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Old February 19th 05, 05:15 AM
Joe
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I'm tired of trying to find coins on Ebay. It seems many of the coins I
want have multiple bidders that push the price past its value (Peace dollars
are a good example), and then add the $4.95 shipping (for a Barber dime in a
padded envelope, gee whiz).

Anyone care to give a mail order website for US coins that they trust? I've
tried looking online but the multitude is overwhelming and I wouldn't know
who I was dealing with until I receive an order.

TIA,
Joe


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Old February 20th 05, 02:28 AM
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 04:15:30 +0000, Joe wrote:

I'm tired of trying to find coins on Ebay. It seems many of the coins I
want have multiple bidders that push the price past its value (Peace dollars
are a good example), and then add the $4.95 shipping (for a Barber dime in a
padded envelope, gee whiz).


Although it often does happen, I am curious what you are using to decide
the items value. On proper auctions, at least you see the coin clearly.


Anyone care to give a mail order website for US coins that they trust?
I've tried looking online but the multitude is overwhelming and I
wouldn't know who I was dealing with until I receive an order.


I won't name names, but I can tell you AS FAR AS COINS, I have never been
pleased with mail order, and have ordered from many of the big name ads in
Coin World, let's say.

If you go mail order route, you "might prefer to" use one that uses ANA
numerical grading. At least that way you and the seller will be speaking
the same language. It "seems to me" that verbal ideas of what the grade is
always fall way short. But of course, thats because "Grading is subjective".
It "seems to me" it's always subjective in one direction.

As far as supplies, Brent-Kruger and Jakes have done well by me.
I've never bought coins off those two names, so DO NOT include them in the
above dialog about coins, they probably are very good with coins too.


TIA,
Joe


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Old February 20th 05, 02:53 AM
Dale Hallmark
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"Joe" wrote in message
k.net...
I'm tired of trying to find coins on Ebay. It seems many of the coins I
want have multiple bidders that push the price past its value (Peace
dollars are a good example), and then add the $4.95 shipping (for a Barber
dime in a padded envelope, gee whiz).

Anyone care to give a mail order website for US coins that they trust?
I've tried looking online but the multitude is overwhelming and I wouldn't
know who I was dealing with until I receive an order.

TIA,
Joe



I have used Jake's Marketplace with no problems in about 15
different orders for US coins and supplies over the last few years.
http://www.jakesmp.com/

For ancients and a few world coin,
http://www.fsrcoin.com/
Frank's mail bids auctions are very interesting when they occur
and the fixed price list seems more than reasonable to me.

Also for non-US coins
http://www.eurocollections.com/
Euro collectors International has been of use to me time and time again.

I don't collect nearly as much US stuff as I used to (previous 30 years) due
mostly to high prices.

In my last 60 eBay buys, none were US coins as best I remember.

I still like Washington Quarters and Modern Commemoratives etc.
Finished the Jefferson's in Unc last year and I very am proud of that.

I like the older US commemoratives too but I can't afford to undertake that
project ;-)
wellllllll.......maybe mostly in EF?..... not sure ;-) maybe next year
although Salzburg coins are calling
mighty loud at the present time!

Dale



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Old February 20th 05, 03:12 AM
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"linxlvr" wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 04:15:30 +0000, Joe wrote:

Although it often does happen, I am curious what you are using to decide
the items value. On proper auctions, at least you see the coin clearly.


To price items, I use the Blackbook Price Guide to US Coins. You are
correct, many coin auctions do have great pictures and may sell at or just
below the graded value. But, usually these auctions are for BU or AU or the
more pricey type of coins. I collect circulated coins from AG to VG. Once
in a great while, I'll buy a coin in F or VF condition. I'm more of a
quantity rather than quality collector. So if you look at US coins in the
range of AG to VG you will notice that the final bid price plus shipping is,
more often than not, above the book value.

Joe


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Old February 20th 05, 05:06 AM
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"Joe" wrote in message
k.net...
I'm tired of trying to find coins on Ebay. It seems many of the coins I
want have multiple bidders that push the price past its value (Peace

dollars
are a good example), and then add the $4.95 shipping (for a Barber dime in

a
padded envelope, gee whiz).

Anyone care to give a mail order website for US coins that they trust?

I've
tried looking online but the multitude is overwhelming and I wouldn't know
who I was dealing with until I receive an order.

TIA,
Joe


E-Bay sure can be an overwhelming adventure can't it?
So can web sites. Here's the ones I think are top notch and fair with
accurately priced large inventories--as usual YMMV.

http://www.cheapslabs.com/index.php
I've bought some from this web site and was happy with what I got--I stick
with ANACS, PCGS and NGC.
The prices are accurate for what you are buying. Buying with a CC was quick,
secure and easy. Navigation of the site was excellent. Clean site with
minimul flashing GIF's and no pop ups. Shipping charges were based on how
much you bought, which is fair. (Most good online sites have their shipping
based on that.) They have a 7 day "100% satisfied" return policy if you are
not happy. The only beef I had was that they did not send me an e-mail when
they shipped like they said they would. This might have happened because I
did not create my own online account with them--worried about getting spam.

The best you can expect from any site is a padded envelope inside a
cardboard box. Otherwise they would have to charge a lot more for
bullet-proofing their containers that they ship stuff in.
I'd never buy from any web site that does not have a no questions asked
return policy. The customer is always right.

http://www.heritagecoins.com
This site has a very large inventory of mostly PCGS coins. Some they have up
for auction so you might get a good deal. They also use Flash animation so
the pages are huge and take a while to load on a dial-up connection.
Excellent navigation with a very professional look. They have Flash
animation pictures of each coin they sell. They also show price trends for
each coin and population reports. I really like that feature a lot. They
have a return policy but it's only 3 days. They use Veri-sign for CC
purchases--that's supposed to be the most secure way to buy online.

http://coin-shop.com/
This site has a large inventory with easy navigation. I've bought a few raw
coins from there and they are pretty spot-on with thier grades. They also
sell slabbed coins and those are usually not too much more than the raw ones
they sell so I recommend sticking with the slabbed coins. Shipping was
fairly priced I thought. No pop ups or ads plastered all over. Quick and
easy online ordering that was secure. Their return policy is a whopping "no
hassle" 10 days. Not too many pictures of the coins they have, but they seem
to be honest and they do have descriptions of what they are selling. They
even have a couple of over graded slabbed coins that they are selling for
the price of the lower grade--that's unusual.

All of these have specials deals and bargain bin coins too.










 




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