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What's The Most You've Ever Spent On A Coin?

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So far, the most expensive coin in my collection is also the one with the smallest face value - the 1839 Silly Head Large Cent in my 7070. It's AU50-55, I spent $300 on it, and the market value is tough to estimate since they rarely show up for sale in this kind of pristine circulated condition. I figure it's worth something approaching $500.

How about you?

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Under $25 8% 8 Votes
$25-$50 8% 8 Votes
$50-$100 8% 8 Votes
$100-$250 18% 19 Votes
$250-$500 14% 14 Votes
$500-$1000 23% 24 Votes
$1000-$2500 11% 11 Votes
$2500-$5000 9% 9 Votes
$5000-$10,000 1% 1 Votes
Over $10,000 1% 1 Votes

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Last Vote: 06/29/2007 02:18 am
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 Posted 04/15/2007  09:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tpatna to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Mine would have to be the 2006 $50 Gold Buffalo for $800.00

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 Posted 04/15/2007  09:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Andrew289 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not on one single coin but the most I've ever spent on coins at one time was last summer when I got 2 of the 20th Anniversary gold sets. $5,200.00.
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I spent $50 on a VF St. G. back in 1963..price of gold a that time was $35 per once.
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Ha!! I'm cheap. I don't go for uncirculated, or even silver for that matter. (Okay, a few). The most expensive coin I bought was a 1919KN British Penny, and the shipping cost more than the coin, but since I'm down to just the key dates (post-1900) then it was well worth it. I forget what I paid (I have the receipt here somewhere), but it was certainly less than $25.

On the other hand, I have spent as much as $80-100 for bulk lots of coins before. It's the thrill of the "hunt" that drives me. :)
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I paid $1100.00 for $0.11 a couple of years ago.

$666.00 for my '09-S VDB and $434.00 for my '16-D.
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So far I haven't gone over $50. I can see that completing my 7070 will easily pass that mark, even if I don't include the gold page.
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$600 on an EF-45 1909-S Indian Head cent
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$600 on an EF-45 1909-S Indian Head cent


That's the coin I want for my 7070. My wallet isn't looking forward to it.
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 Posted 04/15/2007  11:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TimJing to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think after finishing my Indian Head cent collection I should go for doing a 7070. That'd be fun. And ridiculously expensive.
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I spent almost $400 for the 1928 Peace dollar to complete the set and thought I had overpaid based on the seller's description and the picture but it turns out to have been undergraded and was well worth it. A good time to get lucky!
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$500 to $1000, many times in this price range. The latest would be a 1909 $10 Indian Head. Paid $550 for it. Will send it off to be graded as soon as I can assemble a few more grade quality coins. It will grade MS-62 and I hope 64.
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I had to say 2500-5000 because I did buy a MS-66 1878 Morgan once and it was in that range but that is not an everyday accurance
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20th anniversary gold set put me back $2610.00
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$3800.00 for a type two One dollar 1854 Gold Coin...Many others, mostly 18th century U.S. type coins between $1000.00 and $2000.00. I have not had that kind of money to spend since I got sick about 4 or 5 years ago. I doubt I will ever get back to spending that much on any one coin. Quite frankly I get just as much pleasure out of a nice $50.00 coin! Mike
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My vote is for the $250 to $500 range because I've paid close to $500 a couple of times. I get really weird about spending that much for one coin, though. The vast majority of my coin purchases are now in the $100 to $250 range.
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