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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 2356519, member: 73489&quot;]<b><span style="color: #0000ff">Here&#039;s what I am talking about guys:</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&amp;_trksid=p2055119.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.X1884-CC+ms66+dmpl.TRS0&amp;_nkw=1884-CC+ms66+dmpl&amp;_sacat=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&amp;_trksid=p2055119.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.X1884-CC+ms66+dmpl.TRS0&amp;_nkw=1884-CC+ms66+dmpl&amp;_sacat=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&amp;_trksid=p2055119.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.X1884-CC ms66 dmpl.TRS0&amp;_nkw=1884-CC ms66 dmpl&amp;_sacat=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin up has the auction ending soon.&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #b30000">It&#039;s an 1884-CC MS66 DMPL.&nbsp; Guy asking $3,795 or BO. </span></b> Note that there are a few others with the same characteristics down the list in MS65, 64, and 63 grades.&nbsp; Price drops alot (at least the asking price) as you drop down from MS66, as Morgandude and JCP have noted here.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>OK...I hit the SOLD button on the far left and I see Liberty sold one a week ago for $2,250. </b> I don&#039;t see much difference between the 2 coins (same exact labels pretty much).</p><p><br /></p><p><i>So....assuming I wanted the 1st coin (I don&#039;t but play along)...what would YOU guys bid ?</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Do you bid close to $2,250 which is 40% below the asking price ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe the guy is deliberately high expecting to cut bigtime ? Or maybe before bidding you should contact him and say &quot;<b><i>Hey, how come you are asking more than 60% over recent sales ?</i></b>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve done both in the past:&nbsp; bid way below (at past completed sales or what guide books guestimate) and also asked why someone was way high.&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #b30000">Answers I got include some differentiating characteristic </span></b>which explains the higher price (sometimes legit, sometimes BS) and <b><span style="color: #b30000">others saying quite frankly they are into the coin at a high price and can&#039;t sell at the current market.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000"><br /></span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">BTW, if anybody has any quick comments on the other auctions for the 1884-CC DMPLs are fairly priced or way out of line or if the coin is over/under graded or has a killer problem on the obverse, feel free to chime in.&nbsp; I&#039;m not bidding, just trying to learn. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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