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<p>[QUOTE="d_lairson, post: 300760, member: 8441"]I've started buying small hordes of cents from people in my area, mostly little groups of $10 or $20 so far. My question is, I buy the coins in bulk. I pay 1 cent for post 1982, 1.2 cent for pre-1982 and 2 cents for pre-1959. Now this has not happened yet, but what if I find a rare-ish coin? I don't really sort them in advance, I just quickly count up the number of each type of coin and do a little math and then give them cash. But if I were to find a DD or key coin when I later go through the coins, do I owe the person I bought the coin from anything? Should I let people know in advance that IF there is a rare-ish coin in the group they get nothing from the sale of the coin? </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not really looking for rare coins, as shady as this sounds, I'm putting together $25 and $50 bags of pre-1982 coins and selling them on eBay (for a little profit) plus filling gaps in my collection. I'm not out to make money, everything I make either goes towards buying more bulk coins, or more coins for my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>David[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="d_lairson, post: 300760, member: 8441"]I've started buying small hordes of cents from people in my area, mostly little groups of $10 or $20 so far. My question is, I buy the coins in bulk. I pay 1 cent for post 1982, 1.2 cent for pre-1982 and 2 cents for pre-1959. Now this has not happened yet, but what if I find a rare-ish coin? I don't really sort them in advance, I just quickly count up the number of each type of coin and do a little math and then give them cash. But if I were to find a DD or key coin when I later go through the coins, do I owe the person I bought the coin from anything? Should I let people know in advance that IF there is a rare-ish coin in the group they get nothing from the sale of the coin? I'm not really looking for rare coins, as shady as this sounds, I'm putting together $25 and $50 bags of pre-1982 coins and selling them on eBay (for a little profit) plus filling gaps in my collection. I'm not out to make money, everything I make either goes towards buying more bulk coins, or more coins for my collection. Cheers, David[/QUOTE]
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