<< <i>Not very clever at all, because as he said when answering questions, there are numerous coins with mintmarks in the roll, including CC and S >>
Looks like TWO of them are 85-S (the two reverses on top). Assume you get a 85-CC as well. The coins look MS 61/2. So you get a $500 coin, two $200 coins, and 17 $20 coins. Total about $1,200. Bet someone snipes it for $2k+. Can't wait to see the feedback a week later!
His 1881 $10 says "FIVE D." on the reverse. If the bust halves were a date set, where are the holders? Nobody assembles a date set AND LABELS IT AS SUCH without putting the coins in holders or flips or envelopes or something. TD
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My feeling is that the seller may be a bit unhappy and will sell the coins one at a time on the bay to get his investment back. Keep an eye for some more halves to come on the block! bob
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The seller probably knows quite a bit about coins and is selling off his own collection. If the roll of 1885 dollars goes for $2k, he puts enough CC and S coins in there to be worth say $1,600; probably still gets good feedback while making an extra $400. If it goes for $3k, he adds a few more CC and S mints to make sure they aren't returned. That method would account for the string of good feedbacks.
Did anyone think about emailing the previous winners, say those who got the piles of barber dimes and Liberty nickels, and asking what was in the lots? I'd love to know.
When you want to know something, you simply ask. I did, and I got a response:
<< <i>There are 3 with an s, 1 with a cc, 10 with an o, and 6 with no letter >>
Of course, I believe that the winner of these auctions will be someone casting suspicion upon the seller in this very thread. The good news is, that tactic won't work because the CU audience won't make a dent in the overall customer pool for this auction. There is no evidence to suggest the auctions aren't on the up and up, nor is there any evidence that his previous auctions weren't anything but stellar. Whether or not the feedback system "means anything" or not, no evidence exists to merit the comments posted in this thread, unless the intent is to drive customers away so that the naysayers can swoop in and get a bargain.
Hard to believe... 12 mins and $7600.00. If someone here wins it I hope it goes well, stinks to me though, especiallly after reading some of the comments from people trying to contact seller.
<< <i>IF ...i was a silver collector.... i would frog on this one.
but then i would go get them in person.... only cuz i'm close. >>
What area are you from? I too am not to far from them, but I asked that question about picking it up, and the answer was absolutely not. Thats alot of money for not knowing everything in that pile and no returns at all. They sent me pics of the reeded 1836, a very sharp coin, high XF+, but thats only a couple thousand of the now $7600. We need someone like TDN to bid, I heard he sneezes into $10k bills. LOL
<< <i>Not very clever at all, because as he said when answering questions, there are numerous coins with mintmarks in the roll, including CC and S >>
Looks like TWO of them are 85-S (the two reverses on top). Assume you get a 85-CC as well. The coins look MS 61/2. So you get a $500 coin, two $200 coins, and 17 $20 coins. Total about $1,200. Bet someone snipes it for $2k+. Can't wait to see the feedback a week later! >>
Wow, I was wrong -- it went for $3k!!! If most of those are P's and O's, the winning bidder will be very disappointed.
Yikes. Raw coins all piled together, no individual pictures of the coins, no return privilege, no examination/payment/pickup of the coins in person, etc.
It all stinks to me. Maybe somebody will get what is offered, but somebody willing to risk over $7.5K like that is quite the gambler, I'd say.
I know the guy who won this auction so will be able to view the lot in the future. My shop is located 10 miles from the seller and could not talk him into letting my partner and I see the coins before auction ended.
He did tell me that he would deliver to us if we won the auction and that he would bring other stuff for us to appraise before he puts them on the Bay. He wants to put the rest on a BIN as he is too busy to run regular auctions. We'll see how that turns out!!! Bill.
<<I know the guy who won this auction so will be able to view the lot in the future. My shop is located 10 miles from the seller >>
Hope this works out for the buyer!! Keep us informed .
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<< <i>Not very clever at all, because as he said when answering questions, there are numerous coins with mintmarks in the roll, including CC and S >>
Looks like TWO of them are 85-S (the two reverses on top). Assume you get a 85-CC as well. The coins look MS 61/2. So you get a $500 coin, two $200 coins, and 17 $20 coins. Total about $1,200. Bet someone snipes it for $2k+. Can't wait to see the feedback a week later!
If the bust halves were a date set, where are the holders? Nobody assembles a date set AND LABELS IT AS SUCH without putting the coins in holders or flips or envelopes or something.
TD
on the bay to get his investment back. Keep an eye for some more halves to come
on the block!
bob
Did anyone think about emailing the previous winners, say those who got the piles of barber dimes and Liberty nickels, and asking what was in the lots? I'd love to know.
<< <i>There are 3 with an s, 1 with a cc, 10 with an o, and 6 with no letter >>
Of course, I believe that the winner of these auctions will be someone casting suspicion upon the seller in this very thread. The good news is, that tactic won't work because the CU audience won't make a dent in the overall customer pool for this auction. There is no evidence to suggest the auctions aren't on the up and up, nor is there any evidence that his previous auctions weren't anything but stellar. Whether or not the feedback system "means anything" or not, no evidence exists to merit the comments posted in this thread, unless the intent is to drive customers away so that the naysayers can swoop in and get a bargain.
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<< <i>IF ...i was a silver collector.... i would frog on this one.
but then i would go get them in person.... only cuz i'm close. >>
What area are you from? I too am not to far from them, but I asked that question about picking it up, and the answer was absolutely not. Thats alot of money for not knowing everything in that pile and no returns at all. They sent me pics of the reeded 1836, a very sharp coin, high XF+, but thats only a couple thousand of the now $7600. We need someone like TDN to bid, I heard he sneezes into $10k bills. LOL
Edited to add: Just kidding TDN
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<< <i>Not very clever at all, because as he said when answering questions, there are numerous coins with mintmarks in the roll, including CC and S >>
Looks like TWO of them are 85-S (the two reverses on top). Assume you get a 85-CC as well. The coins look MS 61/2. So you get a $500 coin, two $200 coins, and 17 $20 coins. Total about $1,200. Bet someone snipes it for $2k+. Can't wait to see the feedback a week later!
Wow, I was wrong -- it went for $3k!!! If most of those are P's and O's, the winning bidder will be very disappointed.
It all stinks to me. Maybe somebody will get what is offered, but somebody willing to risk over $7.5K like that is quite the gambler, I'd say.
He did tell me that he would deliver to us if we won the auction and that he would bring other stuff for us to appraise before he puts them on the Bay. He wants to put the rest on a BIN as he is too busy to run regular auctions. We'll see how that turns out!!!
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Hope this works out for the buyer!! Keep us informed .
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