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Pillar of the Community
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I have an ebay store and I would recommend buying local first..I do. There are good eBayer's out there amongst the scammers. Good Luck! |
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United States
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Make sure you know your conversions before purchasing bulk metal from ebay. I see ppl all the time overbidding on troy pounds etc. 12 troy oz = 1 troy pound 1 troy oz = 1.097 oz 1 troy oz = 31.1 grams 1 troy pound = 373 grams I think that is the important ones. I hope this is useful to someone  |
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United States
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I've had decent luck buying rolls of Mercury dimes on ebay at about 10-11x face, with the same goal of filling non-key holes. Some sellers will actually promise a "mix of dates", or coins in a certain range (I got a roll of all 38-39 Mercs with a decent number of mintmarks), etc... Obviously some coins are pulling more of a premium than others; generally anything before 1940 is more expensive than anything after, and halves seem to cost more than dimes or nickels. But, when I've bought mixed date rolls, etc., I've always gotten what I paid for... I'd rather know that I'm going to get all common-date coins from year X to year Y than buy "unsearched" and get a big pile of the MOST common date (not that I'm cynical or anything!) Sometimes you can also buy P-D-S sets by the year or range of years, although you'll usually end up paying $2+ per coin after shipping. Remember that "melt price" applies mostly to coins with no numismatic value- circulated 1964s, coins that are worn down to illegibility, holed, cleaned, etc.... expect to pay a premium for worthwhile rolls of non-current designs, simply because they're worth more than melt. Good luck! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks like the melt value of silver coinage is in the area of 12.50/oz So I'll be using $100/half pound as my measure... As others have said, junk silver is quite often sold based on face value. You need to determine the multiplier you want to use when shopping (10 times face, 10.1 times face, etc). This multiplier only works for 90% silver coinage. ( fixed the mess... ) Edited by steve199
02/05/2009 1:40 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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my most recent purchase of mercs got me 4 coins needed out of one roll for $49 shipped. if I can stay within the $50 range, I'm okay with that.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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When they say a half pound make sure you know if they mean half pound standard or half pound Troy. Silver is typically measured by troy weight and there are only 6 six in half a troy pound. And if it is 8 standard oz realize that that is omly .91 troy oz. So 8 oz standard = 7.29 oz troy *.9 because the coins are 90% silver = 6.56 oz of silver * $12.50 per oz = $82.02 Less shipping of say $8 means you are going to want to spend no more than $74 at most, preferably less, for 8 standard oz of 90% silver coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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yeah, I got most of the math figured out...thanks for the heads up though! regardless, i'll be paying a premium merely for the fact that they're obsolete coins. that part kinda blows, but it is what it is I guess. it's just a matter time, waiting for just the right deal to come along.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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SJU, that was pretty funny! If I can stick to $50-55 shipped per merc roll, I think i'll be pretty happy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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yeah, I would pay $1 each for a lot of mercs if I saw them.
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SJU, that was pretty funny!  That was funny!  |
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Valued Member
United States
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yeah, I would pay $1 each for a lot of mercs if I saw them. This guy was selling Mercs for $1 each. I got 20 and they were quite nice. He also game me 20 different dates b/c I asked him to. Was quite a pleasure to deal with. Not sure if there's any left, but you may as well give it a shot. https://goccf.com/t/40339 |
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Valued Member
United States
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There is a seller Named "Ampasstime" that I have bought bulk Silver from...this guy has never disappointed me,so,If he has anything posted I think you should look into it?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I even have some doubles,triples,etc... that I would be willing to part with.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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sju I am late but that was pretty cool
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