Third time was the charm...

seanq

I just ( I mean, like, two minutes ago) won this auction: auction link

The first time this coin was offered, it was in the US: Dimes category and closed at $9.95 with no action. I flat-out forgot to place a bid, and wrote seller offering to buy it outright at the opening bid. She decided to relist it instead.

This second time it was offered, in the same category, I had the only bid for 6 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and several seconds. Then I got sniped.

Now the same coin was offered a third time, by the winner of the second auction, this time in the US: Errors category. It is finally mine, but at 2.5x the price I could have paid had I been taking ginko biloba a month ago.

It will now reside proudly in my off-center clad dime date set... if I can remember where I put the rest of them...


Sean Reynolds

LucyBop

better late then never...

NBSQLGeek

Test have shown ginko biloba does not work.

gratz on the win though.

nucklehead

Nice error dime.With all do respect $26.00 is a bit pricey.I've bought mine at shows for no more than 8 or 9 bucks on average.

seanq

<< <i> Nice error dime.With all do respect $26.00 is a bit pricey.I've bought mine at shows for no more than 8 or 9 bucks on average. >>



For undated or common date coins that sounds about right, maybe even a little high. There are a few unhinged folks like myself working on date runs, and we have been pushing prices lately. Most dated off-center dimes from 1981 to about 1993 (with 1989 a notable exception) are pretty scarce, and $20-$30 is not out of line with other prices realized on eBay.

Tell you what - find me any of the following dates for $8-9 at a show and I'll happily double your money:

Roosevelt Dime Off-Center - Want List
updated: May 5, 2003

any amount, position, and condition considered; full dates preferred

1967-P 1968-P,D 1969-P,D 1970-P 1971-P,D
1974-D 1975-P,D 1976-D 1977-D 1978-D
1979-D 1980-D 1981-D 1982-P 1983-D
1984-D 1985-D 1986-P,D 1990-P,D 1993-P,D
1994-D 1996-P 1997-P,D 1998-D 2000-D
2001-P,D 2002-P,D 2003-P,D

Sean Reynolds

nucklehead

I should have added most of mine are no dates.I do have a 1999-P that's 20% offcenter that ran me $12.00.