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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26057906, member: 101855&quot;]The Great White Whale for me is the 1802 half dime. It&#039;s a &quot;white whale&quot; because only about 30 to 40 are known. The grades have been way too low for the prices I could afford. The high grade pieces are beyond my abilty to pay. </p><p><br /></p><p>The piece that might have fit was in a dealer&#039;s inventory for over a year. I couldn&#039;t quite afford it, and the price was too high anyway. I figured it was worth about $125,000. He wanted almost $160,000 and would not come down. </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally it went to a Heritage auction where it sold for $129,000. I had no idea how high it would go in an auction, especially Heritage. </p><p><br /></p><p>Many years ago one was available for $139,000. I could have bought it at the time, but it was damaged on the revese. I figured it would not have graded had it not been an 1802 half dime. Later I think it sold at auction for about $139,000.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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