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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Buy whatever you want if you like it.
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Russian Federation
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Quote:Something else: avoid buying offen ebay.  I'm also almost entirely uninterested in OBW rolls (and what little interest I do have is very negatively impacted by the idea of opening those rolls to look at the contents, which you apparently intend to do), and as for uncleaned ancients, they're usually not worth the shipping unless bought in bulk (exceptions exist, but they're effectively limited to cherrypicks, which you're apparently not looking for). So I can't recommend either of your two choices anyway. OTOH, I've seen some really nice bargains on ebay (mostly the more exotic world coins in lower grades) that I would've bought if I was able to (sadly, I really don't want to deal with PayPal, which severely limit my opportunities on ebay... the only time I negotiated with someone to buy a coin from ebay, I ended up proposing sending them money by courier daisy chain, because that was pretty much the only possibility I could think of that wasn't unacceptable to me, ebay, or both - and ultimately, the coin ended up being sold to someone else, for a higher price than I could afford, before we could finish our negotiations). [EDIT: fixed weird typo] Edited by january1may
09/03/2017 6:06 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
Yes your question is a bit odd . You say your a coin collector , if you have extra money burning a hole in your pocket then buy what you collect or what interests you the most . If it was me I wouldn't buy either one ,but I'm not a YN like you . You don't need to ask us what you should buy. Don't be afraid of getting burnt over an inexpensive purchase . Most of us been there, done that and that's how we learn , by our mistakes .  |
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United States
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I think you should hang onto your money until you know what you want because one day something you really like will be for sale and it will be a good deal and you will have spent your money.
Of course, if you just can't wait, there are some intriguing ancients for sale right here by a fellow CCF member. Some have already been sold to other members but there are still some left.
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Valued Member
United States
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In my opinion I would not buy the cent roll because, knowing ebay, it would probably have been searched. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Is there really a such a thing as truthful "Original Bank Wrapped" rolls on ebay anymore? And trying to clean an uncleaned ancient like a professional is so time consuming and frustrating. I say get a cleaned ancient - there are many on ebay that are extremely nice for between 10 & 20 $. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I wouldn't tell you what to do, but I will say that you should already know yourself what you want when you do buy.
When I get fixated on something and am hunting it down, it is a lot of fun for me to get a great price for the best I can find. I don't have any regrets unless it turns out to be significantly worse than expected, which does not happen often. At the last coin show I went to, I had a short list of what I wanted to buy and ended up with 80% of it filled. I am still very happy with what I got that day. I left one coin sit because it was too much.
A little patience and I got one just as good at less than half price since.
If you narrow your wanted coin(s) down to a few choices and have some to compare, I have seen people post which one they are considering with images here on CCF.
People were pretty good about saying which one they liked best out of the group.
But still, you should make the final call in the end.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For starters, never, ever buy a single uncleaned ancient off of ebay unless you have been in the game long enough to know what you are doing. If you want an ancient to collect, get a single, high grade example for a little more. If you want identification experience, buy a job lot of coins for ~$0.75 per coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ancients are fairly cheap as is. Find a good dealer and buy an ancient for $3 - $10 shipped after posting pics here for opinions.
The ancients board is probably the most helpful and full of great guys / characters.
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Rest in Peace
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NEVER have had any luck with "OBW" ebay rolls for RPMs. If you want unsearched, buy my 1963Ps, I looked through about 150 out of a quart orange juice container to the minor DDO / DDR, didn't find any, gave up and made 19 more rolls. The three I looked at are in my storage box, the rest went for sale. Were they searched before me? Don't know, but do suspect it went from bag to jar. PS: was bought on online auction as "Mixed 1960's BU cets!", yea was a well mixed group of 1963Ps only, boy was I burned!  |
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 United States
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I am going to suggest an Ike, of course.  I am looking at a few of them on ebay right now myself. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Don't buy a coin that you like. Buy a coin that you love.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I voted "something else." When starting out, I bought random things. When I later developed specific areas of interest, all those random purchases (well, most of them  ) got liquidated to make room for adding to what I am really interested in at the moment. If I can get it for free, then I'll take it! If I'm buying, it needs to fit my goals. I appreciate my purchases much more when I kept that in mind. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
Edited by spru
09/05/2017 01:05 am
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Moderator
United States
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Don't buy a coin that you like. Buy a coin that you love. Wise advice, especially if you have to keep to a budget.  |
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Valued Member
United States
411 Posts |
I think a unsearched roll of wheat pennies might be nice !
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