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Norway
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My best US coin from junklot, must be this stunning barber half. going to NGC for grading now.   What's yours? |
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Norway
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Now that is one stunning half dollar. Smart to go for grading on that one! How much did you pay for it, if I may ask? Just found a Maltese 2 Mils coin yesterday. Mintage is 30.000 pieces. Also found a 1 Lire coin from the Vatican. Mintage 60.000 pieces. A Netherlands 1 cent from 1827 in very decent condition. All part of a junk lot of 5kg (12 lbs) that I bought at E8 per kilo ($4.5 per lbs). Haven't found anything spectacular US in this let yet, apart form regular change. Anyway, for US coins I think the most spectacular find is a very decent looking 1921 Morgan dollar (I would grade it XF myself, not sure how it would according to the US system) that I got for just less than $5 a few months ago. |
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Australia
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U.S. classic coins: 1853 gold dollar in MS65, bought for One Pound Ten Shillings ($12 in 2016 dollar terms), in 1970 at a coin show in Manchester, UK. Now probably valued at around $350. 1923S Quarter in VF35, bought for $5, Now probably valued at around $1,000. 1905 Barber dime in XF40, bought for $6, (yesterday). Ancient coins: silver tertradrachm of Ptolemy X11, bought for $10, in VF, now probably valued at around $300. Foreign coins: 1947 20 Centavos MS65, off metal strike in copper, (KM# 221.2a, 300 struck), bought for $2, now probably valued at around $300. 1914 Japan 1 Sen, Taisho period, in MS63 bought for $2 (yesterday) probably valued at around $100. 1751 billon Germany Brandenburg-Beyruth 1 Kreuzer, Unc., bought for $6, (yesterday), probably valued at around $40. It pays to keep your mind open to the whole of numismatics! |
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United States
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1914 barber half in good condition for $5 part of a lot of silver and misc coins from a garage sale last summer....sold the 1914 since I already had one for $90, also scored on a 1890 something big Mexican silver paid $6 for sold it on ebay for $55 |
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United States
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I want to know the story on that half!  I bought a lot of three junk large cents dated 1797, 1798, and 1800 for $15. Turned out the 1797 was a very rare variety, which I sold later for $760. Edited by TypeCoin971793
05/13/2016 09:41 am
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United States
1304 Posts |
1943/2 US Nickel bought for a $1.50 out of a cull bucket now in a PCGS XF40 holder.
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United States
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It doesn't look like much, but it's a pretty uncommon date (632,000 minted) and still worth around $80 even in this condition:   |
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United States
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I would say my best junk bin find was the almost dateless 1895-S Morgan dollar. Bought for spot price ($12ish at the time I think?) and sold for $70 in that AG condition. It is nice since I can find uncommon dates probably every other visit or so it seems. |
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United States
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1846K one franc. I recall paying $15 for it, catalog value is currently about 200 euros. Le Franc lists 4 known so it's easily the rarest coin I own....but with French coins extreme rarity is more common than with US coins... "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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United States
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aleroe, wow that's no junk coin. I found a no date SLQ that had a barely discernible 1 in the last digit spot making it a 1921. Still it's a AG-3 at best. I felt like I had found shangri-la. Your barber half is amazing.
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United States
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I had two really nice Morgan dollar finds that came out of a bucket of junk dollars priced at bullion. 7 or 8 dollars at the time. 1878-P VAM9 the first Morgan dollar die pair. In AU 1878-S VAM72 long arrow nock, EF condition this coin was traded to Larry Briggs in 2002, which he then discovered it was different than any other long nock coin and it became the discovery piece of VAM72. Doh, I was concentrating on 8TF then, and only knew I had a long nock, just not which one, guess I should have studied it a bit longer. Though I still got a bit over $1000 in trade on other coins plus some cash. Not bad for an $8.00 buy. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Sweden
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Bought a lot of nice barbers, and some junk silver came with them, so only paid for the barbers in a sense. One of the "junk" coins turned out to be a 1916 SLQ Paid $90 for the lot Sold the 1916 raw on ebay for $2,500 Here's my thread from way back in 2013 regarding the coin https://goccf.com/t/142013 |
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United States
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I bought a lot of "scrap" silver foreign coins and this little gem was in it.... XF-40 price (retail) $1300.00 Canadian. 1875-H small date 5/5   |
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 Norway
148 Posts |
just got this back from NGC. AU-details, improperly cleaned :(
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United States
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Alore, we definitely need to hear the rest of the story. Barber slicks are common, but Barbers of that quality are not. My best junk find was two 1932-D quarters in a purchase of 90% junk silver.
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08/24/2016 09:07 am
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United States
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nice
Edited by thecoinguy1964
08/24/2016 09:12 am
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