Disappearing Captain Cook 50 cent coins

Unicorn · July 29, 2015, 07:55:06 AM

Very nice Trout!!!! Great pics too!

Robster · July 29, 2015, 08:10:00 AM

Impressive result.!

robbiegal · July 29, 2015, 04:51:37 PM

I wonder if any of my pretties would grade high with pcgs
I have a few nice ones
just wonder sometimes
maybe trout can let me know how i'd go if I post a pic or so

trout · July 29, 2015, 05:45:30 PM

Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='76539' dateline='1438154497'I wonder if any of my pretties would grade high with pcgs
I have a few nice ones
just wonder sometimes
maybe trout can let me know how i'd go if I post a pic or so

Sorry RG , I have to see a coin "In Hand" before I can make any judgment/appraisal of it.
Once you get to 68 and above it is the tiny little things that decide what grade it makes :ok:
Just something simple like a couple of "Milk Spots" will affect a grade.

Pedro · July 29, 2015, 06:39:24 PM

Looks like a road trip is called for RG!

Pedro

robbiegal · July 29, 2015, 07:46:55 PM

yeah
i'd probably think mine are perfect but maybe the boys at pcgs wouldn't think the same !
I usually overestimate my opinions

trout · August 22, 2015, 12:10:37 PM

There are 39 Captain Cooks graded SP and I own 20 of them :dance::dance2::dance:

Here is one of them
Graded SP68

Unicorn · August 22, 2015, 12:39:03 PM

ooooooo la la Troutski!!!

Unicorn · August 22, 2015, 01:56:16 PM

There's no doubt you play the dark horse well Trout.

An incredible % rate.

interest · August 28, 2015, 11:50:52 PM

Here's one I found while packing.
I have no idea where that came from.

Ozcoins · August 29, 2015, 11:30:41 AM

Someone young was doing a short speech on James Cook.
They were very excited when I went and found a 1970 50c to have and use during the speech. Now the whole class will also learn about these coins as well!

robbiegal · August 29, 2015, 11:35:52 AM

kitsch unleased!! Interest - very cool brooch

Quote from: 'trout' pid='78056' dateline='1440211237'There are 39 Captain Cooks graded SP and I own 20 of them :dance::dance2::dance:

Here is one of them
Graded SP68

so how much are these coins worth to sell?

trout · August 29, 2015, 01:10:10 PM

Quoteso how much are these coins worth to sell?

That is a rather good question RG.
I had one of these at MS68 on Numisbid last night and it only achieved $55 It was a specimen coin but only graded MS68 instead of SP68.
Bluesheet has these at
MS68 $200
SP68 $230

With the MS coins the Highest graded is MS69 with a population of three coins at that grade.
The highest grade for the SP coins is SP68 with 14 coins at that grade.

To answer your question, I really don't know But they are rather nice and not that easy to come by so I am not especially happy to let them go under $200 so I will be hanging onto mine for a while :ok:

robbiegal · August 29, 2015, 04:41:49 PM

thanks
I agree that what it sells isn't necessarily what it is worth

robbiegal · September 04, 2015, 10:21:38 PM

I dragged out some coins tonight and took some snaps
these specimens coins are just to die for