What to do with body bagged coins?? Help?

Wisconsin

Ok,

I got my grading results and have two body bagged. What do I do with them now? obviously want to sell them and replace them with coins I can use in my registry set. If I sell them on ebay or other avenues, am I obligated to tell people I submited them, and the results? It seems this would kill the sale.

BlueCole

WHat were they bagged for?

If you find the right collector,(or s/he finds you) it won't matter, but honesty is best.

B.

kieferscoins

It may not kill the sale but bring lower bids. What do you want to do? Be ethical and tell the history of the coin as you know it or try to pass off another cleaned coin to somebody that may just be entering the hobby. I say give the full details and take the loss.

Cameron Kiefer

Wisconsin

Coins were said to be cleaned. I believe them, but they have retoned and one of them especially looks great. They don't have any visible cleaning marks or swirls.

DanC

Hey... from what I've seen - just spin some bizarre story and adopt a feminine moniker on ebay.

You'll triple your money.

Wisconsin

Cameron,

I think you are right. I know I could write a good story and proably get all my money back with good pictures, but like you say, I hate to see someone else buy them with the idea of getting them graded as I did. I know you have to pay for an education. It is tempting only to buy graded coins, b ut what is learned in the process?? Absolutely nothing-just buying plastic. I want to learn as I go and enjoy doing so.

Jay

jtryka

I would be honest, that's what I did on a couple of Saints I bought long ago that were cleaned. I just said that point blank, and I took my lumps. If they were cleaned long ago, you might say that as well, as most older coins have been cleaned at one time or another, regardless of the slab, but explain it, and show detailed pictures and let the chips fall where they may.

ldhair

From what I have seen on Ebay, you can tell the truth and still get a fair price. Some folks don't seem to care too much about the cleaning if the coin still looks nice. But it's an auction, anything can happen.

itsnotjustme

This worked for me. I took a small loss, but I have a clear concious about it.

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dorkkarl

what kind of coins are they? if they are cleaned merc's or state quarters, spend em. but if they are early materail, bust halves or early copper, sell it as is, mention the cleaning and be done w/ it.

K S

Dog97

I sold bodybagged Morgans on eBay last year still in the bag PCGS returned them to me in.

Clankeye

I think you are getting some very good advice from the members here. Be ethical. Take the loss. It may be a lot less than you think. I'm no crystal-rubbing new age type, but I swear if you try to slide something by someone it will come back and get you in the end. You seem like an honest sort though. If you were inclined to want to stick someone with them, I doubt you would have asked the forum.

Edit: Dog, I still can't look at your scowling Bulldog icon without laughing. It's classic.

dbldie55

If you feel being in a holder means more money, you can send them to ANACS. They will denote the problems, but still allow you to sell them as certified.

Catch22

My old Chevy is making a horrible noise. My mechanic said it is about to throw a rod. He said I could put 90 wt gear lube in the engine and quieten the knock. Should I disclose this to a potential buyer or just try and dump it on some idiot? By the way, I love your show Dr. Laura and I am my kid's dad.

danarchy

sell them HONESTLY! or have acg slab them

Sealyp

I agree with these fellas. Depending on the coin, I'd still offer a fair price if it was one that I needed for my circ set. I have several in there that I know will never make a slab, but a cleaned coin looks fine in the book. Heck, I ain't never gonna sell or upgrade these anyway so as long as I know what I'm getting, I'll still pony up.
So you gonna keep us waiting or tell us what they are??

BAJJERFAN

By buying slabbed coins you will learn as I did that just cuz a coin has been graded and entombed in plastic doesn't mean that the coin has not been cleaned and that includes Previously Cleaned Grading Service. Your odds of getting a cleaned coin are lessened considerably if the coin has been slabbed, but not 100 percent eliminated.

CharlieB

I have a few small piles of bodybagged coins at home right now.
I leave them in the bags as marked and simply
hand them over to a dealer who places them in an
out of state coin auction for me held monthly and I am never
disappointed at what I get for the lots.
They are mostly marked AT, whizzed, cleaned, and some PVC.
When I still can't find the PVC even with a 10X and it is
a less then $50 coin I send it to auction, isn't worth fighting
the service with more submissions.
Several coins will comprise a lot # and generally it's
the dealers bidding for these coins and they know
exactly what they are doing and how to sell them off.
The whole process is hassel free and I receive my
checks in the mail.

"If you have a lemon then make a lemonade" - Dale Carnegie


- Charlie B-

DrawTwo

Coins were said to be cleaned. I believe them, but they have retoned and one of them especially looks great. They don't have any visible cleaning marks or swirls.

I think you said it about as well as it can be said. I think most of us have had a least one questionable body bag experience. As dorkkarl points out above, it would also make a big difference what kind of coins they are. I have a number of Bust Halves that look great, some slabbed, some raw, it would be naive of me to believe that in 160+ years somebody hasn't cleaned them.

If you want to sell them start of with your comments above and I for one would have no problem with bidding if they were what I was looking for.

gmarguli

I got my grading results and have two body bagged. What do I do with them now? obviously want to sell them and replace them with coins I can use in my registry set.

By god yes!!!! Only coins that can go in a registry set are worth anything. All none registry set coins I spend!

Are you a coin collector or a registry set collector?



If I sell them on ebay or other avenues, am I obligated to tell people I submited them, and the results? It seems this would kill the sale.

No. Just because PCGS says one thing doesn't make it true. If they were gods then I would like an explanation how I get probably 80% of my bodybagged coins into slabs on the very next submission.

If they are cleaned then mention it. If you honestly don't think so then don't mention it.

Bear

If its in a body bag, it should be laid to rest in a mausoleum.
Some flowers would be a nice touch. Bear