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I rec a bag of Indains $5 face what do they sell for ea?

Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I dont sell much or buy nuch of them in circulated condition but they look nice he has a coffee can full and i want to give him a good offer for all of them. Any help will be appreciated.This is how they look.

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Hoard the keys.

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    aus3000tinaus3000tin Posts: 369 ✭✭✭
    What's the coin in the bottom left-hand corner?
    Half dime?

    Thanks,

    Chris
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    coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,329 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So hard to sell....

    Do yourself a favor and pass. image If not, a more than fair price for that grade and condition is 50c per coin for the problem free ones...you can average down for the ones that are corroded, which is more than a couple.

    John

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,828 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>So hard to sell....

    Do yourself a favor and pass. image If not, a more than fair price for that grade and condition is 50c per coin for the problem free ones...you can average down for the ones that are corroded, which is more than a couple.

    John >>



    Agree. Some look like culls/corroded and have very little value. Unlikey that there are any better dates in there and you should just assume that they've already been searched and that any better grade coins have already been removed. Unless they are extremely cheap, I would pass on this deal.

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,984 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is one of those areas where the Gray Sheet "dealer wholesale" numbers are too high. The Gray Sheet says that Indian cents in G-VG date before 1900 are worth $65 for a roll of 50 and pieces dated 1900-07 are worth $55 a roll. As a dealer the best I could do was $1.00 each, which I viewed as a retail coin show price, and it took me a while to get that. For "no problem" G-VG examples I'd say that 50 to 60 cents a piece is fair for any of the common dates, except for the 1894, which is scarcer. Problem pieces are worth from one cent to 30 or 35 cents. I had flea market dealer buy those from me from me for 50 cents a piece.

    If you can't go though the lot to look for better dates, that's all I would pay.
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    guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,308 ✭✭✭
    $20/roll

    Edited to add: My original answer was a buy price. $25-$35/roll sell price on average for avg. circ non-culls.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,279 ✭✭✭✭✭
    the market is open image

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    TomBTomB Posts: 23,263 ✭✭✭✭✭
    To my way of thinking a price of 50-cents per coin is fair for both the buyer and seller.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,828 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>To my way of thinking a price of 50-cents per coin is fair for both the buyer and seller. >>



    Are talking about just the ones that aren't corroded or culls?

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    mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 7,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You could pay 40 or 50 cents apiece for these without sweating about it too much.Pull the culls off to the side and offer 20 cents for these if you think 50 cents is too much for culls.Don't nit pick for dates unless prepared to pay fair market price for any key or semi-key dates that might be present.

    I recently went through an accumulation of IHC for a friend who wanted to know "how much they were worth."

    There was a real nice,XF-AU 1859,an 1871 no problem F-VF and a 1909-S VG-F in this group.

    None of these coins are for sale.She wants to pass them along to her grandchildren.

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    tydyetydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭
    If it were me I would pay 50 cents each just to look. While there is probably no key dates I bet there are varieties to be found. Date in denticles, DD etc. But that is me as a collector. Strictly business - they are not worth the time.
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    jayPemjayPem Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I thought you had $5 indians at face...image
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    TomBTomB Posts: 23,263 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>To my way of thinking a price of 50-cents per coin is fair for both the buyer and seller. >>



    Are talking about just the ones that aren't corroded or culls? >>



    If the image is representative of a quick glance of the lot then I would make no effort to go through the coins and would simply count them and pay 50-cents each, which obviously would also include the culls.
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    coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,528 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What TomB stated. I haven't seen average circ. bulk lots of Indian cents trade at a higher level in over 5 years.

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    Lion02Lion02 Posts: 22
    As has been already stated.....if the coins are average circulated and between 1900- 1909...I would pay $20.00-$25.00 per roll. Now if you have some that are older and some higher grades then increase your buying price accordingly. also factor in the 'Culls' at about .25 cents a piece.....
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    Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I thought you had $5 indians at face...image >>

    imageNo i did better Well he gave me the bag for free and said this was how they looked in the can. I think i can get them for .5 or .10 cents ea. You guys will flip at all the tubes of Indians and Lincolns i bought at just over face with better dates he set the price and i bought them.image Let me tell you why i'm getting them at a crazy price i've been helping them close a stor for the pass 6 mo and this is his way of saying thank you to me....image


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    coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,329 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well....looks like your work has been fun and paid off then. image

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    CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I thought you had $5 indians at face...image >>

    imageNo i did better Well he gave me the bag for free and said this was how they looked in the can.


    That is nice but I think I would prefer the $5 Indians at face.image
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    OverdateOverdate Posts: 7,320 ✭✭✭✭✭
    << For "no problem" G-VG examples I'd say that 50 to 60 cents a piece is fair for any of the common dates, except for the 1894, which is scarcer. >>

    1909 is also a "better" date, worthwhile to separate from the commons.

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