Post your under $50.00 purchase...

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by jtlee321, Sep 4, 2016.

  1. Joe Campbell

    Joe Campbell Well-Known Member

    Apparently i’m Not the top STL based LCS cherry picker.... you set a high bar sir but I’m up for the challenge.
     
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  3. Joe Campbell

    Joe Campbell Well-Known Member

    That’s awesome. Are those die clashes (denticles) on the reverse?
     
  4. stldanceartist

    stldanceartist Minister of Silly Walks

    I mean, you might be...but I've found some pretty sweet coins around here, usually at coin shops. Mostly just RPRT (right place, right time.)
     
  5. dividebytube

    dividebytube Active Member

    1818 quarter that has seen better days - the stories it could tell ;)

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  6. dividebytube

    dividebytube Active Member

    A pair of Barber Dimes

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  7. dividebytube

    dividebytube Active Member

    and for last - I bought someone's Whitman Jefferson Nickel album:

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  8. Joe Campbell

    Joe Campbell Well-Known Member

    Ha ha, i’m Confident i’m Not. RPRT makes all the difference.

    From the LCS’s in the past couple years my best scores:
    1971-S $1 FS-801 paid $5, sold for $3,000 (+20% buyers premium) at the Jan 2018 FUN.
    1864 civil war store card paid $0.25, sold for $600 on eBay BIN.
    1913-D Lincoln MS-62 (NGC). Paid $0.04 still have it. Plan on keeping.
     
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  9. stldanceartist

    stldanceartist Minister of Silly Walks

    I think by top sale prices I may be ahead. Best scores:

    1875 Seated Quarter PCGS MS64 MPD
    1942 Walking Liberty Half DDR PCGS MS67 (hasn't sold yet, though - at PCGS getting the variety added to the slab)
    1970 'No S" Roosevelt Dime from an original proof set
    1967 Kennedy Half Quadrupled Die Obverse from an original SMS set (now NGC MS66UCAM)
    China 1932 "Birds over Junk" Dollar

    But anyway...it's a fun game to play, when it works for ya. Have yet to turn it into a job at a coin shop lol
     
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  10. Joe Campbell

    Joe Campbell Well-Known Member

    I’m not knowledgeable enough to compete with those. Great picks. Very nice.
     
  11. Hoky77

    Hoky77 Well-Known Member

    1886 T-2 IHC $26.60 from a online coin shop in Europe including shipping. Wasn't as nice before a week in acetone and a light swab of mineral oil to keep it from turning green again. I would have saved the purchase pics but I didn't expect this result. IMG_7640.JPG IMG_7641.JPG
     
  12. stldanceartist

    stldanceartist Minister of Silly Walks

    First time in a new coin shop, picked this nice cameo proof Franklin out of a set:

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    (There was also a gorgeously rainbow toned cameo 1956 Proof Franklin I bought, but I'm having a devil of a time capturing the color and it's late. Maybe tomorrow...)
     
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  13. TypeCoin971793

    TypeCoin971793 Just a random guy on the internet

    This came up in a coin club auction. I had to have it.

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  15. RonSanderson

    RonSanderson Supporter! Supporter

    Just arrived - at a reasonable price for an MS64-65: $18.43. However, I would pay a premium for the toning, if I needed to.

    This is from a reputable dealer and I haven't seen them selling many toned coins like this, so I have reason to believe it is not artificially toned. But, under $20? I'll take that chance.

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    This is my post #2000. Hope I’m not wearing out my welcome quite yet!
     
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  16. Arkos

    Arkos Member

    Got these from trading, collecting, and other various methods
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  17. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    At the show yesterday I picked up these two sweet buffalos. An 1935 s/S rpm 004 ,and this super nice 1937 ddo 002. Paid $30 each both are tones very nicely unfortunately my phone cam doesn't shoot great images. 20191202_130932.jpg 20191202_130956.jpg

    So only a few more to hunt down to finishes this short set of varieties.
    There's a good shot of the three legger...too !
     
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  18. dividebytube

    dividebytube Active Member

    1877-CC Sitting Liberty

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  19. Hoky77

    Hoky77 Well-Known Member

    1823 Coronet Head Large Cent $6.10
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  20. RonSanderson

    RonSanderson Supporter! Supporter

    This 1940 Mercury is actually an under-$20 purchase.

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  21. RonSanderson

    RonSanderson Supporter! Supporter

    I am following my under-$20 purchase with an under-$5 purchase.

    I noticed that my 1960 nickel not only has noticeable machine doubling, which I like, but also has a big planchet flaw right on the cheek under the eye, which I like less. (I showed the doubling in another thread.)

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    I sent away for a generic "choice" 1960 for a few bucks to replace it in my album. What I got was pretty nice, and nicer than what I had.

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    The strike and steps have more definition. Overall the coin is more pleasing.

    Darned if this one doesn't have its own planchet gouge - but this one is on the back under the second U in PLURIBUS. Given the lack of metal for the die to work with, that U did not get filled out and is weak, disappearing into the gouge.

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    I dunno. Maybe I need to actually spend more than $5. Or maybe I can just appreciate this for how it was made.
     
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