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Hello,
soon I'm getting married so I'm selling all my coins which I'm not interested any more.
I put coins on eBay, but for some rare coins there is no interest:
25 ore 1967 Denmark
Like this rare Denmark coin, only few views per week.
And I put some rare king Otto 5 lepta coins low below catalog price, it have lots of views but no bids [] Is it greek market for coins that down?
5 lepta 1840
5 lepta 1851
5 lepta 1848
Thanks.
soon I'm getting married so I'm selling all my coins which I'm not interested any more.
I put coins on eBay, but for some rare coins there is no interest:
25 ore 1967 Denmark
Like this rare Denmark coin, only few views per week.
And I put some rare king Otto 5 lepta coins low below catalog price, it have lots of views but no bids [] Is it greek market for coins that down?
5 lepta 1840
5 lepta 1851
5 lepta 1848
Thanks.
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I just took a hit on some Cyprus coins, which were white-hot not so long ago. My auctions got plenty of bidders but on a couple of them, the coins did not reach my cost. That's the risk one takes in a true auction, though. I still think true auctions can be good because they draw in more bidders.
Dimitri, aka SYRACUSIAN, can advise you better on those Ottos.
As to rare Danish, I just had good luck on one, but since I cherrypicked it out of a bulk bag for maybe ten or 25 cents, it could go nowhere but up.
Interesting to see an old school member who's senior even to me come out of the woodwork. I haven't seen the old "hippie" avatar in a long time.
One bit of advice I have as an eBay veteran is not to let yourself get too bummed out in what I call the "Mid Auction Doldrums". There's that period when your item is no longer a new listing but not yet a final day listing, when it's buried deeper in the category pages and people are less likely to notice it. It's the slower time, of course.
The final day, and particularly the final hour and last few seconds, are when the real action happens. You've got some opening bids so that is reassuring. Look at the number of watchers you have and page hits, and that can be an indicator of how likely your item is to jump dramatically at snipertime.
This 25 ore 1967 from Denmark is rare because it have not hole. That year 1967 there are minted two types of 25 ore: without hole(old type) and with hole(new type). It have catalog price 35$ in UNC condition.
Already you have gotten some great advice. If you are in a hurry, avoid "doldrums" days with short auctions (1-day, or 3-day auction).
I will finish with some of the best advice I ever got - which was from Dimitri, aka SYRACUSIAN - about auctions. Basically, at the end of the day, the sum is all that matters. If you make profits, it does not matter that one sold above catalog while another sold under catalog. Only the sum matters. Of course Dimitri said it more poetically but you get the idea
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This 25 ore 1967 from Denmark is rare because it have not hole. That year 1967 there are minted two types of 25 ore: without hole(old type) and with hole(new type). It have catalog price 35$ in UNC condition. >>
Of course. I'm more used to seeing the holed type.
Looks like you're almost up near catalog price on that, with more than six days left. No cause for lament there, I think.
No need to change the avatar. It marks you as one of the early members. The much-respected Conder101 also used that avatar for a long time.
As to LOCHNess' advice (hmm... I mean LochNESS- I always get the capitalization wrong)- you could indeed go with 1-day or 3-day auctions if you want your money faster. But less time at auction means less chance of the right number of eyes looking at it. I myself have gone to 10-day auctions lately.
See? Another vote of confidence for Dimitri/SYRACUSIAN. It will be interesting to see what he has to say about the Greek coins.
...or, just shoot him a PM
in your Feebay listing you are
NOT TELLING THE STORY !!!!!!!!!!!, either in the title, nor in the description...
How is the world to know
, the hole etc... NO hole etc...
YOU might know, and a few others... BUT the Feebay world does not!!!
I checked MA-Shops and could not find one like yours....
Most bidding will happen in the last minute, probably seconds
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This 1828 10 lepta PCGS XF40 was listed for a month or two at $415 with no takers.
1828 10L PCGS XF40 fixed price listing
When the seller (liberty.coin) decided to list it no reserve ,$0.99 start, it reached $4 above his initial asking price (~$419):
Same coin, no reserve, $0.99 start
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Denmark and one Greece coin have gone, other two Greece coins starts on 0.99$. Wish me luck
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