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Message:: [QUOTE="clembo, post: 750345, member: 8033"]Have you considered getting them appraised by a local dealer? You know - why you're still alive? Will cost a few bucks but at least YOU'LL have an idea. I don't know what all your collection entails but from the sound of it there's a lot of TPGd stuff but perhaps NOT stuff that will thrill a dealer too much. I work in a shop and what YOU may think is worth X amount is NOT to the dealer because they have to move it. They may also have 50 sets of that same set or item. Slabbed or not it's supply and demand.Walk into our shop with a bunch of PR69 silver state quarters it's no biggie to us. We'll go low because we really don't WANT it. Walk in with an XF45 SVDB Lincolon in a PCGS holder. We WANT it so we pay much more. Will you (your wife) get what you paid for it? Extremely doubtful. I have some coins that will gain a nice profit while many others will be a loss. It's how it works. What would you gain? Nothing because I reckon you'd be six feet under but your wife could gain a few bucks. The bonus? Eventually your coins will work their way into collector's hands that actually want them. Sure, I know enough people that my wife will get a decent amount from my coins. SHE'S the one I'm giving them to but she also knows I want them to end up in serious collector's hands. I know they will.[/QUOTE]