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Pillar of the Community
United States
834 Posts |
I would like your opinion ,today I sold some 40% silver halves and got $1.95 each for them your opinion good price or not ?
THE OTHER BRUCE.
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Valued Member
United States
168 Posts |
are you happy with your price? if so then who cares what others think. I personally think it's an okay deal...not great, but okay
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
Where did you sell them........Dealer ?.....Ebay ?......buddy?.......
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Valued Member
United States
66 Posts |
The going price I am getting is $2.38 $4.76 per dollar face for 40% at the local coin store ( changes daily according to silver value). Check coin and scrap dealers in your area. some are better then others.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2049 Posts |
Well it depends on how much you paid for them. If you got them from pocket change or from roll hunting, then you made a nice profit per item. If you have more to sell, 40% or 90%, PM me as I am always interested in buying.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
834 Posts |
I got them from roll searching and thanks for your opinions.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
$1.95/5 is a nice ROI by any definition  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1984 Posts |
This particular sale aside, here is a strategy you might want to consider: take your coins to wherever you sell them, and find out what they would pay you for them. Then walk away. Offer them up here in the auction section of the site with a starting bid of what you were offered for them plus actual shipping. That way you really can't lose (unless the price of silver totally tanks--and I mean totally--overnight).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
834 Posts |
Ok I will look into the auction thanks.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
Anything less than coinage silver or sterling is not really seeing full melt value right now due to low demand for it with all the 90% and .925 stuff pouring in. My local dealer is paying $2 per 40% half but he is paying either 13 or 14x face for 90%. He said that the big silver buyers are not that interested due to the availability of higher silver content material and the higher smelting costs associated with the lower percentages. Also, he almost never gets anyone over the counter asking to buy bags of 40% halves or 35% nickels- the vast majority of his silver sales are face value bags of 90%, Silver Eagles, and bars.
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New Member
United States
40 Posts |
In my area, dealers are paying 2.25 each for the halves
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2270 Posts |
They're paying $2.50 here.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Valued Member
United States
231 Posts |
As biokemist said, the purer the better and the buy prices are reflecting that. Interestingly enough there are still people paying upwards of 2.00 for them, but not me or any other collector I know, just newbie hoarders.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1984 Posts |
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As biokemist said, the purer the better and the buy prices are reflecting that. Interestingly enough there are still people paying upwards of 2.00 for them, but not me or any other collector I know, just newbie hoarders.
Really? If a newbie hoarder (or anyone with half a brain) is able to amass a hoard of 2000 of these, he could sell them to APMEX right now for $5470. If you buy at $2 each, that's a profit of $1470. Not the kind of profit I look down my nose at, which is why I would have happily paid $2+ for The Other Bruce's silver halves. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
834 Posts |
HALFABUSTISBETTER.
Very well said.
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Valued Member
United States
57 Posts |
$2.00 is what I can get for mine around here.
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Posted 03/11/2008 3:42 pm
