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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCB1983, post: 1480886, member: 23885&quot;]I&#039;ve sold coins over ebay from time to time but never to a brick and mortor shop. Feeling hungary from my Atlantic City experience I wanted to get some more action. Of all places I ended up in the cornfields of Iowa. I had some money with me but not quite what I felt comfortable getting in a big game with. So of course at the last second I grab a few slabs and threw them in my bag. </p><p><br /></p><p>I ended up taking about 6 slabs with me to include an 1806 draped bust half, a 3 dollar gold piece, and a 1942/1 merc dime which I found in a roll. 3 hours after my flight landed I was on the phone with Casey from Casey&#039;s Coin in Cedar Falls Iowa. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have much experience with haggling serious coin dealers so this was my game plan. I called him and asked him what percentage of greysheet he pays on PCGS slabbed coinage. I feel like this question kind of caught him off guard and he muttered 75%.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me tell you his shop was nice. Everything was dress right dress. Quite a bit of 2x2&#039;s, gold seperated from silver coinage, supplies on the left hand side of the store. Lots of scales. I practically fainted when I walked in. </p><p><br /></p><p>We immediately got down to business. He seemed surprised when I told him that I submitted my own coins. We got off to a rocky start when he told me that one of my CBH&#039;s was overgraded. I said who cares it&#039;s a 65 dollar coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>All in all I had about 4k in coins numismatic value and was hoping to get out of there with 3800. I believe he first quoted me a price of 2k. We haggled quite a bit and we both reluctantly settled on a price of 3k. In total I believe when I calculated it I ended up getting a 71% of greysheet value, and about 67% return on investment minus the 1942/1 merc.</p><p><br /></p><p>The trip ended very nice and I plan on focusing my attention on Franklins (didn&#039;t part with any) from here on out.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to hear some of your B+M experiences.</p><p><br /></p><p>~Jason[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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