Well, seek and you shall find I suppose. I was fortunate enough to find this little fella last night.
To see how the anxiety holds up, I've started it off on ebay at 99c with free registered post. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/253087608174 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/253087608174)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/2000_1_mule_o_1.JPG)
Nice work! Good luck with the sale Uni.
Pedro
That made me Wake Up (Jeff) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyJeJcPrln0)!
I'm tempted to bid on that. And I did not make you do it; just a suggestion.
I will keep an eye on it. Any watchers yet?
Thanks Pedro!!
Yes Jeff and probably a wise suggestion too! Just 3 watchers so far.
Woohoo!
Yes Robster, I was pretty darn chuffed!!! Found it and a rotated Parkes which are pretty hard to come by.
Now the nail biting part -watching the bids. $51 already.
Congratulations Uni.
How are your nerves now?
Thanks Oz!
They're a tad on edge, but not too bad. (May have to have a beer [or two] on the day it ends though!!!!)
Good find and should fetch a good price.
I should not have said "nail biting" but rather 'exciting". (Gone up again.)
Does not look like too much to worry about
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='110731' dateline='1502349724'and a rotated Parkes which are pretty hard to come by.
Wow, way to go Uni! :yahoo:
Pedro
Going up nicely.
Should end up around $350-400 mark I think.
Frankly, I was more interested in it when it was worth 99c. That was a bargain I simply couldn't refuse! :biggrin:
:laugh2: .... especially with free reg post Herc!
Yeah,good luck with it,good time to sell,August/Sept.,with the Tax Refunds rolling out.
Quote from: 'Basil' pid='110751' dateline='1502408658'Yeah,good luck with it,good time to sell,August/Sept.,with the Tax Refunds rolling out.
Thanks Basil ...... doing tax returns is one thing I don't miss ..... to quote Banjo ..... while he faced the round eternal of the cash-book and the journal.
I have one of these too, but I'm not a collector and I'm not sure what to do with it. I took it to a dealer and he offered me $250 for it, then quickly upped the offer to $300. He confirmed that it was a mule and commented that it had lost most of its mint lustre. Any thoughts?
•My first thought is that they are generally fetching about twice the dealer offer on eBay.
•My second thought is we need to see some photos to make a value judgement.
•My third thought is very few of those would have much, or any, mint lustre left. I say a ploy by the dealer to downgrade the apparent value -but, to be fair, he has to make a living, pay rent, pay insurance etc. Mint lustre is nice (even desirable) but it is not a major factor in what the coin is worth. Wear and marking (downgrades the coin) and the amount of offset of the rims are more important.
Hey drew, :welcome: to the forum.
Please post some piccies if you can.
Nice clear shots of both sides and there are plenty people here who should be able to guide you as to its' worth.
Welcome Drew!
I would like to second what Nevol said.
pics will help people to give you good info.
Looking Good so far Uni :good:
With all the recent publicity about these mules and it being Tax return time you should get some determined bidders:yahoo:
Thanks Troutski, fingers crossed!
The last 60 seconds of your listing will be quite interesting I venture to guess :)
Thanks to those of you who responded to my query, and sorry for hijacking Unicorn's thread (I couldn't work out how to create a new thread...)
I do have some pics, trying to upload them but I'm not sure if it's working - maybe I'm just having a bad technology day. If I can't upload them here I'm happy to try and pm them to anyone who might be interested.
Cheers,
Drew
drewguts:- Send me the picture via a PM and I'll d my best to upload it for you.
Quote from: 'drewguts' pid='110792' dateline='1502692231'If I can't upload them here
Dead simple.
Go to imgur.com,sign up, then drag and drop them onto your page. Then copy the links (there's even a preconfigured Forum link, though you can just grab the .jpg URL (not the image page, the actual picture) and stick it here, surrounded by img and /img tags) and paste into a reply.
Oh, and Welcome!
Rolling along nicely Uni :good:
Pedro
Thanks Pedro! :ebay:
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$675 with a day to go. Should do well over $700 with any luck. Now seems to be the time to sell after all the publicity. Then who knows, they may ease back as all the hype subsides.
Good auction Uni :wavemulticolor:
ONCE its all paid for and posted sucessfully of course
I always add insurance, never tell the buyer but it reduces my anxiety over any lost in the post stories
These coins have sustained high prices over a long time
I think the PCGS market has helped with the prices as well
Thanks Everyone ...... the fingers are crossed that all goes well.
(To borrow from CCF (http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/popc.jpg))
A nice result Uni, $685 for a battered $1 coin with an estimated mintage of 6000-7000 is a great outcome :yahoo: :good:
Well Done Mate :)
Nice work Uni! :ok:
Pedro
Great result! :yahoo:
YOU DID IT ,you did it ,
you da champ .
Thanks all ....... I'm pretty happy with the outcome.
(The anxiety will be much better once it's been paid for, posted and received though).
A good result.
Last one I sold (few and far between they are) I was expecting between $500 and $600 and thinking how good it would be to even get a little more. Price exceeded my expectation so it does look like mules are fetching very good prices recently.
My estimate was well below the mark.
Well done.
I just might have a go and sell a couple of mine........