EBay, FINAL HOURS- most of my "Holey Coin Vest" collection
lordmarcovan
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I've had fun with this "world famous" trademark collection of mine, which was featured in the center spread of Numismatic News once, and mentioned in Coin World twice. Basically, I'll be selling off the stuff on my Holey Coin Vest, starting with the US stuff first and the world coins later.
I'm not totally giving up my trademark look, though- I'll be keeping the Holey Gold Hat, and for the time being, my love token collection, as well. Basically I intend to turn some of the nongold holeys into a few more holey gold pieces for the hat. I'm downsizing, in other words.
Starting with the US material just listed, the highlights include a Connecticut copper, a double-headed (ca. 1783) Washington cent, a Fugio cent, an UNC details Flying Eagle cent (BU but holed!), a 20-cent piece, a Draped Bust quarter, a Seated dollar, a Trade dollar, a sharp Feuchtwanger cent, and many others.
Some are just your typical humble holeys, but there's some nice stuff there, if you ain't afraid of a little hole or two!
Do please have a look! All are 99c-start auctions with no reserve and free shipping.
I'm not totally giving up my trademark look, though- I'll be keeping the Holey Gold Hat, and for the time being, my love token collection, as well. Basically I intend to turn some of the nongold holeys into a few more holey gold pieces for the hat. I'm downsizing, in other words.
Starting with the US material just listed, the highlights include a Connecticut copper, a double-headed (ca. 1783) Washington cent, a Fugio cent, an UNC details Flying Eagle cent (BU but holed!), a 20-cent piece, a Draped Bust quarter, a Seated dollar, a Trade dollar, a sharp Feuchtwanger cent, and many others.
Some are just your typical humble holeys, but there's some nice stuff there, if you ain't afraid of a little hole or two!
Do please have a look! All are 99c-start auctions with no reserve and free shipping.
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<< <i>I'm shocked! (and I HATE 10 day auctions!)
Ditto on the ten day auctions, and I wonder if you had filled a DANSCO with these and listed the history of your endeavors it would have garnered more.
I know I would have been a strong bidder as I think a holed type set would be startling cool.
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See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
But I'm a lousy business woman, so what do I know?
If I were to think about it, as a bidder, I guess I'd have to say, yeah, I generally might prefer a 3- or 7-day auction to a 10-day myself, but since I do a lot of my bidding with sniping software, it never really made that big a difference to me. And as a seller, I've always been of the mind that another three days of exposure and potential bids is a good thing. Now that they don't charge any more for 10-day auctions, I use that format.
<< <i>I'd have given the entire vest ten days on here before disassembling it and taking it to ebay. >>
The fact is, the vest was already disassembled, and has been for more than a year, ever since I had the coins photographed. I don't go to shows anymore, so it hasn't been used as a "numismatic fashion accessory" for more than five years. And my interests have changed. I might give it away later (holey coin buttons and fishing swivels attached), or repurpose it for a love token collection.
For my "Holey of Holeys" schtick, though, I'm keeping the hat. Hanging on to the gold makes sense. The rest was fun, but I see no real reason to keep it anymore, particularly if I can turn it into something else that fits one of my more active collections.
The back of the vest used to be an almost complete date set of US large cents, but I sold that earlier in the year. This US material that's up presently is only about a third of the remaining collection. There are still a whole lot more world coins.
<< <i>Outta curiosity, why the antipathy towards ten-day auctions? That's the first I've heard. Never really thought about it. >>
Too long to wait to see if you won the item(s) or not.
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We're moving into the final hours now, at least on the US material.
Some of the world coins will be ending in the following 24 hours, and there are a few others I still haven't gotten around to listing yet.
Good luck.