http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....24103&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1292wt_1165 and this...http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USA-American-...ins_USA_RL?hash=item335bf9be71#ht_1292wt_1165 Help!!
I would say 0. I'm going to give you some advice as a fellow new collector which may be wrong but i'm going to give it anyway.,I now have 2 years under my belt, some small mistakes, a couple medium mistakes 1 big mistake*maybe*, but also some great coins in my humble collection. Your first reaction will be to buy anything you see that looks cool. And especially with raw coins, you will most likely be throwing good money away due to inexperience. I made the same mistake early on buying raw morgans but I didnt get hosed to badly on those as I stayed within reach of melt. I later started buying anything on ebay that even made me stop and look. I wish my approach had been to wait for the more exceptional coins, even if it meant waiting or paying a little more for the coin, but less overall by lesser volume. So now about your coin specifically. It is a nice coin, I love barbers, but what you will find is that even for raw coins on ebay people tend to pay pretty close to what the PCGS price guide says.(Im assuming it happens on ebay uk as well. Chances are you can get that same coin for 15-20$us graded in PCGS plastic which will be a much better purchase than buying it raw for even a couple quid less. Especially for common dates like these that are not worth grading, but somehow for some reason or another ended up getting submitted even thought the cost of grading makes the coin pretty much free at sale. It may be that in the UK you might have to wait a little longer to find such an example im not sure how active you guys are with US issues but it will be worth it. Ive stumbled on your posts and it looks like you have some starter raw US coins to play with for now and I think the graded route is much better for now. In the future, probably years, you will come full circle and hope to cherrypick form the raws(if there are any left), but you will need to have developed a keen eye for this and it will most likely be in a couple of series that you can even do this with once you get there.
Well I see after posting this that you guys are pretty dry in graded material over there. What do your coin shops look like?
They look old and awesome, not modern looking like yours And my local coins shop specializes in English coins only.
BTW, there is nothing wrong with that barber dime it is a bit darkly toned, but a VF. It does have a small scratch on the laurel just behind the headband, but it is a nice coin overall, if it were in the US, and I needed/wanted it for my collection, I would bid on it.
half dollars I looked it up and really wouldn't go more than $11 us. Really, if you are looking for American half dollars...I would look at Barber Half dollars. They solid depression era coins that really took a beating, but the ones that are BU or even VG can fetch 40 a coin now. Where would be a good place to shop for some celtic coinage? thanks. Cannon
