Cuban Silver Pesos - 1953 And Earlier

@ beem - I appreciate the response! Yeah, I have plenty of staying power, just figured I would sell some if I could find a decent platform to do so...

Bit of a tangent here, but I have a relative in Spain who has 250+ VF - Unc 1953 Marti pesos that he would like to sell to me. What would be a fair price in Euros per coin? Especially when considering I may need to hold onto the coins for some time?

I've bought a few Cuba Star Pesos from ebay; generally sellers just list them under Caribbean. People will know what it is, no need to put Cuba in the title.

I don't think ebay actively pulls listings for them either, though do correct me if I'm wrong.

It's just a legal decision they made to protect themselves. Instead of putting time and effort into sorting what is and isn't legal and being potentially liable if they mess up they just ban it all.




If they become aware of them they do.

@ Lancek

I figured this out just the other day... It is not a private messaging system per se, rather you have to allow forum members to send you emails. To enable email from other forum members: 1) At the top of the webpage next to the "Home" hyperlink you will find the "Tools" hyperlink. 2) Click tools. 3) From there select "manage your profile". 4) From there under the "Contact Information section" you have an option to "Allow Forum Members to Send you E-Mail?" select yes and you can now receive emails from members.

@ doges

It has been a while since I tried to sneak a Cuban coin through, so to test their new system I listed an ABC peso. ebay spotted the listing and removed it less than 24 hours into it's duration... Though I did get an interesting message from ebay, which seems new/different from the last time they took umbrage with my Cuban coin listings 18 months back... Here is their message in full:

We had to remove your listing because it didn't follow our Embargoed goods policy. Goods from embargoed countries aren't allowed.
What activity didn't follow the policy

You have listed an item from Cuba, which is a country that is currently subject to embargoes by the US Government. These types of items from Cuba cannot be listed on ebay. Please do not relist this item and make the necessary changes to your listing software.
What you need to do next

You can't relist items we've ended. Please ensure your current and future listings follow this policy.

What is the policy

- Sellers can't list embargoed goods or pre-embargoed goods from these countries or regions:
-- Cuba
-- Crimea region of Ukraine (as defined under applicable sanctions)
-- Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
-- Iran
-- Syria
- Organizations, businesses, or individuals based in or from the countries listed above, or those on the United States' Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) list can't register accounts on ebay
How this affects your account

Because you may not have been aware of this policy, we're sending this notice to educate you about it and ask that you follow this policy in the future.

- Listings that didn't follow this policy have been ended.

We have credited all associated fees except for payments processing fees and the final value fee for your listing(s).



Listings that don't follow this policy in the future will be ended. In addition, there will be a temporary 3-day restriction placed on your account, and your other listings will be hidden from search during this period. All fees paid or payable for listings that are ended and/or hidden from search will not be refunded or otherwise credited to your account.

Why we have this policy

This policy helps ensure that important government regulations are followed.

More information and help

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/...licy?id=4323
Listings not following policy

Peso A.B.C. 1936 West Caribbean Republic Silver Crown Coin

We appreciate your understanding.

Thanks,

ebay

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Don't forget that even if you can sneak it past ebay there is paypal too and they have been known to completely ban accounts if they find out. Great Collections seems to be the best option online for a range of values with Cuban coins when they have them.

@basebal21

Thanks for dropping the name "Great Collections" I had never heard of them, will definitely check em out.

@tdziemia

I agree, you would think instead of price suppression you would see inflation. That said, 2 or so years back before ebay went full Gestapo on Cuban coins and back when I first started selling on ebay, I was selling Cuban pesos for more money then than what I have seen the few Cuban Pesos which somehow get past ebay's ban today sell for... I was pumped because on XF+/- coins I had an average sale price of $65 a piece for the 1932 - 1934 star pesos. The 1915 + 1916s sold for even more ~$80 and ABCs were ~$120 avg.

----- Bit off topic, but is there a gold coin thread for World coins in this forum? I will share a few pics of various coins I have collected. Gold world coins are a bigger part of my current collecting...

Great Collections generally wants graded coins. But they will submit them to a grading company for you and charge you their discounted rate. They have arrangements with PCGS NGC and ANACS. I Have bought Cuban coins off of Proxibid. No one seemed to care there. But with Proxibid you don't go through them to sell coins. They only host the auctions. You would have to find an auctioneer who seems trust worthy, then contact them directly to consign.

Maybe someday I will have a high enough post count and have been on here long enough that I can actually link to your email, or you can to mine. I wish they had an actual PM system here like they do on NGC's chat board.