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<p>[QUOTE="Speedy, post: 296307, member: 705"]Well now lets get down to this "how much I made"....</p><p><br /></p><p>Have you sold the sold the coins yet? If not then you haven't made one cent. I know a few years ago I bought an 1926-S Buff Nickel. It was graded F12 by PCI and I sent it back to NGC. It came back graded VF20. At that time the going prices for such was like this: F12 = $115 (I paid alittle more--around $125 IIRC), and VF20 = $425. I held onto the coin for a few years and then when I saw the price was droping and seemed to be sitting at around $380 I sent it to DLRC for an offer. They guy called and offered $240 and I took it. I had also sent in some other coins and if you total up how much I had in each coin and how much I sold them all for you would see that I just pulled even. Now when looking at the above story it seems that DLRC got a good deal on that coin....but do you know that it took them aloooonnngg time to sell it. I watched their auctions and it was almost a year if not a year before they sold it, and when it sold, it sold for less than $240.</p><p><br /></p><p>You were also lucky on getting PF69DCAM. It has been said that the normal set might grade PF66-PF68. If you don't know how to grade really good then I wouldn't suggest this type of gamble on coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speedy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Speedy, post: 296307, member: 705"]Well now lets get down to this "how much I made".... Have you sold the sold the coins yet? If not then you haven't made one cent. I know a few years ago I bought an 1926-S Buff Nickel. It was graded F12 by PCI and I sent it back to NGC. It came back graded VF20. At that time the going prices for such was like this: F12 = $115 (I paid alittle more--around $125 IIRC), and VF20 = $425. I held onto the coin for a few years and then when I saw the price was droping and seemed to be sitting at around $380 I sent it to DLRC for an offer. They guy called and offered $240 and I took it. I had also sent in some other coins and if you total up how much I had in each coin and how much I sold them all for you would see that I just pulled even. Now when looking at the above story it seems that DLRC got a good deal on that coin....but do you know that it took them aloooonnngg time to sell it. I watched their auctions and it was almost a year if not a year before they sold it, and when it sold, it sold for less than $240. You were also lucky on getting PF69DCAM. It has been said that the normal set might grade PF66-PF68. If you don't know how to grade really good then I wouldn't suggest this type of gamble on coins. Speedy[/QUOTE]
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