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<p>[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 1295787, member: 15929"]Not to be a bummer as much as a realist but the coins would have to sell for $2.00 in open bidding starting at .01 to realize a .52 profit. Shipping would be charged at .44 (Actual postage 1st Class letter) with the coin in a 2x2. I don't think this would happen but it's possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]145020.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If the coin sold for a buck in open bidding it would cost you .36 cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]145017.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If you sold it for a $2.00 Buy it now, you'd lose .02 cents on each transaction</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]145019.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>whereas a $1.00 buy it now would cost you .88 cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]145018.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My advice is to pick out the very best one's you find and save them for some point in the future. If you're young, perhaps in 30 or 40 years some profit could be realized thats more than just .52 cents. </p><p><br /></p><p>Better yet, why not maximize your Kennedy Roll searching and simply pick out the best of each year/mm that you find and build a "From Circulation" Kennedy Set? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]145021.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>99% of the coins CAN be found from circulated bank rolls which includes the "Mint Set Only" 1987 P & D. The 1970-D wopuld more than likely have to be purchased unless you got extremely LUCKY!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have purchased US Mint bags since they were made available on the US Mints website and have learned that selling these can be more costly than simply spending them. Obviously others felt the same way otherwise the OP would not have found so many?</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, the eBay Fee Calculator can be found here: <a href="http://www.rolbe.com/ebay.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rolbe.com/ebay.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.rolbe.com/ebay.htm</a></p><p>And no, I am not affiliated with Ryan Olbe. I just like to use the calculator he so graciously makes available.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 1295787, member: 15929"]Not to be a bummer as much as a realist but the coins would have to sell for $2.00 in open bidding starting at .01 to realize a .52 profit. Shipping would be charged at .44 (Actual postage 1st Class letter) with the coin in a 2x2. I don't think this would happen but it's possible. [ATTACH]145020.vB[/ATTACH] If the coin sold for a buck in open bidding it would cost you .36 cents. [ATTACH]145017.vB[/ATTACH] If you sold it for a $2.00 Buy it now, you'd lose .02 cents on each transaction [ATTACH]145019.vB[/ATTACH] whereas a $1.00 buy it now would cost you .88 cents. [ATTACH]145018.vB[/ATTACH] My advice is to pick out the very best one's you find and save them for some point in the future. If you're young, perhaps in 30 or 40 years some profit could be realized thats more than just .52 cents. Better yet, why not maximize your Kennedy Roll searching and simply pick out the best of each year/mm that you find and build a "From Circulation" Kennedy Set? [ATTACH]145021.vB[/ATTACH] 99% of the coins CAN be found from circulated bank rolls which includes the "Mint Set Only" 1987 P & D. The 1970-D wopuld more than likely have to be purchased unless you got extremely LUCKY! I have purchased US Mint bags since they were made available on the US Mints website and have learned that selling these can be more costly than simply spending them. Obviously others felt the same way otherwise the OP would not have found so many? BTW, the eBay Fee Calculator can be found here: [URL]http://www.rolbe.com/ebay.htm[/URL] And no, I am not affiliated with Ryan Olbe. I just like to use the calculator he so graciously makes available.[/QUOTE]
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