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<p>[QUOTE="illini420, post: 762544, member: 19423"]Come on BNB, don't give away all of the good tricks!!!</p><p> </p><p>Actually I sold an awesomely toned Columbian half several months ago, but screwed it up and had it listed in the Mint Errors category I think. Because I had the links posted here and at CU I still did ok on the coin, but I'm sure it may have gotten an extra bid or two if posted in the classic commemorative category.</p><p> </p><p>But yeah, sure, plenty of coins get listed in wrong categories and/or with misspellings, but bottom line is that it needs to still be a good looking coin for me to pull the trigger. It also pays to look at coins of grades that you're not really looking for. I was looking to buy a raw indian head cent in AU condition once and happened to click on an auction for one in "very good" condition. The seller obviously wasn't a hardcore coin guy as the auction detail listed the coin as "used" but still in "very good" condition. The coin ended up grading AU55, but I got it alot cheaper than AU money presumably because of the "very good" in the title.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="illini420, post: 762544, member: 19423"]Come on BNB, don't give away all of the good tricks!!! Actually I sold an awesomely toned Columbian half several months ago, but screwed it up and had it listed in the Mint Errors category I think. Because I had the links posted here and at CU I still did ok on the coin, but I'm sure it may have gotten an extra bid or two if posted in the classic commemorative category. But yeah, sure, plenty of coins get listed in wrong categories and/or with misspellings, but bottom line is that it needs to still be a good looking coin for me to pull the trigger. It also pays to look at coins of grades that you're not really looking for. I was looking to buy a raw indian head cent in AU condition once and happened to click on an auction for one in "very good" condition. The seller obviously wasn't a hardcore coin guy as the auction detail listed the coin as "used" but still in "very good" condition. The coin ended up grading AU55, but I got it alot cheaper than AU money presumably because of the "very good" in the title.[/QUOTE]
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