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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I purchase coins off Craig's list mainly, anyone else had any luck on Craig's list?  Edited by thecoinguy1964
01/10/2015 08:15 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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WOW! I have not tried Craig's list. After seeing what you have, I just may!
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United States
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Yeah, I bought a bunch from craigslist, but I mainly just buy collections. I scored a couple GSA Morgans, a 1872 Seated dollar, and a UNC 1834 Half Dollar, plus a ton of lower grade extra stuff. But, I usually pay far below actual vaule, because they are raw, the I send to Pcgs and see how I did. You got a nice haul! |
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United States
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Can you qualify those purchases? Were they good deals? Bad deals? Smooth transactions? What was the largest/best of the year? I know of some transactions (non-numismatic) that have gone wrong.
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United States
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How much does that pile way!? Very nice by the way good for you.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like a lot of fun to be had there looking for keys and varieties.Lots of scrap silver too! Enjoy!
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the comments. I've been buying off CL for many years, and I'm always aware of my surroundings & always meet in safe places. I've made some acquaintances with folks that buy and sell. Here in Texas we are allowed to have a concealed handgun, and I always carry. You can never be too careful. I don't weigh my coins, I just count them. according to a article I read in Numismatic News, I'm more of a accumulator? I love looking through my coins for rare dates, but they are hard to come by for certain. This past year I actually found 3 1922-d Lincoln cents. In all my 40 years of collecting, I'd never found a wheat this rare. I did purchase a complete set of early Lincolns about 7 years back, with all the keys, for $400. If you think I underpaid, I did, but I didn't know if the keys were authentic either, when I purchased. I've have found several 1932-d Washington quarters, several 1938-d w.l. halves. The price of silver has dropped a lot last year, so some of my early purchases I'm in the red, but it will come back up. I rarely sell, these will remain in my collection. Edited by thecoinguy1964
01/10/2015 1:13 pm
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United States
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Right on! Piles of silver like that are certainly something to behold. I've bought and sold "junk" silver on Craigslist for years. I always carry (in WA its concealed or open carry but I always conceal) and meet in a public place.
I've had one bad experience where two guys thought we were meeting in one place when I thought it was another a couple miles away. The guy's buddy started getting lippy in the background so I left and sold that silver to someone else. I also met in a bank lobby once to sell a number of silver eagles and junk. A customer who happened to be in line noticed me selling the silver and stated that he had 'bags of that stuff' from his deceased father and asked if I would appraise it for him. He offered to pay me however I declined payment (since this gentleman was suffering from a severe illness) and met him a couple days later to appraise his collection (mostly junk silver). Who knows what can come out of a craigslist sale! I have noticed lately, however, at least in my area, not too many are buying when I offer gold buffalos or silver eagles.
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United States
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I never see much on craigslist in my area... either people know what they have, and want 20% higher than ebay prices, or they dont know what they have so they dont even post it :P |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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`It's more misses than hits, but you have to beat the bushes. I get a lot of folks with one 1956 Wheat penny & a 1964 nickel, and they think they're worth a mint, or the individuals that think Buffalo nickels without dates are valuable. I just came home with 32 w.l. halves, that I paid $6 each for. |
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United States
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I think you did great for $400 for the full Lincoln set with all the key dates! Congrats!
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Apparently Craigslist coin offerings are much better in Texas than Upstate NY. Listings I see fall in one of two categories.....Overpriced crap or "dealers" trying to buy WAY under value.....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow, nice job with all those Walkers! How much face is that?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sucks pretty bad in Austin and College Station Texas
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The idea of carrying firearms frightens me.
I have never had to consider even in the slighest sense, a threat to personal security where the possibility of firearms may be involved.
Some simple common sense in deciding a meeting place and an awareness is all that should be required, irrespective of if you are buying / selling coins or bananas, or whatever else.
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Posted 01/10/2015 08:29 am
Nice coins! I really didn't get anything, other than a few 
