Coins We Love: Midwinter Showstoppers!
Greetings from sunny Southern California! The weather has been lovely and the trip has been fantastic. We came out here to bid in the auction, visit a few friends, and to review a rather large deal that we were able to secure on Monday. All-in-all it has been an incredibly successful trip thus far. Tomorrow is a rather full day starting with a breakfast at the hotel with a friend of DLRC’s and then an afternoon at the Long Beach Show, followed by some auction bidding. It’ll be a long day before returning home but we hope to find a few more pieces that will fit some of DLRC’s overall needs and I’m sure that it’ll be a good time of numismatic camaraderie as well.
Unfortunately, there wasn’t any coordination going on between major shows and the ANA’s National Money Show (aka ANA Midwinter Show) is in Atlanta next week. We actually have a FANTASTIC table at the front of the room and are going to take a slightly different angle at this event. John (me) and Mike will be attending Wednesday-Friday and plan on bringing some highlights from our inventory with us. If you’re planning on attending and would like us to bring anything from our current inventory, please send us an email here and we’ll pack it up on Tuesday! We want to take time at this show to chat with collectors and spend more time relationally with those attending, so please feel free to stop by and discuss coins with us! Of course, if you’re thinking about selling and want to set up an appointment during the show, we’re more than happy to meet with! Let us know what you have in mind and we’ll put on our selling hats as well!
One last thing before we show you this week's coins: Be sure to check out our blog! Along with the usual offerings, I have started a weekly Q&A column to hopefully answer some of your questions regarding coin collecting and the industry as a whole. You can read the first post here and send questions for future weeks by emailing us at coingroup@davidlawrence.com. I can't wait to hear from you!
Sincerely,
John Brush and Your Friends at DLRC
Value:Neither the PCGS Price Guide nor the CPG have a suggested value for this exact grade, but if you split the difference between a 64 and 65, you get $22,500 and $20,550, respectively. We’re estimating it will end up somewhere in that ballpark, but we’re starting it at just $18,500 to let the market decide where it should fall.
Value:The PCGS Price Guide suggests $13,500, while the CPG comes in at $15,700. We’ve sided with PCGS on this one and will start it in auction at just $11,500, leaving plenty of room for bidding.
Value:The PCGS Price Guide puts this piece at $4,150, while the CPG suggests $3,000. We’re willing to side with the CPG on this one and will accept as little as $3,000 via Make Offer. The last coin of this date and grade that we sold was in 2016 and went for $3,900, so this gorgeous specimen is a clear bargain.
Value:The PCGS Price Guide puts this piece at $21,500, and the CPG suggests $18,200. We’re starting it at $18,000, with plenty of room for bidding.
Value:The PCGS Price Guide puts this piece at $3,750, while the CPG suggests $3,440. We’re making it available at only $2,850 via Make Offer, below book value for this above-average issue.
Value:The PCGS Price Guide puts this coin at $20,000 while the CPG comes in much lower at $11,200. This auction starts well below either at just $10,500, leaving plenty of room for bidding on this gorgeous piece of early-20th century history.
Value:The PCGS Price Guide puts this issue at $17,500, and the CPG suggests $16,900. We’re making this available for only $14,250 via Make Offer, below any auction records from the past ten years.
Value:Neither the PCGS Price Guide nor the CPG have a suggested value for this grade, and with no previous auction records, we’re letting the market decide. We’re starting this piece at $4,000 which should leave plenty of room for the lowball registry collectors out there to duke it out and decide what it’s worth.
Value:The PCGS Price Guide suggests $2,250, while the CPG is a little lower at $2,190. If you use Make Offer, we’re willing to go down to $1,850 for this gem. The last equivalent piece we sold realized $2,050 in 2018.
Value:The PCGS Price Guide puts this coin at $8,000. We’re starting it at just $6,750, well below the guide. With only three graded finer, we expect this piece to get plenty of attention.
Value:The PCGS Price Guide suggests $1,900, while the CPG is at $1,620. We’ll undercut both and accept $1,600 via Make Offer, well below the last couple coins we’ve sold of this date and grade.
Value:The PCGS Price Guide suggests $19,000, and the CPG is at $15,100. We don’t get to offer this series very often, but we’ll let this one go for $17,000 via Make Offer. The last piece from 1831 we had the pleasure of selling was in 2008, so don’t miss out on the last one we could see for a while.
Value:The PCGS Price Guide suggests $8,000, and the CPG is at $7,500. We’re starting this one at just $6,750 and expect it end up close to the CPG value. This is one of the best issues out there for the date and type, so don’t miss out!
Value:The PCGS Price Guide puts this coin at $17,500, and the CPG suggests $14,500. This specific example has changed hands at public auction four times since 2008, when it was sold as part of the Rich Uhrich Collection for $36,000. It last sold in March of 2018 for $13,200, but we’re offering it at just $12,000 via Make Offer.
Value:The PCGS Price Guide puts this issue at $22,000, and the CPG suggests $24,200. We’re willing to go below both by quite a bit and will take $19,500 via Make Offer. This gem is ideal for a top-notch registry set.
Value:The PCGS Price Guide puts this coin at $450, and the CPG suggests $455. We’re only asking $350 via Make Offer!
Value:The PCGS Price Guide suggests $950, while the CPG is at $975. The wholesale Greysheet bid value comes in at $750 and we’re pleased to offer this coin at the wholesale level of $750 via Make Offer this week!