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A friend of my wife is a very charming lady in her 80s. She mentioned that she had some silver coins that she wanted to sell, so we went to her place today to look at them. They turned out to be 24 Morgans in good to fine condition. Most are toned a bit from oxidation but a shot of Tarn-X will solve that problem. Most dates are from the 1880s with a couple of 1921s in there. I asked her how much she wanted for these coins and she asked if $10 each was too much. Wow! What a plump little chicken all ready for plucking! I told her that they were worth more than that and offered her $30 each for them. That's less than I could buy them from a dealer but also more than most dealers would pay her, so it seemed a reasonable compromise. It was a good deal for both of us and that's what business is supposed to be. She got more than enough to have her car fixed so is happy with that and I got a good deal too. It would have been very unfortunate if she had tried to sell these to most people. I am sure that they would have been happy to pay her $10 each asking price. Fortunately, we are friends and we both were able to get a better deal out of this.   stacka stacka stacka... and the hoard grows...  |
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good score, and glad that you were honest with her on the price  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Awesome for both of you. Now about the Tarn-X....
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Now about the Tarn-X....   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Good job on the honesty part...I like that.
But I'm with those guys. I wouldn't do the Tarn-X.
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Pillar of the Community
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Way to have class and be honest. Good to go and darn nice purchase.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good deal all around, that's how it should be done. Kudos...
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Thank you, Ed_B, for giving her a good price for the coins. A while ago, here on CCF, I bought a roll of 40% JFK's. My starting bid was $55, which was $8 below their melt value at the time. I decided to up my bid to the coins' full melt value of $63, because I figured if I sold my silver, I'd want to get melt value for it. |
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God please don't put Tarnex on those beauties!
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That is a great unexpected addition eh  , nice job! Real nice to offer her 20 more, I am sure that was a shock to her and made her day, as she would not have gotten 30 each anywhere else I bet, probably not having the no how or where to do so. She got here car fixed an may have had some left over and got rid of some coins she had no use for, and that is great deal for both parties, 24 Morgan's, major score.... I have my trusty bottle of tarnX right here , so you know my thoughts on that, Polish away, as sometimes you just gotta think outside the box, lol.... I have a gold coin that I could make out the slightest print, as the capsule is easily unscrewable, so no surprise it had been opened and got a tiny print. I spotted some "Odoban oxy surface pet hardwood floor cleaner", as I have three chihuahuas and a Pomeranian, and sure enough I scratched my chin and did the unthinkable an sprayed a bit on a Q-tip  , and used the power of liquid oxygen to remove that print, and the coin looks great now, proof like  , lol.... Edited by Silverhawk74
05/25/2011 8:04 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Well done and kudos for giving an honest price!
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Pillar of the Community
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That was a very classy thing to do on your part - good job. Plus, you still got the Morgan's at a good price.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Great find, great deal, and a show of great character  . Things do not get better than this. And thanks also b/c, IMHO, your handling of this situation is a feather not only in your cap, but in the CCF forum cap also! How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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I need to meet more old people
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would actually leave them as is and not clean them. That's just me.
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Great integrity Ed. Nicely done. Oh, and great score as well!! You get three happy peppers!  |
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Posted 05/25/2011 7:02 pm
