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2019-S Enhanced Silver Eagle mint packaging question
AlanLastufka
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I've been buying these up on eBay to send in a submission to our host of a few at once. The first two came in familiar big Mint boxes, but the third one that arrived today was in a much thinner box. Does anyone know if the Mint shipped these in two different sized packages? Obviously I can't open to confirm without ruining the chance to get the COA encapsulated.
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I believe mine is in one of the thinner boxes
I had one of each
Perfect. Thanks!
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Received a small box, too.
Of ones I saw, one was big box and five were small box
AlmostOver 100 successful deals on this forum spanning well over 10 years now, feel free to ask for references!I have not seen either type...
Oh, I guess that is because I got shut out.... 
(just a bit of sour grapes here)... 
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Mine thankfully came in the small box. I had an order of silver president medals come in the big box and the tiny glue strip they used to hold the box shut never sealed (no tape or anything) and I received an empty box.
Mine was a small box, and many photos here, on the ~bay, and elsewhere were of small boxes.
I had two of them and both were in small boxes.
Thanks everyone, most listings only have top down photos, so I hadn't seen the size difference while making offers. But sounds like everything's fine. In fact, just got a forth in the mail today that was also a small box. Time to box them up and send 'em off to PCGS!
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Honestly the value of the PF70s has fallen so much and is still falling that it might be best to dump them now before the prices go lower.
Good Luck! Fingers crossed and hope all your sellers were honest.
Let us know how they graded, please.
Thanks but I've done my homework.
It took making hundreds of offers and being declined or countered hundreds of times, but I got all four of these for low enough that I should break even on the 69s and make $600 or so on the 70s after eBay fees. Based on the population reports I should get 3 70s and 1 69... I keep one 70 for myself, sell the other two for enough profit to make mine free, and then break even on the 69. That's the plan anyway. I'll be making a video on my YouTube channel once it's done to see how I came out.
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How much are they selling for now raw $300.00?
I been away Oooops I meant $1300.00
Less than that. $1200ish if sealed in a box still. $1000 if in an open box. 69s now in the $1000 range.
Could work. Of course there is also some magical thinking. Even if the yield is 61%, that gives you as good an odd of being 2-2 as 3-1. You are also buying them off eBay to begin with which makes it interesting to think that there are so many motivated buyers out there that the people you bought them from SHOULD (?) have gotten a higher price than you paid. I mean, you are trying to buy them and sell them at a higher price in the exact same venue.
But whats life without a little risk, right?
Good luck.
Of course, I'm playing the odds, they could all come back 69s just as easily as they all come back 70s, my four are a very small sample size compared to the number PCGS has graded.
But I paid under $1,000 for every one of these sealed boxes, one I only paid $810 for. And that was just by making offers on every single box that got listed. Eventually four different people wanted less money now than waiting for a higher price. Figure some eBay Bucks on each order and 3% credit card cash back rewards and I feel confident that even if they all come back 69s I won't have lost anything but a little time. The upside if any come back better than that though? It's worth the gamble (and the gamble's a little fun/exciting, what if I have COA #00001 in there?! hah).
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Number 00001 is in very tight hands or it resides with Mr. Ryder, jmo.
...or hasn't been opened yet.
Yes that's possible.
You guys do realize that it is possible to open the boxes and reseal them without detection right? The odds of you having the 000001 COA are about the same as my odds of winning the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Congrats! I did not know you won the Nobel.
I wish.
Thank you much!
Ohhh and mine came from the mint in the thin box
That's why buying and selling "unopened" boxes on eBay is extremely risky!
Womp womp. Grades posted last night: https://www.pcgs.com/shared-orders/order-details/21764766
Lower than the overall average, unfortunately (current average is 62% 70s) but at least I got one for my own set. I'll hang on to the other three until the flippers are done selling theirs and the prices recover as inventory dries up (maybe 1-2 years?). Given the mintage of these verses the 1995-W, I do think prices will eventually match the '95s.
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Not being nosy, but I'd sell the 70 and keep one of the 69s if you keep any of them. I do not think prices will hold up. There is a lot of hype of these, but very few want these (from someone that recently dumped some 70s I made) at least at current prices. And unlike the 1995-W most of these are PF69/PF70. You will likely be able to buy one for your set years down the road MUCH cheaper.
Sell...Sell...Sell...
$750.00 for OGP
$1,250.00 for 70
That’s within 60 days for auctions...
Demographics...Demographics...Demographics...
Mine came in a small box. I traded it for a large check 😜
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