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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Buyer's remorse would set in pretty quick for me if I bought this one, due to poor eye-appeal, as Ty2020b commented on.
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Pillar of the Community
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For some reason the 3¢ Silvers usually are overbid on ebay.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Quote:For some reason the 3¢ Silvers usually are overbid on ebay. You should see how high toned-but-average 3¢ Silvers go for on the major auction sites. You will get a heart attack asap.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Not a fan of the discoloration on this one. 
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12477 Posts |
 It looks like it had a piece of tape on it or something. I have wanted to get one of these for a while, but they do seem to be well overpriced, at least compared to price guides, which I guess are wrong! 
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
 Australia
1616 Posts |
Yes, I do think it has had sticky tape on it. The residue should come off with some eucaplyptus oil and acetone. Will put a bid of $20 however I'm sure I'll be outbid.  Australian coin collectors seem to be paying big bucks for coins of late.
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
600 Posts |
I'd totally give you $20 for that one. No buyer's remorse.
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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
1616 Posts |
Update: I was going to put a bid of $20 but bidding was already $25. With a bid increment of $5 it would mean at minimum a $30 win bid. Add 18.5% buyers premium and it's already $35. Not sure what the winning bid was, but more than I think the coin was worth. But that's typical of Aussie coin auctions. I would gladly pay $35 for txgolfer56's coin! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4417 Posts |
The coin looks genuine to me. That said, if it is/was a die struck counterfeit, a serious collector of those would probably pay $60 or more. For a frame of reference on the lower grade pieces, ashow dealer recently paid me $38, apience for a group of full rim G-VG trimes. If one browses ebay, a surpising percentage of trimes listed are lower grade, damaged and/or holed. That said, there appears to be significant collector demand for decent, yet cheaper lower grades of this issue.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4593 Posts |
Slight hit on the 2. Genuine.
However, the 1852 is the single most common 3CS at 18M minted and you can do better for the money.
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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
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Thanks for the comments. I do wonder though, if the bulk of the 18m coins that still exist are to be found in the hands of US collectors so one would expect to pay a higher premium for the same coin in Australia or pay additional shipping to get one from USA.
And as a side note, what do Americans call the half dollar when at the till? A "half dollar" or "50 cents".
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote: And as a side note, what do Americans call the half dollar when at the till? A "half dollar" or "50 cents". I call a half "4 bits."  Seriously, akin to the dollar coins here, it's rare that I see a half dollar. Indeed, on some occasions that I've spent one of those coins here, the cashier has had to call a manager! These coins may start to circulate more, as inflation grows.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What do Americans call the half dollar? Usually a half dollar. More formally, a few folks might say fifty-cent pieces. They rarely circulate, aside from a few casinos. You can sometimes scrounge a roll or two (or at least a few loose pieces) at certain banks.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Fiddy Cent
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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