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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1624786, member: 18157&quot;]I was bored yesterday so I thought I would buy a coin to buoy my mood (usually helps). Coin quality seems (to me, anyway) to be going downhill on eBay, so I decided to seek out other venues. <span style="color: #ff0000"><i><b></b></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><i><b>Against my better judgement</b></i></span>, I went to a live auction site &quot;LiveAuctioneers&quot;. I signed up and tried an auction to see how it would go. The auction that was going on had an assortment of pretty crappy coins and bullion.</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked out about forty (40) lots for pre-bids. There was a 20% Buyer&#039;s premium tacked on to the end of the auction...along with unspecified S&amp;H fees, so I took that into account. </p><p><br /></p><p>Needless to say, I didn&#039;t win any of my bids. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As the &quot;live&quot; bidding went along, a 1900-S Barber half came up (below) that was listed as &quot;AU&quot; with &quot;nice toning&quot;. To me it looked like VF20 ( I assume &quot;Liberty&quot; is all there) with PVC damage. <i><b></b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><i><b>Note: </b></i>They only provide pictures of the Obverse! :rollling:</p><p><br /></p><p>By this time I&#039;m becoming REALLY bored and my mood is souring by the minute. Desperate to bid on ANYTHING, I bid $30 and won the coin below for a total of $36. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know I can get at least $10 for melt, so &quot;worst case&quot; I&#039;m out $26 + S&amp;H (whatever that turns out to be). </p><p><br /></p><p>So what do you think? ...how badly did I get burned? :dismay:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/1900-s-Obv-BIG-Trimmed.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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