Great Collections coin auction

Hi everyone. Last night I was following some coins on several of the auction sites. I saw this particular example NGC MS67RB 1963 Lincoln Memorial on the Great Collections auction site and notice that no one was really tracking this coin. I normally would not buy a red brown example of a coin for my competitive set but since I needed to upgrade from my current MS66RD example I could not resist. I ended up being the only bidder on this coin and for $100 and with $13.50 in fees the total was $113.50. Not to bad for this coin. There are only 13 examples graded in MS67 with 12 being Red and this lone example graded Red Brown. Of course I have been looking for a red example but the prices recently have been way above market average so for now this example will stay put in my collection. Considering the lone example on Ebay I can find at $1250 asking price I think I did pretty good. Registry point value is only about 22 points less than if this was a true red example. The coin exhibits very nice detail strike and only slightly on the red/brown side. I also like Great Collections because of the low buyer fees and shipping cost. That is all for now. Next month I will be adding 2 new coins to this collection that are truly over the top. Can't say anything more until then about them. As always, thanks for looking and Happy Collecting

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