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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4644420, member: 27832"]Not that it will help you in our current circumstances, but: I've sold <i>lots</i> of common silver coinage ("Constitutional silver"/"junk silver") over the last ten years, and I've found I get strong offers when I go to a local coin show where there are multiple dealers. When there's competition in the same room, people will pay more. Once we get back to a point where in-person shows make sense, that's something to consider.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the very highest payout, though, it's probably best to sell to an online dealer. They tend to have high minimum buyback amounts, maybe $1000 (current dollars, NOT silver face value), but they have the smallest margins between buy price and sell price. If you've got, say, $100 FV worth of silver that you'd like to swap for a better coin, you'd probably do best by selling to, say, JM Bullion or APMEX, and then shopping with the dollars they pay you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, please <i>don't</i> do that with nicer coins like the ones you've been posting here! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4644420, member: 27832"]Not that it will help you in our current circumstances, but: I've sold [I]lots[/I] of common silver coinage ("Constitutional silver"/"junk silver") over the last ten years, and I've found I get strong offers when I go to a local coin show where there are multiple dealers. When there's competition in the same room, people will pay more. Once we get back to a point where in-person shows make sense, that's something to consider. For the very highest payout, though, it's probably best to sell to an online dealer. They tend to have high minimum buyback amounts, maybe $1000 (current dollars, NOT silver face value), but they have the smallest margins between buy price and sell price. If you've got, say, $100 FV worth of silver that you'd like to swap for a better coin, you'd probably do best by selling to, say, JM Bullion or APMEX, and then shopping with the dollars they pay you. Of course, please [I]don't[/I] do that with nicer coins like the ones you've been posting here! :)[/QUOTE]
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