I got home from work yesterday, and there it was, in a box, leaning against my front door (available to anyone for the taking!) For the record:...
Bobbeth -- you're famous! Perhaps in part driven by an article on your dime by MintNewsBlog!! See The First 2009 Roosevelt Dime
Got mine today! I have no idea what time . . . they were in a box just leaning against my front door (out in the open where anyone could take...
Good point, which relates to another strategy: I use "Auctiva" to manage my auctions. For one, it allows many, and good size, pictures for free....
OTOH . . . I think the Lincoln cent obverse is better than, say, the Barber series. But, going back to having every single thing be variations of...
Another must: use ebay or paypal or USPS to print shipping labels and pay for postage. If you were planning to add on "confirmed delivery" it can...
As Mark Twain once said: "find a job you like, and never work a day in your life!"
Too small?!?! :goofer: I hope you told him to take his complaint to the US Mint! ;)
Well, they make sorter-machines for pennies -- sorting the copper from the zinc -- based on weight. Perhaps there is one for quarters, too....
I agree with pretty much everything you are saying -- although perhaps I was a bit unclear about what I was saying. There are some people that...
Yikes -- something like that _has_ happened to me -- but it was a coin I had purchased, not sold. It was an MS modern Jeff Nickel -- I'm sure it...
Yowza! A single silver quarter out of 2800 . . . . that's sure discouraging for quarter roll searchers!!!
So tantalizingly close you can taste it, eh? ;) The latest info I have on mine is that they left Martinsburg, WV on Sunday night. Martinsburg is...
Newbie question: how do they do that without obvious scratch marks? Or, to rephrase: why can't I see obvious scratch marks?
Face value? That's it! Duh. Maybe it's worth face value -- 0.05!
Right -- that's what clembo said above -- that his shop generally paid 8x face.
If that's what dealers do, I can do that. I just didn't know if that's what dealers did or not -- which is why I asked the question. I value...
Awww, c'mon. I hope you wrote that with levity in mind . . . as it bears no relation to my actual motivation. I thought folks were ganging up on...
The only dealers I know are on CT!
Just looking to fill holes in my collection. I collect too many types (I collect: Indian Head cents, Lincolns, Jeff nickels, Merc Dimes, Roosies,...
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