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Pillar of the Community
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Florida under $6?Ha Ha the face value of the coins are 6 dollars. Come on? They are on e-bay for $30+shipping. And I paid less then half of that. Oh I suppose you can buy a $2 bill for a dollar.LOL  Edited by coindexter
10/08/2008 4:09 pm
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After hearing some flea market stories, I would not be surprised lol  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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He's not kidding, at times you can actually buy coins for LESS than face value. I used to buy early 70's mint sets for less than face. My estimate of the value of your set is about $8 or $9. If I was buying this set as a dealer I wouldn't allow more than $6 on it and I would probably advise spending them. $30+shipping is ridiculous for this set.
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Pillar of the Community
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OK you let me know where I can purchase them. So as a forum friend of yours you wont let me waste anymore of my money buying these expansive coins. Please give me a store,web address,phone number of these stores that are selling coins for face value. Shoot I might even buy you a coin or two for helping me. Thanks Coindexter
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Don't mean to be a Debby Downer, but...
I just picked up
4 x 1979 P&D mint sets for $4.50 each - Face value $3.82
4 x 1980 P&D mint sets for $5 each Face value $4.82
Admittedly, these sets don't have the 79S... but... the other 5 are all in there uncirculated...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you rode the Light Rail system in Denver two trips everyday, for one month, buying each ticket from the automated ticket dispensers with a $20 bill (to maximize your dollar coins received in change), your odds of collecting this six-coin set from your change (plus the 1999's) would be excellent! You'd also have enough tarnished year-2000 Sacagewea's to wash your car for a year... SBA's still account for about one-fourth of the Dollar Coin change dispensed by the Denver Light Rail automated ticket dispensers (based on the change I've received in 2008). Update: The eight Dollar Coins I received in change from riding the Light Rail (today, Oct. 11, 2008): Two SBA's = 1979-P, 1999-D Two Sac's 2000-D, 2000-P, Four Pres. (all D) 2 Wash, 1 Jeff, 1 Monroe. These were dispensed all at once! Edited by DNA
10/11/2008 7:46 pm
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United States
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That set would fetch $30 on ebay? I really need to talk to my boss about this. We have one just lying on the counter at work and I'll bet he paid maybe $7 for it. A good deal for you  but a lot of clutter we could be getting rid of at work. |
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United States
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Clembo I will buy that "only one set" you have at your store for $7. Let me know if I can. DNA How do you get the S mints that I have in that set from circulation?  Oh ya these are also UNCIRCULATED. He He Edited by coindexter
10/12/2008 3:53 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The 1979S and 1980S SBAs were released for circulation but the 1981S SBAs were not circulated.
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Pillar of the Community
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How do I get the "S-Mints"? Easy: They're not rare!: 109,576,000 1979-San Francisco SBA Dollars were minted for circulation. (This is more than the 1980 SBA output for all three mints (P,D,S) combined!) 20,422,000 1980-San Francisco SBA Dollars were minted for circulation. Check it out: http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dol...yDollars.htmYou may as well keep your set, but really the value of the uncirculated-condition business strike 1979-80 SBA's in your set is around $1.50 each 'retail' (so $9 for the set). At least you didn't pay $30 on ebay, because that really would make us cry (tears of pity!  ) The purpose of this forum is to educate people so that they don't pay $30 for a set of common SBA's like this on ebay. If you paid $12, that's not a 'tragic' overpay like $30 would be! The Treasury is still storing Millions of 1979-80 (and 1999) SBA's, and new uncirculated SBA's appear in the Light Rail change fairly regularly (like the 1999 I just got!). Edited by DNA
10/12/2008 11:28 pm
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Coindexter - if you'd care to go to the Main Coin Forum, and click on the topic "continuing list of everyone's latest acquisitions" go to page 4, about halfway down the page you can see scans of both the near date and far date side by side.
Ralph
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Who needs a job? Just walk into the shop that sells coins at half their face value ;)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes I'm still waiting for the list of stores that sell for spot. Name add. and phone number PLEASE LOL
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Pillar of the Community
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Coindexter, first rule of coin collecting forums: 1. NEVER, NEVER NEVER admit to paying more than face for: SBA's, Sacagawea's, Statehood Quarters and Presidential dollars. (It's actually good form to deny that you own any of these or you "may have some in a jar somewhere".) Ignoring this rule will bring the ridicule and wrath of all the "real" coin collectors! |
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Quote:NEVER, NEVER NEVER admit to paying more than face for: SBA's, Sacagawea's, Statehood Quarters and Presidential dollars. Not even if they're PROOFS!  Heck, even the coin shops think that only proofs of those types of coins are worth stocking in their cases.... I tried to see what 'uncirculated' SBA's like coindexter's were going for in shops, but ALL of the SBA's that I saw in shops were Proofs or Mint Sets. At one shop, I overheard them tell a customer looking for regular Andrew Jackson dollars that he should go buy them from the Denver Mint!  Edited by DNA
10/20/2008 6:22 pm
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