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Message:: [QUOTE="ccarroll, post: 2262909, member: 34167"]I know most of the posts here are along the lines of "What is the retail worth of this coin I have?"  But I'm brooding over a question that I thought some of you might want to chime in on. I'd like to sell a few coins that had been my grandfather's - for example, a 1911 Indian head $5 piece.  I felt like I was getting low-balled by dealers, tantamount to price-fixing, so I thought I'd look around for coin clubs and collectors instead.  But I was just meeting with a collector who in fact was offering me less than what dealers were offering.  Now, a retail dealer has not only to make a living, but also has to pay overhead, so obviously he needs a profit.  But it turns out that this collector I was talking to - all he's planning on doing was buying to re-sell and was expecting the same profit, or more. Anyway, I'm feeling grumpy and disillusioned.  Do many of you buy mostly only with the idea of immediately re-selling?  Do you buy because you love to collect, or because you're focused on making a profit?  Seems to me there's a difference between what a coin is worth "objectively" vs. what it's worth to someone just looking to make a fast buck.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie41" alt=":depressed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]