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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nejeff, post: 1350159, member: 35262&quot;]Maybe you should consider a career in therapy if this coin thing does not work out.&nbsp; As for me, I have no glasses that are rose colored.&nbsp; I am simply looking to get my collection in order.&nbsp; A little story:&nbsp; Back in the early 90&#039;s in a very desperate moment I had my coins looked at by a coin collector (he did not own a store that I know of).&nbsp; This was before I had added any proof sets, silver proofs sets, or sets of any kind,&nbsp; just raw coins.&nbsp; He came in to my apartment and we layed everything out on the table.&nbsp; We totalled up the face value at $714.00.&nbsp; He layed out 7 $100&#039;s and 3 $5&#039;s and said that we had the face value covered.&nbsp; He pulls out 2 $100&#039;s and lays them down and says lets do it, cash right now.&nbsp; I said no but I really didn&#039;t know how to negotiate back at him.&nbsp; He works his calculator a bit and then he pulls the $15 off the table puts another $100 down...$1000 total.&nbsp; He says that 40% over your face value.&nbsp; I almost took it but I resisted and then I told him I&#039;d call but never did.&nbsp; Since that time I have added 30 or 35 us mint sets and maybe another $600 in loose coins (almost all of it in the late 90&#039;s).&nbsp; I don&#039;t think I&#039;m sitting on a gold mine here and I do understand people tend to over value <b><i>everything</i></b> they have but I am thinking I have maybe $3500 to $4000 and just wanted a more definitive idea.&nbsp; I called my banker this morning and he recommended an antique appraiser that also knows coins.&nbsp; Not sure if an appraisal by him would be considered by an insurance company but I will make that call tomorrow.&nbsp; In the meantime I ordered 1000 2 x2 coin holders and 12 coin boxes as I think that is where I need to start this process.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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