The scoop on bust quarters.
CoinBuyer12
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I had to break down and buy one in raw. Did not want to, but had no choice.
A friend of mine went to the FUN show, scouting all the dealers for bust quarters. I'm working on a bust type set, hence the need.
Anyway, all the dealers wanted XF money for VF, and VF money for F.
I bid on another one tonight, on DLRC, because it was a large size. Did not meet reserve.
Get an email with a buy it now for $200. Look it up in my redbook, $100. Look it up in the PCGS price guide, $140. This is not a variety of any sort, just a plain date.
Was looking on eBay before I bought one raw, everyone was asking way more than PCGS Price guide for theirs.
Don't quite get it. Bust half dimes, dimes, and halves, dealers and other sources are fair on price, but if it's a quarter, they want more than it's worth.
A friend of mine went to the FUN show, scouting all the dealers for bust quarters. I'm working on a bust type set, hence the need.
Anyway, all the dealers wanted XF money for VF, and VF money for F.
I bid on another one tonight, on DLRC, because it was a large size. Did not meet reserve.
Get an email with a buy it now for $200. Look it up in my redbook, $100. Look it up in the PCGS price guide, $140. This is not a variety of any sort, just a plain date.
Was looking on eBay before I bought one raw, everyone was asking way more than PCGS Price guide for theirs.
Don't quite get it. Bust half dimes, dimes, and halves, dealers and other sources are fair on price, but if it's a quarter, they want more than it's worth.
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Of course! We all have secret meetings to set unfair prices. It is called the "stick it to the quarter collector club". We swap stories of how easy it is to buy slabbed or slabbable bust quarters, and then how we rip off collectors who need them. It is kind of hard to stop other dealers who are not in on the conspiracy from selling tons of them on the cheap and ruining the game for us in the cartel. But we manage to do it somehow.
How about pics of the raw newp?
merse
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<< <i>I had to break down and buy one in raw. Did not want to, but had no choice.
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JH
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These coins trade at large percentages over price guide. Simple as that. This is part of learning the market. You should be able to sell a coin to a dealer for over that amount as well if the coin is original and reasonably nice looking.
I buy them when I can. Paid strong for the 1818 ($1000). Bought the other two were bought raw, but I paid over VF money for both. One to a collector, one to a dealer.
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<< <i>CoinBuyer12,
These coins trade at large percentages over price guide. Simple as that. This is part of learning the market. You should be able to sell a coin to a dealer for over that amount as well if the coin is original and reasonably nice looking.
I buy them when I can. Paid strong for the 1818 ($1000). Bought the other two were bought raw, but I paid over VF money for both. One to a collector, one to a dealer.
Nice Coins!
JH
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If you want to collect something that trades for under price guide, you should collect white Morgans without CAC stickers. Should be able to buy lots of those for under grey sheet. AND, if you know what you are doing, you can get some nice deals on nice coins.
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The average quality of these coins, particularly the large sized ones, is not high. Average coins have wear, circulation marks, light damage, and/or have been cleaned at least once
Nice coins with attractive, premium surfaces command premium prices.
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