Greetings gang, I think this might be my third post, I have to confess, I'm more of an instrinsic metal value collector, as opposed to a nusimatic collector. What this means to me personally, is that around 2007 I grew very suspicious about the health of both our economy and speciffically the US dollar, and in Feb 08, began to buy both rolls of silver American Eagles, and rolls of pre-65 Halves, Quarters and Dimes on
ebay. I made a vow to stick to single date rolls that were BU Unc's, and to stick to dealers that were at the VERY least 99%+ fb ratings, and have been blessed not to have burned, and to able to assemble a very nice collection, which I regard in the same way one would regard a CD from one of these "banks".
anyway, my question to the forum is this: in the last three, to four months on
ebay I've noticed several things, and I'm wondering if any of ya'll have noticed similar; first I've noticed the offerings in numerical terms have gone down, US silver coins offred at any one time from 50,000 plus to between 39,000 to 36,000, and "rolls" from over 300 to now between 160 to 200. I might add that since I usually buy single date rolls , BU/UNC, even the quality of the rolls offred has slipped off significantly.
has anybody else noticed this? quality of rolls offred slipping, secondly, it seems as if the bidding itself has gotten more ...intense. (forgive me, couldnt find a better word) am I just imagining this?
one of my favorite sellers, a "carrieafl" was offering a complete roll, $10 face of 1936 Washington's that were really good looking, at least AU50's and I WANTED this roll. Instrinsic value is about 140-150, but I knew it was going to trade above this, and I was bidding north of $200, and bidders, just swept me away, I think the thing went for 260, 285......sorry to transgress, but has anyone noticed heightened bidding on
ebay, combined with lower quality?
Merry Christmas everyone, neil
Posted 12/20/2009 12:08 pm
