1859 Large Cent, Anyone Want To Take A Stab At Variety?

Oh yes ...there are always surprises coming along and that's part of the fun..



..but I can't wait to see the asking price for it on ebay..

I would have been very generous and would have asked at least $50,000 less that it's now going to go up for....such a deal already..

I like the big prices in some of the ebay offerings ..gives a good laugh ..and adds some strength to the coin market..

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I've been a good client...maybe I should come and work for you...

Devlec, YOU got that one right.....I would guess his bid was over 500
when he bids he usually bids to buy. It will most likely come back in a ANACS holder in a few months.

looks like the experts just take the regular price and multiply by 10.
Sorry, I'm a cynical person by nature and seeing the Charlton prices makes me chuckle.

The coin doesn't appear recently cleaned, conserved or whizzed Develec. However, reality would dictate that a 150 year old coin in that grade has ben cleaned many times over it's lifetime. Copper "heals" pretty well over time. Silver also, just takes a few years longer.

If you have the opportunity to read and digest Rob Turners books,..you will get an interesting math perspective on how rarities are ~ estimated.

Seeing as we like to "look" at coins,..some very visual varieties become very popular.. and the price climbs somewhat on these.

Some are truly "super rare" and are almost never seen(or found) and then the specialty collectors will naturally "battle " over these seldom seen ones.

I've had both of Rob's books in my "cart" and one day I'll press the buy button. I understand there are now 4 books in total. I think it might be time....I do use his seminar work as reference. As far as pricing, I don't think we are far off. The only point (with some assumptions on my part)I was trying to make is that most pricing for these rarities are more "estimates" than market data. And maybe that's irrelevant since the market will ultimately decide value. As you elude to, the rarity market can be inconsistent depending on what's trending at any given time and if multiple people are looking for that missing coin (obvious). The only point I would like to reiterate is that more Canadian coins (common and rare) are available to the Canadian market because of the way we do business. Both the 1859 9/6 and this coin were bought outside of North America. Also, as previously mentioned in another thread, the recent silver boom has brought many unknown coins out of sock drawers to market and I believe is part of the reason for the depressed common coin market (especially the dollars). The other side of it is that through that process many coins are being melted. As sad as it maybe be for some, it will eventually play out well for the collector market. Thank you both Dan and Dev for the pricing insight....