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<p>[QUOTE="mlov43, post: 1978467, member: 16729"]Yep. That's my experience, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Serious dealers want quick turn around, no hassle. Time is money. The best way for them to make $$ on World Coins is just to know what's silver, yank that out, and dump the rest in a bin. If your LCS or dealer isn't a dork, he'll be happy that you got something nice for yourself in his "junk" World bin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, us little guys can swoop in and cherrypick: But we still need to know the MARKET for the coins that we want to specialize in. This doesn't mean knowing Krause prices, <b>but Krause prices that are in radical juxtaposition to actual sales prices</b> (a pattern of sales prices, some recent, and not just one sale). In other words, Krause lists it at $60, but you see realized auction prices or BINs for the same coin at around 2 times as much or MORE. That's your coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mlov43, post: 1978467, member: 16729"]Yep. That's my experience, too. Serious dealers want quick turn around, no hassle. Time is money. The best way for them to make $$ on World Coins is just to know what's silver, yank that out, and dump the rest in a bin. If your LCS or dealer isn't a dork, he'll be happy that you got something nice for yourself in his "junk" World bin. Now, us little guys can swoop in and cherrypick: But we still need to know the MARKET for the coins that we want to specialize in. This doesn't mean knowing Krause prices, [B]but Krause prices that are in radical juxtaposition to actual sales prices[/B] (a pattern of sales prices, some recent, and not just one sale). In other words, Krause lists it at $60, but you see realized auction prices or BINs for the same coin at around 2 times as much or MORE. That's your coin.[/QUOTE]
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