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Valued Member
United States
367 Posts |
well me and my girlfreind was out yardsaling and we come up on a man who was old in age and I had to ask if he had any coins. he said why yes I do! of course I was excited as he was getting them out of his house but my girlfreind was giving me the were not here to buy coins look hehe. he came out and had.
large cents
1847 vf
1853 vf
mercs
1942 x2 vf
1917 vg
buffalo nicks
1930 good
1935 xf
and a datless
foreign
1990 great britian 20 pence (my birth year)
1975 5 cent with a lizard on it from new zealand?
1944 great brit sixpence xf
1943d austrailian three pence xf
also with them I got 34 wheats with a 1948 unc! so did I do good? and whats the foreign coins worth? oh and I only paid 45 dollars for all of it!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It sounds like you did well. The two large cents alone are worth at least if not more than $45 if they are good problem-free VF examples with nice round rims. Since they are relatively heavy, large cents can be hard to find with nice round rims. If they get dropped, they start looking like a stop sign. Would love to see pics!  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2448 Posts |
The serendipitous finds are the best!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
Whether you did well is going to depend on the large cents. The other coins are of minimal value. Can't say whether the large cents make the deal without seeing them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
102 Posts |
Thats really awesome, I always go to yard sales and try and find deals. Haven't ran into any yet! They are always asking market-price for them. :(
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You did really well there. As already noted the Large Cents alone are well worth what you paid for everything. Check those Mercury dimes dates really carefully. Remember there is that famous 42/41 worth hundreds. Edited by just carl
07/29/2010 12:54 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:
large cents
1847 vf
1853 vf If you're absolutely sure of those grades you attributed to them..... Then you did REALLY well ! ......  But in G4 they'd go for maybe $15.00 to $18.00 apiece.Regardless....I don't think you did too bad there ! You didn't get ripped off and he didn't get ripped off.....likely you just paid exactly what they were worth, and there's nothing wrong with that ! ...  Edited by eaglefoot
07/29/2010 3:36 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I've been sort of preching for a long time about garage/yard/estate sales for coins for a long time. As I've said many times the trick is you have to ASK. Most people are afraid to put out many types of items for such sales. Guns, knives, swords and of course COINS. The reason is obvious. The danger of theft or doing something wrong. In most instances it really pays to just ask. I do all the time and usually not much luck. But when you run into a deal, it could be well worth the effort. Once some time ago at a garage sale I asked the people if they had any old coins for sale. A lady went into the house and came out with a jar of pennies. I estimated about $35 face value. She said it was slated for a bank on Monday. If I wanted it she wanted me to sit there and count them. I just made an offer of $50 and she took that. The bottom of that jar was all Indian cents. At home I found the NEWEST cent was in the 1950's and all the rest much older. You have to ASK. |
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Valued Member
United States
123 Posts |
Nice! lucky you. Thats a good deal
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Valued Member
United States
188 Posts |
I agree with most of the posts, it all comes down to the lg cents. If they are in good shape and unaltered you did just fine. I think as long as both partys are happy its a good deal for both of you.
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Moderator
 United States
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Isn't that beautiful, "why Yes I do".
Definitly the phrase you want to hear ;-)
swcoin.ecrater.com
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New Member
Switzerland
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Ahhh you are a lucky guy. I've been to many garage sales and I've never been able to get a good deal.
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Valued Member
 United States
367 Posts |
thanks for the comments guys! unlike others I do not have a camera except for a cheapo camera in which doesn't like me when I bought the coins my gf assured me that I was going to sell these coins to get more money to buy items for our apartment (more like dairy queen for her)  but I have put the coins in flips and out of her sight and she has said nothing and hopefully forgot about them! pretty smart for a 20 year old eh? hehe |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice haul from a yard sale. A couple of weeks ago, I got an assortment of about 20 off-struck cents at $2 each. It seemed like a decent price. I'll get some pics out here on the forum.
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