Your Best Coin Deal(S) ?

1928 Peace dollar in a junk silver dollar box. Pointed it out several times to the dealer. He said it's yours and a very good one. Said it was worth TPG. At the time, dollars were $28 so I bought the box. A lot of Peace and Morgan dollars. Was the box "salted"? maybe. Has it kept me coming back to him first? Yes. I have spent a lot of money there? You bet. He has made far more money underselling it than he would of if it had been sold for the going rate.

Maybe him or an employee most likely paid $13 or $15 for the coin and threw it in the box. I quess thinking 1923. Regardless, a 1928 Peace dollar in AU @ under $30 has been my best purchase.

500 mixed coins from around the world for £15 last night so it is seeing me through the rugby then we are going out for our wedding anniversary

My best deal was a 1940 Canadian quarter found under a dryer at a laundrymat. My wife works there and is always keeping her eyes open for older/unusual coins

A while back a friend of my sons had 2 Morgans. He said he got them from a guy who was going to use them to make a purchase at a convenience store. The clerk wasn't going to accept them so this friend offers they guy 2 one dollar bills to pay for his purchase and he got the coins. Well one was a 21 in X fine grade and the other was 1887 VAM "donkey Tail" in fine condition. Then he said he found a 1951 Franklin half on the ground a few steps away from the local coin shop. Probably someone bought a bunch of circulated silver coins and dropped one on the way out.
Anyway today this kid (hes a kid to me anyway) asked me if I would be interested in buying them. He didn't really know how much they were worth So I looked them up for him. To make a long story short, I told him the 87 VAM was worth more than I could afford right now and that all I had on me was $40.00 I offered that for the 21 Morgan and the 51 Franklin. He was happy with that. I told him he could try ebay for the VAM but he said he was going to keep it for a while. I got a good deal but I sure wish I had this kids kind of luck.

Very nice coins, very nice of you mwr1550 for explaining all the details of those coins and giving a good price on those coins.

My most recent awsome steal was a big lot of various US coins, mostly silver! It was the strangest purchase ever, since I just went on gut instinct The seller had no pictures or nothing, the ad only said small collection US coins. After a bit of mailing, and some more info and some pictures... I made a ridiculous offer off €20 (the morgan alone would be that). He thought it was too low, I agreed and thought drop €50 = $67. He agreed, and I don't think he knew it was a lot of silver content. All in all it was just below 200 grams of silver (little over 6 ounces) All on gut instinct and a little perseverance
And that was just my most recent buy

This shouldn't count but...

I paid 10 cents for a 1982 No P dime (got it in change). Nice solid AU example. Three years ago I sold it on ebay on a Saturday night for $165. Then on the following Tuesday night bought a NGC MS-64 82 No P dime for $180. That dime is in my Roosevelt album.

One of the best - but back in 1978! I got about 12 Merc dimes from a guy in school who found a jar with them in it. He and I knew they were silver and he was asking 30 cents each for them. I paid. It was about a week later I looked them up in the Red Book and found the 1921 and 1921 D were worth a "little" more than .30!

Sorry no pics at present - they are not here with me and no car today!