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<p>[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 1614470, member: 38692"]At least someone gets me lettow...</p><p><br /></p><p>So here's the story behind these two new pickup notes. I am collecting all 12 districts in $10 1934 lime green, been harvesting them for at least a year, the last one I needed was Atlanta, district F. Now these don't come up all that often and I really want a nice VF or higher for this collection, which means these Atlanta's are few and far between. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, I see a really nice slabbed AU58 in November, set my bid but it goes a little north of what I want to pay. It is within a very short time relisted with a much higher BiN - the buyer bought it to flip it. So I wait, and it doesn't sell, and over the next month it is listed and relisted, coming down but not selling. Finally, he relists it for what he paid... and it STILL doesn't sell. Now I am thinking of emailing him and making him an offer off-eBay when he lists it not BiN but auction style... and woohoo I got it. Woohoo, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>Within hours I discover ANOTHER Atlanta note. I mean REALLY, it has taken me this long and suddenly there isn't one but TWO of these damn things. So, I am go after it... and win it for even less money. It's not quite an AU but I think it's XF, and since I am going to mount it anyways, seems a shame to deslab, so now... *I* am going to have to sell that AU again. The note is cursed! Unless you want to buy it, then it's blessed...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here they are... the unslabbed will be the last one for my collection, will see about framing them up soon...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Atlanta10F.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/For%20Sale/Atlanta10FS.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 1614470, member: 38692"]At least someone gets me lettow... So here's the story behind these two new pickup notes. I am collecting all 12 districts in $10 1934 lime green, been harvesting them for at least a year, the last one I needed was Atlanta, district F. Now these don't come up all that often and I really want a nice VF or higher for this collection, which means these Atlanta's are few and far between. So, I see a really nice slabbed AU58 in November, set my bid but it goes a little north of what I want to pay. It is within a very short time relisted with a much higher BiN - the buyer bought it to flip it. So I wait, and it doesn't sell, and over the next month it is listed and relisted, coming down but not selling. Finally, he relists it for what he paid... and it STILL doesn't sell. Now I am thinking of emailing him and making him an offer off-eBay when he lists it not BiN but auction style... and woohoo I got it. Woohoo, right? Within hours I discover ANOTHER Atlanta note. I mean REALLY, it has taken me this long and suddenly there isn't one but TWO of these damn things. So, I am go after it... and win it for even less money. It's not quite an AU but I think it's XF, and since I am going to mount it anyways, seems a shame to deslab, so now... *I* am going to have to sell that AU again. The note is cursed! Unless you want to buy it, then it's blessed... Here they are... the unslabbed will be the last one for my collection, will see about framing them up soon... [IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Atlanta10F.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/For%20Sale/Atlanta10FS.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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