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<p>[QUOTE="doug444, post: 1924871, member: 38849"]Depends on the price range of the majority of the coins. Coin Talk is OK, but there's probably not more than a hundred active buyers; I've had good success here with low-end material. On eBay, for low-end items, the up-front 9% plus PayPal's cut plus postage just eat you up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also depends whether you're in a big metro area, with a strong CraigsList. You can do CraigsList safely if you know the tricks of the trade; then you may be talking several thousand active buyers. And no fees, and no postage, since you deal face-to-face.</p><p><br /></p><p>There's also the periodic auctions at your local coin club, if you have one nearby.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of us at CT do not suddenly decide to sell out - we are always selling, always upgrading, always offering unwanted items out of large lots we have bought, so we generally do not suddenly have a monumental task in front of us. For all your silver sets in albums, you may wish to pull out the keys (to sell individually) and sell the rest as "junk" silver, the widely-accepted term for common circulated dimes, quarters, and halves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="doug444, post: 1924871, member: 38849"]Depends on the price range of the majority of the coins. Coin Talk is OK, but there's probably not more than a hundred active buyers; I've had good success here with low-end material. On eBay, for low-end items, the up-front 9% plus PayPal's cut plus postage just eat you up. Also depends whether you're in a big metro area, with a strong CraigsList. You can do CraigsList safely if you know the tricks of the trade; then you may be talking several thousand active buyers. And no fees, and no postage, since you deal face-to-face. There's also the periodic auctions at your local coin club, if you have one nearby. Many of us at CT do not suddenly decide to sell out - we are always selling, always upgrading, always offering unwanted items out of large lots we have bought, so we generally do not suddenly have a monumental task in front of us. For all your silver sets in albums, you may wish to pull out the keys (to sell individually) and sell the rest as "junk" silver, the widely-accepted term for common circulated dimes, quarters, and halves.[/QUOTE]
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