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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;midas1, post: 1068311, member: 21309&quot;]Earlier in the month while visiting with my brother in maryville, TN he decided to sell Franklin mint&nbsp; two ounce .925 silver ingots and some .925 one ounce medallions for a total of 256 troy ounces.&nbsp;&nbsp; After making several calls we stopped by a coin dealer in downtown maryville who offered him $5,200.00, then we stopped by one of those &quot;we buy gold/silver&quot; stands in a local all and were offered $2,000.00&nbsp; then drove to a dealer in Knoxville where we sold it for $5,500.00.&nbsp; </p><p>Both of the dealers have been in business &gt;thirty years and both explained the process and expense involved in sending stuff to be melted down.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;d do business with both of them again.</p><p>don&#039;t have their names handy but will post &#039;em.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the november Whitman coin show i sold some morgan dollars for, I if I remember correctly, $23.00 each.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know where people sell stuff and get 90% of spot.&nbsp; None of the offers I received anytime anywhere came close to 90% spot.</p><p>However, it appears APMEX will buy my 3.85 ounce balboa coins for around $112.00 but I don&#039;t want the hassle of shipping stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>So far, i believe the highest percentage buy price I got was at the large Whitman coin show.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dealers got to make a buck too.</p><p><br /></p><p>It will interesting to see what kind of sell prices people are getting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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