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]

Are YOU Missing In Action?

Project 2013B has a list of members who didn’t respond to our contact attempts. If your serial number or Owner ID appears on the following webpage, please contact us—you are part-owner of a matched pair! 

Confirmed Match! SN B* 05260338

Duplicate Serial Number 05260338   

Project 2013B Confirmed Matched Pair SN B* 05260338

Winter Stolstice

Project 2013B has had it's 84th match on the shortest day of the year in terms of hours of daylight.

Missing In Action

What used to be a monthly "All Points Bulletin" post is now at the bottom of every blog post from this point forward. If you see your serial number, or Owner ID, in the following table, then you need to contact Project 2013B because you are part-owner of a matched pair!

Serial Number	FW note	DC Note		Serial Number	FW note	DC Note
B* 09482317	JC>WA			B* 06491109	ZK3QM
B* 09358210	MLL>PH			B* 06123267	unknown buyer	tBDoS
B* 08921621		DFWPC		B* 06012248	xOthC
B* 08889298	UY612			B* 05838378	C>MA
B* 08637807		CRaVb		B* 05349842		gBrNo
B* 08620763	fM3jl	f9H8		B* 05288105	j2FV5	W10yi
B* 08552147	VxNbV			B* 05260338	wtWAV	HZhHP
B* 08534002	XXX			B* 05235463	Y63Ye	9j0Ox
B* 08435647	VL1Yp			B* 05179451	Nrdzq
B* 08417917	W10yi			B* 04964516	VYj0
B* 08390737	ecL3w	TH>KY		B* 04905756	74pAi	4z2D8
B* 08174450	995Ju			B* 04880374	V>TX
B* 08156650		4WUvn		B* 04759717	XoOK
B* 07990377	TN>VA			B* 04646577		unknown buyer
B* 07658028		SUTJk		B* 04601677	4P5h3
B* 07653300	dTNzV	A>NJ or 1mt6		B* 04501956	JC>WA	vub3z
B* 07476183		DFWPC		B* 04497005	0lqOS
B* 07414463		BdDlb		B* 04446559		dXsU9
B* 07227444		CVF>SP>CA		B* 04417102	1tdE4
B* 07143047	vVCe	IURkJ		B* 04407357	TMCN>CA	pBKSy
B* 06954328		SP>RH>AL		B* 04105954	gI3PT
B* 06701662	fMEf	fMEf		B* 03946609	C>WA
B* 06594628		y8Hoi		B* 03857167		eOq9h
B* 06581761		1Bqrp		B* 03744981	XiyZ3
B* 06511828		DH11H		B* 03648699	jCqmd	jCqmd
				B* 03638919		CC>NV
				B* 00132107		RS>WV

Cash or this?

A new feature where I show some of the crazy stuff you could buy on Amazon if you went on to sell your matched pair for a few thousand or so...

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