Russian Mint Sets, My Biggest Flip of the Year

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Russian Mint Sets, My Biggest Flip of the Year

Postby Verbane » Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:08 am

Picked up 11 Russian mint sets at this months coin auction. $90.00 bid, about $106.00 after buyers fee and tax. I expect the sales to exceed 3K :o Recent auction for a 1970 set went over $1,300.00
I priced the sets at or below recent SOLD prices.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/verb2112/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3692
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Re: Russian Mint Sets, Biggest Flip of the Year

Postby Verbane » Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:19 am

Hell yea :!: :!: Been listed for 15 minutes, and the 1965 set already sold for $300.00 8-)
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Re: Russian Mint Sets, My Biggest Flip of the Year

Postby AGgressive Metal » Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:58 am

Indian sets are another to watch for. Nice flip!
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel
For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
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Re: Russian Mint Sets, My Biggest Flip of the Year

Postby AdamsSamoa » Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:09 pm

Nice......
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Re: Russian Mint Sets, My Biggest Flip of the Year

Postby blackrabbit » Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:21 pm

Good job, thanks for sharing. I did not know Russian sets were worth that much.
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Re: Russian Mint Sets, My Biggest Flip of the Year

Postby Verbane » Tue Jul 29, 2014 2:55 pm

blackrabbit wrote:Good job, thanks for sharing. I did not know Russian sets were worth that much.


I priced these sets from my Krause catalog, the 1970 was listed at $15.00 or 18.00. I had bought the lot of eleven sets thinking I could double my money. I've had these sets for two weeks now, and I didn't realize what prices these were getting on ebay until last night, while doing a little research.

Point is, anyone using the Krause catalogs for pricing will miss the value in these, which included the 60+ dealers on hand for this auction lot. I only had one other dealer bidding against me, with my planned bid limit at $100.00 for the lot. Guess you could call this one Dumb Luck more than anything....
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Re: Russian Mint Sets, My Biggest Flip of the Year

Postby blackrabbit » Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:23 pm

I'll take any luck I can get, the dumb kind is fine by me.
Yeah, researching prices on e-bay is a smart way to make money.
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