Ok, Tell Me What I Did Wrong? Trade Dollar & Half Cent & 3c

I think you got a good deal on that Half Cent. It's got a nice strike and looks original. I'd grade it at F12. The surfaces look nice and smooth and this coin has great eye appeal. If I collected these, I would have been willing to go to $120 or so to add it to my collection, so I think you did very well.

I had to edit out your offer to trade because it is in the wrong section. Please post it in the B/S/T section, though. You'll probably get some interest pretty quickly. I also edited the title of this thread so that our members will see that there is now also a Half Cent being discussed.

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Originally posted by okie-colin

I was wondering who it was that sniped me at the last minute on that Half Cent. Now I know.

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oooops ... sorry about that cheif

there are a lot more nice ones out there if you look.

Honestly ...... if you bid on anything on ebay ...there is only one way..

to snipe.....it offers you the lowest price or you lose it to an overbidder willing to pay more than you think the coin is worth,

Keep looking

peace

PS I dind't win it in the last minute, I won it in the last 5 seconds.

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Originally posted by Prethen

The coin went cheap. I guess you might have to see it in-hand to see how harshly cleaned it is. Most buyers, myself included, have been burned too many times by cleaned coins that have low resale value and steer clear of material like this. You'll have to tell us what you think when you get it. Personally, I typically only buy "crusty" coins that look like they've never been messed with and have a nice dove gray (for silver coins) look with some dirt in the crevices.

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Errorcoins, please go back and re-read Prethen's post. Although there are times that it can not be avoided (mainly because of population restrictions and cost), buying problem coins can get you in trouble. There is a reason that Trade dollar went so cheap, and when a seller starts off on ebay with a whole blurb about how all coins have most likely been cleaned..........

Errorcoins, your enthusiasm is great. Please, don't let us squelch that for you. You have to be careful. Most of us, if not all of us experienced buyers, have been hurt with purchases we thought were good only find out we bought problems where the value was considerably less than we paid. True, these coins shouldn't normally be thought of as an investment, but you want to make sure you're buying right to have some sort of solid value built into your purchase in case you need to resell sooner than you think. If you like to see some original looking, problem-free (and/or "market-acceptable" type) coins, let us know what you'd like to see. I have a TON of coin scans from my personal collection I can share. I prefer to collect raw, circulated coins (other than the early proofs that are all in certified holders) and I try to image most of them. ebay attracts a lot of unknowledgeable buyers and there's a lot of junk on there. You have to tread a lot more carefully on there.

Prethen, thank you for the info and input. My main collection is error coins and 99.9 % have never been cleaned so it's not been a problem.

As for these coin for the type set, well I'm just looking to get good examples of coins. Some of the 140 to 200 year old coins, I can accept a small amount of cleaning.

A nice bu Trade dollar is about 500 bucks and this cleaned au58 certified coin was 200. I would think I could resell it for at leaast the same amount if I had to.

I think I can live with the coin, but I don't have it in hand yet to make that judgement.

Thanks again

When you jump in, you jump with both feet!!

I know the retorike about not buying problem coins, but.....when I can buy a lightly cleaned coin at a discount, I will do it every time. Having said that, I hate harshly cleaned coins....But lightly cleaned and retoned....I'm there. I feel like I get more meat on the coin that way. What fun is it to have a 7070 and not having any details on the coins.

I go nuts when I get something new, like the 7070 Album. That's the main reason I'm (trying) to stay away from ebay "type" coins for now (the next day or so) but not errrors of course.

It's not that I'm spending a lot, I really shouldn't. It's more like I am trading some coins for others. I have sold and am selling extra error coins on ebay to cash up for the next purchase.

I had and still have a ton of bu bisons that coinstar eats up very quickly. All of those coin get searched for errors first of course. I was also holding them because the metal value is worth more than a nickel, but that's kinda mute now. I think I would rather have a nice real Trade dollar in my book than 200 dollar worth of nickels.

Now back to ebay to seach for type coins .... errr I mean error coins.

Congratulations! Great buys, keep going.