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<p>[QUOTE="usmc60, post: 2726898, member: 76739"]I went to the fleamarket about 10 years ago to sell a bunch of accumulated junk.</p><p>I decided since I was there I would put some coins out to see how well they would sell'</p><p>I had a couple of bags of wheat pennies each bag contained 500 wheats ranging from a few in the 20s up through 1959. I was only asking $15 a bag at the time. Even at that price people thought I was asking too much. Like the one member said people come to buy things at a bargain price. Every thing else I was basically asking retail price for, in my nice little selection of coins I have a 10th ounce gold eagle along with the rest of the coins.</p><p>That 10th ounce gold eagle was basically the only coin I sold all day, and I sold it for above retail just a little. And also had an order for a nice gold chain holder for the coin. I told the gentleman it would take me a couple weeks to get it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two weeks later the gentleman came back to the fleamarket and purchase the holder.</p><p>He explained to me he was going to give it to his wife as a birthday present.</p><p><br /></p><p>You know 10 years later I still have a bag of wheat pennies I basically will have to give them a way to get rid of them. USMC60[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="usmc60, post: 2726898, member: 76739"]I went to the fleamarket about 10 years ago to sell a bunch of accumulated junk. I decided since I was there I would put some coins out to see how well they would sell' I had a couple of bags of wheat pennies each bag contained 500 wheats ranging from a few in the 20s up through 1959. I was only asking $15 a bag at the time. Even at that price people thought I was asking too much. Like the one member said people come to buy things at a bargain price. Every thing else I was basically asking retail price for, in my nice little selection of coins I have a 10th ounce gold eagle along with the rest of the coins. That 10th ounce gold eagle was basically the only coin I sold all day, and I sold it for above retail just a little. And also had an order for a nice gold chain holder for the coin. I told the gentleman it would take me a couple weeks to get it. Two weeks later the gentleman came back to the fleamarket and purchase the holder. He explained to me he was going to give it to his wife as a birthday present. You know 10 years later I still have a bag of wheat pennies I basically will have to give them a way to get rid of them. USMC60[/QUOTE]
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