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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 3077725, member: 77639&quot;]Doug, thanks for the analysis.&nbsp; However, I don&#039;t see how the majority of dealers can make most of the their profit selling to other dealers.&nbsp; I can see how it can account for most of their cash and inventory flow though.&nbsp; Dealer-to-dealer sales/purchases must be a zero-sum game.&nbsp; Some dealers will profit in these transactions, some will lose, and probably the majority will break-even or come close to it.&nbsp; If you&#039;re going to toss-in dealers buying from non-dealers and then selling to dealers, that&#039;s different and goes beyond dealer-to-dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regard to dealer-to-dealer sales setting prices for sales to non-dealers, it&#039;s an interesting question.&nbsp; In the US coin market, collectors expressing their demand at auctions is a big factor for more expensive coins (slabbed coins going for a few hundred $ and up).&nbsp; For less expensive coins, I dunno.&nbsp; You may be right that dealer-to-dealer sales prices are the determining factor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is there any way to know the distribution of retail sales (auction or dealer-to-collector) by coin value?&nbsp; Put another way, on a total sales dollar basis, how does the retail market for lower-end coins compare to that for higher-end coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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