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Valued Member
United States
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I was tracking a 1936-S Bay Bridge Half Dollar on ebay and with 20 seconds left to go, the bid was $78.xx and I hurried up to put a bid in and before I could even bid it the price was up to $110.50. That was a little bit rich for me because the reverse side had some sort of residue on it and did not want to pay that much for a coin that had been stained with something. I was willing to take a chance for under $100. I found some other Bay Bridge Halves, but the price was in the three hundreds for some great coins. Out of my price range. Has anyone else tried tracking some old Commemoratives to bid on? Any luck or did the price get too high? Berry |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I started tracking a Stone Mountain Commemorative about a year ago. I'm still tracking one. It seems like everyone I have tracked sold above my price range.
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Valued Member
United States
459 Posts |
I have found the Commemorative niche quite confusing. All of the dealers that post "market reports" state that commemoratives are dead, cannot be moved from inventory, and flood bourse floors. Yet, when I see them in online auctions, they always seem to fetch top $ and experience a lot of active bidding. I do not own any but, I always find them attractive when members post their examples. So, I always keep my eye on them but I can't justify dropping that kind of $$$ when it could be spent on a busty.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The above said, perhaps it is best to view the Bay Bridge commems in person at a coin show. Sometime I am interested in one of these also, my Grandmother attended the ceremony for the dedication of the bridge.
Edited by Scottishmoney
08/11/2007 07:14 am
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Valued Member
 United States
394 Posts |
Scottishmoney,
You have a double reason for wanting a Bay Bridge Commem.. Good luck and hope you are able to get a real "beauty".
Benji and Spider5689,
I guess we all have experienced the same problems when trying to get the "old commemoratives". I am on a fixed retirement income and cannot afford the nicer coins. I can still admire their beauty though and do, but still suffer from wishful thinking!!.
Berry
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I have not seen them flooding bourses. They did not get any respect for a long time. I will be out hunting for old commems tomorrow morning at the Auburn coin show (and scoping for some nice busties, too).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Many people think the Texas Centennial coin is too cluttered, but I love it. It would be my first choice for a commem, then the Bay Bridge, the 75th Anniversary of California, Antietam, Stone Mountain. I have tonnes of Columbian halves that I bought at bullion value, they were all cleaned at one point. I put literally dozens of them up on a ranch gate where they sat for years naturally retoning.
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Valued Member
United States
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Well, after perusing the site listed below I found that there were only 25,000-75,000 minted for a majority of the issues. I learned quite abit of info from the site. Others may find it useful? I just checked the Bay's BIN w/ lowest $ first and many can be had for less than $100 in F-XF (which these are the ones I am partial to) but, once you hit MS you'll be paying $800-1300 depending on issue. http://www.commem.com/prod08.htmEdited by Benji
08/11/2007 6:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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yes, very useful link, thank you Benji, looks like there are many sleepers here.
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Valued Member
United States
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Benji,
Great link, thanks for posting it. I bookmarked it for easy reference in the future, all the commems just makes me drool though.
Berry
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Valued Member
United States
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the bay bridge is my #2 favorite commem.....all time faverote would be the 1925 stone mountain
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United States
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Why are you digging up years-old topics?
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Posted 08/10/2007 11:39 pm
