What's the most you've spent on a raw coin?

[AnkurJ]

Now I know Bill has probably spent quite a bit before slabbing started. But let's say once slabbed coins became the norm, what was the most you've spent?

 

I had to think. Mine was a 1793 Liberty Cap cent in Fair or so from a PCGS forum member. It cost $2500. It slabbed genuine and I actually sold it earlier this year for a nice profit!

 

Correction, I paid $3500 for a Libertas Medal in VF.

[tejas1836]

$110 for Carson City Morgan dollar. I don't remember the year.

 

I gave it to a non-collector friend of mine who wanted one from that mint.

[BillJones]

$5,000, but it was for a raw token, not a coin. So far as coins go, $3,500 for a my collection, $1,500 with the business.

[AnkurJ]

What coin was it Bill?

[mkman123]

I think like $400 for me

[Keigwin]

$2029.60. For a 1796 Liberty Cap cent.

Lance.

[BillJones]

What coin was it Bill?

 

A 1796 half dime.

[James_OldeTowne]

$9,000 for me, and $17,000 for a client.

 

I have a customer on a want list that is willing to go to $50,000 for a specific coin, but I have not found it yet.

[Walkerfan]

I think about $550 for a 1934-S WLH.

[rainbow roosie]

$1200 for a 50D frankie back in 1986,,,,Yep, it was that good. Slabbed as first 65, then upgraded later.

 

I turned it for $3500, two other sellers made just as much.

[TheCoinGeezer]

I guess the most expensive raw coins I've bought are BU Double Eagles and 1 oz AGEs.

[coinman1794]

$3050 for one of the nicest circulated Draped Bust dollars I have seen. It was lustrous, totally original, colorful, and on the cusp of XF40. The dealer offered it at VF30, and when eventually had it certified, it came back PCGS VF35.

 

 

 

[DirtyGoldMan]

James was there when I purchased a Fine Chain cent at the EAC a few years ago. The price was north of the numbers mentioned so far.

[AnkurJ]

You eventually sold that right RYK? Did you buy with plans of getting it slabbed? What if it didn't?

[AegisIII]

About $755-$780, depending on how you split out the two-piece lot I purchased at $805. The large part for a 1976 assay commission medal, the rest for the 1977 it came with. It was also my most expensive numismatic purchase regardless of holder.

 

[pianoman]

Mine was a 1998 Britannia 10lb. proof (1/10 oz.) gold coin from the UK currently in for grading at NGC. I was in mint packaging I spent $429.95 for it. It is the lowest issue of this series at 392 worldwide. It's a low mintage modern coin and I am hoping for PR-70!

[erickso1]

$70 for this raw Iowa. Graded out at P 66.

 

[World Colonial]

I believe $650 for an 1810 Chile "lion and castle" 1/4 real from Superior Galleries in 2005. It is in an NGC AU-55 holder and I still own it.

[x2rider]

This is one of my fav coins that I brought from James Garcia

 

[Kenneth F]

$800 for 3 Liberty Seated Dollars and 2 Trade Dollars.

[johnny9434]

$360 of a bust half

[jom]

From our own James_EarlyUS although it had been certified before:

 

 

Also got this from him:

 

 

Those are recent. This one I bought nearly18 years ago from Stack's at the Long Beach Show (that long ago?! Yikes!)

 

 

All are certified now...

 

jom

 

 

[AnkurJ]

18 YEARS AGO? Wow you're old.

[jom]

18 YEARS AGO? Wow you're old.

 

Why I oughtta....

 

 

jom

[mkman123]

hahha.

[AnkurJ]

Don't you mean

 

 

I keed I keed

[x2rider]

Were you standing in line for the mint release Jom

[jom]

Were you standing in line for the mint release Jom

 

 

jom

[Elbesaar]

 

I'm staying out of this one .....

[Bruceswar]

A single coin about

 

$1200

 

a group of coins ...

 

 

$10,000