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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1610 Posts |
Post your best coin deal you made, either for profit or for your personal like.
Here is mine: Two frames of WII Canada and British coins MS60+
Coins:Canada
-1942 Canada cent
-1944 ten cents silver
-1943 tombac 5 cents
-1945 5 cents
-1942 5 cents(beaver)
-1943 25 cents silver
-1940 50 cents (MS65+, possibly) silver
Britain:
-1941 farthing
-1941 threepence (silver)
-1941 threepence (brass)
-1940 sixpence (silver)
-1943 halfpenny
-1943 shilling (silver)
-1939 penny
-1941 two shillings (silver)
-1941 half-crown (MS65+ too, possibly) silver
All with original luster, paid $25 for both. Makes $43,80 just in melt value of silver! Not counting each one is MS60+ cannot wait to get them graded. Post yours!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I bought some coins off of my neighbor: An 1883O Morgan 2001 Silver Buffalo 2 Barber quartersa roll of mercs 1968S Proof Nickel 1969S Proof Nickel Multiple Buffalos and the best part: all for $32 |
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Valued Member
United States
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A 1875s 20c for ten bucks. It is at pcgs right now.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
One of my better deals in terms of what I paid / CV. I'd grade this aUNC; I paid $1.50   In terms of Canadian coins, I got this one for $4:  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I am seeing some good deals posted already. For me that is a hard one to narrow down, I have been buying a lot coins the past year or so. One of my favorites is the 1909 S vdb Lincon NGC XF 45 I bought last Feburary for $1111.16, also I have found a 1914 D Lincoln NGC XF 45 I hope I can work out a good deal on this week. I did pick up a 1998 S matte proof Kennendy half dollar, I sent into NGC and looks like it graded SP-70 .. I started a post on that today. Most of my high percentage good buys are lower cost coins. For example yesterday I bought a 1970 D "wrong stock" Washington quarter. It is in AU/UNC condition. I paid $2.00 for it, when sold right these can sell for $20.00 to $30.00. Good profit for $2.00. |
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Canada
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I've had some incredible deals on American coins from Canada. Probably the best one so far was my 1909-S IHC for $1. (Dealers up here drop mintmarks worse than the rookie running back drops footballs!) Edited by bibd
08/30/2011 9:40 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:Probably the best one so far was my 1909-S IHC for $1. Wow!  Please post a pic if you have one...I want to grade that puppy. |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Wow bibd, that is awesome. Always hoping to find cheap U.S. coins from dealers in Canada (mostly amateurs).
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Please post a pic if you have one... I posted pics right after I found it (2 years ago), but the topic is probably archived by now. I think VF was the consensus grade. (edit: the head-band lettering is not very sharp looking in these pics, so maybe F-15 is all it is -- the darn dollar box probably downgraded it more than being in peoples' wallets!  ) Here they are again.    This guy was just sitting in a dollar box of IHC. I nearly died when I saw it! (By the way, this find got me much more serious about my IHC. Just a couple months ago, I found an 1908-S from a different dealer for $4. I might even save up for a low grade 1877 one day to finish off the set.) Edited by bibd
08/30/2011 9:54 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
The 1909-S has two reverse dies, and your coin appears to match one. Color looks normal. I would grade this a solid VF30--worth around $750--nice! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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10xloupe: Thanks... your find sounds amazing too, in light of the high grades. I'm afraid that finding cheap US coins beyond ones' own collection doesn't do a whole lot of good, because they are *very* difficult to sell here, and Americans (understandably) don't really trust their own coins being imported. But a word to the wise: Canada has a good stockpile of (disregarded) US coins from circulation alone. For instance, you aren't very much less likely to find a Wheat cent roll-searching here as compared with south of the border. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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DVCollector: Thanks! That certainly was my lucky day!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
The US is also a good place to search for Canadians, as my find above illustrates.
It's also good searching ground for bulk cents from the 40s-50s. I once found 6 1949ATs in one dealer box of cents.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I once found 6 1949ATs in one dealer box of cents. SIX!?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yeah--it was really an odd coincidence--six, all in one place, some in EF+.
But that was the only time I found them at a dealer.
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Posted 08/30/2011 7:43 pm
