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"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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That's not a poor man's collection!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's an old slab, so the coin has survived (apparently) intact for many years already. But is there is a risk in leaving it in such an old slab? Would there be a greater risk in having it reholdered? No doubt the bidder is pondering these issues.
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Amazing!   |
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Ian must be jumping up and down.
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United States
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Been watching GC's 1909S MS67 Red. Up to $270 grand, nothing higher in many hours. Woo!
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Finished off at $375,000.00 with 90 bidders vying for it. Amazing.
"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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Heres a nice article on his collecting history from 2008 https://www.PCGS.com/News/Stewart-B...-For-QualityThe Stewart Blay Collection, described by auctioneers as the top assemblage of Canadian King George V cents, will cross the block south of the border this February. 2023. Blay purchased each coin one at a time by attending coin shows around the United States "and hunting down the best of the best," according to a statement issued by GreatCollections. Few knew he also focused on Canadian small cents for the past 30 years. All are graded by PCGS and most still reside in the old-style holders, graded in the 1990s and early 2000s," said GreatCollections President Ian Russell. "It's almost unheard of to have 75 per cent of a series in finest known or tied for finest, and even those coins not graded numerically as the finest, the coins have amazing eye-appeal and appear conservatively graded. Stewart is a connoisseur for quality." GreatCollections will also auction Blay's U.S. Lincoln Cent collection over three auctions this month. Five of the coins already have bids exceeding $100,000 US, including the 1958 "Doubled Die" variety, currently bid at $323,000 US. https://canadiancoinnews.com/stewar...for-auction/ |
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Closed at $421,875 with buyer's fee. Not sure if free shipping is included!  |
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.... honey, I'll go ahead and take care of paying all the bills this month including the credit card bills like american express so just leave them unopened in a pile all for me... Thanks, but last time you did that , you spent a lot of money on something big. What did you buy? I promise it wasnt much...only one graded Lincoln Cent for my collection. |
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i wonder if they would grade it 69 again if the same coin were cracked out and resubmitted raw.
would they give it a 70 if it were resubmitted in the holder?
this is the most extreme example of the markets faith in PCGS grading consistency ive ever seen.
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01/16/2023 11:45 am
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Tough to think about on a "normal" level, some paid $375k for ONE CENT. As a Lincoln collector I often have left a show or dealer ultimately thinking: "I walked in with $500 and walked out with 18 cents."  Edited by BadThad
01/16/2023 2:51 pm
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