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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2501455, member: 36230"]Please don't take this wrong, but google is our friend. Oftentimes, and especially with fairly straightforward questions, one can easily locate answers on their own, which is certainly handy when/if you don't have the time to post to the forum or wait for replies. Just a friendly suggestion. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As baseball said, expecting to buy dollars at straight melt in any type of retail setting is, unfortunately, likely to be an exercise in futility. Dollars in particular have, and long have sold at premiums above and beyond their silver content, even culls, damaged, cleaned, etc and so on (with a few exceptions). Being as you're a new collector, I cannot stress enough that focusing on price, or getting a "deal" will likely cause more harm than good. It's not that deals can't be found - they, of course, can - but it's much easier to walk into a sucker's bet, especially for those less than knowledgeable about what they're buying.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2501455, member: 36230"]Please don't take this wrong, but google is our friend. Oftentimes, and especially with fairly straightforward questions, one can easily locate answers on their own, which is certainly handy when/if you don't have the time to post to the forum or wait for replies. Just a friendly suggestion. :) As baseball said, expecting to buy dollars at straight melt in any type of retail setting is, unfortunately, likely to be an exercise in futility. Dollars in particular have, and long have sold at premiums above and beyond their silver content, even culls, damaged, cleaned, etc and so on (with a few exceptions). Being as you're a new collector, I cannot stress enough that focusing on price, or getting a "deal" will likely cause more harm than good. It's not that deals can't be found - they, of course, can - but it's much easier to walk into a sucker's bet, especially for those less than knowledgeable about what they're buying.[/QUOTE]
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