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So the closest I can get to the price in 1996 is 2003 at $325.00 value but he must have paid half the average buying price so $162.50 not even close to my first guess.
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Pigeonman- You only get 1 guess. Don't be giving away the secrets!  You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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12/09/2022 6:43 pm
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I agree with Panzaldi at F15 the light corrosion holds it back from the VF range. Wow a 1996 price huh? I'll go cherrypicked for $8.00 as a normal junk box coin and no variety mentioned when you scored it.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2˘ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
12/09/2022 7:13 pm
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Yeah! An impromptu contest! I'm not very good at grading but will throw in a guess of F15 and $20.
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thanks to everyone who chimed in. it enjoyed reading all your thoughts. congrats to the winner. jpbone! your guess of $45 was spot on. shoot me an email with the address you want your prize mailed and ill get it on its way! i was curious if that was a good buy or not so I went into my library. I dont have any price guides from 1996 but I do have a blue book from 1995. F-12 was listed at $60 in that book. seems like it was a pretty good deal at the time. it was purchased at a pawn shop thats pretty close to where I live today. I actually plan on stopping back in there next week. maybe ill find something cool! i grade this coin EAC net 10. market 15 or so. I like this coin and think it has really nice eye appeal. I think the pits on the obverse are enough that the coin might details. that Cud on the back protected the letters enough that there is a faint hint of luster hiding there. have a good weekend everyone! |
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Congrats jpbone and thanks for the contest CarrsCoins. John1  |
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Thanks for the contest Carrscoins! |
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Thanks for being a member of the forum CC and congrats jpbone.  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Jim, I'm pretty sure all the Red Books are either on the NNP or the Internet Archive, the 1995 one was a borrow only renew each hour, but at least it's there on line for free use. So for future reference, there is that and then there is this value guide to inflation/worth calculator: https://www.dollartimes.com/inflati...nflation.php"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2˘ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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thanks for that link westcoin! I feel silly because I had not thought about going to nnp for old price guides.
i still havent heard from jpbone. I'm bumping this so that maybe they will see it and claim their prize!
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Thanks for the contest and sharing the backstory on this coin.
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i still havent heard from jpbone. I messaged them again. if any of you know them in real life please let them know they won!
if I dont hear from them by noon on monday the prize will go to the runner up - ericgreen with a guess of $40.
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Hey guys! Sorry, I haven't checked in a while and posts don't alert to my email anymore for some reason.
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just realized I never said anything here. we talked over email. the coin is on its way. thanks to everyone who participated!
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