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Beautiful 1944-S steel cent up for auction at Great Collections ending Sunday night. Already up to $305,000 ($335,500 with the BP). Anybody bidding?  How high will it sell for? EDIT: Forgot the link - https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1575500/   *** Edited by Staff - Uploaded images here so they don't disappear. ***Edited by Marv65
01/03/2025 3:59 pm
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Wow!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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WOW, that truly is a fine, rare specimen! I could take out a second mortgage and do some bidding..
My guess is: $425,000
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I could take out a second mortgage and do some bidding.. Even if I could, I could not. My house is not worth that much.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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That's a good one Marve, thanks for sharing. My guess is $500,000.00+
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very cool error coin! I'll guess 500,000.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Even if I could, I could not. My house is not worth that much. Right, I'd have to have 2 more houses,  Quote:
That's a good one Marve, thanks for sharing.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Good grief!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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That's unreal! Thanks for the link, fun to watch these types of auctions. I'm with ya, jbuck.
-makecents-
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This is a fantastic coin with albeit a limited collector base who can afford it.
Thanks for the link Marve - it will be fun to see where this hammers at.
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Pillar of the Community
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It would be nice to be able to spend that on a coin. Heck, I have a hard time spending over $100. on a coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
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One time I accidentally screen printed a $5 T-shirt with purple ink instead of red ink. Later, that error T-shirt sold for $5189.75 including buyer's premium. True story.
In all seriousness, think of what a spectacular collection you could assemble for $300,000. This coin is just a leftover metal disc from last year that got stuck in a machine or hopper. Or some Mint employee picked one off the floor and tossed it into the material bin. It's not historical in any way, it's just a completely ordinary manufacturing mistake that happens to be rare.
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Pillar of the Community
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It's not historical in any way, it's just a completely ordinary manufacturing mistake that happens to be rare. Many of world's "history" have been from just that, mistakes. I agree with you on many things, Brand, but not this.... At least in our little Coin World, this is most definitely history and will always be. -makecents-
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 I have several just like it except for the date. |
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Posted 01/03/2025 3:34 pm
