dejapooh
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posted on September 21, 2005 07:17:20 PM
About 20 years ago, I bought a coin. It was a brass washington and independance cent from 1783. Maybe 100,000 made in Copper, but this was a restrike made in brass, and only 2 were known in brass. I had the coin photographed and put into a friends book (the complete catalog of American Coinage). The coin cost me all of $250 in 1983.
I finally decided to sell it and it turns out an auction company had an auction at the national coin show (ANA show in San Francisco). I put my coin in and it was mis-descibed by the authentifiaction company and was listed as copper... Common. It fell $100 short of my $1500 reserve. The auction company agreed to have it corrected and put into the next auction, which had a major collection of colonial and washington coins. The next time they put the wrong grade on the coin, so they agreed to not charge me the sellers commission. Well, they internet auction the coin for 20 days, the ending auction price is the starting bid at the regular auction session. Well, today is the auction, and today, the coin got it's 7th bidder, who has offered $15,000!
OMG! Just a few bids away from a new house! The final auction just started and my coin comes up in about 2 hours... WISH ME LUCK!
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fenix03
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posted on September 21, 2005 07:34:25 PM
Good Luck!!! Let us know how it all turns out : )
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An intelligent deaf-mute is better than an ignorant person who can speak.
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glassgrl
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posted on September 21, 2005 07:42:00 PM
 Fingers crossed!
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dejapooh
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posted on September 21, 2005 07:46:21 PM
you can see the auction running live (lot by lot update)
http://www.heritagecoins.com/common/auction/catalog.php?SaleNo=384
lot 575
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ewora
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posted on September 21, 2005 08:00:36 PM
Amazing!
[ edited by ewora on Sep 21, 2005 08:01 PM ]
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sparkz
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posted on September 21, 2005 08:13:56 PM
Fingers crossed, toes crossed. I even have my legs crossed. GOOD LUCK!!!
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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dejapooh
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posted on September 21, 2005 09:30:09 PM
SOLD...
$15000
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glassgrl
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posted on September 22, 2005 04:18:07 AM
GREAT pictures in that auction - what a nice format!
Happy new house!
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carolinetyler
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posted on September 22, 2005 06:02:34 AM
WOW! Congratulations - great investment you made there!
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 Caroline
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dacreson
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posted on September 22, 2005 11:12:16 AM
This is the kind of story that keeps we collectors looking all our life for that one big score. It don't happen often but it is sure better than the lottery. Congratulations, remember IRS.
David
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sthoemke
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posted on September 22, 2005 11:51:31 AM
Congratulations!!!
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dejapooh
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posted on September 22, 2005 11:55:56 AM
Thanks all. 1/3 goes to uncle sam and the bear. 1/3 goes to my father (for putting up the cash). I'll take the rest 
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zoomin
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posted on September 22, 2005 11:59:08 AM
 way to go!!!
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ms24ktau
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posted on September 22, 2005 12:27:38 PM
WONDERFUL Good for you !!!!
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estatesalestuff
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posted on September 22, 2005 06:12:46 PM
Whoa!!!!!!!! GREAT sell@@@!!!!!!!
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sthoemke
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posted on September 23, 2005 12:05:04 AM
You sould have bought a couple more of those 
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dejapooh
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posted on September 23, 2005 12:16:35 PM
There are only 2 known. This one is the Plate coin in the general reference book and I believe far higher quality.
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