Frank Robinson auction ending March 27

were your coins shipped already?

 

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I don't know. Last auction I received a mailer with lots of stamps on it. Probably will show up next week sometime. (I live on the west coast).

 

does Frank provide a tracking number via email?

 

I don't think so, at least not on my package, and I didn't receive an email from Frank with a tracking number.

 

I see - thank you!

 

My coins were shipped very fast, and the coin I bought from the unsolds had to be mailed separately afterwards.

 

How do you know those were shipped? if so, when?

 

I asked for the unsold coin (the Kamnaskires tetradrachm) and then Frank told me.

 

I read this without realizing that it was part of a conversation continuum with previous posts. I was like, "Told you WHAT?! Don't hold out on us MAN!!". I must have stared at the screen for 20 seconds waiting for the rest of the message to show up.

 

I don’t know if I understand you right (being a foreigner), but two hours after the end of the auction the coins I won were mailed to me. I call that fast.
There were no previous posts.

 

It was a, possibly failed, attempt at a joke. You said:

"I asked for the unsold coin..... and then Frank told me"

Without reading the previous posts, there was no frame of reference about what Frank told you. On it's own, the sentence seems unfinished. As I read it first, it effectively left me in suspense. "Told you what?" Get it

 

It probably was a Europism of me. Frank told me the coins were shipped. Sorry, I’m not a jocular person. But maybe I’ll learn.

 

Yes, a very ethical and othewise unpracticed way today. I won my first FSR auction about 18 years ago. Never an issue in any way for his auctions or world coin sales. He is about the only auctioneer who actually grades stricter than I do. I am usually pleasantly surprised by the quality of the coins received.

 

Just received today, in an envelope with lots of interesting stamps. The most expensive coin I've ever bought, but it was well worth saving up for (you're next, Athenian owl).


Julius Caesar Denarius
Obverse: Head of Venus right, wearing diadem; border of dots
Reverse: Aeneas left, carrying palladium in right hand and Anchises on left shoulder; CAESAR in right field; Border of dots
Struck at a North African military mint moving with Caesar's troops in 47-46 BC

 

A great coin @SeptimusT

 

A lot of people have wondered about Franks use of old stamps (some which go back to the 40's sometimes). As some know, the stamp industry crashed and burned many years ago. All those countless millions of stamps are pretty much worthless but are still worth face value. Lots of dealers sell stamps below face value and people like Frank buy them up and use them. The problem is that lots of these stamps are low value so often he has to cover the entire package to get the proper amount to actually mail it.

 

You know, until @Ken Dorney mentioned it, I didn't even think to look at the dates on the stamps. Most of them are from 1982! Very interesting.

 

Nice coin. One of my favorites.

 

I don't know why you say that. The practice of buying postage at below face has been going on for a long, long time. There have always been lots of people who sock away sheets of stamps, mostly commemoratives, thinking they have a safe investment that will never be worth less than they paid. Dealers were buying below face back in the 50s, and the general market for below face postage came on board in the 70s as collectors bought it at stamp shows. Collectors use it as Frank does - to dress up his mail and save a bit. Meanwhile, clerks at the Post Ofice use meters (no discount).