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and it comes with free shipping   |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I'd love to have the opportunity, though I doubt I have enough time before I die to do it all.
Since there are lots of base metal coins, I wonder if the silver is really 470 pounds in weight.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Woooaaaaahh  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Wow! That's an instant coin business for someone!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That is a phenomenal hoard. If I had the money, maybe I'd shoot him an offer of $100,000. Looks like there's some nice stuff in there, NGC, PCGS, ANACS, ICG plus stuff from Major Auction Houses like Stacks and Bowers and Heritage. I see a couple coins that was in the $2000-$5000 range each.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Also, as it's just been pointed out, my budget falls substantially short of the $195,000 price, unless I start buying lottery tickets and am unbelievably lucky.
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow thats a lot of coins....
It would be a dream to have that kind of hoard.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Contrived...for certain....world silver.....meh! 470 pounds, Troy or AVDP?.....makes a difference. Too many different purities to consider. A fools purchase....imo.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wonder how they came up with their asking price. And also what may have been or will be stripped out.
Colligo ergo sum
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, a huge gamble. You know that they've gone through it and know the value. Probably worth less than 100K.
Definitely adding to my watch list.....will be fun.
Edited by edweather
06/04/2014 7:12 pm
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Australia
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Won't get the 'buy it now price'; the risk at that scale is just too great. The hoard needs to be broken up into smaller specialist lots where there is accurate and detailed description. That is going to take some work, but that work would be well justified, to get a better price for the individual lots. It seems to me that the seller is lazy, or just doesn't know how to handle a hoard this big. Perhaps a better approach would be to pick out the real 'cherries' from this hoard, and if appropriate, sell them via standard public auction, where the auctioneer's fees could be justified. Perhaps ebay some of the other lots. |
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United States
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True, they already know the value so they went through it. Not like you bought some bag of coins where the seller has no clue about coins. Plus, not much a market for foreign coins here in the US outside of selling it for the silver.
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United States
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No way ... this is a major gamble that 99.9% of the educated collectors will avoid. Fun to look at indeed. David |
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Canada
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If I win the lottery Friday I'll put a bid on it and hope I don't die before getting all the way through it. Nice |
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United States
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Now that is a hoard!
Not for me, I do not have that kind of money and this is a HUGE gamble, and one I am not willing to take.
What if he puts up a lot like this one, but with all U.S. coins?
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Posted 06/04/2014 6:44 pm
