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This might be a better question for the error forum...  I got a call today from the guy at a "we buy gold" place. I've bought some coins from him before and told him if he ever gets any coins that aren't gold or silver to call me and I will check them out. Anyway, he had a small bag with:maybe 10 world coins that had red glue on one side (glued in a book?) 10 steel cents (avg circulated) 1927 Buffalo nickel maybe F15 3 dateless Buffalos a 1977 40% off-center Jefferson nickel2 50% off-center LMCs but one had no date and the other had 198x with the last digit missing. He called the lady that left the coins there and gave her my offer which she refused. I will reveal my offer once I get a few responses and see if I was way off or not. What would you have offered for the whole batch? Edited by bmanofnbc
10/24/2012 7:03 pm
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Might get some criticism but looks like about $15 worth max to me...
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Might get some criticism but looks like about $15 worth max to me... that is exactly what I offered   |
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Yeah, I'd say thats about fair.
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 . I would also have offered no more than $20 tops |
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I'm glad to see that my offer was pretty fair, I'm not real big on error coins but I know that having the date visible makes off-center coins better. I also figured with a $15 offer that I could always go up to $20 if that might seal the deal. She probably thinks the coins are worth a small fortune. Oh well, it was worth a shot  |
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I think I'm gonna come in here lower than the others. I probably would only have offered $10.
The foreign coins with glue, worthless.
Avg circ steel cents, worthless.
dateless buffalos, worthless unless they have a mintmark, then worth .60 a piece.
1927 buffalo maybe F-15, worth about $1 in reality.
very modern off center Lincolns with no complete date, almost worthless, they aren't that rare or desired.
1977 jeff off-date, worth a tiny bit.
I don't see dollar signs here. The seller probably thought they were worth a few hundred.
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Sellers with these type of coins always think they have 'valuable' coins when trying to sell them.  I wouldn't have offered any more than $10.00 too.  |
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Before reading everyone's replies I was thinking $20 , only because
I like adding different nickels to my Jefferson collection.
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I bet you have a very good offer but was turned down as the owner thought what they had was worth gold
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I would have started at $10 and negotiated to a max of $15.
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I'd go a firm 10. 2 each for the LMC Off Centers, 4 for the jefferson. Then the rest for cheap since there is next to no resale in them. |
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Without knowing what the world coins are, how can you make an offer ?
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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dateless buffalos, worthless unless they have a mintmark, then worth .60 a piece I can get partial date, last two digits, Buffalo nickels for 15 cents each with or without mintmarks. Not knowing the date why would anyone pay more than a quarter for a mintmarked dateless Buffalo nickel. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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Posted 10/24/2012 7:07 pm
