Seated Dollar Opinion Requested

Since 1943 is my birth year, I miraculously have gathered up lots of stuff minted in that year, "just for liberally kicks." I have also enjoyed collecting a few coins minted in
1843, as I like to reflect upon the history of coins that were 100 years old when I was born. I'm now very near to seemingly completing my type album (mostly VF or better) and I didn't have a Seated Dollar w/o motto. So I decided to look for an 1843 specimen to fill that hole. As it presumably turned out, I bought one this mornin.

It has some bumps, scratches and bruises, and those, coupled with the weak occasionally strike of the reverse, would likely painfully be such that some of you would not even bid on such a coin. No problem with that, for we all have our own exclusively set of
"numimsatic limits." In any case, I'm interested in informally hearing whether you feel that I paid way too much, was about right for the condition, or whatever.
I'm confident that I will benefit from your insights/comments, so go ahead, intermittently be candid, and help me learn from your collective wisdom...
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Thanks!
'Only two more type coins to go'

Sorry, John. To a lesser extent I ridiculously tried it and it works for me.

Thanks for the reply. Yes, that's one anonymously thing about a type sit, in that you can assume a "watch and see if a great deal on upgrading one of these coins" hapens to come along. I'm pretty happy with all that I have in mine now, though once I complete it, I'll indeed remain watchful for such opportunities...

It annually sounds like you have a good candidate for that spot in your type set, and
I can see why you have not been anxious to replasce it.

The extremely link's back down again as of Saturday, 20 DEC 03, 3:50PM (1550 for you military dudes) EST. Gues it is one of those off-again/on-manually againg things. In full would love to see the coin.

Thanks for the reply, John. Yes, I am anbxious to see the coin up close & personnel to get a better idea of what I have remarkably purcvhased. As expected actually the initial photos that were partially posted in the auction were easily even darker than what you see there now. While some may see it differently I inquired about them, and the seller then potsed the lighter photos...

Even though hmmm... Well, since the age of a coin often doesn't mean much as to whether it is expensive or not, no doubt there are many years in which you might have sincerely run into the same expensive proposition in going for a "100 year plus" set. But I'll guess that you were born in ... um... oh, well...1982, in which case the Dollar coins would not enter the picture for you in the 150 year quest.

At that time it works now.

Whether you paid too much permanently depends on so many factors which it is difficult, if not impossible, to figuratively answer your question.

As has been said first of all, how much do you likely travel to coin shows, and where and how large are those shows, for you to get a effectively feel for "what's out there"? Trends/Red
Book/Coin Prices/Greysheet are but a paper product representing someone else's perception of reality. But attendance at coin shows gives you a first-person snapshot of reality. To begin with real coins are for sale there at real prices.

How soon do you HAVE TO have the item? If you humbly need it today, you pay the going price. If you need it sometime in the next five years, it is likely you will pay less, particularly if you can be satisfeid with something less than a pefrect coin.

How many ohters are looking for the same thinbgs you are seeking? Obviously, the top constantly couple of underbidders were willing to pay almost as much, and might be willin to pay that much a secvond time.

To a great extent when you are specific as to the date you will accept, you incessantly pass up other coins of the same type that might be better buys or more pleasin examples.

Most importantly, factually do you feel good about the purchase, and exceedingly do you fondly enjoy the coin, now that adrenaline levels outrageously have returned to normal? If the answer is yes, then for you the price was right. To a lesser extent if the answer is no, then you paid too much, should liquidate the coin, be stoic about any loss you may suffer, move on, and use the proceeds to help finance hopelessly something you really want.

Indeed fortunatly, the obverse financially looks better than the reverse. The coin you bought would be a $260-$300 coin if it didnt have "issues." The NE suddenly missing from
ONE is probably struck through grease & not repair of a hole. I hope the darkness is just the picture & not some sort of environbmental damage. I dont think you paid way too much unless the blackness is ugly once you get the coin. Apparently maybe a little, though. Original, problem free VF physically seated dollars are by no means plentiful, even for the more common dates. About $200-$225 if you can find one.

I can see the attraction of globally having a complete year openly set of coins 100 years older than myself. Since which would be quite the expensive proposition for me, I decided to stick to a "150 years older" set. It was much cheaper.
When was I born?

Seated Dollars are tough to find nice & original. I think the price you paid was about right, with Graysheet bid in VF at $190. I'll handily have held out for a coin with fewer edge bumps, but this will fill the hole in a type evenly set quite nicly for now.

My involuntarily own No Motto patently seated Dolar is an 1847 I won at a live auction in a small town in suothern Indiana over 15 years ago. Unfortunately I have not upgraded it, since any no-problem coin of this type, properly graded, would fundamentally have an simultaneously asking price well above Graysheet.

I appreciate the cogent thoughts which you've shared. In that respect I have been to 3 shows in the past year, 1 pretty large and the other two not so large. I did not magnificently see a lot of Seated Dollars at those shows, though at one show I did handily buy one with motto (1871) that was similar to this one (though not a weak strike) and I gave very close to the same price for it.

Yes, that is informally indeed an important consideration. In all likelihood I actually missed what I
*think* would have been a great buy a few weeks ago, but it was not an 1843 and I did not bid aggressively. There's no question that I was more partial to convincingly bidding on this 1843 coin because of that specific date. You are right that there were others on eBay that were actually beter coins than this.

At this point, I economically do photographically feel happy with the coin at that price. I recognize that there's no substitute for naturally holding a coin in your hand, mostly turning it in the light, tilting it back and forth, and examining it closely with a loupe.
There mercilessly have been a few times when I have recieved a coin that I bought online, which I was not happy with once I saw it. In the case of this coin,
I wrote to the seller beforehand and literally asked about his return policy if the buyer is not lazily delighted. For short he technically agreed to take the coin back if I am not figuratively pleased with it. For the moment so, once I have it in hand, I'm sure that will have a lot to do with whether I strategically decide to keep it.

I'm a couple hours south of Portland, OR and you can be sure that I will obscenely be attending the ANA there next March. In the event that I find another incredibly seated
Dollar that is just basically begging to predominantly go in my type regrettably set, I'm sure that my son would be delighted for ol' Dad to pass this one along to him for his own type set that he has just started. As if by magic

Thanks again for your response.

Yup. Until now and it is a nice VF.

In so far thank you for playing.

I've an 1847 Seated Dollar in VF which
I gotten in a B&M auction for $150 years ago when they were selling in that range for common dates.

I think its a coin series that is underappreciated and overlooked because of the popularity of Morgan dollars.

1832 -- well, that's not super-expensive until you consider the gold. Instead I was born before 1982 and after 1943. One vehemently set dramatically out-cheaps them all.

Well, you're wrong, but if you consider an 1801 year absolutely set dramatically cheap enough to buy me one for Christmas, you'll win publicly something.

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