Peckris Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 (edited) I love looking back at old coin magazines and price lists. Nothing better than to see a 1977 dealer price list Barber and Seated dimes for 30 cents each (minted 1836-1916) but the US bicentennial coins NEVER TO BE MINTED AGAIN!!! were selling for well above $1 for an uncirculated quarter, $2 for an uncirculated half and nearly $4 for an uncirculated dollar! I guess people used to buy anything, even back then.There was a great Coin Monthly advert, late 60s - INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY, THE RARE 1951 PENNY, Buy ONE, or Discounts for Purchases of 10 or 100. Wonder if any of the buyers of 100 ever saw their money back? Edited October 4, 2011 by Peckris Quote
Peter Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 I love looking back at old coin magazines and price lists. Nothing better than to see a 1977 dealer price list Barber and Seated dimes for 30 cents each (minted 1836-1916) but the US bicentennial coins NEVER TO BE MINTED AGAIN!!! were selling for well above $1 for an uncirculated quarter, $2 for an uncirculated half and nearly $4 for an uncirculated dollar! I guess people used to buy anything, even back then.There was a great Coin Monthly advert, late 60s - INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY, THE RARE 1951 PENNY, Buy ONE, or Discounts for Purchases of 10 or 100. Wonder if any of the buyers of 100 ever saw their money back?They created their own markets by hyping coins...Top 10 investments etc which with hindsight were all damp squibs. Quote
Peckris Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 I love looking back at old coin magazines and price lists. Nothing better than to see a 1977 dealer price list Barber and Seated dimes for 30 cents each (minted 1836-1916) but the US bicentennial coins NEVER TO BE MINTED AGAIN!!! were selling for well above $1 for an uncirculated quarter, $2 for an uncirculated half and nearly $4 for an uncirculated dollar! I guess people used to buy anything, even back then.There was a great Coin Monthly advert, late 60s - INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY, THE RARE 1951 PENNY, Buy ONE, or Discounts for Purchases of 10 or 100. Wonder if any of the buyers of 100 ever saw their money back?They created their own markets by hyping coins...Top 10 investments etc which with hindsight were all damp squibs.Too right. Other contemporary fizzlers were 1960 Crowns1953 setsavge circulated "key dates" (1946, 49, 50, 51 brass 3d; 1923, 1952 6d; 1959S, 1961S, 1965S 1/-; 1932, 1926 1d; etc)BU 60s coins in bulk1956 farthingsblue decimal wallets"Last and First" sets in Sandhill casesWhitman folders, Sandhill cases, Coindex filing systemsMint sealed bags (mostly dated 1966 and 1967)And probably many more too numerous to mention Quote
Cerbera100 Posted October 6, 2011 Posted October 6, 2011 I love looking back at old coin magazines and price lists. Nothing better than to see a 1977 dealer price list Barber and Seated dimes for 30 cents each (minted 1836-1916) but the US bicentennial coins NEVER TO BE MINTED AGAIN!!! were selling for well above $1 for an uncirculated quarter, $2 for an uncirculated half and nearly $4 for an uncirculated dollar! I guess people used to buy anything, even back then.There was a great Coin Monthly advert, late 60s - INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY, THE RARE 1951 PENNY, Buy ONE, or Discounts for Purchases of 10 or 100. Wonder if any of the buyers of 100 ever saw their money back?They created their own markets by hyping coins...Top 10 investments etc which with hindsight were all damp squibs.Hang on - are we talking about Coin Monthly or a fairly well-known issue from opposite the BM?! Quote
Peter Posted October 6, 2011 Posted October 6, 2011 I love looking back at old coin magazines and price lists. Nothing better than to see a 1977 dealer price list Barber and Seated dimes for 30 cents each (minted 1836-1916) but the US bicentennial coins NEVER TO BE MINTED AGAIN!!! were selling for well above $1 for an uncirculated quarter, $2 for an uncirculated half and nearly $4 for an uncirculated dollar! I guess people used to buy anything, even back then.There was a great Coin Monthly advert, late 60s - INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY, THE RARE 1951 PENNY, Buy ONE, or Discounts for Purchases of 10 or 100. Wonder if any of the buyers of 100 ever saw their money back?They created their own markets by hyping coins...Top 10 investments etc which with hindsight were all damp squibs.Hang on - are we talking about Coin Monthly or a fairly well-known issue from opposite the BM?!Does anyone know anyone who actually buys from this and has anyone had any experience of selling to them? Quote
Peckris Posted October 6, 2011 Posted October 6, 2011 I love looking back at old coin magazines and price lists. Nothing better than to see a 1977 dealer price list Barber and Seated dimes for 30 cents each (minted 1836-1916) but the US bicentennial coins NEVER TO BE MINTED AGAIN!!! were selling for well above $1 for an uncirculated quarter, $2 for an uncirculated half and nearly $4 for an uncirculated dollar! I guess people used to buy anything, even back then.There was a great Coin Monthly advert, late 60s - INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY, THE RARE 1951 PENNY, Buy ONE, or Discounts for Purchases of 10 or 100. Wonder if any of the buyers of 100 ever saw their money back?They created their own markets by hyping coins...Top 10 investments etc which with hindsight were all damp squibs.Hang on - are we talking about Coin Monthly or a fairly well-known issue from opposite the BM?!Definitely Coin Monthly! Or rather, the advertisers therein, one of whom may well have been a forebear of a certain chap whose shop is opposite the BM... Those late 60s days were utter madness, all subsequent periods - 1980 Bunker Hunt, current eBay fads notwithstanding - paling by comparison. Quote
argentumandcoins Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 Very RareA must have for the unique variety collector Quote
Peckris Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 Very RareA must have for the unique variety collectorLooks like it stopped a bullet! Interesting WW1 story behind that perhaps? Quote
TomGoodheart Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 (edited) Roll up! Roll up! Finest nown evvah! OK, it's a perfectly good coin. But it's another example of someone getting carried away with slab grading. The fact is that the coin seems to have adjustment marks (or scrapes) and to my eyes isn't nearly as nice as the, albeit pricier, example sold by Stacks in 2008.1688 Crown on ebayBottom line is that population reports are pretty meaningless at this sort of level. If only a handful of coins have been graded and slabbed then 'finest known' means nothing. Be interesting to see if it sells given high BIN prices seem to be less succesful than letting a coin find it's own level, but that US buyers do seem to like the reassurance of a slabbed coin. Edited October 9, 2011 by TomGoodheart Quote
TomGoodheart Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 And while I'm on a roll, what do people think of this? 1741 George II Shilling EF 70. CGS 2nd Finest Known.EF? Personally (and remember I'm not a milled collector) I find the reverse a bit disappointing in that the wear seems a bit more than 'only evident on very close scrutiny' (Spink). Acceptable grade or not?(And yes, I did search for 'finest known' on ebay, just to see what came up!) Quote
azda Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 And while I'm on a roll, what do people think of this? 1741 George II Shilling EF 70. CGS 2nd Finest Known.EF? Personally (and remember I'm not a milled collector) I find the reverse a bit disappointing in that the wear seems a bit more than 'only evident on very close scrutiny' (Spink). Acceptable grade or not?(And yes, I did search for 'finest known' on ebay, just to see what came up!)Iwould have said personally GVF as the OBV hair detail is also quite worn, buttttt it could be a weak strike like this one Quote
Peckris Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 And while I'm on a roll, what do people think of this? 1741 George II Shilling EF 70. CGS 2nd Finest Known.EF? Personally (and remember I'm not a milled collector) I find the reverse a bit disappointing in that the wear seems a bit more than 'only evident on very close scrutiny' (Spink). Acceptable grade or not?(And yes, I did search for 'finest known' on ebay, just to see what came up!)"2nd finest known (that's slabbed by CGS)" - rather takes the gloss of that particular claim. Quote
azda Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 Roll up! Roll up! Finest nown evvah! OK, it's a perfectly good coin. But it's another example of someone getting carried away with slab grading. The fact is that the coin seems to have adjustment marks (or scrapes) and to my eyes isn't nearly as nice as the, albeit pricier, example sold by Stacks in 2008.1688 Crown on ebayBottom line is that population reports are pretty meaningless at this sort of level. If only a handful of coins have been graded and slabbed then 'finest known' means nothing. Be interesting to see if it sells given high BIN prices seem to be less succesful than letting a coin find it's own level, but that US buyers do seem to like the reassurance of a slabbed coin.In all honesty the adjustment marks would'nt bother me. Its a rare coin in itself, but what he's obviously selling is the graded holder Quote
Cerbera100 Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 Does anyone know anyone who actually buys from this and has anyone had any experience of selling to them?I've bought a couple of bits (never more than about £20), and only tried to sell once... a 1996 Silver Proof set which they were selling at the time for £175 - was offered £70 for it! I laughed and walked away!Personally, I believe that some of the pricing in there is crazy - but some people obviously pay it or they wouldnt still be in business! Quote
Red Riley Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Does anyone know anyone who actually buys from this and has anyone had any experience of selling to them?I've bought a couple of bits (never more than about £20), and only tried to sell once... a 1996 Silver Proof set which they were selling at the time for £175 - was offered £70 for it! I laughed and walked away!Personally, I believe that some of the pricing in there is crazy - but some people obviously pay it or they wouldnt still be in business!I had a distinctly unpleasant experience trying to buy something from them what must have been 20 years ago now. Never been back... Quote
Peter Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Does anyone know anyone who actually buys from this and has anyone had any experience of selling to them?I've bought a couple of bits (never more than about £20), and only tried to sell once... a 1996 Silver Proof set which they were selling at the time for £175 - was offered £70 for it! I laughed and walked away!Personally, I believe that some of the pricing in there is crazy - but some people obviously pay it or they wouldnt still be in business!I had a distinctly unpleasant experience trying to buy something from them what must have been 20 years ago now. Never been back...Only thing I have bought is the 2000 edition of their book...pricing almost right now. Quote
Accumulator Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Ideal for 99th birthdayAre you serious? Quote
1949threepence Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Ideal for 99th birthdayAre you serious?Indeed ~ like they won't have seen enough of them already prior to 1971. It would be a suffocatingly patronising and unintelligent gesture for someone's 99th birthday. Quote
TomGoodheart Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 OK. I'm just ... bemused. Does anyone know (or can anyone think) what on earth buyers of WRL replica coins actually do with their purchases when they have spent this sort of money? OLD COIN NEWARK 1646 HALFCROWN CHARLES 1 DIAMOND SHAPE Any sensible dealer will just sympathise (or laugh) so the only way to get the damned things off your hands would be to go back to ebay or whereever and keep your fingers crossed another idiot is prepared to pay. But do people really expact to get a genuine coin from this sort of listing??? Quote
davidrj Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 Spreading confusion or a new way of marketing a crap 1936 penny Quote
TomGoodheart Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 Spreading confusion or a new way of marketing a crap 1936 penny???I must get my eyes tested. I'm sure it says EDWARDVS VIII, but all I can see is GEORGIVS VI. Or perhaps it's the wrong photo? Quote
Peckris Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 Spreading confusion or a new way of marketing a crap 1936 penny???I must get my eyes tested. I'm sure it says EDWARDVS VIII, but all I can see is GEORGIVS VI. Or perhaps it's the wrong photo? You're one up on me then (or should I say "1") as all I can see is GEORGIVS V Quote
Colin G. Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) This one should be "ebay cry" not "ebay laugh"http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190587060016Have you seen the reverse photo!! Edited October 18, 2011 by Colin G. Quote
Peter Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 This one should be "ebay cry" not "ebay laugh"http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190587060016Have you seen the reverse photo!! I love the westair reproductions Ltd...a nice MM when you've just shelled £770 to some youngster. Quote
Rob Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 This one should be "ebay cry" not "ebay laugh"http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190587060016Have you seen the reverse photo!! I emailed her 4 days ago to say it was a modern repro and only worth a quid or two. Needless to say with it already at £410 the silence was deafening. Quote
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