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Valued Member
United States
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Is there a reasonable market for a coin roll hunter to put wheats on ebay? Everyone labels their wheats as unsearched but it makes me wonder. *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3278 Posts |
Nothing to wonder about, no such thing as unsearched wheats on ebay. |
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Bedrock of the Community
13014 Posts |
There are unseearched lots on there, but theyre impossible to find so you just have to assume all the truely rare ones have been picked out. But yea you can sell them on there for a nice premium. Heck if your roll hunting you can sell any of the copper ones for a premium too. Just save up the copper till you have a large lot and you can sell for 3x face value I think is the going rate and just use a flat rate box, its not worth it in small lots. You wont make a lot of money doing that but if youre roll hunting anyway might as well
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1200 Posts |
Read the post from pyrbob in this thread for an insight into "unsearched" rolls on ebay -- https://goccf.com/t/137094 ..... I agree with the school of thought that "...there is no such thing as unsearched..." (to quote somebody else from a previous thread a few months ago). There have been many argumentative CCF threads about the "unsearched" wheat offerings on ebay. Most posts are of the "no such thing" school of thought. However---none of this is to say you can't sell wheats successfully on ebay. I'm sure people do every day and that you could also -- whether you call them "unsearched" or not. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2589 Posts |
Looking at recent sales on ebay you can usually get over $200 shipped for bags of 5000 wheat cents if you don't use the term unsearched. If you do use the term unsearched you can usually get over $250 shipped sometimes as high as $300 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If your considering selling coins on ebay, you should always note there are several approved methods. 1. All my coins are UNSEARCHED 2. I know nothing about coins. These were given to me by a freind 3. I inherited these coins and know nothing about them. 4. These coins were given to me by my (Aunt, Uncle, Dad, Mom, other-speicfy) Cross out the ones that don't apply 5. These coins were found in my (basement, garage, attic, forgotten suitcase, etc.) Again, cross out those that don't apply. There are several other ebay statements that are sure to work also.  |
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United Kingdom
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Valued Member
 United States
67 Posts |
So, mine would be unsearched since all I do is pull them from circulation. I don't have an album to keep them in.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Don't forget to show a picture of these 'unsearched' coins showing a Flying Eagle penny and maybe a Barber dime or two mixed in the lot. And just for added effect, if you can, make sure you show the pennies dumped out on an old civil war uniform. Preferably Confederate. |
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So, mine would be unsearched since all I do is pull them from circulation. I don't have an album to keep them in. If you look at the date, they are definitely searched. If you only look at the reverse, they could technically be called unsearched. But who is not going to look at the date?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:Don't forget to show a picture of these 'unsearched' coins showing a Flying Eagle penny and maybe a Barber dime or two mixed in the lot. And just for added effect, if you can, make sure you show the pennies dumped out on an old civil war uniform. Preferably Confederate. You forgot cutting one in half or marking it up real bad and calling it a mint error |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1200 Posts |
@mds308---About the photo......maybe next to a Roman centurion's helmet? And on what to seed the batch with...maybe one of the pieces of silver the Romans gave to Judas Iscariot for ratting out Jesus of Nazareth? Naah---NG. That'd be getting too over-baked. Although---maybe not. It is ebay, after all! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Actually it looks like right now listings that show sealed bags or bags tied shut are actually selling for more than unsearched lots that are spilled out of the bag or opened
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Valued Member
United States
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LOL! Funny stuff mds308! I always get a chuckle out of those listings.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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msteele, I work at a gas station and routinely yank Canadian pennies from circulation. When I leave my job (or possibly later--I'm thinking of going back to roll-hunting, so . . . ), I plan to put these on ebay as "unsorted" Canadian pennies, with this explanation: "When I pull a Canadian penny from change, I check to see if it's George or Elizabeth. If it's George, I keep it; if it's Liz, it goes in a bag. This lot contains [amount] of Canadian pennies featuring Queen Elizabeth II, pulled from circulation, thrown in a bag, and otherwise ignored. As a result there are many different years, states of wear, and copper/steel ratios. I will not guarantee, nor even suggest, that anything rare is in here, because odds are my friends north of the border found those long before the coins made their way down here. But if you're just looking to fill some holes, this is a great lot for you." You may consider something like this. |
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