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<p>[QUOTE="Caleb, post: 1484991, member: 32795"]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Sounds like the dealer offered you a fair price. Remember, what ever the dealer buys might stay in his inventory for a long period of time, tying his funds up for an extended period of time.</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">As the saying goes, “Knowledge is Power”. Some collectors may specialize in a certain series to collect, so do dealers. Know your series and the dealers that support that series. If you take your collection to just any B&M corner coin / jewelry store that spends 75% of their time buying and selling scrap silver and gold, don’t be surprise if they offer you a price based on the scrap silver / gold price. Time is money and a lot of small B&M operations watch their overhead and the sense of what they can move quickly so that their funds are not stagnate.</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Research, research and research, not just before you buy the coin but you should get an idea of where to sell when the time comes (don’t wait until the last minute to figure out how to liquidate. Even have your liquidation plan spelled out in writing so if something happens suddenly; your family will know the best way to sell the collection).</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Caleb, post: 1484991, member: 32795"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Sounds like the dealer offered you a fair price. Remember, what ever the dealer buys might stay in his inventory for a long period of time, tying his funds up for an extended period of time.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]As the saying goes, “Knowledge is Power”. Some collectors may specialize in a certain series to collect, so do dealers. Know your series and the dealers that support that series. If you take your collection to just any B&M corner coin / jewelry store that spends 75% of their time buying and selling scrap silver and gold, don’t be surprise if they offer you a price based on the scrap silver / gold price. Time is money and a lot of small B&M operations watch their overhead and the sense of what they can move quickly so that their funds are not stagnate.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Research, research and research, not just before you buy the coin but you should get an idea of where to sell when the time comes (don’t wait until the last minute to figure out how to liquidate. Even have your liquidation plan spelled out in writing so if something happens suddenly; your family will know the best way to sell the collection).[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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