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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lawdogct, post: 41098, member: 1476&quot;]On macams2&#039;s behalf, many MANY things, not just coins, are passed along without knowledge of current market value.&nbsp; Not to say a gold coin couldn&#039;t have been stolen, but ignorance is a bigger possibility to me.&nbsp; I&#039;m a yard sale hound, as well as a coin collector, and enjoy &quot;the hunt&quot; of it.&nbsp; I can&#039;t tell you how many times I&#039;ve come across antiques, with easy to realize values in the hundreds of $$, priced at 50 cents or less!.&nbsp; If its a really gross error, I usually ask the people, &quot;Do you KNOW what this is?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, coin collections are inherited all the time by those who don&#039;t know, and often don&#039;t care, what the collection is worth. Tragic I know, but a reality just the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me your choices are to either tell your buddy about the value of the coin, sell it on ebay not to a coin dealer (a coin dealer makes their living off of coins and so will typically offer less than they can sell it for, this isn&#039;t wrong or specific to coins, its just buisness) , or keep it.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you keep it, I&#039;d strongly suggest looking into investing in a safe deposit box at your local bank.&nbsp; Personally, I&#039;d keep it.&nbsp; You can always pick up a few extra hours at work, or odd jobs on the week end, but you won&#039;t have a coin like this given to you very often <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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