[Nfbf-l] FW: NFBF 2011 Convention Auction Donations
Sherri
flmom2006 at gmail.com
Wed May 25 02:40:28 UTC 2011
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherrill O'Brien" <sherrill.obrien at verizon.net>
To: "NFBFL" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 10:18 AM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] FW: NFBF 2011 Convention Auction Donations
> Hello everyone,
>
> Our auction is fast approaching, and, as in the past two years, my
> neighbor
> and Tampa Bay chapter member Chuck Marchese, an enthusiastic neumismatist
> (coin collector), is generously donating coins for our auction. I asked
> him
> to send me an email with the coin descriptions, and he certainly does that
> here. This is alot of info, and some of it is technical, but I know it
> will
> help you determine whether you would like to bid on any of these items for
> yourself, or to give as a gift to someone. Also, if you know anyone who
> collects coins, but who won't be at the auction, perhaps you should let
> them
> know about these coins in case they would like to have you bid on them on
> their behalf.
>
> Note that, new this year, we have a couple of silver dollars.
> Again, thanks to Chuck for his willingness to help us make our auctionso
> successful!
> The information is below my signature.
>
> Sherrill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: marcheseao [mailto:marcheseao at aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 6:36 PM
> To: sherrill.obrien at verizon.net
> Subject: NFBF 2011 Convention Auction Donations
>
>
> Hi Sherrill,
>
> Here's the list of the 4 items I'm donating to the NFBF 2011
> Convention
> auction.
>
> Item 1: 1884-O Morgan Silver Dollar
> This coin comes in a plastic slab and is ungraded. This IS
> a nice, circulated
> example of a fairly common coin that still has plenty of
> luster and a minimum
> of bag marks. I found about 15 pages ( 696 ) 1884-O Morgan
> silver dollars
> offered for sale on eBay now and a number of coins similar
> to this are listed
> with starting bids in the $30-$35 range.
>
> This coin is 90% silver so with silver trading at just
> over
> $35.00 an ounce, the
> melt value of this coin is about $27.00. That said, I
> would
> recommend to start
> the bidding on this coin in the $22-$24 range.
>
> Item 2: 1885-O Morgan Silver Dollar
> This coin comes in a plastic slab and is ungraded. Similar
> to the 1884-O listed
> above, it also is nice, circulated example of a fairly
> common coin that still has
> plenty of luster and a minimum of bag marks. I found 2-3
> pages ( 115 ) 1885-O
> Morgan silver dollars offered for sale on eBay now and
> several coins similar to
> this are listed with starting bids in the $30-$40 range.
>
> Identical in characteristics to the 1884-O mentioned
> above,
> this coin is also
> 90% silver so with silver trading at just over $35.00 an
> ounce, the melt value
> of this coin is about $27.00. That said, I would recommend
> to start the bidding
> on this coin in the $22-$24 range.
>
> Item 3: 2000 1/10th Ounce $10 American Eagle Platinum Coin
> This coin is certified MS-69 ( MS-70 would be perfect ) by
> NGC ( Numismatic
> Guaranty Corp ) and comes in a plastic slab so there is no
> need to be concerned
> about its authenticity or quality. This US Mint produced
> bullion coin is very common
> so it has little to no numismatic value.
>
> I could only find a handful of 2000 1/10th Oz platinum
> coins on eBay and their prices
> ranged as high as $300 per coin.
>
> The value of this coin comes from the fact it contains
> 1/10th of an ounce of .99995
> pure platinum. With platinum currently trading in the
> $1750
> / ounce rabge now ( 5/23 ).
> the coin should bring at least $175 and may go
> substantially higher. That said, I'd suggest
> an opening bid of at least $175.
>
> Item 4: 1999 George Washington $5 Commemorative Gold Coin
> This coin is certified MS-69 ( MS-70 would be perfect ) by
> NGC ( Numismatic
> Guaranty Corp ) and comes in a plastic slab so there is no
> need to be concerned
> about its authenticity or quality. This US Mint produced
> modern gold commemorative
> coin has both bullion ( melt ) as well as a small amount
> of
> numismatic ( collector )
> value. The US Mint produced 22,511 of these coins in 1999.
>
> I could only find a handful of 1999 George Washington $5
> Gold commemorative
> coins on eBay now and their prices ranged from about melt
> value ( $375 ) on the
> low end to upwards of $475 on the high end.
>
> The value of this coin comes from the fact it contains
> just
> under 1/4th of an ounce
> ( .242 oz ) of 90% fine gold. With gold currently trading
> in the $1515 / ounce range
> ( 5/23 ). the sale of this coin should realize at least
> $375 based on its bullion value
> alone; I'm hoping the final sale price comes closer to
> $450. I'd recommend an opening
> bid of at least $375 ( melt value ) for this item.
>
> I hope this helps, Call me if you have any questions or to set up a
> time to pick them up ...
>
> Chuck
>
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