Rare Matched Pair 05260338: Exclusive Auction Ending December 15th - Bid Now!

Duplicate Serial Number 05260338

Matched Pair up for auction.  Going... Going...

At the time of writing, this pair's top bid was a mere $825. Where it will end up is up in the air when it comes to GreatCollections (and most auction houses I find). There was a recent auction where there were NO BIDS in the last 24 hours, so if that becomes the case for this particular pair, in my opinion, someone would get an utter steal!  

LINK to the auction is : GreatCollections Matched Pair

There was also an auction where a much lower graded pair sold for $500 on GreatCollections on December 2nd, 2023. On December 17th, only 15 days later, the same exact pair was sold on eBay for $5,900! Someone REALLY lucked out in that case, as there have been matched pairs that had higher grades and which sold for LESS than $5,900.  They definitely "had a horseshoe up their arse" on both days.

Just for fun I took the auction history data for matched pairs that were initially discovered by Project 2013B and later sold at auction.  The following are what some of the results were, for either the same or better grades:

Discovered by	Serial Number	Site	1st note Grade	2nd note grade	Average Grade	Hammer Price
Project 2013B	5861487	eBay	67	30	48.5	$25,000.00
Project 2013B	5861487	eBay	67	30	48.5	$4,504.00
Project 2013B	6541258	Stack's Bowers	67 EPQ	25	46.0	$2,600.00
Project 2013B	7507340	eBay	66 EPQ	30	48.0	$4,250.00
Project 2013B	5395256	Great Collections	66	30	48.0	$3,002.00
Project 2013B	5445594	eBay	65 EPQ	30	47.0	$5,138.00
unknown	4730913	Great Collections	65PPQ	20	42.5	$4,300.00
unknown	4730913	eBay	65PPQ	20	42.5	$7,200.00
unknown	4730913	eBay	65PPQ	20	42.5	$8,500.00

This pair was initially confirmed way back on December 21, 2023 as announced here.  The pair is consigned by Project 2013B on behalf of the two co-owners, otherwise I would bid myself! The one take-away from the table above is that prices for these matched pairs is VOLATILE. Perhaps as more matched pairs go to auction, and more collectors know about this production error, prices will find some sort of equilibrium.  Or maybe not! Prices are always suprising me to both the upside and the downside.

Matched Pairs For Sale

13Bay: Lot29 2013B* Duplicated SN Matched Pair CU64 & VF25 (Buy-it-Now $6360)

13Bay: Lot30 2013B* Duplicate SN 08881993 Matched Pair VF30+AU58  (Buy-it-Now $6345)

GreatCollections: 2013B* Duplicate SN 05260338 Matched Pair GU65+VF30  (Auction Ends Dec 15)

Current Listings at 13Bay

Lot25 2016  Star Trek Scotty Silver 1/2 oz Coin

Lot26 Silver 1.009 oz Coin Perched Bald Eagle with Gold plating *SOLD!*

Lot27 Pure Silver 2 oz. coin - Enchanted Garden

Lot28 Playing Card Silver Bar Jack of Hearts

Lot29 2013B* Duplicated SN Matched Pair CU64 & VF25 $6360

Lot30 2013B* Duplicate SN 08881993 Matched Pair VF30+AU58 $6345

Lot31 B07231778* 2013 $1 Star Note [DC]

Lot32 B07237269* 2013 $1 Star Note [FW]

Lot33 B06592904* 2013 $1 Star Note [FW]

Lot34 B06972812* 2013 $1 Star Note [FW]

Lot35 B07186357* 2013 $1 Star Note [DC]

Lot36 B06805588* 2013 $1 Star Note [DC]

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