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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2170413, member: 71234&quot;]I&#039;d pay ten times the average coin value in the lot. You choose if the value is the retail price or the usual dealer offer or some other value. I&#039;d be aiming at what I&#039;d bid in an open auction for the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>When assessing large quantities of coins you have to take shortcuts to get anything done in a reasonable time. It&#039;s really a matter of experience. Some collections are more accurately described as &#039;accumulations&#039;, you assume all the contents are the standard mixture and get a pretty accurate overall value just from the weight. </p><p><br /></p><p>10 does not sound all that hard. She is unlikely to be able to get more than a reasonable dealer offer whoever she sells to, so that might be a fair level to pitch your offer. You might want to pay a tad more, that&#039;s up to you and the circumstances. There is not really a lot of use going into great detail over each one.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it is&nbsp; a large collection, and you happen to know a dealer you trust, why not introduce that dealer to the lady, after having agreed a finder&#039;s fee with the dealer as a percentage of his offer if he buys the lot. That way you&#039;d probably get the dimes free with a bit of a profit on top?</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not an uncommon or &#039;crooked&#039; practice. Dealers usually need to buy stuff, and sellers need to sell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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