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<p>[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 3890213, member: 73489"]I didn't, quite honestly.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>Hey, even on HA I bid on a Saint and a gold Eagle and the bidding was like $200.</i></b> Which is insane. You KNOW those aren't going for less than the price of 1 oz. of gold (and the Saint is probably going for 20-30% over spot). </p><p><br /></p><p>I don't doubt it happens but for items like silver or gold I just have NEVER seen the price fall below melt. At worst, I see a rich premium drop down a bit.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I get "stink bids" executed on bills (where I'm paying 20-200x the denomination face value) but I am not buying even plain old silver or gold coins, let alone numismatics, for even 90% of melt.</b> Maybe 100-105%.</p><p><br /></p><p>You could be right BB21, I was just going by a friend who told me HA had a much wider following in TOTAL USERS than Legend or Stacks or GC.</p><p><br /></p><p>He might be wrong or the pure COIN BIDDERS for the other 3 could be more than HA. <u>Not sure if the sites release registered user numbers (but should be linked to frequency of auctions and number of items auctioned off, I would think). </u></p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, I usually look at MS-65's or MS-66 (if the price doesn't jump too much) for common or semi-commons.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 3890213, member: 73489"]I didn't, quite honestly. [B][I]Hey, even on HA I bid on a Saint and a gold Eagle and the bidding was like $200.[/I][/B] Which is insane. You KNOW those aren't going for less than the price of 1 oz. of gold (and the Saint is probably going for 20-30% over spot). I don't doubt it happens but for items like silver or gold I just have NEVER seen the price fall below melt. At worst, I see a rich premium drop down a bit. [B]I get "stink bids" executed on bills (where I'm paying 20-200x the denomination face value) but I am not buying even plain old silver or gold coins, let alone numismatics, for even 90% of melt.[/B] Maybe 100-105%. You could be right BB21, I was just going by a friend who told me HA had a much wider following in TOTAL USERS than Legend or Stacks or GC. He might be wrong or the pure COIN BIDDERS for the other 3 could be more than HA. [U]Not sure if the sites release registered user numbers (but should be linked to frequency of auctions and number of items auctioned off, I would think). [/U] Yeah, I usually look at MS-65's or MS-66 (if the price doesn't jump too much) for common or semi-commons.[/QUOTE]
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