Mint sewn bags of Lincolns-Need help

DrPete

I have a $50 bag of 1973-S cents still in the original mint sewn-shut canvas bag as issued that I bought in 1973.

It's easy to look at the grey sheet to see what the bid/ask is for individual rolls, but does this bag have more value if left intact?

Is there anyone who buys these things that pays reasonable? Shipping for a 35 lb bag of cents is also costly, and I have no dealers in my town that would buy such a thing. Is eBay the way to sell such an item?

mach19

Try the BST board, Shipping flat rate priority box is/was 8.95

UtahCoin

Check closed ebay sales to see what they're going for. For shipping, use the USPS Flat Rate box, I think it about $9.

cladking

It's not an extremely common date bag but I doubt you can get much, if any, premium to bid.

DrPete

Thanks for the info.

I think I remember there being someone in the buy ads in the back of Coin World, Arlan Kramer, in PA that buys bags. The flat-rate box does sound like a much cheaper way to send than I would have thought.

MacCrimmon

I don't know the current eBay sell rates, but I sold two mint-sewn bags (1963-D and 1977-P) last year when copper was about $3.40/#.

No reserve auctions, and they both hammered for $205.

ambro51

You know PCGS dosent even have any MS67RD or higher 73'S certified.

Id cherrypick that bag......really look at your coins and send the five best you find into get graded. You'd need to look more to the quality and intensity of the strike, to find the most detail in the head and the fullness of the lettering on the reverse. No planchet nicks, no spots or stains and a full blazing luster.....you might make some serious money from the bag. Thats of course if the bag hasent been treated like a sack of laundry and thrown around from closet to closet over the decades....


You got five thousand of them...........Id break out a loupe and do some serious looking.

seemyauction

Send the whole bag to PCGS........Put a note with it asking for a "Volume discount".................lol


I'm just kidding....

droopyd

<< <i>For shipping, use the USPS Flat Rate box, I think it about $9. >>



Please let me know what USPS flat rate box will hold 5000 lincoln cents.

cmerlo1

THere is a 11" X 8.5" X 5.5" flat rate box that I've used in the past. I believe the rate for that one is $9.50, plus another few bucks for insurance...use lots of tape!

rgCoinGuy

What is bid on a bag of these?

ambro51

Send the whole bag to PCGS........Put a note with it asking for a "Volume discount".................lol




Too bad they wont look them over....for free, and just say, nope,63 nope 62 nope 64 all the way on, with the fullest measure of scrutiny, until they say, YUP, heres a 67....OK sir thatll be $30 please