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Please take a look at the coin I sold on ebay. It sold for much more than I thought it would. Can anyone tell me why. I thought it was just an adjustment strike, but then someone (Professional Error Column Writer) sent me a message about extra hard planchets being used on 1983-P Nickels. I'm very happy with what I got for the coin, but why did it go for $45.00? Let me know what you think.   Thanks, Ben ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Valued Member
United States
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Can you give a link to the ebay listing? |
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Pillar of the Community
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ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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Locked
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My Lord, I can't even look at that. Why are you screaming?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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well, keep in mind from the bids, it looks like there were 2 folks who really wanted this... not the same as 22 different people bidding for this. But still, $45... I'm anxious to hear more from our experts.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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scuba,
Sorry if I did something wrong. If it's the photo size, please forgive me. It was my first post with photos and I didn't know they would come out so big!
Please let me know what I need to do next time. I'm here to share and I don't want to cause any problems or make anyone mad.
Thanks,
Ben
ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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Valued Member
United States
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I have a bunch of crummy looking nickels I can sell for the bargain price of 40 dollars I should send the two bidders my info
I have no idea why the bids went so high either, I am no expert though. I will wait for more opinions
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Locked
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No, big pictures are good. I was referring to the huge multi-colored fonts in your ebay listing.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Coop, is this a true adjustment strike? (I'm not picking on you, you just seem to be up on these)
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Pillar of the Community
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scuba, NOTED! I'll change up the style on my ebay items. Thanks for letting me know. I'm new to selling on ebay so I'm glad to get your input. No more yelling... cut out the colors... got it! Here I thought I was being all stylish and stuff. My next listing will be much more low key. If fact, I can change the one's I have out there now. THANKS, Ben ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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Valued Member
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congrats on the sale. Curious, was this a circulation find or did you get it somewhere else?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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it sold for $45 DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING! it worked?
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I bought it as an adjustment strike and didn't think it would sell for anything like it did. Adding the info on the hard planchets for '83-P Nickels made the price take off. I just want to know why!
*scuba... all my sales are in normal font now. I really do thank you for letting me know that it was obnoxious. I don't want to look like an idiot (even if I am.)
ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This coin still has mint luster, correct? I can only assume that "extra hard planchets" refers to planchets that were not annealed before striking. Annealing is the process of heating planchets in a controlled manner and then cooling them for the purposes of softening the metal which allows for a better strike. I am aware of it as an error but I have never encountered one. From Alan Herbert's Official Price Guide to Mint Errors 7th Ed-
A blank or planchet that isn't annealed will retain its hardness, and would be difficult to strike. Th effect is nearly impossible to detect or authenticate on an unstruck planchet. Cause may be due to equipment failure or operator error.
RARITY LEVEL: UNKNOWN
VALUES: ---
So that still leaves me completely clueless on value but apparently two people thought it was worth about $45. My take on it is you got a nice price for a fairly obscure but undramatic error.
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05/22/2011 2:21 pm
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I think that I am going to copy your posting style!!! Who's complaining, it seems to get results?
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I think I'll still try to educate the buyer as to what the coin is, what was happening when it was minted and adding interesting facts, but no more large font and bright colors. I don't know if buyers even look at anything other than the coin and price in most cases. So I'll do my research, try to get the descriptions correct and let the coins sell thenselves.
I have started using a Nikon program called "Camera Control Pro." It lets me see the photo instantly and focus beter than just shooting with the camera. You can set everything on the PC then shoot when you're set. This allows the camera to be rock steady as you click the "Shoot" button on the PC. It sends the image to the PC using a USB cable without loading and unloading the memory card. If the shot isn't what you want, you just delete it, adjust and shoot again. I've also been using a 3 second exposure and hand holding the flash to bring out the detail and luster I'm looking for.
I really like the results! (BTW... this photo was taken using a scanner.) I just can't get the shot I want with a scanner.
ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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05/22/2011 5:57 pm
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