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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1666525, member: 26302"]OP, though I "know" most people who have posted here, I agree with you that I would not be interested in selling via PM here.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would echo other sentiments here that say to spend a little bit of money to have an expert go through every coin and document which are valuable and to what extent. This will be money well spent. If you are not a collector, you do not know if those incomplete books are all common date junk, or there are two or three really valuable coins in in of them. It can happen. I have seen the weirdest things. Most everyone has seen partially filled mercury dime folders, always missing the 16d. Well, one time I saw at an auction, (unfortunately others did too and bidding went too high), where someone was putting together a VF set. The folder was only half complete, but had the 16d in VF in it. That was a $1000 coin way back then!</p><p><br /></p><p>So, ask for good dealers near you, pay them a couple of hundred for a really good appraisal, THEN you are in a pretty good position to consider your options sir.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best of luck to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1666525, member: 26302"]OP, though I "know" most people who have posted here, I agree with you that I would not be interested in selling via PM here. I would echo other sentiments here that say to spend a little bit of money to have an expert go through every coin and document which are valuable and to what extent. This will be money well spent. If you are not a collector, you do not know if those incomplete books are all common date junk, or there are two or three really valuable coins in in of them. It can happen. I have seen the weirdest things. Most everyone has seen partially filled mercury dime folders, always missing the 16d. Well, one time I saw at an auction, (unfortunately others did too and bidding went too high), where someone was putting together a VF set. The folder was only half complete, but had the 16d in VF in it. That was a $1000 coin way back then! So, ask for good dealers near you, pay them a couple of hundred for a really good appraisal, THEN you are in a pretty good position to consider your options sir. Best of luck to you. Chris[/QUOTE]
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