Day 1 of blogging about selling coins

A "gold" doubloon (replica) I recently sold.
 
Spanish “Gold” Doubloon Coin Pirates/Treasure Piece of 8

Launched eBay selling (www.ebay.com/usr/eocoins) June 9 and have sold 6 coins so far. Here is what's I'm doing next:

  • Inventorying in Excel (50 active, 47 inventory, 8 ended, 6 sold)
  • will try and take photos with a socket to raise the coin (to minimize shadows)
  • outline a (brief) coin story (trip to Europe as kid in 70s, collecting coins, 1st coin sale, %of profit on eBay)
Circle-cropped versions of both sides:


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