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Bedrock of the Community
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Ones most valuable coin does not have to have much monetary value at all. Mine is the first coin I was ever given, that started me on the way to this "insanity" ! Today that beat up old Newfoundland half is worth about six bucks to sell. For me owning it is Priceless! Odd that is about what I was going to say. Mine was a 1943 Cent from my DAD. Still got it and lots more. However, no one could buy that one since there is no possible price on it. Quote:
All I need is some unscrupulous individual finding out how much I have or don't have. No need to worry. So many of us are to old to drive to far to rob anyone for anything. I know I am.  Edited by just carl
02/28/2015 4:42 pm
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All my most valuable coins were free, too. If I had to choose one it would probably be my avatar coin, but there's another beat-up Morgan and a piece of worn Russian copper with good claims.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My most valuable single coin is a title that any number of the small group of coins that I have received as gifts from some relatives could carry.
My first Morgan (a worn 1880-S with a tape stain on the back) is another that could join that club.
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United States
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To me, my avatar, a 1786 Vermont Landscape Copper (Ryder 7), minted in Rupert, Vermont.
I know it's FMV but that's not important. I'm never selling it.
Close second is my double-struck New Jersey copper.
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Pillar of the Community
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While not my most valuable coin I do have a coin that is the most valued. That coin (it's a medal actually) was given to me for celebrating 5 years of sobriety in the Alcoholics Anonymous program. As far as intrinsic value it has none but to me it's the most important in my collection.   |
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United States
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Most valuable...that's easy! It's a 1942-S LWC in EF-40 condition. Well...It's also heavily polished and artificially toned to boot! The coin is the one and only coin my wife bought me. I smiled from ear to ear thanking her (on the outside). I was crying on the inside though, when she told me "what a great deal I got on it." Market Value = $0.08 (On a good day) Personal Value = Priceless |
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Most important coin in the thread so far, Celticsoul. I'm glad for you.  |
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I do have a coin that is the most valued. This coin is PRICELESS and nothing can be bought from this one as it is earned. WELL DONE  Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
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Interesting thread to say the least. Congratulate SAP on the wise and well stated reply to the OP ... somewhat disappointed that scottk somehow took offense at some point in the discussion ... enough offense apparently to earn a 2-week forum vacation.  Great example of 'most valuable' ... most focused on personal value and not monetary value. David |
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Good job, celticsoul! That is a valuable coin, indeed.
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I think that Scott meant the financial value of your coins not to post your sentimental ones but to post your most valuable ones financially. The question is what's your most valuable coin and we all know that Scott wanted to know this by what coin you have that is the most valuable that way. Reading the comments I'mseeing a lot of sentimentally valuable coins and not a lot of financially valuable coins, Which I know that if I made this thread and got those comments I wouldn't really be too happy. Nobody's really admitting it but I think why I'mnot seeing a lot of the right answers is because most people are to worried or scared to post it. I have posted my most valuable coin already, the right coin and not my most sentimentaly valable coin but if your doing that too then I'min... My most (sentimentally valuable) coin is an 1887 Morgan dollar that while my grandma was pregnant with my dad in 63 she won it at a slot machine in Vegas.  |
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How much is the coin in the original post worth? I do not know much about that market?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Scottk posted that he paid $175. Is that the coin's "fair market value?" I sure couldn't say. There are so many legitimate variables. It's a Fugio: a plus. It's a very low grade: minus. But grading of colonials is difficult and subjective: plus. But it's also corroded: minus. But its die variety is an R5, rarer than most Fugios: plus. And finally, die linkages establish that its obverse die was probably used to mint the very first Fugios; it was a die for both production coins and patterns: plus! That's more math than I can do. That's why I avoid the math, and enjoy the coin.
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02/28/2015 8:47 pm
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Generally in my experience of buying/selling Colonial/post Colonial coins, it's FMV is ultimately what someone is willing to pay.
Even past auction results can be a rollercoaster.
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