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<p>[QUOTE="LostDutchman, post: 515695, member: 16994"]I have been known from time to time to tell people if they really want to get the absolute top dollar for their coin collection to buy a table at a show and set up or to put it all in the internet. A few people have taken me up on it and have done well. %95 percent of people don't want to mess with the time and effort that it takes. That makes people like brick and mortar dealers necessary... The guys out in the trenches I call it... digging for fresh coins... creating a supply in this demand rich market. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have also been called almost every name in the book by people who think their 1921 Morgan silver dollar is worth $200 because the redbook says so.... and I say their circulated 1921 Morgan is worth $12 or $13. They just don't know... I have seriously been chewed out more times then I can remember because of something like that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reading back through this thread I can see how someone could easily get discouraged by a lot of the stuff they are reading. I can tell you for sure that I absolutely LOVE my job, It keeps me on my toes because you never know what you are gonna see walk through the door. I have done a lot of things in my short life job wise.... but I'll never do anything different then what I am doing right now. My wife calls it my obsession... but she is a collector... I guess it has worn off a little on her!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LostDutchman, post: 515695, member: 16994"]I have been known from time to time to tell people if they really want to get the absolute top dollar for their coin collection to buy a table at a show and set up or to put it all in the internet. A few people have taken me up on it and have done well. %95 percent of people don't want to mess with the time and effort that it takes. That makes people like brick and mortar dealers necessary... The guys out in the trenches I call it... digging for fresh coins... creating a supply in this demand rich market. I have also been called almost every name in the book by people who think their 1921 Morgan silver dollar is worth $200 because the redbook says so.... and I say their circulated 1921 Morgan is worth $12 or $13. They just don't know... I have seriously been chewed out more times then I can remember because of something like that. Reading back through this thread I can see how someone could easily get discouraged by a lot of the stuff they are reading. I can tell you for sure that I absolutely LOVE my job, It keeps me on my toes because you never know what you are gonna see walk through the door. I have done a lot of things in my short life job wise.... but I'll never do anything different then what I am doing right now. My wife calls it my obsession... but she is a collector... I guess it has worn off a little on her!![/QUOTE]
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