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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2529776, member: 19463&quot;]In ancient coins I would call it wholesale when my grandson takes my coins to the Baltimore show and offers the entire lot to table holders as a group not letting them pick and choose.&nbsp; It is a fact that very few dealers are anxious to buy a thousand Severan coins or a thousand late Romans or a thousand anything but those who do will not pay what I paid even considering the 50 year spread of acquisition dates.&nbsp; That is what I meant when I said the collector or his family will bear the loss.&nbsp; Seriously, who among you or who in their right mind would like to buy my <u>entire</u> collection for half of &#039;retail&#039;?&nbsp; Quarter?&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the coins I have been showing from the show Friday came from a dealer stock being liquidated on behalf of a long time dealer whose health requires the conversion of a huge number of coins into a currency accepted by long term care or hospice (fact: many of us have one of tose in ur futures).&nbsp; I doubt many of the coins being sold now are turning a great profit but bringing more than the thousands that I and the other show goers declined.&nbsp; Thousands of collectors die leaving coins to family.&nbsp; How many get back what Grandpa paid?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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