Lot # : 174a - 2005 Collecting America's Coins Beginner Basics

Auction Terms & Conditions IMPORTANT NOTICE: Before registering, please read the following information carefully as registering for this auction acts as a legal binding contract between you and Happy Trails Auctions LLC. All disputes will be settled in a court of law in Marathon County of Wisconsin. TERMS: This is an online only auction. There will be a 10% buyer's premium assessed on this auction. Payment and settlement will be done using your credit card on file and your items will be shipped. All buyers that are residents of Wisconsin will be charged 5.5% sales tax on all state mandated items purchased and buyer's premium unless a tax exempt form is given to us upon checkout. Please read all the terms and conditions of this auction. PICKUP DATES: See checkout dates and times. Items are to be picked up from the auction location unless your items are being shipped. PAYMENT OPTIONS: Cash, check, wire transfer, or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express). A 4% Technology Fee will be added if payment is made electronically. PAYMENT MUST BE MADE IN FULL DAY OF PICKUP. ALL CHECKS FOR OVER $200 MUST BE CERTIFIED FUNDS. There is a $10 fee for wire transfers under $1,000. ANY ITEMS NOT PICKED UP ON THE DAY OF PICKUP WILL BE CHARGED TO THE CARD THAT IS ON FILE. NO EXCEPTIONS. CREDIT CARD CHARGES: For no reason whatsoever will you initiate a chargeback or reversal on your credit card at any point in time once your card has been charged for the items you won on the auction. CREDIT CARDS BEING DECLINED: Successful bidders with credit cards that are declined on the day of payment will be charged a $35 processing fee to process an additional credit card. Happy Trails Auctions LLC allows no exceptions to this policy. NSF CHECKS: Successful bidders with checks that come back NSF will be charged a $50 returned check fee that will be charged to their credit card or the next time they pick up and will lose the ability to pay with a check on future auctions until Happy Trails Auctions LLC decides otherwise. Happy Trails Auctions LLC allows no exceptions to this policy. COINS & GOLD: All successful bidders that buy gold or $500 or more in coins and are requesting shipping you must pay for your invoice using a certified funds (Certified Check, Money Order, or Wire Transfer). We will then use the card on file for the shipping and handling. If payment is not received within 1 week of the auction ending date Happy Trails Auctions LLC has the right to charge your credit card for the full amount and hold those funds until certified funds are received. Once those funds are received the buyer's card will then be refunded for the amount that was charged. 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If you have more than 3 lots shipped, you will be charged $1 per lot extra to assist with transfer costs for non-fragile items and $4 per lot extra for fragile items to our main location where your items will be shipped from. All items being shipped that the auction company chooses to ship using UPS with be charged a $10 handling fee for the first 3 lots and additional $1 for each lot after that. The UPS Store in Wausau, WI will contact you to receive payment for packaging and shipping of your items. If you fail to pay for the shipping and packaging for any reason your items will be forfeited to Happy Trails Auctions LLC and no refunds will be given. Happy Trails Auctions LLC is not responsible for any items that are lost or broken in the mail or broken in transfer to the UPS Store for shipping. NON-SHIPPABLE ITEMS: If you bid on and win items that USPS does not allow to be shipped through the US mail and you do not pick them up you will be charged for the full amount of the item(s), the buyer's premium, and any taxes that the items may be subject to. Those items on their list will not be shipped but any remaining items will be. Those items on the non-shippable list will be forfeited to Happy Trails Auctions LLC. NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN AND NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE. SHIPPING AMMUNITION: All ammunition will be shipped by UPS so please note that shipping fees may be slightly higher. AMMUNITION: You must follow the law put in place by the state you live in. If you bid on and win ammunition and your state does not allow it to be shipped to you then you will be charged for the item, and it will become property of Happy Trails Auctions LLC. No Exception to this rule will be given. FAILURE TO PICK UP ITEMS: Due to the size of this auction all items must be picked up at the auction location on the scheduled pick up dates or shipped. No items will be transferred back to our main location. Items not being picked up will be charged $10 per lot on top of the winning bid amount and will be considered abandoned and become property of Happy Trails Auctions LLC and no refunds will be given. CLEAN-UP STIPULATION: All lots are subject to a clean-up fee if items from your lot(s) are left behind. If items are left, you will be charged $40 per hr. with a minimum 15 min charge. Also, you will be responsible for all fees in disposing of your remaining items with a minimum fee of $10. ITEMS SOLD: Please note these assets are sold only one time with non-retractable bids. When you bid on any item, you are entering into a binding contract. If your bid is the winning bid on any item, your credit card will be charged for your purchase at the end of the pickup day unless prior arrangements have been made. All property is sold "AS IS, WHERE IS", and ALL SALES ARE FINAL. All Items are considered used condition. INSPECTION NOTICE: Property is open to public inspection at the dates and times found under Preview Dates and times. It is the Bidder's responsibility to determine age, type of condition, quality, authenticity, realness, uniqueness, genuine aspect, value, or any other physical characteristics. Happy Trails Auctions LLC may attempt to describe at best the merchandise in public advertising, on the internet and on the auction site but makes no representations at all. In no event shall Happy Trails Auctions LLC be held responsible for having made or implied any warranty of salability or condition for any particular use or purpose. The bidder shall be the individual judge of the item's value. 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The lot will remain open until there are no bids received on that lot in the last 3 minutes of any extended bidding. This only affects lots with the last 3 minute bids; other lots will continue to close at their normal times. When a max bid is placed, the current bid price does not automatically go to your max bid. Another bidder must bid to increase the current price and the computer will automatically inject your bid in the next increment, continually after being outbid, until it reaches your maximum bid amount. TECHNOLOGY ISSUES: Happy Trails Auctions LLC reserves the right to pause, stop, restart, or extend any auction due to technological issues that may occur during the duration of the auction. No discounts or refunds will be given if this occurs. AGE RESTRICTED ITEMS: All items that are sold that require a minimum age to be purchased will be enforced by Happy Trails Auctions LLC upon the sale and pickup of those items. 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