Buffaloes!

[galenrog]

I happened upon a large lot of Buffs last week and snagged them up. 3600 plus. About 1/3 slicks, 1/3 partial date, and 1/3 readable date Have not found and super great condition coins, but have found a few lower mintage coins in the mess. The advice I want is how these should be divided up to maximize return. Most readable dates are from the '30s. Right now they are in paper rolls sitting in the safe.

[CU Baker]

1/3 slicks=1300 coins
1/3 partial dates=1300 coins
1/2 readable dates=1800 coins

total of 4400 coins, net gain 800 coins while in your safe. I wish my silver would multiply like rabits in mine.

[galenrog]

Sorry, the fat finger shuffle hit me again. Post has been edited. Still want comments on how this should be marketed for maximum return.

[agmoose]

Knowing what you paid would help determine that. I'd imagine you may sell in rolls or mixed lots. One thing about Buffs is there are always buyers.

[Hawkeye]

I'm definitely no expert, but I have bought some buffs here and there on ebay, so here is my two cents. I would pull out the rarer dates and sell them individually. The full dates you could go rolls or, if you want to try something smaller, you could put together 10-12 years in a row and sell them as "starter collections." I've seen that done a few times with a little higher premium than just lots of random full dates. Partial dates are tricky. As for the dateless ones, they have no value - sell them all to me for $.05/each. Just kidding, but for some reason I do buy a roll or two of dateless buffs every now and then and might be interested in a few of them myself if you put them up for sale here. For partial dates and dateless, I would compare shipping costs of varying amounts to try to maximize profits. People will always pay a premium for full dates, so that is where I would try to make money on the lot.

Nice score, and good luck selling them!

[getdong]

nice comeup