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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eric Babula, post: 4141415, member: 85976&quot;]I have a problem! I&#039;ve been a coin hoarder for most of my life. There! I said it! (First step to recovery, right?)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve hoarded coins all my life. I’ve kept most every Wheatie I’ve ever come across. I’ve purchased coin “lots” and “unsearched rolls” (yeah, that was stoopid, I know!), assuming I’d keep one or two and sell the rest back – but I’ve never sold the others. I’ve bought coins for no real reason other than because the price was “right” and/or I didn’t want them to get away from me! I have a problem!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now that I’ve admitted my problem, I’m on the road to recovery. I think. I’ve decided at some point I&#039;m going to try to get rid of most of the coins that I really do not want/need in my collection. Stuff that I collected, or hoarded, for the last 40 years. Stuff that I don’t care about, or don’t ever look at. “Junk”.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Have any of you purged your “junk” coins, in bulk? How did you tackle this kind of project?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, I have probably 20+ lbs of Wheaties/Steelies that I’ve collected since I was a kid, in the 70s. Basically, most every time I found a Wheatie, I threw it in a jar. Every now and then, I emptied that jar into a big bag. I now have multiple bags, and a bunch of rolls of Wheaties. I always intended on going through them to check for good Dates/MMs/DDs, whatever. But, there they sit, with no one to love them. “Junk”.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, I have lots of other coins – low grade Jeffs, Roosies, Mercs, Walkers, Franklins, Morgans, etc. that I picked up along the way, that are sitting in cardboard 2x2s, loaded in 2x2 boxes. I never look at them – they’re in a box. Don’t plan on displaying them in any way. “Junk”.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So, I thought I could get rid of all these. Sell them. Use the money for coin-related things I do want!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The big question is: What’s the best way to get rid of these kinds of things? Do I roll up the Wheaties and sell them as “unsearched rolls”, or roll them by decade (20’s, 30’s, 40’s)? Do I sell the 2x2s in “Lots”? Do I bring it all to a local dealer and just dump it on them (though, I’m guessing I’ll get pennies on the dollar if I do that!)?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Any tips on how to best get rid of loads of unwanted coins? Did you ever worry that you might be giving up a key date coin, in your bulk sales? Does it matter, if you never really cared about them in the first place? Would love to hear your ideas! Thx for helping my recovery!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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