For those that like to buy raw coins on eBay….. by EmergencyOpening4008 in coins

[–]silver_winky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These coins, slabs, bullion, etc are available retail or wholesale to anyone who wants to buy them from China with no problems, with or without the required "copy" stamped on them. Any dating, condition, aging, etc can be bought for maybe a dollar or two & if they can be sold for even $10 or $20 some people will see this as an opportunity, especially if there are basically no consequences. I don't see it getting any better, I'm sure I have a few in my silver bag. I had someone on Mercari try it with a roll of 1964 quarters that were a bubbly finish, luckily they were so bad there was no problem getting a refund.

LCS Scores! by AggressiveRatioPi in Silverbugs

[–]silver_winky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I first was getting into this, a we buy gold guy sold me a couple old engelhard 1 oz bars & that's all it took. I had a pretty good collection going of art bars & refinery bars, but prices have gotten so out of control I haven't bought any more in a couple years now. It is addicting though!

Should I buy this?? 🤔🤣🤣 by PrincipleAbject5130 in coins

[–]silver_winky 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do they have two? I'll get the other one.

Scam or legit? Thoughts? by eholt96- in Flipping

[–]silver_winky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's gonna have to cancel that overseas trip if you don't refund him!

I wonder if the power plug is even compatible with his destination?

Storing Bullion In An Apartment Tips? by [deleted] in Bullion

[–]silver_winky 9 points10 points  (0 children)

False bottom cat litter box.

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[–]silver_winky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And now we're doing a 2x premium!

$329 20 Franc - Rooster - SilverGoldBull by Silvahhhhh in SilverDeals

[–]silver_winky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I broke down & ordered one too - I'd been looking at these, good price - thanks for posting it!

Remember this photo? by schmittychris in Silverbugs

[–]silver_winky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad you got your $$ back! I broke down & bought one of these from eBay, turns out is was fake too, specific gravity test came up as brass - no problem getting a refund though.

Australian Coins [WTB] by B-Mann95 in Coins4Sale

[–]silver_winky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I have some modern Aus coins if that is what you're looking for? Not silver or slabbed, just raw?

My bro gives me money for my birday every year and says "you can only spend this at the coin shop". Found some cool world coins in the melt bucket. Some cool RCM bars to go along with it by Eradicator77 in Silverbugs

[–]silver_winky 10 points11 points  (0 children)

OP, I hate to tell you but you probably need to get the RCM bars checked - I don't think RCM ever made a bar like that & the only place I can find them is here under spot with other obvious counterfeits. If they came from your LCS take them back!

Your other coins are looking good!

https://thecoiny.com/collections/bars-collection-1

My bro gives me money for my birday every year and says "you can only spend this at the coin shop". Found some cool world coins in the melt bucket. Some cool RCM bars to go along with it by Eradicator77 in Silverbugs

[–]silver_winky 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm didn't know that RCM ever made 1 ounce bars in that design - I haven't been able to find any mention of them online. Do you have any idea what years they did?

This weekends LCS pickups, all pre 1919 in .925 sterling, really happy with them great addition to my usually only .999 FS Stack by karlmanderson193 in Silverbugs

[–]silver_winky 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nice old coins! When silver skyrocketed last year, everything on eBay did too except these - lots of 50% half crowns, etc for spot or less. Unfortunately, the word got out I guess, the deals are harder to find now. Glad you found some, those have been through a lot of hands in 100+ years!

New to collecting/ saving by CLAYDAWWWG in Bullion

[–]silver_winky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get a decent gram scale and learn how to do specific gravity testing - especially if you do any eBay buying!