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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4680 Posts |
$1050 for a cricket with just under 60 days remaining.. when you think you've seen it all  China has been missing out on an inexpensive counterfeiting venture all these years too! |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Why wasn't the cricket graded?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2951 Posts |
 This will be a highlight of someone's error collection when someone hears crickets every time they look at it, or the cricket decided to become a coin but was graded details because it is in pieces and damaged. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1086 Posts |
Yuck! At least this coin (err cricket) has a funny story. I think this is officially the most expensive cricket on earth! And ya, why didn't he get graded? I would say he deserves an AU-58 details grade-detached head. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4680 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1086 Posts |
Well it is at least the only cricket that I would ever consider buying (not that I would ever pay $1000 for a dead bug).
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
What lunacy.  |
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Moderator
 United States
34393 Posts |
Lunacy is a good description for this rattler.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5177 Posts |
Could be a fake slab. PCGS logo looks shoddy.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
I'm going to wait for the chocolate covered version to come to auction....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4085 Posts |
Post mint damage.
Crickets are a sign of good luck in some cultures so that could be driving the price up.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
This would have been a completely intact cricket when caught but it was tortured, dismembered and beheaded in anger after it was captured. For the past 20 odd years, graders have been wasting turn-around time using this slab as a dexterity game on the job. The object of the game is to turn and tilt the slab and attempt to put the cricket parts back where they belong. None have been able to solve the "puzzle" so the novelty has worn off and away to auction it goes. Next in the series is the infamous 2005 housefly that haunted San Francisco mint employees until it finally became a struck through error on a proof Bison nickel.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5661 Posts |
I'm glad everyone decided to chime in their thoughts on this item. I thought I might just hear crickets...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3634 Posts |
Now up to $1300, before buyer's fee, and two months to go. Absolutely crazy in my mind, so-called legend or not, but to each his own...  Member of SPMC, FCCB, ANA and ANS. My U.S. Classic Commemorative Complete Set: https://www.NGCcoin.com/registry/co...sets/278741/My U.S. Fractional Note Set: https://notes.www.collectors-societ...eSetID=34188 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Next time my cat brings home a dead mouse, should I pack up the deceased rodent and send it off to PCGS for grading?
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09/09/2021 2:03 pm
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Posted 09/09/2021 03:04 am
