This isn't a lone example...it seems as if common circ. Canada change trades between 105% to 115%...even before shipping costs sometimes.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1100821139
$7 over face value, 3 hours left
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$7 over face value, 3 hours left
by Morsecode » Thu May 02, 2013 6:36 am
What gives with this stuff? 14 common toonies for $29 + $6 shipping. I don't get it. Who wins here? The seller is lucky to net 90% of face after fees, so why bother with an auction? The buyer...well, I don't know what they're thinking.
This isn't a lone example...it seems as if common circ. Canada change trades between 105% to 115%...even before shipping costs sometimes.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1100821139
This isn't a lone example...it seems as if common circ. Canada change trades between 105% to 115%...even before shipping costs sometimes.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1100821139
From hence ye beauties undeceived, know one false step is ne'er retrieved
and be with caution bold.
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes and heedless hearts is lawful prize,
nor all that glistens gold.
- Thomas Gray, 1747
and be with caution bold.
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes and heedless hearts is lawful prize,
nor all that glistens gold.
- Thomas Gray, 1747
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Re: $7 over face value, 3 hours left
by ZenOps » Fri May 03, 2013 11:34 am
Sometimes you just like a coin.
The toonies are gaining in popularity around the world IMO. Chinese buyers love coins with bears on them, and there is a growing middle class that not only is buying silver, but slightly more frivolous things as well, like toonie bears.
Heck I just bought some 2013 $1 Unc Sacagaweas above face (5 cent melt value) just because they appeal to me. The ladies up here in Canada like the 1977 British crown (about 40 cents), and I hear in Japan they really like the 1970 Canadian dollar.
The toonies are gaining in popularity around the world IMO. Chinese buyers love coins with bears on them, and there is a growing middle class that not only is buying silver, but slightly more frivolous things as well, like toonie bears.
Heck I just bought some 2013 $1 Unc Sacagaweas above face (5 cent melt value) just because they appeal to me. The ladies up here in Canada like the 1977 British crown (about 40 cents), and I hear in Japan they really like the 1970 Canadian dollar.
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Re: $7 over face value, 3 hours left
by Morsecode » Sat May 04, 2013 9:08 pm
Ok. I'll buy that. 
Good point about the Chinese/bear connection.
Good point about the Chinese/bear connection.
From hence ye beauties undeceived, know one false step is ne'er retrieved
and be with caution bold.
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes and heedless hearts is lawful prize,
nor all that glistens gold.
- Thomas Gray, 1747
and be with caution bold.
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes and heedless hearts is lawful prize,
nor all that glistens gold.
- Thomas Gray, 1747
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Re: $7 over face value, 3 hours left
by Hawkeye » Mon May 20, 2013 12:40 pm
I'll admit, I've paid more than face for modern stuff just because I liked the way it looked. And I will also admit that the toonie is one of my favorite coins. Why people are selling them and ending up with less than face I don't know.
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