Whats the most you have paid for a coin

Numismatic coin: north of $1,000 for an MS 66 Barber quarter and a bit more for a MS65 St. Gaudens double eagle.
Bullion: $1,400 each for three AGEs (yeah, market tanked right after I bought them ).

Steve

 

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I purchased this coin last summer for $385 if I remember right. It is a Browning 4 which is an R4, making it by far the rarest federally issued coin in my collection. I got a lot of coin for my money as it is likely rarer than many of the other more expensive coins posted.

 

The S-3 is the Snow variety.
The S-3 variety is the only one considered to be a business strike; all the others are proofs.
So it's the only one to be graded MS rather than PF.

 

Thanks....that was a nice design, far superior to the Lincoln/ Indian Heads!

Actually, I am always flat broke, spend the $ faster then I can make it!
Well, I charge around $3000 per lawn/garden maint. contract. I was able to do 108 properties by myself. The season is eight months, 26K= 3 weeks work or 800 kms of walking behind a lawnmower/trimmer/blower!

 

I guess other that paying $700 and up for 1 oz. gold bullion coins (over 10 years ago - should have kept more of them!) I guess about $300 for a British sovereign was the most I paid for a coin. That was just a bit over melt value so it was too good a deal to pass.

 

Full Bands denotes something specific on the reverse. The fasces (bundle of sticks) has bands around it to hold the sticks together. On particularly strong strikes, the bands are completely separated. On the vast majority, they are not. So anything designated FB is not only in mint state, but also a very, very uncommonly nice strike.

Personally, I didn't invest in FB coins because my 5 keys (1916-d, 1921, 1921-D, and the two overdates) are all circulated. Any amount of wear, and it's impossible to tell if the coin was ever FB, so it cannot be graded as such even if it once was!

That said, a lot of mercury dime collectors prefer to chase after mint state coins with the FB designation.

 

I think the most expensive US coin I bought was an 1805 Draped Bust half dollar in XF-40:



I can’t remember how much exactly I paid, but according to PCGS/NGC it’s worth about $2000 retail now:
https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/united-states/half-dollars/39/

This coin deserves much better pictures and you can be sure I’ll take care of that soon...

 

A Pan-Pacific Set in the Copper Square frame. Bought it for $88,000. Sold two days later for $95,000.

 

Bought 10 of each 2009 p&d dimes. For a total of 5 bucks. For grandbabies. To small for me to see roll searching

 

Whats a FE

 

Refer to post #63

 

Thanks

 

Close. On these 2. Around $4900 on the $1. $4600 on the dime

 

On the note of a 28 peace I paid a bit for mine too I think it was around $1k

 

That's Perty

 

2009 double eagle for about $1200 in 2009 from U.S. mint

 

Way out of my league.

 

I'm not sure what the most I paid for a single coin or a single set at one time is; but if it ever comes up for auction again, then it may very well be this one below.

In my dreams at least...

 

$7500 for a '56 Flying Eagle. For myself.

The most expensive I have SOLD was an 1893 S Morgan dollar for $21,500.

There have been quite a few a little under that one though.....

 

I see by your handle that your livelihood is derived from coins, too, @David Setree Rare Coins. Sounds as though you are quite good at it. Alas, I don't have an 1893S Morgan.

What might you add to the great information that @mac266 has provided me on the 1916-D dime? Out of curiosity I ventured over to eBay yesterday to be shocked at the prices I saw for these.