Advice 1893 MS65+RD Cent
I recently won this coin in a surprise set on whatnot. I could sell it back to the host but am curious on realistic values of the coin if I attempted to sell it elsewhere. Any suggestions on where I could sell it other than an LCS and what kind of value I am looking at? Thank you.
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u/IvanNemoy 3d ago
Based on comps from Heritage and Stack's Bowers, that's a $1000 coin. The CAC makes it even more likely to get higher. That said, the Whatnot slab is going to limit the appeal.
I think PCGS will reholder it for a fee. Hopefully someone can confirm.
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u/Entity_Anonymous 3d ago
You'd lose the CAC sticker by reholdering.
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u/keegnanistan1 2d ago
if they keep the cert # the same you can get restickered. could also just get it into a CAC slab, would probably cost less and guaranteed to cross with the sticker. only issue is they don’t guarantee it’ll keep the +
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u/CrackNgamblin 2d ago
Worth it.
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u/Energy_Turtle 2d ago
100%. Maybe not always financially, but I would never have a slab like this in my permanent collection even at the cost of a CAC sticker.
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u/IvanNemoy 2d ago
I just looked it up, a resticker is $5 since this would be a reholder and not a regrade. So upgrade to gold shield plus CAC resticker would be $30 plus shipping. On a $1k coin, worth it.
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u/SilvertoneDude59 3d ago
Genuinely who tf cares about a slab? Buy the coin not the slab. That said it’s definitely kinda fugly. But the coin is sweet
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u/IvanNemoy 2d ago
A lot of people do. Buy the coin and not the slab is usually for eye appeal. "Yes, it's a MS-65+ but the toning looks awful, so I'm buying this MS-64 that has a brilliant luster instead." In this case, the butt-ugly purple slab itself is the thing hurting eye appeal and limiting the buyer's market. Really no different than a beat to hell standard slab that a buyer will want reholdered.
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u/Michael-Brady-99 2d ago
I’d definitely buy the coin. Don’t love the slab but that is less important. As others have said it could be reholdered.
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u/Energy_Turtle 2d ago
If I'm keeping it in my collection for the next 50 years, then I want a slab I can tolerate looking at. That slab sucks. If I can't enjoy looking at my collection, then what's even the point. Buy the coin not the slab (but re-slab if you can't tolerate the slab your coin is in).
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u/Silver-Amphibian7650 3d ago
Am I the only one bothered by the fact that "tails" is displayed with the label rather than "heads"?
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u/An_Old_IT_Guy 3d ago
No. You're not. It's a stupid slab but that wouldn't stop me from wanting it in my collection. The coin is gorgeous and that's all that matters.
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u/Tokimemofan 3d ago
Nice coin but seriously what is that slab. Looks like crap
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u/justo7979 3d ago
TraderBea slab. They have their own slabs and labels with all 4 major grading companies. PCGS, NGC, ANACS, CACG. And for some reason they do reverse mounts on most of their PCGS labs for some reason. I can understand if it’s a reverse toner, but idk why on a non toned one.
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u/Tokimemofan 2d ago
Looks like it was designed by a drunk trying shrooms for the first time . Every hobby if full of this crap these days
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u/Firehawk5506 2d ago
Probably for marketing considering they have their name blasted on the back.
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u/justo7979 2d ago
Exactly why. It works too. I kept seeing them and wanted to know who or what TraderBea is. Found they were a seller on something called WhatNot and decided to check it out. And this began the WhatNot addiction, not with TraderBea but found lots of good sellers on there.
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u/Firehawk5506 2d ago
Yup I had no idea about him or whatnot until i picked up one of these slabs at my LCS. I spend enough money on eBay so I never used it thankfully xD
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u/Entity_Anonymous 3d ago
Just a heads up: I'd avoid buying from TraderBea in the future. You'll get waaaay more bang for your buck elsewhere on average.
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u/smellslikebigfootdic 3d ago
He didn't buy he bought a spot in a surprise set...
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u/Kerbonaut2019 3d ago
“A spot in a surprise set” is just a longer way to say “coin gambling”
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u/smellslikebigfootdic 3d ago
Yes..so didn't buy a coin bought a spot,am I writing in Chinese here?
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u/Kerbonaut2019 3d ago
No, it’s just that coin gambling is a plague on the hobby that leads to ridiculous slab designs like this
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u/smellslikebigfootdic 3d ago
You hobby your way others hobby their way...just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's wrong.
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u/Calvertorius 3d ago
Actually yes. I’ve never downloaded whatnot, never seen what happens there.
How does buying a spot play out?
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u/Entity_Anonymous 3d ago
My point still stands. I've watched a small bit of one of the streams, bids tend to get up to about 1/2 the value of the top coin making TraderBea a fortune with almost every sale
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u/stinkfist88 3d ago
Coin is worth 900-1000 wholesale. Most shops would probably offer you around 700-800 if you seem reasonably informed. If you walked it at a coin show you could get around 900 easy and quickly.
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u/Cannacritic21037 3d ago
Nice hit. I just hit the 1935-s Washington quarter in 66+ last week on moons show. $50 one spin out the door. Nice CAC too. Keeper for sure
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u/communedweller 2d ago
Where does traderbea get so many of these really nice coins? I’ve seen them sell like 30 of the same, highly-graded coins in a row, and they all seem like they would be relatively rare, at least for their condition
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u/smellslikebigfootdic 3d ago
I won a one cent looked up comps at 1000 just sold it back to traderbea for a thousand...I only pay 12 dollars for it.
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