Hardest eBay series to cherrypick in
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In your experience, what's the hardest series of coins to cherrypick on eBay?
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I look for: high grade or quality, proofs
Hardest series for me to cherrypick: Buffalo Nickels, Standing Lib Quarters, Peace $, Seated $, any Draped/Capped any denom
Post your responses with the following format:
I look for: high grade or quality, proofs
Hardest series for me to cherrypick: Buffalo Nickels, Standing Lib Quarters, Peace $, Seated $, any Draped/Capped any denom
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I would agree on VAM's being difficult, I base that upon my lack of experience in the series.
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In general, true, but there are exceptions. Sweating it out and waiting for the auction to end is tortuous to say the least!!! But last April I picked off two 1918/7-D Buffs in auctions in the same week. One went for $11 the other for $42. They were both raw, in small lots and ended up grading G04 and G06 (looks VG with bold overdate).
mbogoman
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Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
WS
There is such a learning curve regardless of the series. Then you add in crappy pictures, etc...its a wonder to find what we do LOL
WS
I agree with this 100%. Learning the pick up points for varieties is easy, but learning to recognize them in tiny, blurry pictures takes a long time to master. Go back through most of the threads here where people show their eBay cherrypicks and invariably there are a couple of replies along the lines of, "How in the world did you see that?!"
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
Trade dollar varieties have been fairly tough to pick over the last few years, primarily due to this pesky college kid who must have more free eBay time than I do
Something that confuses me is that bust halves get picked all the time, even though there are dozens (or hundreds) of bust half addicts competing.
One thing that makes bust halves so hard for me is valuing the coins. Some dates in particular have multiple varieties that inflate auction results.
Thanks for the responses guys. It's always fun to hear other peoples' experiences.