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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;oz_in_ohio, post: 3373853, member: 89534&quot;]*******************************************</p><p><br /></p><p>In regard to sales of similar items, there has to be someone out there at the time you want to sell at the grade you have to get any idea what it can bring...On top of that you wont get full retail as most end up in ebay...</p><p><br /></p><p>******************************************</p><p><br /></p><p>You say as you see it and i will say it as how i see it.... I got out of the stamp and coin business at the right time as it has just plumetted down hill in Australia and i assume it is world wide....Remember i am looking at it as the shopkeepers side of the counter....The mint product is wiped out as we break up sets to sell individual items that were not issued for general circulation....A good example is the Australian 1985 nickel ( or 5c coin ) . That was the only item never to go in circulation in that year....The sets price is about $22.00 but the 5c coin is over $40.00 simply because it cannot be found in general circulation...I bought 400 of these sets in 1988 at under $10.00 per set making it close to $4000 outlay... In 1997 those nickels paid for a trip to the USA and all spending money accounted for and $1300.00 left over I got wholesale $26.00 per nickel.... Not bad getting over $10,000.00 back for that small investment. Kids were not interested where i am from and it has clouded my judgement on all kids worldwide in our hobby... My kids are 25 and 23 respectively and all they could say is what do we want with that S - - T dad!!!So nothing is left to them and they lose the lot.... I wanted to sell off a lot of stuff to buy them a car each but as they dont care, why bother with them....Now that is the hobbies future...I saw it on a wider scope and have now generalized across the board.... I really hope other people of my vintage sell off what they have and enjoy the rewards of their collecting as the kids coming up the line wont. I dont want to have to say the famous 4 words ....<b><span style="color: #ff0000">I TOLD YOU SO!!!!</span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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