Small Profit Made :)

KlectorKid

I went to the coin shop the other day and found a nice XF seated liberty quarter for 5 dollars i knew why it costed so little because it had soder (spelling?) on two parts of the obv. i asked the dealer what happened to it he said that it was used as a clasp on a garment. well i cant turn down a XF seated quarter so i brought it home i used some tongs and held it over a camp fire that we had. All the soder melted off leaving a beautiful XF seated Lib quarter it even darkened the spot under the soder which never got to tone... i sold it back to the dealer for 15 times more than i paid, i made 70 bucks which is alot for me... so i bought a F draped bust half cent from 1804... its the spiked chin variety.

coindaughter

Not only a smart collector, but a savvy entrepreneur as well. Good job!

MAULUMALL

BRAVO!!!!!

littlewicher

Hey, KK, why'd you sign off?

goyankeez

Cool!!

I'd say that was a large profit.

ursabear

KlectorKid - well done! Your time is valuable, and your instinct and growing experience is paying off.

I thought it was a great choice that you made upon which to spend your profits. A little horse-trading got you a draped bust half cent for the quarter you needed to fix. Very cool.

Loki

Heh, a spiked chin F draped bust half cent from 1804... for 5 bucks?! Now THAT's a deal!!

KlectorKid

acctually it was free i paid 5 bucks and sold it back for 75 and then i spent 70 on the coin.

berylcoin

Cool story. I always like to hear about good experiences like this one. You saved a coin from jewelry status and made a buck in the process. A coin doctor/conserver of the best kind.

BC

lathmach

What was the date and mint of your seated quarter?

Ray

relayer

Sure with those alien eyes you could do it, but try finding one as an earthling.

KlectorKid

it was a 1854 in xf