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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Crate Digga, post: 6285446, member: 101318&quot;]Have these historically held a larger premium based on limited survival as a type? A local shop has them for $540, which looks competitive. He said they are not jewelry grade, raw.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m on the fence about giving them my business again. They have the atmosphere of &quot;high end&quot; pretentious shop; buzzes you in, disinterested/hurrying attitude. I understand they process individual $xx,xxx transactions daily, why would they want to keep someone working class as a customer for life.</p><p><br /></p><p>I almost felt hustled with my two gold purchases there. Paid for a 1/10 Mercury and as I&#039;m inspecting it on the counter I notice red &quot;toning&quot; on the axe from small white piece of debris. He gave me a &quot;deal with it that&#039;s why it was at an attractive price&quot; (25% premium on modern gold, please..) I was asking him for toned gold the previous week so I got my wish <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I learned my lesson, inspect a coin fully before pointing at the case and putting money down &quot;Sold!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I decided to take a leap and commit to my most expensive purchase ever, $10 Gold Indian. How acceptable is it to walk away from a dealers selection? I spent half as much on my car, why do I feel such pressure to buy? All because a dealer gave me the privilege to look through a requested selection of their inventory. I consistently buy lower priced material and wanted to prove myself as a more serious collector. I hate the discouraging cheapo remarks from dealers (I&#039;ll buy $20-$100 of coins a week, usually looking for world or junk.. I like type pieces) Ended up with a cleaned XF 1908 No Motto. Went down to Seattle the next day and saw BU $10 for $40 cheaper <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie53" alt=":hungover:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Now I look at all my gold coins with no original luster and have gone quite mad.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this shop did some psychological conditioning on me. I found 1800 h10c, key date seated lib 25c, and bust Halves in their junk bin over two visits. 1863 cent even straight graded XF45. &quot;Problem Coins&quot; aren&#039;t worth their time, but for me it&#039;s exciting as hell to own better coins on a budget. I keep coming back...</p><p><br /></p><p>Do they really want to send me to the other shops in town? On the other end of the spectrum is a &quot;we buy gold&quot; place who sells pre33 close to melt. When he isn&#039;t tweaking, he&#039;s pleasent enough to do business with and talk coins. I do love the fact he was arrested for operating without a precious metals selling license (gold is in your business name!). That was fallout from him not holding &amp; melting down a stolen golden domino that was on loan to the local museum from the Smithsonian![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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