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New Member
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I personally got the impression the set is nice. She seems like a flustered widow, trying to sell some stuff around the house. And she doesn't know much. I did ask about the reverse and she said that 95% came from Mint sets so they are nice looking as the fronts. I see that it has some watchers so it must be peaking some interest.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If the Kennedy set does have all 98 P-D coins from 1964-2016 (which you said you verified with seller), then you're getting 2 90% Ag coins (current Ag value ~ $11.50), 6 40% Ag coins (current Ag value ~ $14), and $45 of clad coins. That adds up to over $70 of non-collector value with free shipping. So, at $50 the Kennedys are a good bargain. I expect the final price will be higher. The coins are in air-tite capsules. IMHO that probably means that someone considered them to be very collectable raw coins. That would be consistent with your correspondence with the seller indicating that most (or all?) came from mint sets. You usually don't get the highest grade coins from non-cherry picked mint sets, but you do get very collectable coins. If you're interested in starting a raw Kennedy half dollar collection, then this looks like an okay way to go to me  BTW, if you bid on and win these coins and don't want to keep them in air-tites, then you can sell those used air-tites on ebay to reduce your cost for the coins. |
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New Member
United States
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The Kennedy halves just sold for $90.00. Who do you think won or lost on the deal or is it a draw? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:The Kennedy halves just sold for $90.00. The link I'm looking at shows 1 bid & it sold for $50.00 |
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New Member
United States
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If you click on the word 1 bid. It says it was won by a best offer of $90.00
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Where's my wig, I'll show you flustered widow.
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Pillar of the Community
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This was a weird auction. I don't think I'd ever seen an auction that included a best offer option. Didn't even know you could do that  I guess the seller snapped up the $90 offer because she had listed previously at $100 min bid and didn't get any bids. Edited by BadDog
07/02/2018 7:04 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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If you click on the word 1 bid. It says it was won by a best offer of $90.00 Yeah I clicked on the 1 bid and it just say's best offer $50.00 It's not sharing that $90.00 info with me. Not sure why but Thanks for correcting me |
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New Member
United States
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I'll agree very weird all around. Can't wait to see how or if the Eisenhower ends.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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And why I don't buy from ebay.  |
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Best offer on auctions is sort of new.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Hey... this was me! Why did I go for it and offer what I did? Seeing this on ebay (I check halves daily), I emailed and asked for specifics. I was told every P&D made was there, and most were from mint sets. I needed all the NIFC from 2012 up, I wanted the mint set pieces to upgrade all my P&Ds, I could sell the silvers I replaced, and I was about to buy 100 half dollar capsules anyway. I said I would go 85.00, to test the waters. She said she was thinking 150.00. I said I would not go that high. She said to make another offer. I told her the most I was willing to go would be 90.00, thanks anyway, and I hope she got what she wanted from them. She took it. When they got here, I noted the 1966 and 1967 are SMS, and only about one or two are probably not from a mint set. They also came shipped in 5 Airtite capsule storage tubes. I have yet to check them for varieties, but there are quite a few upgrades I can tell by quickly having gone through most. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2Edited by Earle42
07/09/2018 12:12 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's funny. I actually made a $60 offer on them.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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noblenumismatist; DO NOT EVER write a post on any items you are looking at (thinking of buying) on ebay. It may or may not have caused you to lose out on the Kennedys, but it's always better NOT to have more people interested in an item. I rarely post my thoughts on any coin I'm interested in, and feel that I've saved lots of $$ this way. If there's something on ebay that is interesting, I'll either make a post if I'm not interested in buying it, or wait until after the item is sold to share my thoughts.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I wouldn't say never post potential purchases. It happens all the time, especially to get authenticity opinions, and that's an important part of what the community provides. The offer I submitted was essentially face value for the coins, and I was pretty sure it would be declined. Earle42 obviously didn't even see this topic before buying them, so I don't see any ill intent there. I'm sure many of us are frequently, if not obsessively, scanning ebay for deals. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Posted 07/02/2018 3:58 pm
