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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hairy Houdini, post: 3168104, member: 97506&quot;]The coins have been sold and I probably got a bit of a haircut.</p><p><br /></p><p>After reading the responses here, I posted a question on our local neighborhood email group. I was referred to two local dealers, so I went to see them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first one spent a <u>lot</u> of time telling me that the coins were graded way too high. That raised a red flag. Then they told me that the $20 gold coin was counterfeit. They showed my mine and one from their display case using a loupe. They claimed that mine was stamped, whereas the genuine coin was poured. They said to look for little bubbles in the gold. I couldn&#039;t see any difference. Another red flag. They then weighed it and said that it weighed exactly what it should to be gold and offered me $900 just for the gold. They offered me $400 for the other 4 coins, for a total of $1,300. I told them I&#039;d think about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I then took it to the second local dealer. He told me that the coins were in excellent shape and that some of the grades were maybe a little high. He didn&#039;t say anything about the gold coin being counterfeit. He offered me $1,786 for all 5. I had read about New England Rare Coin Gallery being a con outfit and being sued, so I decided to take that offer.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I got home, I found that I had several more responses from the neighborhood group. Two were from people who collect and sell coins as a hobby. One told me that my coins would be worth at least $10,000 if the grades were confirmed. He later came back with individual prices that added up to $7,015. The other neighbor estimated the value at $6,750. Both recommended that I send them in to be graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was kicking myself in the rear for not having more patience. But then both neighbors said that they were going off of the grades from New England, but if they true grades were lower, they value would also be lower. One of them said he has worked with the second local dealer since 1970 and trusts him to be fair.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still wish I had been more patient and had sent them in to be graded, but maybe I didn&#039;t lose out too badly. (sigh)</p><p><br /></p><p>I uploaded a summary of the price quotes I got to the same Dropbox folder:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dmtvzt15k5924l6/AAC3ONmGWpnlm88Vc4euMSjQa?dl=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dmtvzt15k5924l6/AAC3ONmGWpnlm88Vc4euMSjQa?dl=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dmtvzt15k5924l6/AAC3ONmGWpnlm88Vc4euMSjQa?dl=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I tried to upload it here, but got the same error. I don&#039;t know why I can&#039;t upload here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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