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Valued Member
United States
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Hello everyone So about a year ago I purchased this 1899s Barber dime , now I'd like to sell it and use the funds toward an upgrade .. I haven't been able to find a slabbed AU details coin of this date that has sold on ebay , so I'm not sure how I'd go about pricing the coin .. Since this is a better date coin I'm thinking it should be worth around 50% of problem free .. What would you guys value this coin or how would you go about finding out? |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Pillar of the Community
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If it were mine I would put it on ebay maybe 10% lower than problem free and do best offer option. |
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Canada
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Valued Member
United States
305 Posts |
So with the buyer fee and shipping on that coin , it came out around 39.50..
I was thinking around 45 would be a fair price ..
So do you guys think I'd be out of line if I was to price it for say 65 bucks and accept any offer close to 50 ?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't think you can apply a fixed percent of catalog.
A recent common date coin may be as low as 10-20% of catalog.
The older the coin, the higher the grade and the scarcer, the higher the percentage.
50% would work for many 19th century coins.
Edited by kanga
09/14/2015 09:09 am
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I don't understand the terms together
"AU DETAILS
"IMPROPERLY CLEANED"
It would be a details coin if it has been cleaned, be it "improperly" or not.
The %tage loss of value of 'details' is a subjective one, and that subjectivity has to be in in the mind of the buyer.
Having said that, I rather like the coin anyway,
and the "cleaned" perhaps does not bother me as much as other people.
The extent of the way in which the value is affected would be a lot less in this case than if it was, for example, MS64 with a deep scratch.
In this case, my subjective opinion is that about 30% of the value would be lost from a straight AU grade. I have no doubt that other personal subjective opinions would differ from mine.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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All I can say is take the best pictures that you can for selling the coin. A details grade can mean a lot of things, as stated above with regards to subjectivity.
For instance, I once bought a 1913 Caballito peso in an NGC Unc details-hairlines holder for around 80 percent of the Unc price because I could tell from pictures that the hairlines weren't bad and did not distract from the beauty of the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Slap it on ebay with a 10 day auction starting at .99 cents. That will tell you it's worth. Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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This is an Australian "Key Date" coin that has been cleaned but Not to the extent that it ruins the look of the coin. If it had not been cleaned this coin would be valued at $600-$1200,I got it for a paltry $62  I quite like it despite the cleaning to remove corrosion    |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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You lucky bunny !  You know you got a 'steal' when you post a " " ! |
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Valued Member
Netherlands
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Trout1105, that seems like a very good deal. Sometimes it's very clear that a coin has been cleaned (e.g. with very shiny silver coins from the 1600's...) but with yours I find it very hard to tell that it has been cleaned. How can you see that it has been cleaned?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I suspect VerdiCare.
I'll betcha in this case the '25 penny did not look quite so attractive and good value for money, before it was cleaned!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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You lucky bunny!
You know you got a 'steal' when you post a ""! Hehe I am sending this to PCGS with a few others. It will be interesting to see if they view it as "Conserved" and not "Cleaned" and give it a grade  Edited by trout1105
09/16/2015 10:37 pm
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Australia
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How can you see that it has been cleaned? I bought this on "Numisbid" and was listed as Quote:
Australia George V - 1925 Penny, Cleaned from corrosion otherwise very little actual circulation wear, extremely fine or better. Est. $240 - $300. |
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