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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Why such a premium?
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Do you have an example?
Don't forget sellers can ask what they want,
it is up to the buyer to do their homework.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes, it's the marketplace--warts and all.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
869 Posts |
J&M... say no more. Often overpriced and sometimes unbelievably low. He (Joe) only wanted $15 on a beautiful 5 cent 1953 MS grade off center strike but he wanted $200 for a 1 cent mid 60's minor lamination error!!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1571 Posts |
Does J&M even have a store anymore?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
977 Posts |
J&M does have a store on Kingsway if you're familiar with Vancouver, liked the old store way better.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
5460 Posts |
I think that they misplaced the decimal point .... maybe $12.50? Why would they be so high, as 200 million were minted?
Edited by okiecoiner
03/11/2023 07:30 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1444 Posts |
Colonial Acres price is $70, none available..
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1979 Posts |
$90 is a lot.
But cent roll supply is drying up.
Certain dates (including 1985 - 1991) are very elusive in PCGS top grades. ICCS coins do not cross well in these dates.
Lets say a 1990 cent in PCGS MS67 is worth $500--if you could ever get one. In that context, buying 10 rolls of raw cents for $250 can make lots of sense (cents!).
Edited by Smallcentguy
03/10/2023 9:59 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1979 Posts |
So as a follow up to this, I just received a set of rolls from the early 1990s that I picked up for around $20 each.
I cracked one open to start and I am pretty certain I have snagged a PCGS-level 1991 MS67. I probably have a couple to send to ICCS also that should grade MS66/MS67.
I am delighted with that roll buy! It was cheaper than free as far as I am concerned.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Your hard work just might pay off for you. Were there many moisture stained coins?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1979 Posts |
The first one was pretty much free of spotting. It had maybe 4 or 5 coins with black grease on the edge of the coins. The black grease stained rolls are fairly common in that era for some reason. I have not opened the others yet but they look very clean.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1979 Posts |
So all the rolls done. I have 5 coins for PCGS and about 5 for ICCS. Single digit percentage hit rate, which is about par for the course. 100% of rolls were problem free (i.e., no carbon spots), but as usual for the era lots of baggy MS62-type coins. One roll with that kind of water spot look.
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Pillar of the Community
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Very impressive finds and share your results when you get them back. You might need the Armored Brinks Guard to get them home from the post office.
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