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<p>[QUOTE="Paul M., post: 2612615, member: 73165"]If you want to help her out of the goodness of your heart, this is what I would do:</p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>Offer to meet at a place of her choosing. I doubt the bank will let you use their conference room, but public libraries often have private study rooms that would work well for this. University libraries frequently do, too, but sometimes they don't allow access to the general public.</li> <li>Bring your Red Book, but don't show her the prices! Just use it to get an idea what's worth looking at.</li> <li>I would download the PCGS Photograde app if you have a smartphone, and just use that a rough guesstimate as to grade.</li> <li>Anything that looks like it would be remotely worthwhile, separate out and let her know she should have these evaluated by someone with more experience.</li> <li>Keep your expectations low. You're probably going to see a lot of "junk silver." Most people are accumulators, not collectors.</li> </ol><p><br /></p><p>And that's it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paul M., post: 2612615, member: 73165"]If you want to help her out of the goodness of your heart, this is what I would do: [LIST=1] [*]Offer to meet at a place of her choosing. I doubt the bank will let you use their conference room, but public libraries often have private study rooms that would work well for this. University libraries frequently do, too, but sometimes they don't allow access to the general public. [*]Bring your Red Book, but don't show her the prices! Just use it to get an idea what's worth looking at. [*]I would download the PCGS Photograde app if you have a smartphone, and just use that a rough guesstimate as to grade. [*]Anything that looks like it would be remotely worthwhile, separate out and let her know she should have these evaluated by someone with more experience. [*]Keep your expectations low. You're probably going to see a lot of "junk silver." Most people are accumulators, not collectors. [/LIST] And that's it.[/QUOTE]
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