What am I missing?

[bobh]

In this case Bobh got a great bargain on his new 1908 50 kop!

Actually, I looked again at the list of bids. Although the bidder's name is hidden, the amount is shown. There was just one other bidder who had put in a high bid of about 700 Euros maybe four hours before the auction ended; all the other bids were between 400 and 500 Euros. I thought a long time about how high I wanted to bid because I usually only bid in the last 4 or 5 seconds of the auction (called "sniping" ). So I put in a high bid of 777 Euros (hey, 7's a lucky number!). I expected to see an end price of around 600 Euros.

 

But if that other bidder had stayed away, I would have saved a couple hundred Euros. But now it's mine! (haven't yet received it, though). All it takes is two bidders who are determined to have something, then the sky's the limit. I think the bid may have gone a little too high considering the grade of the coin; however, it is a RARE date and doesn't have any obvious problems such as harsh cleaning (might have been cleaned a long time ago, though), rim dings, mount repairs, etc. Definitely a collectible coin.

[alexbq2]

I'm going to resurrect this old thread, because I'm again stumped by what I see on eBay.

 

Would you say that 300 US is a reasonable price for a holed coin?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=140205900482

 

I'd rather get a VF but no hole, and pay less

[IlyaE]

Yes, thats weird, but than again maybe someone wants to have a cool pendant

[Kit]

Yes, thats weird, but than again maybe someone wants to have a cool pendant

 

Maybe someone wants to repair it .