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Oh Gosh, I really hope I made the right decision in accepting the following coins as a form of payment from a guy who had 4 of a kind (10's) against my Royal Flush. I was dealt A-hearts, K-hearts and my opponent was dealt 10-spades and 10-diamonds. On the flop the cards were Q-hearts, 10-hearts and 3-diamonds. I bluffed and made a high raise and my foe called my raise immediately. On the turn a J-hearts showed up to my surprise thus giving me my first ever ROYAL FLUSH. I slow played by just checking. At this point my opponent had 3-of-a-kind (10's). My opponent also checked. Then on the river a 10-clovers appeared and my opponent makes a high bet (almost all of his stack). After a little bit of acting my opponent calls "Time" forcing me to make a call. I return with an "All-In". I had enough to cover my bet but my opponent was so greedy that he offered the following coins which would eliminate me from the table and he would have a life time of bragging rights. The establishment didn't allow it but told me that the decision would be up to me. I was confident I knew his hand and after all what hand could beat a Royal Flush. So I called. Now, I have to finally make my first PCSG submission and hope and pray the results cover the $150k. Yikes. Coins offered (items a-e appear to be Proof's): a) 1999-D Washington Georgia State b) 1983-S Washington Cameo c) 1972-S Roosevelt Cameo d) 1965 no mint mark Roosevelt e) 1975 No S Mint Mark Roosevelt f) 1958 Washington (Silver) g) 1940 Jefferson no mint with Steps h) 1946-D Jefferson with D/D/D i) 1946 Jefferson no mint mark 5grams %Silver? Your insight on which I should send in first to PCSG would be greatly appreciated. Kind Regards, Ben        uploaded/1guambum/20200110_1940-Jefferson-_No-Mint_-obverse  _view-ccfopt.jpg         |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'd save my money. What are you hoping for on these. Check the PCGS site for coins the same year/mint and see what they show for values. If you are not having high dollar coins, I would not submit them. Find out how much they are going to cost before for you submit them. For me, a graded coin only means well I have a ball park figure what grade it is. (sometimes they are wrong) I pay nothing extra for a graded coin. So if you spend $50 having a coin graded and it shows a value of $7, your not making any money on that coin. The grading fees will eat up any possible profit. Only super high grade coin will be high dollar, and good luck getting their prices for those coins. It would be like detailing a car that is worth $100 dollars and pay $150 for having it detailed. Know what you have before you submit a coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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Unfortunately, none of your coins are worth more than maybe a dollar. The 1946 nickel doesn't even have a D on it. Definitely don't send any of them to get graded.
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Edited by coop
01/10/2020 5:27 pm
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Your story is more interesting than the coins, and by chance the other player carry collectible coins around him, agree with other and save your money.
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Great story, but I'm afraid "your hand" didn't pay off. The question is, how much value did the opposing player assign to these coins he put up, surely at least a rough value was mentioned? As others have stated, these coins you have shown us are not worth that much, and certainly not worth the fees TPG would charge. Are there additional coins you haven't shown us yet that are part of his wager? I'd go back to the person who used these coins to cover his bet and see if he'll give you cash to get the coins back. If so, maybe you can salvage this in the end. Good luck! |
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hope and pray the results cover the $150k I'm seeing ten or fifteen dollars worth of coins pictured. I'm more curious what you mean by 150K Are you saying you basically paid one-hundred fifty thousand dollars for these? in the form of a wager Edited by jasper62
01/10/2020 6:21 pm
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Yep I agree there isn't one coin I would get slabbed.
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Great story, and even if the coins aren't worth much, at least you won the hand!
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Wow ... looks like I've been had. Just a note : all photos were taken with coins in their protective storage. I think I'll start with sending the 1975 No S Mint Mark, based on what I just read. Little to lose! Thanks to all for your replies!  |
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If that really is a proof, then yes, you 100% want to get that graded. But the weakness in the strike and the rims tells me that its just a PL business strike dime. But I really do hope its a proof. Please post more pictures of it so we can get a better idea of the surfaces of the coin.
Edit: After looking at some stuff, it just looks like it came out of a mint set unfortunately, not a proof set.
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01/10/2020 10:37 pm
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Hi Coop, as always thanks for your educational advise. The guy I played against was kind enough to also give me the Mint Sets from where Items a) to e) were extracted. I can only take his word for it. I do see the spot in the mint set from where the coin was removed.... but who knows?
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Hi MacMercury, I asked the same question and my opponent told me that he was at some sort of Coin Conference/Convention in the Los Angeles, CA area before he meandered to Vegas.
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Hi CherryPicker1, Sorry! 1946-D photos now included.   |
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Hi Merclover, the hand was worth a little over $950,000.00. So I got $800,000.00 since I was duped on the coins. We did not have much time to discuss in detail the worth of each coin. He did explain that 5 of coimaterins were extracted from Mint Set and was kind enough to also give me the Mint Sets (I guess to make me feel at ease). I have the 1946 Nickels at a local university Material Laboratory where the coins will analyzed for material composition. I was just told over the phone that results will be ready in the morning but it appears Silver has the strongest (tallest) peak thus far.
I'm crossing my fingers.
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