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<p>[QUOTE="16d, post: 1603544, member: 509"]I just read this elsewhere</p><p>"Not so much in the sense that I am completely done with coppercoins.com, and done with the idea of writing, but I am done hunting, going to shows, doing attributions, and hanging around on message boards. I just don't have the passion and time I used to have, and it simply doesn't interest me any longer.</p><p><br /></p><p>To that effect, I am selling the entire inventory of Lincolncent.com with the domain names and all the back stock I have. A lifetime of hoarding rolls and bags of cents are all going out the door. Quite a number of them will be cashed in at the banks, but there will still be hundreds of thousands in bags and rolls for which I will find a new home. I will never get to them, nor do I really want to.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am seeking a single buyer - I am NOT interested in piecing out groups, singles, or even lots. I want one transaction and done. I have a turn-key website with one of the best domain names you could imagine for a Lincoln cent store, I have a little over 1,800 singles in the inventory with a retail value of just over $21,000, and I have thousands of tubes, rolls, and bags of coins that have never been searched by me. I also have back stock of known, listed, and attributed die varieties numbering into the thousands, along with well over a hundred tubes full of other known die varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are no major (Redbook listed) die varieties in the lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>edited to add: The previous statement is not true...I was thinking about the big 1955DDO, the big 1936DDO, the 1972DDO, 1983DDR, and 1984DDO...I wasn't thinking about the 44D/S cents or the 46S/D and other more recent Red Book additions. So I suppose it's true that there aren't any $500 coins in the group. A couple of 1914D cents, a couple of 1909S cents, but none of the most major stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I am keeping amounts to the "master collection" of coppercoins.com - a few thousand attributed die varieties that sum up what started the website. I will also keep ownership of coppercoins.com - that website will die with me - it is NOT for sale at any price.</p><p><br /></p><p>So..for the stuff I am selling, I have a tentative offer at hand, but am watching for other serious offers in case the first falls through. All serious offers will be handled on a first-come first-right basis. I intend on spending most of January and February inventorying the entire hoard, and should have realistic numbers by the end of February. I expect the total purchase price for the lot to be between $30,000 and $50,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will not be here often enough to check posts, so your best bet - if you are interested and have the funds (I don't do financing) - is to contact me via email (cd at coppercoins dot com).</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you."</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm speecless. Good luck, Chuck. You've undoutedly inspired & informed countless.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="16d, post: 1603544, member: 509"]I just read this elsewhere "Not so much in the sense that I am completely done with coppercoins.com, and done with the idea of writing, but I am done hunting, going to shows, doing attributions, and hanging around on message boards. I just don't have the passion and time I used to have, and it simply doesn't interest me any longer. To that effect, I am selling the entire inventory of Lincolncent.com with the domain names and all the back stock I have. A lifetime of hoarding rolls and bags of cents are all going out the door. Quite a number of them will be cashed in at the banks, but there will still be hundreds of thousands in bags and rolls for which I will find a new home. I will never get to them, nor do I really want to. I am seeking a single buyer - I am NOT interested in piecing out groups, singles, or even lots. I want one transaction and done. I have a turn-key website with one of the best domain names you could imagine for a Lincoln cent store, I have a little over 1,800 singles in the inventory with a retail value of just over $21,000, and I have thousands of tubes, rolls, and bags of coins that have never been searched by me. I also have back stock of known, listed, and attributed die varieties numbering into the thousands, along with well over a hundred tubes full of other known die varieties. There are no major (Redbook listed) die varieties in the lot. edited to add: The previous statement is not true...I was thinking about the big 1955DDO, the big 1936DDO, the 1972DDO, 1983DDR, and 1984DDO...I wasn't thinking about the 44D/S cents or the 46S/D and other more recent Red Book additions. So I suppose it's true that there aren't any $500 coins in the group. A couple of 1914D cents, a couple of 1909S cents, but none of the most major stuff. What I am keeping amounts to the "master collection" of coppercoins.com - a few thousand attributed die varieties that sum up what started the website. I will also keep ownership of coppercoins.com - that website will die with me - it is NOT for sale at any price. So..for the stuff I am selling, I have a tentative offer at hand, but am watching for other serious offers in case the first falls through. All serious offers will be handled on a first-come first-right basis. I intend on spending most of January and February inventorying the entire hoard, and should have realistic numbers by the end of February. I expect the total purchase price for the lot to be between $30,000 and $50,000. I will not be here often enough to check posts, so your best bet - if you are interested and have the funds (I don't do financing) - is to contact me via email (cd at coppercoins dot com). Thank you." I'm speecless. Good luck, Chuck. You've undoutedly inspired & informed countless.[/QUOTE]
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