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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;buddy16cat, post: 1501250, member: 37356&quot;]I try to get them at melt but never can.&nbsp; I usually bid on Barbers and standing quarters which never go for melt.&nbsp; The Redbook people bid them up.&nbsp; I do better for silver coins at a PM shop.&nbsp; I did get a couple 40%er halves though for under melt that is just because silver went up the next day or so.&nbsp; I paid 15 cents over melt.&nbsp; I did get quite few silver coins at the PM shop.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What kind of silver coins were you selling?&nbsp; Silver coins that are sought after by collectors always get a few dollars over melt.&nbsp; Some silver coins like roosies, Washingtons, and Kennedys just haven&#039;t matured.&nbsp; How much was your shipping?&nbsp; How much do you get including shipping?&nbsp; Many bidders deduct shipping from their max bid since many sellers use it to cover overhead expenses which is unfortunate for those sellers who charge what it costs to ship.&nbsp; If that was the case all the time a buyer might say &quot;I would pay for gas if I went to a show or shop&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed that coins that are copper or nickel always go for the same amount since spot price for the precious metal is not considered.&nbsp; You got a coin a few bidders that want what you got, a bidding war starts.&nbsp; I know a few coins I bought got driven up by snipers but I wanted the coin so kept outbidding them.&nbsp; After that, I figured I am paying the value since others were looking to pay a close amount that I paid.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was looking at BIN but rarely see a good deal and many of them are overpriced.&nbsp; I always bid on auctions since I think I am getting the true value when a few people are after the same coin.&nbsp; There are some coins that people may want where the correct value for it is hard to determine, like an older coin that has been cleaned at some point.&nbsp; Going by that, it appears an older VF harshly cleaned coin drops down to Redbook G4 price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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