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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1287368, member: 26302"]I agree. What you paid is irrelevant to what it can be sold for. Even if you paid $50 does not mean you should sell something for $2000 if the market price is $6000.</p><p><br /></p><p>Its a tough one, as problem coins always are. You could start at AU50 price and see if you get a nibble, but I doubt you will personally. If you do you are doing a good job. I remember being able to buy a 1795 gold piece with minor problems for $2500 back when a problem free example was over $10,000. A few months later the same piece was for sale for $1800. I think that many collectors with this kind of money to spend want problem free pieces, and I cannot blame them. </p><p><br /></p><p>My "guess", (and please take it as such), would be $6500, and I am basing that on nothing but the numbers you have posted. I would be very curious as to what the final price you achieve would be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, if you want to see something to really make you cry, a dealer friend showed me one of these once that the previous owner, (who inherited it), went to make it "prettier" before selling it, and ran a BU coin under a polishing wheel with steel bristles. </p><p><br /></p><p>It "shined" it right up. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1287368, member: 26302"]I agree. What you paid is irrelevant to what it can be sold for. Even if you paid $50 does not mean you should sell something for $2000 if the market price is $6000. Its a tough one, as problem coins always are. You could start at AU50 price and see if you get a nibble, but I doubt you will personally. If you do you are doing a good job. I remember being able to buy a 1795 gold piece with minor problems for $2500 back when a problem free example was over $10,000. A few months later the same piece was for sale for $1800. I think that many collectors with this kind of money to spend want problem free pieces, and I cannot blame them. My "guess", (and please take it as such), would be $6500, and I am basing that on nothing but the numbers you have posted. I would be very curious as to what the final price you achieve would be. Chris Btw, if you want to see something to really make you cry, a dealer friend showed me one of these once that the previous owner, (who inherited it), went to make it "prettier" before selling it, and ran a BU coin under a polishing wheel with steel bristles. It "shined" it right up. :([/QUOTE]
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