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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;non_cents, post: 1839455, member: 30970&quot;]I do not have many high-value coins in my collection. Just about everything has a value of $200 or under. My favorites? Well, that&#039;s tough. I like different coins for different reasons.</p><p>My favorite as of late, and I&#039;m sure people have realized by the absurd number of times I have said it, is my 1783 Constellatio Nova, Crosby 1A (rarity of R4), graded G06 by PCGS. This was a coin that had been on my want list for at least half a year. I had seen only a few examples pop up on ebay every now and then, all at a high price, so I knew it was a long shot for me to own one in the near future.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward to a few months ago and I am browsing some colonial coins on ebay. I start to search &quot;Nova Constellatio&quot;, expecting to see the normal, high-priced coins that were listed there for months. Instead, I make a typo and search &quot;Nova Constellio&quot;. I didn&#039;t expect to see anything, but to my surprise there was a single coin, listed as &quot;1787 Nova Constellio&quot; being listed by a seller in the UK. It has a few bids, and is within my price range. Excited, I throw my bid in. Well, it isn&#039;t long before I get into a bidding war with someone, instantly driving up the price. Finally, it gets to a point where the person has outbid me by too much and I couldn&#039;t afford to make another bid. Dejected, I give up on the auction. I check back the next day to see that the person I was bidding against won the auction. &quot;Oh well,&quot; I thought.</p><p>About a week later I get a message from the seller of the &quot;Nova Constellio&quot;. He tells me that the winning bidder has not paid and is offering me a second chance with free shipping. (Shipping would otherwise cost $10+) I immediately say yes, and the rest is history. The thing isn&#039;t in the highest grade, but it has a great story behind it and I&#039;m really happy to have it in my collection. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]305367[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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