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<p>[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 3580273, member: 46237"]Here's a coin I regretted missing out on at Heritage in January 2016:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]955212[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]955213[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I underestimated the value a bit and lost out, but I had figured finding a raw 63 (or better) with good eye appeal of this one-year type wouldn't be too much of a problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>That assumption proved to be wrong. I ended up buying several nice examples from European auctions, only to find they had been wiped or had slight circulation wear. Eventually I did find a nice example from a Romanian dealer that graded 63, but the eye appeal isn't quite as good as this example, and I have regretted letting this one go.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin recently popped up on eBay at a reasonable price, and I snagged it, just to close the loop on this coin; one of only a couple misses that I had regretted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your stories of the one that got away and was later found.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 3580273, member: 46237"]Here's a coin I regretted missing out on at Heritage in January 2016: [ATTACH=full]955212[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]955213[/ATTACH] I underestimated the value a bit and lost out, but I had figured finding a raw 63 (or better) with good eye appeal of this one-year type wouldn't be too much of a problem. That assumption proved to be wrong. I ended up buying several nice examples from European auctions, only to find they had been wiped or had slight circulation wear. Eventually I did find a nice example from a Romanian dealer that graded 63, but the eye appeal isn't quite as good as this example, and I have regretted letting this one go. This coin recently popped up on eBay at a reasonable price, and I snagged it, just to close the loop on this coin; one of only a couple misses that I had regretted. Please share your stories of the one that got away and was later found.[/QUOTE]
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