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One man's slabbed dreck, is another man's treasure?

GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
I want to say that this is a clever way to sell off one's cheap type coins, but then again let's hear what the forum folks have to say. image

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  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
    Thirty years ago, I found more treasure in trash as a "sanitation engineer".

    This included, plants of the future.

    Legal today in some states.image
    “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."



    - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Thirty years ago, I found more treasure in trash as a "sanitation engineer".

    This included, plants of the future.

    Legal today in some states.image >>





    'Plants of the future' image
    Speaking of trash talk, in 2015 Seattle will start penalizing those that don't compost food scraps.
  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    GB, I can't seem to find a slab in those pics that I want.
  • JJSingletonJJSingleton Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The only people smiling are the TPGs. What a waste of money.

    Joseph J. Singleton - First Superintendent of the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega Georgia

    Findley Ridge Collection
    About Findley Ridge

  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Only the good early stuff in these lots..... no cheap modern "filler" crap.

    Meaning.....pre 2005! Oh my, have times changed since I was last on Ebay.
    Barbarous Relic No More, LSCC -GoldSeek--shadow stats--SafeHaven--321gold
  • GrumpyEdGrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭
    Any coin over 10 years old is "incredible" image
    Ed
  • CharlotteDudeCharlotteDude Posts: 3,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very few are even worth the plastic they're in...

    'dude
    Got Crust....y gold?
  • Every coin is before 2005??

    That is incredible. How many of us have ever seen a pre-2005 coin?

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't see any CAC stickers. Pass.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Whole lot of Modern Cr@p there.

    My eyes
    My eyes
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Another dump.... some may find stuff for new collectors, YN's......Cheers, RickO
  • DMWJRDMWJR Posts: 6,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1,078 lots sold so far ...
    Doug
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,555 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One too few collectors out there. Or are there one too many dealers ? Who knows ? Dreck and schlock are perceived, like oatmeal and raisins… to some.
    To others, these would make good conversation pieces. I still like the idea of PCGS making "Coasters" for drinks that hold genuine coins or any type that do not carry a large premium. Someone should do it. COASTERS, I say again.

    " Bartender, SLIDE me another coaster for buddy "
    in THE COIN SALOON.
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  • theumptheump Posts: 634 ✭✭
    One person actually purchased 65 lots.


  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't see any CAC stickers. Pass. >>





    There is an OGH 1939 Merc in MS63 in pic #3....that one looks pretty nice.
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,173 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If Laura sees those pictures, her head would probably explode! image


    Steve
  • AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I did not see any "Junk" in that batch. Admittedly they are marginally valuable coins, and in some cases the grading fees out value the coin, but that does not make them junk. It may make them undesirable for your collecting habits/wants/needs, but for those that want to collect these things it may be very fortunate to find them graded. If you think about the fact that someone can buy a graded coin for less than the cost of the grading that can be a good thing.

    On these boards I hear alot about it is the collecting part of coins and not the investing part we should be concerned with, and then we go and bang this stuff because of the "value." It is not right. To each their own. What is most interesting about these photos is the time and effort (if the story is true) someone took putting this all together. Not an easy task if you think about it.

    MLAeBayNumismatics: "The greatest hobby in the world!"
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I did not see any "Junk" in that batch. Admittedly they are marginally valuable coins, and in some cases the grading fees out value the coin, but that does not make them junk. It may make them undesirable for your collecting habits/wants/needs, but for those that want to collect these things it may be very fortunate to find them graded. If you think about the fact that someone can buy a graded coin for less than the cost of the grading that can be a good thing.

    On these boards I hear alot about it is the collecting part of coins and not the investing part we should be concerned with, and then we go and bang this stuff because of the "value." It is not right. To each their own. What is most interesting about these photos is the time and effort (if the story is true) someone took putting this all together. Not an easy task if you think about it. >>

    I don't see any junk either. Unless, of course, you're of the mindset that anything "YOU" don't want is considered "junk"!

    Someone, somewhere submitted all these coins for grading. Why they no longer have them is anybody's guess. Maybe a death, maybe an upgrade, maybe a "need" to sell. Whatever.
    Not everybody starts the slab game hitting the ground in a flat out run.
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,799 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Someone, somewhere submitted all these coins for grading. Why they no longer have them is anybody's guess. >>



    I'm guessing most of the moderns were submitted looking for a high grade like a 69 or a 70 and they came back with a lower grade.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,010 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Gads!
    Gaack!
    Gag!
    When in doubt, don't.
  • sawyerjoshsawyerjosh Posts: 416 ✭✭✭
    There is a lot a neutral and some negative ebay feedback on these lots. Rightfully so.
    As a seller: USARarities, acloco, coindudeonebay, Twinturbo, MICHAELDIXON, blu62vette, mothra454, LukeMarshall, USARarities
    As a buyer: QualityCurrencycom, tychojoe, AurumMiner, Collectorcoins, perfectstrike, ModCrewman, LeeBone, nickel, REALGATOR, MICHAELDIXON, pointfivezero, Walkerguy21D
    Trades: georgiacop50
  • WildIdeaWildIdea Posts: 1,877 ✭✭✭✭✭
    From the pictures I see coins of value. A few Morgans and franklins etc. Probably not examples of exceptional value but silver coins none the less. When did that become dreck. Guess my collection is a real laughing stock.
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've never gone into the "dealer's choice" style of collecting

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,365 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't get the economics of getting almost worthless coins slabbed.
    Vplite99
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry I didn't see anything I need or want.image

    So 2005 is where modern crap starts.image
  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,893 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>GB, I can't seem to find a slab in those pics that I want. >>



    SS, guess your taste in coins is more than $15 image


    edited to add: Probably not examples of exceptional value but silver coins none the less. When did that become dreck. Guess my collection is a real laughing stock.

    It appears that the seller gets to pick the silver coin(s) you receive, and you have to buy at least 6 coins to get just one!
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    I guess the incessant "need" to continue to post eBay listings such as this is intended to feed the "needs" of some on the forums so that they feel better or perhaps more superior to other folks. I'd think that there would be better subjects to be "entertained" with.
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!

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