Numismatic Silver Quarters

I hate to condone ebay, I agree their fees are too high. But with the exposure your item gets and the number of people who search and purchase from ebay, I think in the end the fee is outweighed by the potential for more bids, which equals to higher ending values, which is more money in your pocket for the item.

Until buyers start to look elsewhere instead of ebay, it will be the way to go for selling as well. Selling is all about being where the buyers are.

Seems to me that ebay has been going down the wrong road since they acquired Paypal.

I just thought of something else that may be helpful when you are shopping around for the best deal and considering ebay. Search through the completed ebay auctions for 1917 T1's and see what ones in a similar grade to yours have been selling for (make sure you only look at the green, sold, ones and not the red unsold ones). Take that price and subtract 15% (that is roughly what ebay and Paypal get in total out of your sale). After doing that go ahead and take it to some dealers or a coin show and see what they will offer you. If they don't come in close to the ebay price you just calculated then you know ebay may be your best option. If they meet or beat that price you may want to sell to them.

You should also go to Heritage (ha.com) or a similar auction website and search sales there. Those coins are all slabbed, so you will be seeing the higher end of what you can get for them (just remember auction houses take bigger cuts than ebay). It is easy to do and gives you some additional pricing info.