..I don't think it should of sold for this much. I'm glad it did but man I think the bidding just got outta hand. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220031290005
congrats.. now you can afford that new laser rangefinder attachment well according to PCGS... someone feels they did just fine PCGS # Description Desig G F EF AU 60 63 64 65 66 67 2079 1864 L on Ribbon BN 55 130 280 335 415 580 725 1300 2500 - 2080 1864 L on Ribbon RB - - - - 450 700 1050 1700 3000 - 2081 1864 L on Ribbon RD - - - - 500 1000 2000 4500 30000 -
When you said it was an 'L' IHC and had that first picture up, I could barely see it. When I went to the picture of the whole front of the coin, that 'L' damn near smacked me in the face!
I sell on ebay for a living and I can tell you auctions are a STRANGE thing. I have personally bid on an item and won for $9.99 only to turn around and sell it a month later for $125. You just never know!
I have seen worse go for a whole lot more, then again I am sure everybody around has. And you did it without saying rare key date, MS, Gem BU, etc. I hope the transactions go smoothly - because that L is visible in both those pictures.
In the past month or so I have experienced a couple of ebay auctions where coins (plus shipping) went way beyond the reasonable value for the coin. Seems as though bidders get caught up in the "fever" of the auction and throw common sense out. In one auction, I dropped out of the bidding and found an identical graded coin coming up a day later that I won for $20 less. A lot of bidders do not appear to do any pre-bidding determination of what is the current market for a particular coin.
I saw an Allan Shepard space medal sell once for $20something. It was just a Franklin Mint copper-nickel 32mm medal, no big deal. Two days later someone else listed the same medal and I was the only bidder and got it for $6.
