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<p>[QUOTE="cubenewb, post: 1012679, member: 25644"]The 'Bid Board!'</p><p><br /></p><p>My local one has this, I'm sure others have a similar station. People pretty much pay like a 2-5% commission to post their coin on the 'Bid Board' (essentially a corkboard with people's coins in small bags and descriptions pinned up). You can buy things outright for the initial price +10%, but only if there haven't been any bids. It's a good way to get good deals from other people.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought an old silver bar, that sucker was a shiny pour bar and had the weird denominations consistent with those types of bars (something like 5.13 oz). Paid something like 60 bucks for it way back when silver was 10-12 an ounce, resold it on eBay for $150.00! Very fun!</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, I bought a common CC (1882) off it for 180.00, I'm pretty sure it's been dipped though : ( .</p><p><br /></p><p>But overall I really like this feature my local coin dealer keeps in his shop![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cubenewb, post: 1012679, member: 25644"]The 'Bid Board!' My local one has this, I'm sure others have a similar station. People pretty much pay like a 2-5% commission to post their coin on the 'Bid Board' (essentially a corkboard with people's coins in small bags and descriptions pinned up). You can buy things outright for the initial price +10%, but only if there haven't been any bids. It's a good way to get good deals from other people. I bought an old silver bar, that sucker was a shiny pour bar and had the weird denominations consistent with those types of bars (something like 5.13 oz). Paid something like 60 bucks for it way back when silver was 10-12 an ounce, resold it on eBay for $150.00! Very fun! On the other hand, I bought a common CC (1882) off it for 180.00, I'm pretty sure it's been dipped though : ( . But overall I really like this feature my local coin dealer keeps in his shop![/QUOTE]
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