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Message:: [QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2603532, member: 27832"]Check their feedback; some of the messages describe what the lots contained. "Gold foil banknotes" might contain a couple of dollars' worth of gold, but not necessarily. A ".999 fine gold bar" will almost surely be a 1 grain bar, containing about $2.50 worth of gold. ".999 fine silver bars" may be more generous 1-gram bars, each containing upwards of 50 cents worth of silver. Remember also that all those categories listed in the description overlap, so those Barber coins also count against the "different denominations", "pre-1964 silver coins", and so on. By the way, did you notice that they call out "50+ year old US coins" separately, even though they've already said all the US coins are from 1964 or earlier? They might just be bad at math, or they might have been using this same ad copy for many years, while somehow managing not to go bankrupt selling "so much" for "so little". To finish up [USER=13307]@stldanceartist[/USER]'s summary, here's what you're likely to get: 1 canvas bag (value: ???)1 worn Franklin half ($6)2 slick Barber dimes ($2.40)1 1964 quarter ($3)1 BU 1964 Roosevelt dime ($1.20)1 1-gram Valcambi silver bar (60 cents)1 1-grain .999 gold bar ($2.40) ...and 25 Wheat or early Lincoln Memorial cents (50 cents - $1) The whole lot could be worth less than $20. When I started looking for coins on eBay, I was intrigued by these lots as well. Fortunately, I didn't go for any of them. Offers like this one are ALWAYS stacked in favor of the seller.[/QUOTE]

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