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I think this lot will definitely pay off even if the 23-S isn't actually there, since there are a lot of tougher semi-keys that I can see from the images. The seller seems fairly honest from his description, good luck! The excitement from waiting for the lot to arrive and searching through it should be worth a couple of dollars by itself.  Be sure to keep us posted! |
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Thanks wheatguy. It will be here on monday, so I will have a full report monday night. It's funny though after examining the photos that he didn't post pictures of all 3 type 1s. There are obviously 3 there, but the strongest of the 3, he only showed the reverse. It looks possibly harshly cleaned; but we'll see.
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Looking forward to seeing if you've struck gold...........................again.
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I received the lot today....and all I have to say is:  Wow, this seller TOTALLY underadvertised it. Basically this is a complete date/mm slq set from 1917-1925(no 16 or 18/7-s) but everything else. The 1921 has a 4 digit date. The 1919-d has a 4 digit date. The 1923-s only has traces of the last 3, but it has F-12 details! Any one of those 3 coins would be worth the $270 alone, and then there are all the semi-keys! There are about 10 coins that I will actually use to upgrade my main collection(overall, this is a better collection than the one I have in my Dansco). I kind of feel bad though. It is one thing to cherrypick a dateless 16(I dont feel bad about that), but this guy was selling a collection, and posted close-ups of all the WRONG coins to sell it! This collection should have gone for over $1500. Maybe I should offer him some more money? I dunno, but I will post pictures of everything tonight!  |
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Sounds like you scored big! Quote:
I kind of feel bad though...This collection should have gone for over $1500. Maybe I should offer him some more money? You don't owe the seller anything. You took the gamble and now it has paid off. That gamble could have just as easily gone the other way too. You won the auction fair and square. It's business. You have nothing to feel even remotely guilty about. It's obvious the seller didn't know what they were doing...you did. Enjoy the fruits of your knowledge and labor! |
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I say again: Johnny "Countdown"! You're my hero! You have a gift, my friend!  |
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United States
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WOW! Those are some tough keys! I agree with cwb, knowledge equals power and if the seller neglected to do research on his part I'm sure he's happy with the $270 you paid.
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Man, I wish I had seen this, I would have grabbed it! I troll ebay a lot looking for bulk items. Good buy! Edited by coinguybrian
01/03/2011 6:38 pm
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Outstanding ..... another E-Pray score by Johnny1916SLQ. Looking forward to seeing the photos. David |
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if the seller neglected to do research on his part I'm sure he's happy with the $270 you paid. True. Actually the ONLY negative I have about this purchase is that the seller actually took ALL of the coins out of the album, and put them all together in a plastic bag to ship! So $1,500 worth of coins jingling around each other in a bag.  I think they are ok though. There are several obviously cleaned coins, but most look problem free. I'm photographing the obverse of each coin now to display. Thank you all for your comments! |
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Ok, here we go. I only shot obverse photos for sake of time; but will take some reverse shots at request. There are 3 or 4 that look cleaned and several with damage. Some of the dates are tough to read in the photos, but they are usually better in hand. The 22 pictured were identifiable, and I got one more that I couldnt identify: 1917 t1  1917 t2  17d t1  17d t2  17s ty1  17s_ty2  18  18d  18s  19  19d  19s  20  20d  20s  21  23  23s  24  24d  24s  25  |
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I posted some better pics of the some of the better dates in the grading section for individual grading.
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For $80 over melt? Sheesh.... I've gotten only a few similar deals in my whole time on ebay, this was a definite score! |
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You seriously got a 1916 and a 1923S? You da man!
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For $80 over melt? Actually it was about $145 over melt, but still not too bad. Quote:
You seriously got a 1916 and a 1923S? Yeah, I have they keys for a second set going on now and I need to send several of them to ANACS. This was a very unusual week for me....If every week was like that, I could retire. |
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Posted 12/31/2010 11:28 am
