• When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

From local auction. Care to guess the price realized?

16 posts in this topic

Hello. I recently saw some seated $ auctioned at Yahoo Japan, whitch is similar to e-bay in U.S.  They were auctioned with no reserve.

Care give your grades on them and guess the price realized?

 

Coin#1  1872 seated $

5958879220a16_1872r.jpg.10f289075a80f8a177cad5f4f2d3ce1c.jpg5958878b21ce7_1872o49300yen.jpg.a6df43c2380720945ed66006300c1e9d.jpg

 

Coin#2   1859-O seated $

59588819a7b2f_1859-Oo.jpg.1acdbe90a03b2d0cbadfa710245b79c6.jpg5958881fab36b_1859-Or.jpg.c4b54a017337827be66592b890052488.jpg

 

Coin#3 1876-S Trade $

59588a0129b12_1876-so.jpg.8065ff39256557a0221d1e944a42e2fc.jpg59588a07e24bb_1876-sr.jpg.19df8e5655bc59de51e888e86ccfd366.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

22 minutes ago, allmine said:

not soooo sure about these; would have to see the reeding...

If those are fakes, they are really good. Although, to be fair, any raw trade dollar is immediately suspect. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

No idea on prices, but grades: 

1: AU

2: AU details, polished and stained

3: AU, but that obverse is ugly

All three of these coins appear to have been cleaned/dipped/mistreated. So, I don't think they should get strong prices (but who knows with online auctions!)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

well, they all have the same surface, and the 72 is weak where it shouldn't be. The Best Way to tell is by looking at the reeding. The Chinese, as of yet, haven't been able to copy it. And, they're becoming reallyreally good at die striking copies

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I'd much prefer to be able to examine the coins in hand, before assigning estimated grades. But from what I can see in the images, I'll guess MS64, MS63 and MS63. They look genuine to me.

Edited to add: It's quite possible that what I think to be a combination of luster and haze, is actually cleaning.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Most likely mint state pieces but must have them in hand. Boy I can remember decent AU pieces I could have purchased for 200 bucks back in the seventies.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The Trade Dollar looks "off" in the photo, but photos are not great for this purpose. Compare the olive branch to an authentic 1876-S.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I really don't know how to grade these coins, but since they are in NNC slabs, it's likely  they won't straight grade in NGC/PCGS holders.595a22d58fa20_1872s.jpg.320a0e454529a1fe625ca8414e4cd632.jpg

1872 seated $  fetched approx.  $437    Accoring to Heritage auction archive, XF details, cleaned example in PCGS holder fetched $448 recently and this one looks much better.

So, judging from the images alone, I think buyer did well on this coin (although I didn't place bid on this coin)

595a24da46160_1859-O160000yen.jpg.7846157d4cc52089d920ac83cfba3598.jpg

1859-O realized $1418  According to Heritage Auction, MS62 example in PCGS holder sold for $2115 this month and AU58 sold for less than $1000 recently.

I think the buyer paid too much on this coin.

595a26e33944a_1876-s96000yen.jpg.fc8acdc9dcda3ddaf7860bf17844df33.jpg

This trade $ realized $851   According to Heritage auction archive, you can buy one in MS62 in PCGS holder for similar amount of money.  Again, I'm afraid buyer paid too much.

Link to comment
Share on other sites