eBay Q : When to use No Reserve?

I haven't been selling on eBay for long but just from my experience the real bidding doesn't really start until right at the end of the auction so I wouldn't panic if it's still low at this point.... if you've got a good number of watchers that's usually a good sign.

And I've never put a reserve on any of my listings and I've started to begin as many things as possible for .99 cents.... before when I'd start it at near what I wanted to get I'd get little to no action but with starting it low things have been selling good and often for a lot more then what I thought it'd go for..... but then I have had a handful of items that I assumed would go for more just sell at the .99 cents which can be hard to swallow.

 

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No one has mentioned this yet, but eBay changed their pricing in April so that there's no fee for listing the first 50 items a month, so unless that changes for a much higher starting price, I'd feel a lot more comfortable if I were you listing the starting price in the neighborhood of what you'd be comfortable letting it go for. You said the coin in question should go for a few thousand dollars, so you'd be awfully upset if you only got $150 for it. Cover your butt and start it higher and then you won't lose sleep over it.