Fun Thread-- Most Underpriced Ebay Coins!

Just won these two:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JAPAN-JAPAN...=WON&trxId=0

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JAPAN-JAPAN...=WON&trxId=0

First lot has a few upgrades for my type set, but the real draw is both a number of old style 50 yen (typically sell for double face value for good specimens) and a heap of BU commemoratives. I count several "50 years of Showa reign" 100 yen (usually sell for $5+ each), a few Expo 100 yen ($2-4 each), and in the middle right of the first pic is a "60 years of Showa reign" 500 yen... I backed out of a listing when it hit $15. It is the same size as the 50 year commem, but has no English or Arabic numerals anywhere on the coin. Not bad for $1 over exchange rate!

Second lot was 55 cents over exchange rate. Less popular coins that sell for $8-10 each, except for the Heisei enthronement 500 yen (top row, far right) that is usually a $15+ coin.

Anybody else collect these? PM if you want the duplicates before they go to ebay.

Seller also has a huge lot (11,500 yen) with some goodies that I am going to bid a little over face unless someone on here wants it.

Oh, and best of all, I am earning 8% back on all of this thanks to an ebay promo!

More than makes up for the one you missed! :O)

Massive lots of Japanese coins came in!

The 500 yen lots were exactly what I expected. Filled a ton of holes and will be able to flip the rest for a very good % of the purchase price. Some beat up circulation pieces, but the commems are in great shape!

But the "50/100" lot was the kicker. I was expecting a pocket change lot with some commemoratives mixed in. Nope, it was someone's old collection. Actual face value was 7500 yen, $19 over what I paid. Here's the breakdown

50 yen: solid run from 1955-1991, including the key date 1960 (NGC catalogs at $22.50 in XF). Mostly circulated with a couple gem BU

100 yen: almost solid run from 1967-1998. A few high grades, but mostly circulated

Commemoratives:

100 Yen Expo '70 - 4
100 Yen Olympics '72 - 3
100 Yen 50 years reign '76 - 5
100 Yen Osaka expo '75 - 3
500 Yen 60 years reign '86 - 3

Standard ebay prices are $3-5 each for the 100 yen commemoratives, $10-15 for the 500 yen