Okay, this is ridiculous

newsman · May 16, 2004 10:52AM

I know these are scarce, and certainly undervalued in Krause, but ....

wybrit · May 16, 2004 10:55AM

I have dealt with that seller before - no overpriced stuff nor any problems.

python · May 16, 2004 10:55AM

I've never seen one. What should it go for?

newsman · May 16, 2004 10:59AM

<< <i>I've never seen one. What should it go for? >>

I don't have a Krause with me, so I'm working from memory, but it's listed at $8 in Unc. with a mintage of about 350,000. I would pay $20 for one if I was sure it was a no-problem mint state coin. Even with the low mintage, I can't imagine the demand would be high enough to support that price. I'm sure I could get one in Brazil for a lot less -- it might take some searching, but they're out there.

farthing · May 16, 2004 11:11AM

Two bidders throwing down a take-out bid and the "winner" didn't have enough time left in the auction to retract his last bid??

wybrit · May 16, 2004 11:11AM

I'll bet it's some kind of prank. Minnesotafair made the mistake of entering multiple bids. The coin started at $5.00.

MacCrimmon · May 16, 2004 11:12AM

How come two people never have a bare knuckle brawl over some of my listings??

newsman · May 16, 2004 11:13AM

I can't wait to see if this transaction is completed.

newsman · May 16, 2004 12:57PM

I checked my 2004 Krause -- mintage is 222,000 and value in Unc. is $6.50. Maybe the two bidders thought the coin was gold (it's really aluminum-bronze).

cladking · May 16, 2004 1:09PM

I knew these were scarce since I never found one but for that price you could
take a vacation to Rio to look for one. Even if you came back empty handed,
you'd still have the memories.

There are a few nice AU's and XF's out there and lower grades aren't very tough.

SYRACUSIAN · May 16, 2004 4:05PM

I'll take the Rio option cladking ,thanks.

newsman · May 16, 2004 4:10PM

For that much money, you could go to Rio and back twice, and still have some cash left over for coins.

lordmarcovan · May 18, 2004 4:18AM

HOLY COW! I have several of those!

OK, so maybe mine are sliders, but they ain't far off from that!

newsman · May 18, 2004 7:23AM

<< <i>HOLY COW! I have several of those!

OK, so maybe mine are sliders, but they ain't far off from that! >>

OK, now we know where to get them.

Okay, this is ridiculous

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