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I just got an VF20 1855 over 54 Seated Liberty half dollar for $61. ( RedBook lists it's price at $300). Not too shabby. Not that I would sell it...  (Is it still a bargain if you never realize the profit?) |
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Chance, your buy auction isn't showing up. The sell one though... woo.
My best is the S/S/S dime I showed a few days ago. $8. Tough to pin down an actual value on it, though.
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This was not my BEST percentage wise, but pure value wise, it is or is close. It took me awhile to even realize this, though. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...TRK:MEWNX:ITThe 1909-O half turned out to be XF-45+ and virtually flawless when I expected VF-30 with possible problems. It has a completely full band and luster when I saw none. I bid $230 and won it for $167. If I had known how nice the 1909-O would be, I would have bid $450. It could easily make AU-50 in a slab IMO. It is very close to this coin... http://coins.ha.com/common/view_ite...&Lot_No=1276The lot was likely worth north of $600 dollars, possibly more. And as a barber half fanatic (especially since I've had trouble getting my hands on a nice 1909-O!), I was enthralled with my purchase : D Edited by coinguybrian
01/16/2010 6:13 pm
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The 1909-O half turned out to be XF-45+  Sometimes it pays off to look closely at coin lots. I've found scarcer/better coins that almost slipped by. |
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Yeah, I could have missed this one because I didn't bid enough IMHO. The full band should have been the hint.
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Nice shadow! It's always fun when the coin turns out to be better than expected, especially when you are getting a deal already. :-) ebay really isn't as bad as people make it out to be if you shop smart. :-) |
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If anybody recognizes this variety, I picked it up in a ebay lot for about $4.  |
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I see that everyone has their own unique answer for such a question as to what was their biggest bang for their buck, but when you really think about this, everyone should have the same answer.
That answer should be the knowledge that they have gained from the books that they have bought and read, from the friends that taught us what we know, from forums just like this one (which is free to all of us; what could possibly be a bigger bang for the buck?)
I recently purchased a foreign coin value of $4000 for $150, but I didn't buy it because I thought that it was pretty. I bought it because I knew what it was. Knowledge is 'always' your biggest bang for your buck. Without knowing what we are buying, we are just shooting in the dark and hoping for miracles, and when it comes time to sell, the biggest bang will come from your buyer's buck.
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Interesting... 1 in neck. Can't say that I find it appealing though. Ouch.
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Edited by susanh
01/19/2010 09:43 am
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This doesn't exactly answer the question of what was the best bang for MY buck, but once upon a time I unknowingly listed what I thought was a plain old 1918-D Buffalo nickel on ebay. It was chemically restored ("acid date" if you prefer) and I would have been happier than a pig in poop just to get $5 or $10 for it. When the bidding hit $40 I started scratching my head and wondering what was going on. You guessed it - it was a 1918/7-D overdate. Call me a bunch of rotten names if you'd like, but I cancelled the listing and relisted it - properly - and sold it for $319.00. I guess you could say the "bang" I received was in my head when I started seeing unexpected bucks on what I originally thought was just a plain old 1918-D! |
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Well my best bang for the buck wasn't a classic US coin but in 2008 I ordered an American Eagle from the mint and later I read about some having the 2007 back on them so I checked mine and sure enough it had it. I sent it off to NGC and it came back an MS69 with reverse back turning a $25 coin into a $550 coin. It's the key to my complete set to date of all NGC MS69 American Eagles.
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Given the definition of "biggest", I can fully understand this waihaha. Definitely makes sense to me.
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