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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would not bid on this jar because it does not have the official wax seal on the lid, but it does appear to have some interesting coins.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 Who's he kidding ,the glass jar by itself weighs about one pound . If the coins in these jars have a good chance of being worth a lot ,then why don't the heck he keep them for himself.  some people (bidders) just don't get it.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The key here on this outrage is the "no return" policy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I love how he says "you do the math" right after he lists values pulling prices from thin air
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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He listed the minimum value of a Morgan as $45. Also, he put all four gold coins on one side so he could get them all in the first picture.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Fun fact: I once came across a legitimate "mason jar hoard" at an antiques shop near Waxahachie, TX while we were out estate-sale-hunting. The original owner took a 1 quart Ball Perfect Mason, cut a slot into the zinc lid, and put "all of the old ones" in there from his daily pocket change. It looked mostly full of Wheat cents and a few Buffalo nickels. I bought it for $20, and ended up with a bunch of 40s and 50s Wheat cents, a couple of dateless SLQ's, a couple dollars face in circulated Roseys and Washingtons, and a handful of 30s Buffalos, most with partial or full dates. No gold, no key dates, nothing very old, and maybe barely worth $20 at the time (early 90s.) Took the jar and stuck it on the shelf with my other fruit jars. Got to looking at the jar one day a few years after the fact and realized it was a Ball Perfect Mason #3 with "PEPFECT" embossing error, which happens to be a scarcer fruit jar variety. I swiped a zinc/porcelain insert lid from another Ball jar, to replace the one with the slot cut in it, and sold the jar on ebay for $39, which was $19 more than I paid for it with the coins inside from the original seller. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
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Great story Paralyse buy the jar and not the coins.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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 This post is HILARIOUS. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This guy can be serious about his jar of coins. He doesn't even have a Certificate of Authenticity for it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Seeing these listings makes me sad, but then again intrigues me... has anyone actually seen something like this but legit from their grandparents or anything filled with actual circulating rare coins? THAT would be something awesome to see!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Paralyze- great story! That's a pepfect way to make a bit of profit even if the coins didn't do it for you.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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This is a fun thread... ad Para that story is great :) I have been looking a fair amount at bulk lots on ebay. I was looking to buy a lot where I can buy for close to melt, dig out some decent coins and scrap the bad ones, so far everything keeps getting pushed too far past silver values... but that's a different issue. What get's my goat is how staged some of the photo's seem. Like where there is hundred coins and as if by chance none of the dates are visible (the coins overlap just where the date is) or the seller only shows the "wrong" side of each coin. Arrrgghh! That kind of stuff drives me barmy. Clearly some sellers don't make the most of their lot (showing it in enough detail) and others put it in a tin with the best pieces at the top and try to make it better than it is. Either way maybe they would do better if they just took an honest photo showing every coin, both sides. It would certainly save me some time. |
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My uncle kept all of his pocket change since he was a kid back in the late 40's. I remember going to his place and seeing barrels of coins, perhaps 20 liter sized. I remember going through some of them with him when I was around 10, trying to fill holes in my 1 and 5 cent books. Lots of stuff from the 1920's and up. When he died, all of the coins were given to a more direct nephew and I always wondered what they did with the coins. Hopefully he didn't just truck them off to a bank for face value. The amount of silver alone would have been amazing.
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Valued Member
United States
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Now I know it would be actually honest (gasp) but I feel like if he just laid out all the coins in that jar, took photos of both sides, he'd probably still sell the lot for a decent profit. I think if someone is dumb enough to bid on a jar of "random" coins, they'll would still be impressed by a huge random mix of "rare" coins and think they are getting a deal because its priced as a lot.I think both scenarios though would still be to make money off of someone who thinks they can make a bunch of $ "investing" in gold and silver coins.
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