Brown Box Ike -- What Would You Do?

Thanks for the input, everyone! I'm going to go through with the purchase because the seller has been very responsive to email and answering my questions well. He says the case is scratch free and only slight corner bent on the box.

Next question for y'all: do I leave this in the case, or crack it open and store it some other way?

Don't sweat it man. Worse case, it could have some of that blueish/white haze that some seem to have.

Probably to late now but next time try buying both and see if you can save on the shipping charges that way. This seller would have probaly accommodated your request as most want to get positive reviews back.

I agree with the posters above. Good purchase !

Anytime you can get silver coins close to or below melt it is a good purchase.

To me, that's not getting an Ike at near melt. If it was free shipping, then it would be near melt. I agree with Billmoody - if you can get combined shipping that changes the math a LOT. The is a seller that charges $3 flat shipping regardless of items purchased. I bid on several items, but always factored in the shipping to my bid and lost quite a few auctions. Finally, there was something that I wanted enough that I was willing to bid high enough to win. After that I picked up several items at near melt. Even picked up an Ike for 99 cents!

I agree with larsdog. On ebay, always consider the shipping as part of the price.

I at least thought the clear plastic portion would be removable from the red "velvet" lining. Nope, it's pretty much permanently glued to the dumb thing. Part of me wants to keep this in its case since most people remove them (maybe it'll make me rich someday; yeah right). Most of me wants to remove the coin so I can actually enjoy looking at it!