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george454
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 Posted - 11/24/2009 : 17:01:56
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Hey guys I am pretty new to Buff's so I am relying on your knowledge once again. I have a friend I work with and he has quite the coin collection that he has picked up along the years, mainly silver and gold. He has helped me out quite a bit with my collection over the last year. Ok I ramble some times, Questions he has several rolls of Buff nickles 90% with no dates and he wants to give them to me,but that is not the way I was raised. So what is a fair price to pay for these nickles.
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bman
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AGCoinHunter
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 11/25/2009 : 08:48:28
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| Nic-a-date the dateless ones, you never know if they are key dates of the series. For dateless ones, I wouldnt pay more than 10 cents each... |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 11/25/2009 : 09:12:19
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George454...are you or your wife handy making anything???
Instead of offering to buy them if he wishes to give them to you, graciously accept the gift of the coins then surprise him with some sort of handmade gift. Baking, handcrafted, etc. You'd be surprised how many folks like this sort of thing. OR else they are too polite to say they really didn't like your handcrafted gift!!!!!!!
Just a thought.
Enjoy. 
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Posted - 11/25/2009 : 10:03:31
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It is great that you want to do the right thing and not take advantage of his generosity, but don’t overpay for low grade coins. Dateless buffalos are novelties with only minimal value over face. 10-15 cents is a retail value - if it were me, I would pay 5 cents each, or maybe a few pennies more if I had a specific use for them.
I have bought dateless buffalos before, and I counterstamped them and put them back into circulation. Unless you want to do something like that or make jewelry out of them, or carve them into Hobo nickels, dateless buffalos are not of much numismatic interest.
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Posted - 11/25/2009 : 10:05:45
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JobIII
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 11/25/2009 : 15:44:00
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| figure at least 15 cents a coin. Or 20 if you want to be generous. |
Selling Copper cents. $0 FV available at 1.4xFV. Also interested in trading for wheat pennies and other coins Please pm me for requests or inquiries.
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george454
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 11/25/2009 : 15:54:10
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Thanks guys, they are pretty shabby shape ones he has found through the last 20 or so years. I can draw like a mad man but I think I will just buy them. I know they do not have much numastic value but would like to expand my collection. I recently only have Jefferson's that I have got in change (I keep all Nick's) and the ones I sorted when I can't stand to see another penny. Thought I might work on a book.....ah does anyone know anything about acid dating these or should I just keep them for looks.
Thanks again for the help guys you always got good stuff. Be looking for a new thread in the Contest forum have an idea to try for members for Christmas, a kind of secret santa thing. |
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