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Agreed, $2 bucks a piece is a good deal.
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that is a steal. Anything you can get for less than 10x face is a steal in my book.
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Not a steal IMO.
They are worth 2.00 each in silver.
Not a steal, not a deal, not a rip off.
It just is what silver value is.
Paying 10x, right now is a rip off. Silver is only 8x.
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ratio: If you can find a bag of Barber coinage for 8X, I'll gladly pay you 10X for it. |
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I thought Barber quarters had numismatic value, even low grade ones? Most of you are talking as if they are worth silver melt and nothing more. These are very old coins and mintages of Barber quarters were rather low to modest. I'd argue that they have some numismatic value ABOVE current silver melt (which currently is running $2-3/oz over spot). |
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On any of these threads about melt value, etc., you always get the poster who can get stuff for under melt and sniffs at anyone else who can't do it. I remember reading once about a guy whose local pawnshop sold ASE's for $2 under melt. Yeah, right. When I think of pawn shop owners, I don't think of stupid businessmen. It's this kind of flippant information that seriously degrades the knowledge value of forums such as this. It is each poster's duty to stand up and question silly statements so that newer collectors don't take it for at "face" value. I applaud the two posters who threw the original statement into question. |
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Quote:ratio: If you can find a bag of Barber coinage for 8X, I'll gladly pay you 10X for it. All I am pointing out is that silver is going for ~11 bux right now. If you are looking at AG quarters, with little/no numismatic value, that equates to 2.00 a coin in ASV. So the price is 'fair' IMO. Edited by ratio411
01/08/2009 2:21 pm
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Do you want them for some reason? I'd buy a small handful to carry in my pocket, but that's just me. I've gone through enough dealer sleeves of worn barbers to have lost all interest in filling a coin album with them. With all that are available it's not like worn common Barber quarters are any kind of a sleeper coin. If you sell them for the metal remember that you'll take a hit for the weight loss, which could be 5-10% with that much wear. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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100 barber's for 200 dollars?---keep what you want sell the rest. get your money back --now Barber coins for nothing ---sounds like a deal to me. |
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Gosh. More uninformed posts. I agree with mrh757. Just do a search on E-Bay for the most recent sales of generic rolls of Barber quarters. They're going from $95 to $130. So, the OP could buy the 100 barbers, select the best 20, sell the other 80 (2 rolls) on e-bay and have a FREE 20 Barber quarters. Gosh, sounds like an EXCELLENT deal to me! Edited by Kabiye_Lady
01/10/2009 1:00 pm
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Hey guys Well great input as usual.. The finally tally was 98 Barber quarters (common dates, worn pretty well).. Got them for $200 even. The seller, my friend Brian... his grandfather died a couple years ago and left a pretty extensive collection of coins. Most of the lot was parceled out to family and friends or sold to various dealers... these barbers were in a little tin and he wanted nothing to do with them. So, I snagged them. I feel pretty good about the purchase.. I didn't want them for the silver content, I wanted them because I love Barber quarters (who doesn't?) |
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nice move.
I have a bunch of Barbers, and can't bring myself to sell any of them.
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Quote: Gosh. More uninformed posts. I agree with mrh757. Just do a search on E-Bay for the most recent sales of generic rolls of Barber quarters. They're going from $95 to $130. So, the OP could buy the 100 barbers, select the best 20, sell the other 80 (2 rolls) on e-bay and have a FREE 20 Barber quarters. Gosh, sounds like an EXCELLENT deal to me! I agree with you there. And if you think ebay is bad on thoes, try a coin show. I doubt you could find even the least expensive one for under $8 in G-4. Really good deal for you there. If you wanted to you could go to any coin show and double your money in minutes. Triple if you took your time. |
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Posted 01/07/2009 2:49 pm
