Went to the coin show today

[jtryka]

and man there was one dealer with some IMPRESSIVE inventory! Well, mainly just because of two coins that I really enjoyed viewing up close. The first was an 1803 eagle, graded AU-50 or 55 by PCI, but it was still a very impressive coin, and it's so seldom that you see early eagles like that at shows as small as Tacoma! The second and by far the most impressive coin I have seen at any local shows so far was a 1907 HR Flat Rim Saint graded MS-66 by PCGS. It was a stunning coin, but he wanted about $5K more than I was wanting to pay, but I am still definitely thinking about it, since a coin like that does not come around that often. I also saw a good variety of bust halves, but many were overgraded, so I ended up leaving the show buying NOTHING!

[GP_]

you got nothing?! you feeling ok? maybe you have a fever

[jtryka]

It's not like I didn't try! I was looking for Saints, and they were all common date, or ones that I already had (except for the 07), I looked for bust stuff, and I was actually tempted on a couple, but they just were nice enough to get me to pull the trigger. I even brought my new Mercury dime folder thinking I could spend an hour searching the junk bin, but they all wanted like $1 each for common date circs! Call me old fashioned, but I have a hard time spending more than 50 cents a piece for circulated common date Mercury dimes. There is a show in Kirkland next Saturday, and another in Tacoma the week after that, so maybe there'll be something that will convince me to part with my money!

[Tradedollarnut]

How much was the HR Saint? Legend has one in their inventory right now - same grade, same rim style.

[jtryka]

He was asking 51, but was willing to come down a few hundred. He said he had 50 in it.

[Tradedollarnut]

I think Legend's got theirs listed for $47,500 - if it's not sold already, I imagine you could probably get it for close to your price.

 

I saw the coin when it was bought - very nice.