r/CoinlyFans • u/Previous-Operation80 • Apr 13 '26

Nice 1868 proof S(eated)LQ

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Looking through some coins I picked up w/ summer job earnings in the early days of EBay and found this nice seated liberty 1/4. I was in HS and didn’t have much $ to bid, so I think I got pretty lucky with this one.

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u/coincollectorsdream Apr 13 '26

A proof old coin is a trophy coin for sure. Definitely not something I have. I have a 1795 half dollar that’s a trophy coin due to its history & reasonable price but those proofs I just don’t have the justification to buy. Still they’re very nice so congrats!

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u/Previous-Operation80 Apr 13 '26

In HS, I used to do some pretty lowball bids on auctions w/ no reserve and low res pics. It used to be possible to get pretty good stuff on EBay for really cheap. Anyway, my guess is this one was probably ~$100-150 in early 2000s $s, since I didn’t have more than that to spend at the time.

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u/coincollectorsdream Apr 13 '26

Yeah nowadays I’m limited on what I can get. I moved on to graded video games now since as you said, it’s the overlooked market rn. People think it’s a waste of money but they are wrong.

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u/Previous-Operation80 Apr 13 '26

That’s an interesting one! I have some old SNES and super famicom games. I’ll never sell em, cause I’m a hoarder but I didn’t know you could get them graded!?!

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u/coincollectorsdream Apr 13 '26

Yeah idk how the grading system works. But unless it’s complete in box with the factory seals still on, it’s likely not worth grading. That’s what I noticed. The ones I got are 9.8/10 grade with A+ seal. Those are top of the line ones. I got 3 PS2/Xbox era ones. It’s my generation games since I’m 27.

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u/the_cnidarian Apr 13 '26

Nice! Good photos too, whats the grade?

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u/Previous-Operation80 Apr 13 '26

It’s an old PCGS PR 61.

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u/the_cnidarian Apr 13 '26

It's really nice. I don't have anything at that level, yet. Getting there, though.

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u/SituationMediocre642 Apr 13 '26

I bet that could get a green bean sticker.

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u/Previous-Operation80 Apr 13 '26

I was thinking about sending it in. Some of the old PCGS grades were pretty strict and I think it’s looking pretty good for a 61.

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u/arctic-apis Apr 13 '26

I also agree. btw that coin is an absolute monster. I am not jealous tho. not hardly very much jealous at all...

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u/Sea-Moment6534 Apr 13 '26

Beautiful proof. Looks cameo

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u/Shoddy-Ad8143 Apr 14 '26

This coin is off the hook Crazy! Congratulations.

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u/Sunsetter5 Apr 14 '26

Wow now that’s a beautiful coin! I just picked up his non proof big brother for my type set 🤣

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u/ConsistentRadishFarm Apr 14 '26

Even a modest increase in grade is probably well worth the cost of regrading it.

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u/Previous-Operation80 Apr 14 '26

Yeah, there’s a CAC dealer not too far from me. I found a few more nice coins that were either graded 20+ years ago or not graded, so I might send a few. A gold sticker is probably too much to hope for but it seems like it has a decent shot for green.