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What is the going raite on a Leiberty V nickel, 1900 and up G4 condition. I looked at my Blue Book, a coin magazine, and online and I would think somewhere around $1 each. I spoke to a dealer and he said he just sold some for $.25 each. Am I missing something here? What would you guys pay for them? Thanks..... How about an 1886 in G4 condition? |
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an 1886 is a better date if I'm not mistaken, check what comparable pieces have sold for on ebay (completed items) that is a good starting opoint, if yours is a G then comparing prices with anything other than a G is a waste of time, Edited by seateddime48174
03/14/2011 12:15 pm
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When you get to the lower grades, dealers are often swimming in coins such as Liberty or Buffalo nickels, wheat cents, etc. They literally have bins full of them - supply far exceeds supply and there's no precious metal content to help keep the value up. I think dealers will practically give them away and I think that's probably what you experienced. |
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yeah according to the RedBook, its a $200+ in Gd no idea what the current market has done to V's though, everything else it seems is well under RedBook. well except for scarce date Seated coins, which are 3x RedBook or more :) Edited by seateddime48174
03/14/2011 12:21 pm
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!885,1886,and 1912s are the big three so to speak.
Around 4-5 others are better or semi key.
Most others can be had at a buck a piece easy and less if you buy a group.
$.25 is cheap for a decent G4 (not nasty coins)and I would grab a roll at that price if I could.
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I spoke to another dealer and he said pretty much the same thing. No one is interested in them with silver being the hot item. I will hold onto the rarer dates and sell the commons if I can find a buyer. I will try CL, someone is usually buying on there. Where do I find the completed items on ebay? Thanks for the help. |
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$1 each for G-VG is a good price, but for wahtever reason, Liberty nickels just don't have the following that Buffalo nickels has. But I like Liberty Nickels- there are a lot of varieties to look for and most lots are not well searched for those varieties. 85, 86 and 12S are the big three. 1883-1894 are tougher than the rest and I'm also noticing 1909 and 1912D are a little higher price than commons, especially if in higher grades. |
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monkeyman67:
It's one of the search criteria you can enter. Left side of the page, after Buying Format, you'll see "Completed listings." Just found it myself recently. Can't live without it now.
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completed listings are extremely helpful, if you look at what the coins are listed at, you will see pages and pages of coins that havent sold yet, the completed listings give you a good idea of what people are actually willing to pay for the material. now of course there will be some much highr, and some much lower due to variables, this could be the result of shill bidding, or a scarcer variety of a given date, or low price because of a bad pic or lack of interest in an item, so if you see ten coins like yours that sold, take the average and you will be fairly close to what you could expect for yours, this I refer to as the "real world" value
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Awesome I will check that out.
I recently bought 5 rolls for $1 a coin, unsearched. I know you hear it all the time. However,
I found alot of 1900 and up, full/partial liberty.
25, or more, pre 1900 some with full/partial liberties.
I found 6 1883, no cents, 4 in EF and 2 fine
I found 1 1886 in good condition.
1 1912D, good condition. And I have to go back over the later dates with no liberties to reexamine the rest
of the 1912s. Regardless I will ahve to get more of them and figure out the monies later..
Good grab. They will rebound in value once silver tanks.
I just want to blow out the others and keep the goodies.
He has alot more but I want some of the outlaid cash back first.
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well, the 1886 should be worth about what you paid for all of them. does this guy have any Seated dimes ? |
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I just bought 40 in various conditions for about 25 bucks (including shipping)... Not a bad start to a V nickel collection. That's about 60 cents apiece... If you didn't want to do the math. |
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No Seated dimes, but he said that he should have some wheat pennies coming soon, $3 a roll. I said I would take 20 rolls. |
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You have to remember that a real lot of a coins price is pending it's popularity. Example is the 55 Lincoln Double Die. There are a real lot of Double Dies in that series but that one is so popular, the price just keeps on climbing. Contrary to popularity is the no one really cares attitude of the Liberty Head Nickel. If you check out the Red Book on that coin you would see that most even in Proof grades are not worth more than a few hundred dollars. Very few of any of those are really considered expensive. Naturally if you find a 1913, that is different. A long time ago I started several Albums for those and almost filled them in no time since there are so many available and cheap. Just no popularity in that series. Sort of the same with the Shield nickels. |
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I was just surprised by the difference between the Blue book and what a dealer would pay and the RedBook at where they sell. It appears that a dealer should buy a 1900 G4 for .75 and sell for $1-2. When in reality they will buy it for .40 and sell it for .75. I don't know.. |
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