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<p>[QUOTE="TRRcheck, post: 834332, member: 23815"]Well, long story short, I collected coins for about 8 years up until I was 14 or so and abruptly stopped (i'm 25 now). After finally getting back to coins and after much research, I decided I'd like to focus my attention on silver Roosie's. I'd like to search/collect high grade varieties, in addition to assembling a complete set.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.richardsrooseveltreview.net/TableofContents.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.richardsrooseveltreview.net/TableofContents.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.richardsrooseveltreview.net/TableofContents.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My coin collection from when I was a kid is mostly all over the place with the exception of a near complete collection of circ Merc's (no 16-d or 42/1). I was thinking of selling/trading off most of the other odds and ends of my collection to finance the Roosevelt endeavor (except the merc's)</p><p><br /></p><p>Would it be best to trade/sell to a dealer or take a shot at Ebay? Do you think buying rolls of unc Roosie's is the best way to find varieties? </p><p><br /></p><p>The roosie's seem fairly cheap (local dealer wanted $60-$70 each for an unc roll, date dependent). He only had half a roll. Seems like dealers dont care to keep stock of these, must not be popular.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are Roosie varieties easy to get slabbed and verified of their variety type by TPG? Is the numismatic value much greater for varieties than that of a normal coin of the same date?</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for all the general questions and rambling, just excited to get back into my childhood passion!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I love this forum, not too many coin forums out there it seems <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TRRcheck, post: 834332, member: 23815"]Well, long story short, I collected coins for about 8 years up until I was 14 or so and abruptly stopped (i'm 25 now). After finally getting back to coins and after much research, I decided I'd like to focus my attention on silver Roosie's. I'd like to search/collect high grade varieties, in addition to assembling a complete set. [URL]http://www.richardsrooseveltreview.net/TableofContents.htm[/URL] My coin collection from when I was a kid is mostly all over the place with the exception of a near complete collection of circ Merc's (no 16-d or 42/1). I was thinking of selling/trading off most of the other odds and ends of my collection to finance the Roosevelt endeavor (except the merc's) Would it be best to trade/sell to a dealer or take a shot at Ebay? Do you think buying rolls of unc Roosie's is the best way to find varieties? The roosie's seem fairly cheap (local dealer wanted $60-$70 each for an unc roll, date dependent). He only had half a roll. Seems like dealers dont care to keep stock of these, must not be popular. Are Roosie varieties easy to get slabbed and verified of their variety type by TPG? Is the numismatic value much greater for varieties than that of a normal coin of the same date? Sorry for all the general questions and rambling, just excited to get back into my childhood passion!!! I love this forum, not too many coin forums out there it seems :mad:[/QUOTE]
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