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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For me it has to be this CWT Store Card. In a details holder due to a cleaning at some point but it's a R-10 on the Fuld scale, meaning it is the only known example of this variety. And for a touch under $200 it has to be my best buy ever.  Edited by Penny Guy
06/16/2015 6:06 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
331 Posts |
please add value to whoever didin't
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1436 Posts |
For my US type coins, it has to be my 1876-CC Trade dollar. Graded AU-53, it has a mintage of only 509,000. For my Civil War tokens, it is my MS-66 Martin Bros. boots shop. It is a rarity 8, meaning only 5-10 are known to exist, and it is the highest graded Martin Bros token of all TPGs. It may not be an R-10 like Penny Guy's Jackson CWT, but it is my favorite    Edited by Dave H
06/16/2015 7:18 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Sorry but I never keep track of how much a coin is or was worth. I've got virtually thousands of coins and really no idea what I paid for almost all of them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
Penny Guy awesome Jackson, Mi storecard. My hometown.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
I like that Jackson store card too ....  I grew up between Jackson and Eaton Rapids. I keep a eye out for CWT for areas around where I grew up. That one is a very nice looking example |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
856 Posts |
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please add value to whoever didin't Ah, well, there's the problem you see LC. You buy a TV, you can compare prices for that model between stores. A Morgan dollar, you can look at dealer prices or auction records. But it's quite difficult to fix a price when no example of an item has come on to the market for the last decade or two. I can tell you how much I paid, which was less than the £325 ($510) my copy of the Spink coin guide suggests for a Fine grade coin. But that price doesn't distinguish between this variety and the commoner one. And the Spink guide price appears to have been based on an auction sale back in 2008. Bottom line is I think I got a good deal and that if I tried to buy another similar coin now, I doubt it would qualify for a less-than-$1000 thread. . |
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Valued Member
United States
100 Posts |
Probably my 1611 Spanish half real, in a 14K gold pendant.
It's hardly as rare as some of the other coins here, but I still got it in a junk jewelry box for only $15! It's worth around $40.
(Sorry about the lack of images, I'm still figuring that out.)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This 1784 variety is scarce as it is the last appearance of the initials F.F. (assayers Francisco de la Peña and Francisco Arance Cobos) on the Mexico City 8 reales. The common variety of the 1784 features the initials F.M. (for Francisco Arance y Cobos and Mariano Rodríguez). The Krauss guide lists this for over 1 grand in XF -- who knows what it might sell for -- I'm happy to have paid less than that.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Anyone have any Morgan proofs? Those were all minted in the range of 500-1200 pieces and yet AU examples price guide at well under $1000. They just don't go for sale too often.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
500 Posts |
It would have to be my 38-D here!  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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I have to dip into my collection of Peloponnese Roman provincials: Septimius Severus (193-211 AD). AE 2 Assaria (24 mm, 6.85 g), Aegium, Peloponnesos. C. 196-208 AD. Obv. Lambda; C#1028;Pi;T C#1028; Pi;#1028;PTIN, laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev. AIGamma;I#1028;WN, Artemis standing left, holding torch in right and leaning with left on column; at feet, to left, dog. Kroll 4.1 (this coin, illustrated). Unique. Dark patina with beautiful red earthern highlights. Very fine. From the BCD collection and ex LHS 96 (2006), 452. Bought at auction for 340CHF.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have to dip into my collection of Peloponnese Roman provincials: WOW those are really something. Hard to think they were once used to buy stuff. I wonder what kind of vending machine took those.  |
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 Canada
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1979 Mahone Bay (Nova Scotia) Municipal Trade dollar, struck in .999 silver. As far as I know, less than 25 were made... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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