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<p>[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 7304252, member: 75143"]Haha, but don't count on it. More often than not, you don't make money in this business...</p><p><br /></p><p>I've been able to keep my overall OOP costs for my entire ancient collection around $500 due to selective buying and selling, but hitting the lottery is quite literally, a once in a lifetime occurrence.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have no interest in any of your coins, you could sell them all for a tidy profit. Or, you could keep the ones you like and use the proceeds to expand the collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, don't get used to deals like this; most people who sell ancient coins have at least a modicum of knowledge; you can only get these deals from the egregiously ignorant.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an example of a once in a lifetime "lottery win:"</p><p><br /></p><p>5 years ago I found <i>50</i> silver dimes in a Coinstar reject slot. Since then, I've found exactly <i>zero</i> silver coins of any sort in any Coinstar, in any location.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some events are truly lottery-level.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 7304252, member: 75143"]Haha, but don't count on it. More often than not, you don't make money in this business... I've been able to keep my overall OOP costs for my entire ancient collection around $500 due to selective buying and selling, but hitting the lottery is quite literally, a once in a lifetime occurrence. If you have no interest in any of your coins, you could sell them all for a tidy profit. Or, you could keep the ones you like and use the proceeds to expand the collection. However, don't get used to deals like this; most people who sell ancient coins have at least a modicum of knowledge; you can only get these deals from the egregiously ignorant. As an example of a once in a lifetime "lottery win:" 5 years ago I found [I]50[/I] silver dimes in a Coinstar reject slot. Since then, I've found exactly [I]zero[/I] silver coins of any sort in any Coinstar, in any location. Some events are truly lottery-level.[/QUOTE]
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