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<p>[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 2373962, member: 73489"]<span style="color: #0000ff"><b>Be Careful Of Stink Bids, Part 2: </b></span><span style="color: #000000">OK, I see a 1/2 ounce Mexican Libertad that is an MS69 Ultra Cameo. Very nice coin, guy is asking $950 for it. I offered $725. Didn't think it would hit....but it did.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Think I did OK....1/2 ounce of gold...nice coin....slabbed....decent grade (69)...nice feature (UC)....all for a 16% premium to spot gold.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">You have to be prepared to buy, as I was (though I didn't actually think he'd accept my bid). But putting in some low-balls (15-20% below asking price) sometimes works out. But also, sometimes it doesn't or you bid on something you misread (see Part 1 here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-official-morgan-silver-dollar-thread.274619/page-17" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-official-morgan-silver-dollar-thread.274619/page-17">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-official-morgan-silver-dollar-thread.274619/page-17</a>).</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Anyway, I'll post pics later.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 2373962, member: 73489"][COLOR=#0000ff][B]Be Careful Of Stink Bids, Part 2: [/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]OK, I see a 1/2 ounce Mexican Libertad that is an MS69 Ultra Cameo. Very nice coin, guy is asking $950 for it. I offered $725. Didn't think it would hit....but it did. Think I did OK....1/2 ounce of gold...nice coin....slabbed....decent grade (69)...nice feature (UC)....all for a 16% premium to spot gold. You have to be prepared to buy, as I was (though I didn't actually think he'd accept my bid). But putting in some low-balls (15-20% below asking price) sometimes works out. But also, sometimes it doesn't or you bid on something you misread (see Part 1 here: [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-official-morgan-silver-dollar-thread.274619/page-17[/url]). Anyway, I'll post pics later.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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