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| kieblera5 |
Posted - 06/17/2008 : 21:31:07
What is everyone's best coin based on rarity/value? Mine are a 1875 CC Rev. 2 Trade Dollar in VF worth about $300 and a 1928 Peace Dollar in VF-EF worth about $480.
How about everyone else? |
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| just carl |
Posted - 08/07/2008 : 08:18:31
quote:
Originally posted by davycoppit
Mine would be a 1916-D mercury dime, in pretty good contion, but have never had it graded. I only need a 1944-s and I will have my collection complete.
I'm confused. You have a 16D and need a 44S? Do you also have the 42/41, 42D/41, 45 Micro S? Not sure why someone would have all the rare coins and not have a 44S. Those are very common and in G or a little better only worth $1. |
| legacypac |
Posted - 08/05/2008 : 17:43:25
http://coins.about.com/od/famousrarecoinprofiles/a/1943copper_cent.htm I only wish (seen on coinflation) |
| WulfgangKreed |
Posted - 08/04/2008 : 21:26:33
Best one I have is a 1908 S Indian. Now I just need a 1909 S.... |
| fhbob |
Posted - 08/01/2008 : 06:02:00
I've got a $5 and a $10 dollar standing liberty gold coins. My dad was also big into collecting coins and has about a 10 grand collection in the lock box at the bank... I need to go see whats in there sometime. |
| casperscoins |
Posted - 07/31/2008 : 22:31:29
Not the best but one of my favorites 1882 PR CAM Trade Dollar
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| Hirbonzig |
Posted - 07/30/2008 : 06:00:17
My best coins are a vf 1937-d 3 leg nickel, a 1942/41 dime in vf condition and a 1921 peace dollar bought off a bid board at my local coin shop for $60. I sent it in to be graded and came back PCGS MS-64, a coin worth around $700!! |
| nutsforcents |
Posted - 07/29/2008 : 18:36:02
1857 flying eagle cent, and 1999 wide am found in circulation in AU condition. |
| jpf231 |
Posted - 07/02/2008 : 19:24:09
My best coin is an 1877 Indian Head penny slabbed at AG3 Br (brown) by PCGS |
| Ant |
Posted - 06/23/2008 : 16:39:28
quote:
Originally posted by Alpacafarmer
Won't know for sure for a couple of weeks. Waiting on coins back from the grader. My guess is a 1903 S micro s mint mark Morgan. One of these sold on heritage in April for $2900+ in XF 40, I'm hoping mine makes AU. If not that it will be one of my CC morgans 92, 93 or 89
 I hope you get a good result! How'd you come across one of those? |
| Alpacafarmer |
Posted - 06/23/2008 : 14:21:16
Won't know for sure for a couple of weeks. Waiting on coins back from the grader. My guess is a 1903 S micro s mint mark Morgan. One of these sold on heritage in April for $2900+ in XF 40, I'm hoping mine makes AU. If not that it will be one of my CC morgans 92, 93 or 89 |
| swusc |
Posted - 06/22/2008 : 22:00:40
ok will if you change your mind... I will send it to you for the silver value and a stamp. I hate looking at holes in the books :)
-SWUSC |
| davycoppit |
Posted - 06/22/2008 : 18:36:06
SWUSC,
I'll find one eventually, Im really not too worried about getting one anytime soon. I was going to just wait until one crossed my path. I acctually got the set from my neighbor for my graduation from highschool. It was just missing a few of the 40s, and since then I have found all but that one. Thanks for the thought.
david |
| ScottyTX |
Posted - 06/22/2008 : 13:12:28
quote:
Originally posted by Ant
From a bag of unsearched wheats I pulled an XF/AU 1909 VDB cent. I don't actively collect U.S. coins and had never seen one before. I saw the 1909 date and wondered if it was a VDB. Almost never found the dang initials. Those letters are tiny! Well, I say XF -- that was my coin guy's assessment. It is pretty shiny.
I also found this weird 1966 penny that does not have any copper on it. I looked up a few things about it on the internet. There are a lot of fake ones out there that scammers have burned the copper off of with acid. I think this one might be real. There aren't any pits and I found it in the "wild".
ScottyTX -- that is an interesting niche you have carved out. Are unopened rolls hard to find?
Ant-- Unopened original bank rolls are/can be extremely hard to locate (depending on the year/mint). The key is finding one that is actually unopened as the seller claims. I made the mistake early on by thinking that just because the paper looks old and the ends are crimped it is original. Most of the time it is a re-wrap. I have every roll from 1940-present in "Original Bank Wrap Unopened rolls" or so I believe you can never be too certain unless you can verify the source!! |
| swusc |
Posted - 06/22/2008 : 11:22:40
quote:
Originally posted by davycoppit
Mine would be a 1916-D mercury dime, in pretty good contion, but have never had it graded. I only need a 1944-s and I will have my collection complete.
I have an extra 1944 s what condition do you need?
-SWUSC |
| Ant |
Posted - 06/21/2008 : 16:31:55
From a bag of unsearched wheats I pulled an XF/AU 1909 VDB cent. I don't actively collect U.S. coins and had never seen one before. I saw the 1909 date and wondered if it was a VDB. Almost never found the dang initials. Those letters are tiny! Well, I say XF -- that was my coin guy's assessment. It is pretty shiny.
I also found this weird 1966 penny that does not have any copper on it. I looked up a few things about it on the internet. There are a lot of fake ones out there that scammers have burned the copper off of with acid. I think this one might be real. There aren't any pits and I found it in the "wild".
ScottyTX -- that is an interesting niche you have carved out. Are unopened rolls hard to find? |
| Centsearcher |
Posted - 06/20/2008 : 23:24:46
Mine is by far a 1999 wide AM Lincoln Cent graded MS65 by ANACS, worth about $500. Best part is I bought it for $.o1 in a penny roll . |
| just carl |
Posted - 06/20/2008 : 21:12:41
For me that is easy. The 1943 Steel Cent. I have about 30 rolls of them. Way, way back when I was a kid my Dad came home with a new, shinny, Silvery colored pennie. That started me on coin collecting. That was back in 1943. My Dad is gone now but I still have all the 1943 cents he gave me. No other coin could be as valuable to me as those. No price could be put on my Dad's memory. |
| kieblera5 |
Posted - 06/19/2008 : 22:27:12
quote:
Originally posted by ScottyTX
I collect mainly original bank rolls so I'll have to say my #1 is 1942-s unopened original bank roll (lincoln pennies) that can run right around the 600.00 mark.
Very interesting choice of hobby. I've never seen an unopened roll of any older coin of all the same date/mint. I have rolls of certain state quarters, but that's about all. |
| ScottyTX |
Posted - 06/19/2008 : 21:28:53
I collect mainly original bank rolls so I'll have to say my #1 is 1942-s unopened original bank roll (lincoln pennies) that can run right around the 600.00 mark. |
| kieblera5 |
Posted - 06/19/2008 : 14:44:01
I have a new top coin. I just bought a 1885 CC Morgan in MS63+ for $600. Retails for about $700. |
| Steiner |
Posted - 06/18/2008 : 23:19:21
Here is mine. Canadian $20 cent piece they really only minted these one year. So it is easy to get the whole collection. LOL
This one is worth about $200.
Steiner
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| davycoppit |
Posted - 06/18/2008 : 21:28:15
Mine would be a 1916-D mercury dime, in pretty good contion, but have never had it graded. I only need a 1944-s and I will have my collection complete. |
| nckt |
Posted - 06/18/2008 : 20:35:49
yeah thanks, i know it is worth a pretty penny. The bulk of my hoard/collection is all off luck! i probably paid about 1/10th of what my hoard/collection is worth. |
| kieblera5 |
Posted - 06/18/2008 : 19:53:29
quote:
Originally posted by nckt
Worth the most, and the rarest 1992-S Au-58 Morgan dollar graded by Pcgs, and the best part, i bought it as a slider at a coin shop when i was on vacation. There was a HUGE bucket of slider Morgans at this coin shop, and the guy said this women came it with a bag of them, and he doesnt have time to look through them, so i did, and they were all in Au to Ms condition, and i found a 1992-S and i put a few other common dates around it and bought them for $25 each, and sent the 1992-S to pcgs and it was Au-58. :)
I take it that you mean 1892? If so, and you can pass it off for MS60.... three words: money, money, money! |
| nckt |
Posted - 06/18/2008 : 19:21:11
Worth the most, and the rarest 1982-S Au-58 Morgan dollar graded by Pcgs, and the best part, i bought it as a slider at a coin shop when i was on vacation. There was a HUGE bucket of slider Morgans at this coin shop, and the guy said this women came it with a bag of them, and he doesnt have time to look through them, so i did, and they were all in Au to Ms condition, and i found a 1982-S and i put a few other common dates around it and bought them for $25 each, and sent the 1992-S to pcgs and it was Au-58. :) |
