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<p>[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 4561835, member: 13307"]Well, the problem with a coin like this is...what's it worth? </p><p><br /></p><p>When no similar examples have been sold...there is no price guide to refer to...and for all intents and purposes it's one of a kind (at least in this grade) - what do you do?</p><p><br /></p><p>I felt like a major auction house would be a good idea (not eBay or the AuctionZip auctions I've been running, because no one there seems remotely interested in anything valuable, just junk) so I tried calling/emailing Heritage (zero response/no call back after leaving a message.) </p><p><br /></p><p>Tried calling the "big" coin shop in town who host a few auctions, and they don't really know/care about die varieties (same response when I was trying to get my MS67 1942 Walking Liberty DDR attributed.) Took it to a few other local dealers and no one had any interest in trading 1 ounce of gold for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are we getting an idea of what it's like to try to sell something that doesn't have a documented price history?</p><p><br /></p><p>Had it listed on my website for a while before having it attributed (was trying to avoid eBay fees) but eventually I did list it on eBay as a BIN/BO, as I wasn't entirely comfortable with eBay's policy of not exactly making all items available to all users regardless of search terms (didn't want it to be unseen and then sell for a pittance.) </p><p><br /></p><p>I honestly just kind of made up a price at that point, and for whatever reason it finally sold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 4561835, member: 13307"]Well, the problem with a coin like this is...what's it worth? When no similar examples have been sold...there is no price guide to refer to...and for all intents and purposes it's one of a kind (at least in this grade) - what do you do? I felt like a major auction house would be a good idea (not eBay or the AuctionZip auctions I've been running, because no one there seems remotely interested in anything valuable, just junk) so I tried calling/emailing Heritage (zero response/no call back after leaving a message.) Tried calling the "big" coin shop in town who host a few auctions, and they don't really know/care about die varieties (same response when I was trying to get my MS67 1942 Walking Liberty DDR attributed.) Took it to a few other local dealers and no one had any interest in trading 1 ounce of gold for it. Are we getting an idea of what it's like to try to sell something that doesn't have a documented price history? Had it listed on my website for a while before having it attributed (was trying to avoid eBay fees) but eventually I did list it on eBay as a BIN/BO, as I wasn't entirely comfortable with eBay's policy of not exactly making all items available to all users regardless of search terms (didn't want it to be unseen and then sell for a pittance.) I honestly just kind of made up a price at that point, and for whatever reason it finally sold.[/QUOTE]
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