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I saw a "cherry pick" thread and decided to be inspired by it to a place that I'd like to see all of your best cherry picks. RULES OF MY PERSONAL LITTLE THREAD:  That's really the only rule. Other than that, fire away. I'll start it: I picked this 1842-O LSD off a rare coin dealer website while perusing. For those of you who are not familiar with me, I obsess over Liberty Seated dimes and have taken to studying them over the years. I like the rarer of the varieties when they can be found and locating die stages in different progressions towards total degeneration is something most people scratch their heads at EXCEPT for the fine folks of this forum. You can imagine my excitement when I tripped over this little puppy hence, my personal finest cherry pick to date.  What makes this coin so special is the reverse is from "Die D" in 1841 and the die has been polished and lapped and reused in 1842-O. Its one of the more sought after varieties of the year/mm issue and adds a nice premium to a Seated dime variety collector. The die crack is a primary diagnostic to the reverse itself A-3/G-101/F-103  |
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As far as classic coins go, probably this 1826 Half Cent, stupid rare above XF (this variety), this coin is VF and about as nice a coin in this variety I am likely to acquire without throwing down serious money. This one was just another 1826 in the ebay auction, as most of the non RedBook variety coppers are.  Not quiet a cherry pick, more like blind luck, I picked up this nickel out of a cull bucket for $1.50.  Edited by EFLargeCents
06/10/2014 3:27 pm
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I cherrypicked a 1797 S-121a large cent in AG details condition for $5. It is currently consigned to auction with a $750 reserve.   Edited by TypeCoin971793
06/10/2014 7:11 pm
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Picked an 1890 Snow-1 Tripled Die obverse indian for $20. It was bought raw and graded MS63BN by PCGS. One of the finest known BN coins for the variety. Also picked this beauty as a normal "1860 Indian Head". It is the pointed bust variety and carries a substantial premium in this grade. This toned, prooflike coin is in an old, fat, green NGC holder, before they designated this variety.    |
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I love the stories behind the cherry picks.
Blind luck or happenstance or what have you, its awesome to realize you have something with a touch extra rarity on it that stands out amongst what would be common clay.
Fully awesome.
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Some great picks so far, this is a great thread.
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I'm not sure if it's my best cherry pick, but definitely in my top 5, an 1878 S VAM-27 Long Nock. I picked it up for $17.00 a while back.   Great idea for a thread dsfreeworld.  Edited by dave700x
06/10/2014 8:23 pm
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I shared my story on another thread, but am always happy to retell it.
In July 2012 I went to a large flea market near my home. A seller had a little bag of Lincoln Cents. When I looked through the plastic bag I thought I saw a 1922. I paid $2.00 for the bag of ten coins. There were four 1922 Plain cents in it. As it turned out, after showing them to my local coin dealer, one was an authentic 1922 Plain with Weak Reverse (Die #3), two were very, very weak Ds where his trained eye picked up a trace of a D (that I couldn't see) and one was a weak D. I sold the four coins for a total of $625.00.
There should be more flea market buys like that.
Paul Bulgerin
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My best Cherry's so far have been: 1) 1935-P DDR Buffalo in AU out of a picked over Dansco album Buffalo set for 35 cents from a local dealer. Needed to be "conserved" due to some crud. Ended up in an NGC AU 58 holder. 2) 1917-D 3 1/2 leg Buffalo in AU out of an old Library of coins album at a coin show in Utah on a Sunday afternoon. Had to buy the whole set to get the one coin I wanted. No problem with that! It ended up in a PCGS AU holder. (Sorry, no pics...both were sold several years ago $$$$..... Can't keep everything!) |
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Mostly condition rarities. Did pick a nice high end '46 DDR walker that I later sold for about a grand... plenty of tailbars (namesake), a long nock in VF details, '79-S Rev '78 in MS64... Got a few coins I'm waiting for grades on that should be a heck of a score ('88-O in 64-65, '99-S in 64, '00-S in 64 for about $130 all in) if I get the grades I expect... Some other minor stuff, like errors and strikethroughs, and a few key dates from junk silver ('32-S quarter in F for $5, '16 Walker for $8, '95-O Barber dime for $3)... you get the idea. |
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Why would anyone want a Seated dime when they could have this crusty pawn shop Half Dime? I believe it cost $125.  Worth it? They knew what they had, but how do you price it? Not many buyers for something this shabby but it's the best coin I've pulled out of a pawn shop. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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06/10/2014 9:39 pm
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I have a few cherry-picked varieties, but the best is an 1899-O Barber dime. It was housed in an NGC holder at MS62. I grabbed it becuase of the Repunched Mintmark O/O. I sent in to PCGS for crossover and variety attribution, PCGS did not think so highly of the grade (MS60) but did acknowledge the variety and it is the Top Pop in PCGS NGC and ANACS. It is going to GreatCollections soon. 1899-O/O 10C RPM FS-501 (FS-0098) PCGS MS60
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