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I am so grateful to larsjan for bringing us along on this historic journey. What a fantastic ride!
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$2.52 million including BP. Congrats once again, larsjan, it's been quite a ride the past several years!
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A huge congrats to the OP!!!!!    I saw all the phone bidders pick up calls for this coin, I knew it was going to fetch a nice price!!! $2,520,000 including juice! Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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It's really sublime to have joined the forum in the past year, caught this thread, read the entire story, then see the auction of the actual coin.
Bravo Larsjan! Congrats and thanks for allowing us to join the ride <3
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Wow! Is this coin in the Top 10 of most valuable coins ever? Not even close... it would have needed to at least double that price to get there. I was sure it would be in the top 10 but alas. If the Wikipedia page is to be trusted (and if I hadn't bungled the count), this became the 37th most valuable coin ever (so far). |
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Well if it is real, then you have struck the lottery Indeed.  |
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OP in March 2020: "Now my question is of course what you think of this coin and whether there is a chance that it is real." Probably a chance... maybe...  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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So happy for you Larsjan - an epic journey!!!
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Wow what a ride. The price actually seems low to me, considering a boring 1913 nickel went for 4 million or something, stuff like 1804 dollar and brasher doubloons and stuff go for way more, this piece is way more historic and unique. I guess the early colonial stuff just doesn't have the same clout. Still very fun to watch and big thanks and congrats to Lars for taking us on the journey.
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The price actually seems low to me The price is not low by any means and surprised the colonial specialists. It fetched a really great price. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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It fetched a really great price. Seems like something that someone working at Stacks would need to say. Not sure that 30-something highest price realized for a unique coin in private hands, that is among the earliest coins struck in North America, would be considered phenomenal. It was a little odd that this was sold in the course of much more mundane objects that sold for as little as $500. Maybe featuring it in a rarities only sale would have been more appropriate. This was also at the tail-end of the Whitman show which took place last week and before Thanksgiving. Maybe placing it in closer proximity to FUN would have yielded better results. 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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