Any point in eBaying rolls of BU 1972s and 2002s?

[kennedyfan]

I found a roll of 1972 and another of 1972 D that are in probably BU condition.

Also, a bunch of rolls of BU 2000's. They are so new that the edges are kind of sharp - weird when you are used to the smooth edges of circulated halves.

Anybody have any experience trying to sell these on eBay? Would people be likely to be interested in them? Would they actually sell for more than eBay's 9% commission?

(I'm guessing the 72's are slightly more interesting than the 2000s, which I'm sure CRHers find all the time....)


[CRH report: At least I found 4 x 40% halves in one of the sister rolls of the 1972s, so today was not a mephitis day.

 

[ArkieBassMan]

I would say no, but eBay never fails to amaze me. I once saw a ziploc bag of "Genuine Arkansas dirt unsearched for gold, silver, diamonds, etc" sell on eBay for about $6. I haven't sold anything on eBay in several years, but I think eBay has free listings now. Put them on there at the minimum price that you feel makes it "worth your time and trouble" and see what happens. If the listing is free, and you price them right, you have nothing to lose.

 

[buffhunter]

i would definitely list the 1972D roll. list it as "UNSEARCHED 1972-D KENNEDY HALF ROLL - POSSIBLE NO FG ERROR".
with the 72d no FG going for around $150.00 per coin, you might get someone to take a chance and spend $20.00-$25.00 for the roll.

 

[brendan1414]

I would say no, but eBay never fails to amaze me. I once saw a ziploc bag of "Genuine Arkansas dirt unsearched for gold, silver, diamonds, etc" sell on eBay for about $6. I haven't sold anything on eBay in several years, but I think eBay has free listings now. Put them on there at the minimum price that you feel makes it "worth your time and trouble" and see what happens. If the listing is free, and you price them right, you have nothing to lose.

Iv'e done several of those bags, and other kinds of "dirt" on eBay. It is actually called paydirt, and the legitimate bags are the concentrates from a sluice box, from a stream with gold found in it. i have my own gold pan, snuffer bottles, and magnet for panning. its great to be able to fufil gold fevver right in your kitchen in ohio. ive spent up to $40 on a 4lb bag once, and it turned out to yield 4 grams or so of gold! really fun stuff

 

[MIhunter]

I haven't sold any dirt of ebay, but I have sold a few coins. The more you understand about the process and fee structure the better.
1) You can list up to 50 items per month without paying a listing fee
2) Ebay will take 9% of the final price and 9% of any shipping and handling fee
3) You will need a paypal account to receive payment. They will take 2.9 % plus 30 cents per transaction. This can be changed to 5% and 5 cents if you are handling mostly small transactions. But it is one or the other you have to choose. The break even pt is $12 so if you are going to sell rolls of halves you are better off with the standard 2.9% plus 30 cents.
4) Before you list anything you have to figure out how much it will cost you to ship the item. A roll of half dollars weighs 7.4 oz. If you take the coins out of the wrapper and place them in a zip lock bag. Then wrap the bag with the invoice and placed it in a manila envelope. Shipping will cost $2.60
5) We live in a visual world, if you want to sell anything on Ebay you will need to take a photo of the object. Especially if you are claiming a coin is BU. Ebay will allow you to post one photo of an item without fee, after that additional photos are 15 cents each.

So bottom line: Take one good photo with a digital camera, open a ebay and paypal account. List your items.
For a roll of half dollars, I would recommend an opening bid of $15 plus $4 shipping and handling. This would give you a profit of 3.82 if it sold for opening bid.

 

[kennedyfan]

Great suggestions, MIhunter!

One thing to add is that you can add additional images if you can figure out some of the HTML embedding code to do it. You just need some other web host to serve up your images for you. I think that if you google 'free ebay image hosting' you fill find some alternatives. Me, I use DropBox.com and its public folder, since I am already using DropBox anyhow.

 

[synapse]

I'll add to MIhunters info..

It's easy to check "completed listings" on Ebay to determine if your item is even in demand or not, and also give you a very good idea of what kind of money you would be able to get for whatever you're selling.

Take home pay is ~88%, so just do the math and see if it's worth your time to list them.

Good luck!