supposed to run the tube over with a vehicle, after they are fired, but that sometimes doesn't happen.
LOL
When I get a class 3 license, I'll have some more of the "good stuff".
Then I can plant M18A1 Claymores in the safe.