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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Wow! ... an 8 year "bump" here.!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
999 Posts |
I bought a 1947 ML 50 cent listed as buy it now that was just labelled as a regular '47 on the listing. I studied that photo and compared it with others for a good long time as it was being sold be an experienced dealer.
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Valued Member
Canada
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1906 small crown .25 MS 62 PCGS that at the time was raw graded EF with no attribution to the variety. I sniped it with a winning bid of for $500.00 Here is a link to the the coin when we sold it. Price realized was over 15K US Hammer https://coins.ha.com/itm/canada/wor...ption-071515Edited by Sid Belzberg
07/06/2019 8:32 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1316 Posts |
A 1782 Guatemala 1/2R $13, G condition but honest wear and pretty patina. These early dated NGs are few are few between, especially undamaged. Seller did me a favor listing this to end mid-afternoon on a Monday. Honest NGs of any denomination usually hit triple digits, seen a few holed ones go there too.
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Moderator
 Canada
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Sid, your coin looked beautiful... Here is the same coin coming up for auction... as part of the Cook Collection... it can't just be the lighting that has affected the dark toning of the original coin. https://coins.ha.com/itm/canada/wor...ption-071515 I am curious if Forbes will take a run at it... Whomever buys this coin, I would send it to PCGS, remove the "Cook Collection" pedigree and ask for just "Belzberg" as the sole pedigree of that coin... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Excellent snipe Sid ! Best deal I ever did on ebay was 73/74 Olympic Map Mule. I purchased it for $185 US and sold it a few years later for $1000 Cdn. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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With all due respect, that 1906 Edward VII 25 cent piece looks like a mafioso cut the King from his ear to his chin.
I just don't understand third party grading.
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Pillar of the Community
Taiwan
606 Posts |
The more I look into the Cook collection the more coins I find in straight graded holders that do no not resemble the coins I viewed at the Norweb and Belzberg sales. They all have a familiar look to them. They are lighter, dull looking and the luster has been killed or greatly diminished. Some of the coins have the same grade others have been downgraded. The 1906 Small crown 25c and the 1911 Sp dollar are a couple of examples. My best Karma on ebay was the purchase of an 1844 PCGS AU50 Liberty Seated dollar. It was misattributed . It was actually a Proof. It is in a PCGS 53 slab now. Even though impaired it is still a very raw coin. Edited by Everest
07/07/2019 12:47 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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From ebay, best pickup was a 1934 cent, NGC, MS 65BN for $29, got lucky with it, as I was only bidder in auction. Would have been a 1973 PL set for $12, but it seemed to have gotten "lost" in the mail, it had a nice 1973 LB 25 cent. Seller was very quick to refund purchase after I asked about shipping date... Best pickup at another auction was a 1951 PL 66 5 cent in NGC holder, was part of bulk lot, it's cost was about $20, sold for about $275 a year later. Still kick myself for selling it, I should have kept it, but at the time did not think I would collect PL coins. There was something about it's luster and strike that really stood out, a real "wow" as soon as I opened the package, would not surprise me if it was a specimen coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Just a couple come to mind. Both these coins were BINs and had been on ebay for at least 6 months with no buyers. Raw 1947 pointed 7 dollar for $600 and a 1904 dime in AU for $200. Finally decided to buy them and both came back from ICCS as ms64. As this was back in the 'boom' years (pre2008) the 1947 $1 sold for $6300 and the 1904 10c sold for $2600. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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The list would probably be long, but I will limit myself with 3 examples that I have in my mind from 2012-2013 and costing me less than $5. My examples may not be the most financially successful compared to what others have described, but in terms of the percentage of profit, they are doing quite well Thus, I acquired a 1 cent 1964 BU with a dot above the "9" (I think it's the variety Zoell #B88q) for $3, resold the following month at auction on ebay for +/- $175. It's this coin, which is also used as an example on the CoinsandCanada website:  Second example, a prison token from the Netherlands from the years 1820-1830, only 8 or 9 of which were known according to my research. Paid $1.04 from Asyn in 2012, and sold 90$ the next month from my memory (And I probably could have had a lot more if I had waited. Since a similar token was sold for US$250 via Heritage Auctions shortly before). A last little example that comes to mind is for these large 1 cent that was paid less than about $5 each on ebay a few years ago (Shipping included).   I also acquired several dozen AU and uncirculated tokens from the Bank of Upper Canada for a fraction of their catalogue value, but that's another story. *Sorry for my english... I'm sorry if my English isn't perfect... I'm learning a little more every day.
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07/08/2019 03:39 am
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New Member
United States
37 Posts |
A 1933 french silver 20 franc for 1 cent. Won the bid at midnight from a high rated seller.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1352 Posts |
Raw 1941 DDR Newfoundland cent for $317. Now PCGS graded MS-63RB. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Back in the early days of ebay (10 years ago+) I did very well buying bulk foreign lots by the pound and selling the gems individually. It's pretty satisfying to pay $8 a pound (100 coins +/-) and pull multiple $10/$25/$50/and even the odd $100 issue out of the pile. It didn't happen all the time, but often enough that it financed the purchase of a lot of keepers that still reside in my OFEC 300 collection. As for Canadian... I bought this PAIR of 1858 1 cent coins for $220. Turned around and sold 1 for $240... meaning someone else paid me $20 to add the other one to my collectionr    Edited by Wade
07/08/2019 12:25 am
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Not to use ebay! I don't have to worry about scams. That is a pity, most of the sellers on ebay are honest. Nevertheless all of my best bargain buys have come from close in-hand examination of the item I may consider buying. Then, I am able to do my own grading. and not rely on TPG. TPG best works on coins with a nominal value of more than $100. There are lots of raw coins out there for less than $100 in value, where good grading skills have resulted in real bargains. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seven of my best buys:-An Alexandrian silver tetradrachm of Ptolemy X111 (55-51 BC) for $3, out of a bargain bin. (current value around $300) An 1851 gold dollar Unc, for $2. It was mis described. A 1923 S SLQ in EF40, for $5. A 1947 Peru 20 Centavos piedfort copper off metal strike in MS64, for $5. (only 300 struck) A 1979 French Polynesia piedfort proof 100 Francs in FDC, for $10, (only 150 struck) A 1979 New Caledonia (French Department) 100 Francs piedfort proof in FDC, for $10 (only 150 struck). A Philip 11 of Macedon Gold stater, bought from Spinks in London, for £320, in 1978. (My avatar, now valued at $thousands). That is why I am able to utilize decades of experience, and cherry pick across the whole of numismatics. (Two ancients, two American, and three World coins) Edited by sel_69l
07/08/2019 04:13 am
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