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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tanton, post: 2780959, member: 85554&quot;]He was a very serious collector through the mid 80s, until he got sick and passed away. Most of his collection was kept in a safe, these Lincoln cents were kept separate in a locked wall cabinet which my grandmother left. My grandmother doesn&#039;t know anything about them so I&#039;ve been trying to learn and go through what he has and maybe help her get a little more than 3 cents each for bulk.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know Lincoln cents aren&#039;t the most glamorous to collect, but after seeing his old auction sheets and his books, his collection was a lot bigger than I thought. The first page starts with his multiple sets of Morgan dollars, through 1c pieces including an 1856 Flying Eagle.. That kind of segways into why I&#039;m going through the Lincoln cents.. My grandmothers mentioned that another family member who is a jeweler helped her sell the collection a couple years ago. After seeing &quot;BU&quot; &quot;MS 67&quot; etc. on some of his auction sheets, I&#039;ve concluded he bought very high grade coins. He also had over 120 1 oz Engelhard bars as well which I know sometimes carry a premium. I also know the person she brought them to loves to act like he knows what he&#039;s talking about when he doesn&#039;t. She was told that he sold them all as a Lot to a place in &quot;in the city&quot; so unless he just said that to her and sold them individually on his own. Either way I get the feeling he took huge advantage of her and can&#039;t figure out if there is anything that can be done to make it right. It&#039;s the combination of it being a family member that bothers me, and the fact that it was handled so poorly. I also work with the family member from time to time so I don&#039;t know if I should confront him, or find out where he sold them. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know it&#039;s a stretch but that&#039;s why I&#039;m trying to learn as much as I can about these/numismatics in general.. (end rant)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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