Bought this... I don't plan on re-selling I just want to know if it was a good deal. I've been wanting to get me a nice standing liberty quarter and now i have one. =)
Honest opinion? With the rims worn as they are and the details also I would give this a VG grade and not more than $8.00. (Current Coin World prices). And it is not a key date, just the last date. The "key" dates are 1916, 1921 and 1923S.
Was able to get a refund, saying its a key date when its not is quite deceptive practices. Honesty i should have done better research but I'm glad i posted here. Thanks for the help!
I know that not everyone wants to pay for a for a subscription but Coin World, monthly, is only around $25.00 a year. It's much more up to date on a regular basis than a book like the Red Book. It lists all U.S. issues and also does a section that changes from month to month on U.S. Notes. A very cheap way of being properly prepared. Plus it chock full of historical information on all sorts of different U.S. coins, errors, varieties, grading, etc.
Interesting that the seller sold another one last week with the same title, the same stuff written on the 2x2 (but in a slightly different position), and apparently in slightly better condition, for about 10% less. I'm glad you were able to get a refund, but you're likely to alienate some good sellers if you buy prematurely and then change your mind. You may want to put on the brakes just a bit. The "KEY DATE" thing is annoying, but you absolutely must learn to ignore that phrase (along with "PQ", "RARE", "LQQK", and many others) on eBay listings. It's not so much false advertising as just more marketing noise. Sellers aren't going to stop using it, so you just have to stop paying attention to it.
True, but the list of key dates for classic US coins isn't going to change month-by-month. I still think the Red Book is a better place to start.
The reason I went low ball on my price, was because it is heavily circulated, silver is relatively inexpensive currently, and I checked an online guide which gave that price. It is a semi key date at best. But in heavily circulated condition the $6-$8 prices quoted is fair.
Quite true. Key date listings "might" change once a year after current auction results are tallied. Then again, if no one is buying them, they might not change at all.
Bought this one for $9 + free ship. What grade would you give it? Regardless of grade or any coin issues you might find, This one is for keeps. I would like to buy a nicer one but they cost too much in high grades. However it would really suck if this coin is cleaned. I doesn't seem to be..
VG details, it appears the coin was cleaned and retoned. Also it's better to take the pictures with the coin out of the 2x2.
For a common-date SLQ in this grade, it's not worth losing sleep over. You could probably get one for a few bucks less if you were patient, but if you're happy with this one, you win. Just don't plan to start a business buying thousands at this price and reselling them.
Honestly I was wanting an uncleaned one that I could keep in hopes that the value would go up after years and years of having it. Let the search continue!
Oh, the value will go up over time, with inflation and the price of silver if nothing else. But with this purchase, or almost any single-coin purchase that includes shipping, it'll take a long time for the value to exceed what you paid for it. If you're interested in collecting coins, you've done the right thing already -- you've bought a coin you like, and you've learned from the experience. If you're interested in multiplying your money, you need to look at financial investments (stocks, interest-bearing accounts or instruments, and so on) -- or else you need to learn about "buying low" in non-retail markets. The easiest and lowest-cost non-retail source of coins is just searching your change or rolls of coins; you'll probably never find a nice SLQ, but you'll also never (unless you're shortchanged) pay more than face value for a coin, and so you'll never lose money.