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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7898206, member: 19463"]Overall, I'd say you did well but my experience reselling lower grade coins suggests to me you should plan on passing those on to the young collectors in your house. VCoins is not a very good place to check values, IMO, and I have seen coins listed there for more than a year suggesting that the market agrees with me. In any business there are multiple ways of making a profit. One is to sell thousands making a few cents on each; the other is to make a giant killing selling one item. In all honesty, listing high and selling a few is easier since you don't have to replenish your stock as often. I recall a dealer who had a very good day at a show who was concerned that he had to buy something at that show or it would not be worth setting up at the show he contracted for the next weekend. Your coins are fully identifiable and interesting which make them worth every bit of their cost. The Helena is nice. What women would your daughter like to see added to her collection? There are rather few 'daughters' available compared to the wives and mothers. How many can you name that were not also, perhaps later, also a wife or mother. Didia Clara for $8 may be a problem. Keep looking. Point out to her that there are many females on the reverses of the coins. I'm fond of all the Minerva coins I have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7898206, member: 19463"]Overall, I'd say you did well but my experience reselling lower grade coins suggests to me you should plan on passing those on to the young collectors in your house. VCoins is not a very good place to check values, IMO, and I have seen coins listed there for more than a year suggesting that the market agrees with me. In any business there are multiple ways of making a profit. One is to sell thousands making a few cents on each; the other is to make a giant killing selling one item. In all honesty, listing high and selling a few is easier since you don't have to replenish your stock as often. I recall a dealer who had a very good day at a show who was concerned that he had to buy something at that show or it would not be worth setting up at the show he contracted for the next weekend. Your coins are fully identifiable and interesting which make them worth every bit of their cost. The Helena is nice. What women would your daughter like to see added to her collection? There are rather few 'daughters' available compared to the wives and mothers. How many can you name that were not also, perhaps later, also a wife or mother. Didia Clara for $8 may be a problem. Keep looking. Point out to her that there are many females on the reverses of the coins. I'm fond of all the Minerva coins I have.[/QUOTE]
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