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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2141735, member: 27832"]I guess my best single hit was a $50 gold eagle that somebody listed at $800 when gold spot was around $1300. That was my first big leap of Buyer Protection faith. It was authentic; sold it a year or so later for $1600.</p><p><br /></p><p>I might end up doing better dollar-wise, and certainly percentage-wise, with <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-latest-ebay-pig-in-a-poke.227450/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-latest-ebay-pig-in-a-poke.227450/">a large lot of culls</a> I won two years ago for $165. It included <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1878-p-trade-dollar-yeah-right.227707/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1878-p-trade-dollar-yeah-right.227707/">a holed, engraved proof Trade dollar that I've since had PCGS slab as authentic</a>, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/corroded-key-v-nickel-another-piglet-from-that-ebay-poke.228561/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/corroded-key-v-nickel-another-piglet-from-that-ebay-poke.228561/">a corroded 1912-S nickel</a>, a 1925-S (not 1924-S) Buffalo that I've already sold for (I think) a third of the lot's cost, and some other goodies that I'm likely to get some money out of. But the trade dollar is the big piece there, for sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't think any buy/sell story on CoinTalk, though, will top <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ladies-and-gents-shes-back-from-ngc-1942-41-d.223814/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ladies-and-gents-shes-back-from-ngc-1942-41-d.223814/">this one</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2141735, member: 27832"]I guess my best single hit was a $50 gold eagle that somebody listed at $800 when gold spot was around $1300. That was my first big leap of Buyer Protection faith. It was authentic; sold it a year or so later for $1600. I might end up doing better dollar-wise, and certainly percentage-wise, with [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-latest-ebay-pig-in-a-poke.227450/']a large lot of culls[/URL] I won two years ago for $165. It included [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1878-p-trade-dollar-yeah-right.227707/']a holed, engraved proof Trade dollar that I've since had PCGS slab as authentic[/URL], [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/corroded-key-v-nickel-another-piglet-from-that-ebay-poke.228561/']a corroded 1912-S nickel[/URL], a 1925-S (not 1924-S) Buffalo that I've already sold for (I think) a third of the lot's cost, and some other goodies that I'm likely to get some money out of. But the trade dollar is the big piece there, for sure. I don't think any buy/sell story on CoinTalk, though, will top [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ladies-and-gents-shes-back-from-ngc-1942-41-d.223814/']this one[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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