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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1620409, member: 27832"]Sell war nickels one at a time, and your fees will be closer to 25-30%. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>At last fall's coin show, one silver buyer was offering 21.5x face for 90%, maybe a 5% discount from melt. I think 40% was at 8.3x, a larger discount, and war nickels were at something like $1.10 each, a larger discount still.</p><p><br /></p><p>By this morning's Coinflation figures, 90% melt value is 23.1x face, 40% is at 9.4x face, and war nickels are at 36x face ($1.80 each). Friday's closing price was close to that. At this weekend's show, I sold 90% for 22.3x ($2.23 per dime), 40% for 8.5x ($4.25 per Kennedy half). I don't think I could've gotten more than $1.20 each for War nickels, 2/3 of their Coinflation "melt value", and I'm pretty sure I could've <i>bought</i> them for $1.50 or $1.60.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1620409, member: 27832"]Sell war nickels one at a time, and your fees will be closer to 25-30%. :) At last fall's coin show, one silver buyer was offering 21.5x face for 90%, maybe a 5% discount from melt. I think 40% was at 8.3x, a larger discount, and war nickels were at something like $1.10 each, a larger discount still. By this morning's Coinflation figures, 90% melt value is 23.1x face, 40% is at 9.4x face, and war nickels are at 36x face ($1.80 each). Friday's closing price was close to that. At this weekend's show, I sold 90% for 22.3x ($2.23 per dime), 40% for 8.5x ($4.25 per Kennedy half). I don't think I could've gotten more than $1.20 each for War nickels, 2/3 of their Coinflation "melt value", and I'm pretty sure I could've [I]bought[/I] them for $1.50 or $1.60.[/QUOTE]
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