1852 Three Cent Silver

Although I suspect it would slab at about 40-45, I've seen worse on Heritage in AU slabs. Either way, it looks like I'm gonna take a beating on this one. Oh, well.

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Well, I thought I put in a strong bid & was aced out by a dollar. Even worse I didn't have enough time to raise my bid at the last minute. I guess that's the way it goes.

I was bummed to see this one posted here, as I knew that meant some strong competition. I don't know how much higher I would have gone. I thought I put my max bid in, but once I was outbid auction fever kicked in. I was also watching his other two auctions, but was so disgusted with myself for letting this one get away that I didn't act on either one.

Congratulations, I think you got a nice coin. I was going to put it in my type set, but I wouldn't be surprised if a reputable TPG slabbed it as an AU.

I'm fairly computer illiterate, & it takes some serious arm twisting to get me to try something new, so no sniping program. I'm not sure one would have helped here either. I put in what I thought was my max bid, & was outbid with 3 seconds left. Then I decided I should go higher, but didn't have enough time. Unless a sniping program bids irregardless of my preset limit it wouldn't have helped.

That's how I thought they worked. I set a max bid, & enter it as close to the end of the auction as I can. In this case I changed my mind about what my max bid should be. I can see the advantage of the sniping program, I wouldn't have to be around the computer at the end of the auction.