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Stacks Bowers is going to auction a couple of nice ones in New York next January. Examples (all the finest-known of the type): 1794 Silver Dollar, PCGS SP66. Considered the very first Silver Dollar ever struck by the US Mint, this was the single most expensive coin purchase ever when the current seller bought it. Yes, it sold for more than the 1922 Double Eagle. 1792 Half Disme, NGC MS68(!). 1793 Wreath Cent, PCGS MS69(!) The only 18th-century coin ever given this grade, and the only Large Cent of any year even close. Plus one lower-tier (  ) coin, not the finest-known: 1793 Chain Cent, PCGS MS65. Since PCGS has one in SP67, this lowly coin's only claim to fame is being one of only 4 Chain Cents PCGS ever felt worthy of MS65. Meh. It'll probably still break $1 Million. Apparently someone has confidence in the economy. |
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Wow ... that is an impressive listing of coinage. Looking forward to the hammer prices ... please note that I will not be bidding.  David |
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... please note that I will not be bidding And I was so looking forward to your future presentation.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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thank for the heads up, I guess I'd better start rolling up my pennies now!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Are there pics available at Stacks website?
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No, this is one of those "you gotta spend $150 on the Auction Catalog to get images" things.
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No, this is one of those "you gotta spend $150 on the Auction Catalog to get images" things.  Actually, I would rather spend $150 on, umm, what are those shiny things I like?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Kelly, I think you're thinking of sequins! Round, shiny, often silver . . .
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Pillar of the Community
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 Lol, not quite! |
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Wow ... that is an impressive listing of coinage.  It will be interesting to see what they sell for. |
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Actually, I would rather spend $150 on, umm, what are those shiny things I like? Same here. This sort of thing is for bigger budgets, not mine. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I was going to bid on all of those but just remembered I will be busy that day. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Just a playground for rich guys who probably aren't "official" collectors.
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1794 Silver Dollar, PCGS SP66. Considered the very first Silver Dollar ever struck by the US Mint, this was the single most expensive coin purchase ever when the current seller bought it. Yes, it sold for more than the 1922 Double Eagle. Wait don't you mean 1933 Double Eagle?  Edited by TheNumismatic
11/27/2012 2:54 pm
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1793 Chain Cent, PCGS MS65. Since PCGS has one in SP67, this lowly coin's only claim to fame is being one of only 4 Chain Cents PCGS ever felt worthy of MS65 Not even top pop, pass |
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Yes, it sold for more than the 1922 Double Eagle Do you mean the 1933 St Gaudens or some other Double Eagle Edit: OOPS! I see this has already been asked |
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Posted 11/26/2012 6:36 pm
