Description:

This coin is from a coin collector’s estate. The information about each coin is based on research and what was found on the paper/plastic holder that most coins were found in. I am familiar with most coins, but not an expert so please see the pictures! The coin pictured is the exact coin you are buying. I am not an expert grader and the grade posted is an estimate to help buyers gauge which listings to look into. Most coins will be shipped in a paper/plastic holder. I have not cleaned any of the coins. Don’t forget about combined shipping and please see my many, many other coin auctions that are to come – should be about 200 listings in the next few weeks!

Shipping:

I combine shipping on coins, bullion, watches and jewelry only. For these listings I will take the highest shipping cost and add $0.75 for each additional item regardless of type. You MUST request an invoice if combining shipping. Please note if you have already paid for your item I cannot adjust the invoice, so combined shipping will not be offered in that case. If you have messaged me with a request for combined shipping, you may bid/buy for 7 days past purchase of the first item for any additional items. After the 7 days, I will send an updated invoice, at which point payment must be made immediately. All auctions will be forfeited if not paid within 24hrs of invoice receipt. You may request an invoice earlier than 7 days.

Larger items or unique items not in the coins, bullion, watches and jewelry category have fixed shipping costs; however, I will add auctions of coins, bullion, watches and jewelry to larger item purchases at $0.75 a piece and with a 7-day time limit from first purchase as previously discussed.

Coins, bullion, watches and jewelry of higher estimated value (about $150 and greater) will have shipping costs above the standard $3.95 charge to help cover increased packaging costs.

Refunds:

I accept returns for any reason up to 7 days past delivery. The buyer is culpable for return shipping and will only be refunded the listing price (not including original shipping). I will accept returns up to 30 days if the item is still in the same condition as when sold (pictures will be required), but will charge a 30% restocking fee. The buyer is culpable for return shipping and will only be refunded 70% of the listing price. If I make a mistake on the listing, then I will pay for return shipping and give a full refund of both the listing price and original shipping. You can minimize returns by looking at the pictures carefully. The item pictured is the item being sent. I will add additional pictures on request.

The Trouvaille Project Story:

You could say it began with pixie dust. Don’t all good stories? In my case it was actually glitter, but don’t tell the person I sold it to! Back around the turn of the millennia, I was just an ambitious young boy who had recently discovered I could list my old knick-knacks on eBay, and to my surprise, actually get money in return! This was no garage sale income either - I could actually begin to sponsor my hobbies doing this. I had made a bet with my best friend that I could sell “literally anything” on eBay, and somehow that turned into an afternoon raid on my mom’s craft cabinet. We emerged with some dollar store glitter, and behold – one boy’s junk is another’s… pixie dust? I put that “pixie dust” up on eBay and in less than a month I’d made $50.

Fast forward to my college years. I needed some rubber bands for a project, and while searching online, I came across a listing for bulk rubber bands at a bargain price. I couldn’t resist, so I ordered several pounds, and thus began my rubber band reseller business. It was just rubber bands, but the profit margin was incredible. Those rubber bands by no means sponsored my degree, but I did graduate as an engineer before deciding to pursue a career in public service instead. I was looking for something that would impact people, and being a patrol officer filled that hole for me. The dream expanded – so I went to night school in my off-duty hours to get licensed as a paramedic. After that, I continued working my split role as paramedic / patrol officer and taking classes in the pursuit of my next step – Physician’s Assistant school. The pursuit finally ended (after four years of additional classwork) with my acceptance into a great PA program. However, turns out the rubber band business can no longer support my educational needs! A career in public service has been everything I hoped it would be, but it simply cannot support a $112,000 tuition bill. So, I started The Trouvaille Project, LLC.

The Trouvaille Project (TTP) is my way of capitalizing on my skills and passions of finding and trading various items, and reselling them to you. My goal is to discover those “lucky” finds at obscure estate sales, garage sales, auctions, and other sales from across the world and make them readily available online to anyone and everyone for fair pricing. And don’t worry – my days of relabeling pixie dust are far behind me! You will find that while the goal of TTP is to help fund my tuition bill, the point of TTP is never to share my finds with you at unfair costs. Rather, more like my rubber band endeavor, I reach my goal through sheer volume of sales. So let’s be partners. Find exactly what you’ve been looking for in my eBay store (hit buy!), and you’ll join with me as a part of The Trouvaille Project.