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I have about 20 PCGS slabbed 1964-D dimes graded 64 and are marked as
Samples. Some of them are beauties, some have some toning and 1 or 2
have some ugly fingerprints on them, I would like to sell them and
enlist your opinions on:

1. Should I offer them as a dutch auction or separately?

2. If so, what should I start the bids at? I had in mind $3-5, plus
shipping, or should I offer free shipping? Or, could I get more for
them? I don't see them selling for much more than $5 plus shipping.

3. How much will the fees be selling dutch as opposed to individually?

4. Should I sell the toned and fingerprinted coins for less money or
just offer them as-is but mention that there is toning, etc?

5. Five day auction ending on Sat or Sun?

Any other advice is appreciated. I've not sold any coins on eBay before
(bought plenty, just ask my wife). If anyone here is interested, just
email me.

TIA      Steve

ever, ever think of that. Crap! Kick myself in the butt.  Sheesh.  Crap.
Someone come on over and give me a good whuppin.

Thanks Fred for the idea.  Better 2 years late than never.  Uh, never,
that's even worse - I probably would have never figured it out on my own.
Crap.    Billl Krummel

Dutch will bring less money, especially if some are fingerprinted (and I'm
assuming you would mention that).

They're really not worth more than $1 plus postage (defined).  I would start
them at one cent, but I have been lead to believe this is dishonest,
immoral, illegal, disingenuous and probably fattening.  :^)  After all,
except for the listing fee, what have you got to lose?

Fee based on selling price is the same (probably 5%).  Quarter each listed
singly, or I think a max of $2 as a Dutch lot.  The $3 savings would
probably be more than cancelled by having to take the lowest of 20 bids.
Dutch is a no-no unless your main goal is to get rid of them all at once,
quickly.

Selling singly solves this.  Describe/pix each lot.  Not difficult, once you
set up the master description.  Just add "this one has a fingerprint".

Seven or ten.  Sun.  Unless you're in a big hurry.  If the whole mess yields
$100, I'd be shocked, so unless you're desperate for money, why rush?

List 2-5 per week.  If you discover something you overlooked, you can change
it without affecting all of them.

Define your shipping (what price and how you'll ship, and if insurance is
included--probably best to make it first class, insurance optional).

If your scanner will do it, gang scan and crop.  It takes about three times
as long to do 20 as it does to do one.

If listing without using Mister Lister or another program, backbutton your
browser to avoid having to fill in all the boilerplate again, rather than
starting from scratch.

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It is dishonest, imm***& disingenuous to say you'll sell something for a cent
with no reserve and then not sell it.
Dennis

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        Nobody has commented on the "samples" business. To me this means they
haven't been graded and may or may not be 64, but were just put up to
show the holder, etc. Am I right?

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 intelligently," the Dalai Lama

business. To me this means they
but were just put up to

They are labelled MS64. It is my understanding
that this is an accurate grade. But, as someone
else here says, I may be wrong.

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Before you buy.

I might be interested in some of the toned examples you said you may
have. Please contact me.

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Ummm...Ed...I don't think you read his description very carefully. Or
maybe I missed the part where he said they were 79S Rev of 78 Roosevelts.
:-)

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<< I might be interested in some of the toned examples you said you may
have. Please contact me. >>

I might be interested in one of the other toned ones Jason doesn't want, if you
don't want too much....preferably one without fingerprints....unless it is
someone famous.....

Ed

<< Ummm...Ed...I don't think you read his description very carefully. Or maybe
I missed the part where he said they were 79S Rev of 78 Roosevelts. :-) >>

THEY ARE?  Well I just ordered one from him...and btw he is selling me the one
with Elvis's fingerprints on it, so every one else that wants one will have to
settle for the plain ones!
P.S. BTW, Peter, I mailed your coins today priority and should be too you next
week even though you live the distance of 50,000,000 state quarters, stacked
end to end, away.

Ed

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Separately.  Make sure you note that these are SAMPLES.  Sample coins, by
the way, aren't necessarily the grade represented on the sticker.
Nowadays, when the services hand out samples of their slabs, they omit the
grade, note "Not Consensus Graded" on it, or give it a phony grade such as
NG-00.

Grade each one yourself, and base the starting bid on that.

You'll have to go to the target site (eBay, Amazon, etc.) and look at
their fee schedule.

See the answer to #2 above.

End it on Sunday, definitely.  When you start it is up to you; I tend to
prefer at least a 7-day auction, to allow the greatest number of possible
viewers.
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Unless somebody doesn't even bid 1 cent on it, in which case it's
downright embarassing! :)
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If they have the word SAMPLE on it, I assume the grade is meaningless.
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