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Pillar of the Community
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Hi folks, I hadn't been here in a while. Not much coin related happening with my for many months. A customer asked to "appraise" this coin for him. He has a bunch of stuff he wants to sell. Normally I just help folks out with the simple stuff, 90% silver, and any gold they may have. Pieces with more numismatic value are jobs we don't take on very much. What can you tell me about this?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There are 4 types for this date. Goog '1837 half-dime varieties'
& see which one you have.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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1837 Large 5C LM-1 R-1
Common variety AG-3 to G4 Not worth close to what is on the 2X2, probably closer to $35 retail.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks, folks. What had confused me was seated liberty vs capped bust. Evidently the capped bust is a bit more rare; it doesn't come up in searches as often.
I now know what this coin is, and approx what its value it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I hope $117 was not paid for it in 1964. Worth maybe $30 now.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wholesale at shows is $15-$20.
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Pillar of the Community
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I suspect the guy DID pay the $117 in 1964. He's now gonna flip when I tell him what it's truly worth.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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$117 would have bought some great coin(s) back in 1964! The guy should've bought a Red Book first! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Ouch. That would have easily bought a Bust dollar back then.
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Pillar of the Community
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He just came in the shop and picked it up. He said he paid over $100 for it, back in 1964 at a coin / pawn in San Francisco.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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He said he paid over $100 for it, back in 1964 at a coin / pawn in San Francisco. That coin was worth $5 tops in 1964. Actually a dealer would have likely paid $1 or $2 for it back then. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Agree worth $5 tops in 1964. Do you have any idea why he would do something so foolish? Are there other examples?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Why does anyone do something foolish like that? He was buying something he didn't know anything about. If it had been a small overpayment I'd say he was not quite informed or a little out of his depth, but a MAJOR overpayment of 20 times the value, he was shooting blind. Possibly not a collector and just over impressed with the age and assumed it must therefore be very rare. All of us have seen that before, the "Oh my gosh that's over a hundred years old! It MUST be really valuable!" phenomenon. And people like that are easy prey for con men that will play into that belief.
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05/25/2017 2:22 pm
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I've bought ones in that condition for $20-35. It's too bad if he spent that much in 64. That's a lot of money. What is that in today's money $400-600?
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I've bought ones in that condition for $20-35. It's too bad if he spent that much in 64. That's a lot of money. What is that in today's money $400-600? $1000 easy. It doesn't look like the ink's dry on that 2x2 either.  |
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Posted 05/23/2017 11:33 am
