My plan is to determine the value of the most valuable coins I have and then to advertise them for sale on Craig's List. The advantage being that it is free and localized. I live in Sedona, AZ. which is 25 miles south of Flagstaff and 125 miles north of Phoenix. I will advertise them in Phoenix because of the larger audience. Also as you can see from the sample pictures I have posted on this site, I don't have high dollar camera equipment to post GOOD pictures. I would rather have a buyer close enough to come inspect the coins personally so there is no doubt as to what I am selling. I don't want to unintentionally take advantage of anyone.
I will probably sell many of the coins in large lots for current silver market even though there will be many coins worth more than that in the lots. For me it reaches a point of deminishing return on my time invested for selling the individual coins seperately with the marketing time and cost involved.
I know the members of this site are collectors and don't like to see ANY of these old coins melted. I can respect that as I am an old car collector and feel the same about them to a certain degree. Hopefully some of you will get a good deal from me.
I wish that this site did not have a 250 post limit on advertising coins for sale or I would be putting some up now. I don't understand this rule as I feel it cheats the members from getting first rights from people like me that have a cashe' of old coins to sell and sellers like me will find another sales venue long before we ever reach the post count requirements. I know this is more of an enthuesiest site and there are a lot of scammers out there trolling sites like this and that may be part of the reason for the rule. I suppose the for sale section is more of bonus for the long time members but at the same time it cheats the ones that want to buy from people like me.
Thanks for all the help so far, I am sure I will need more.
Posted 08/12/2010 04:36 am
