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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1325920, member: 31533&quot;]To &quot;put out some feelers&quot; is simply a way to say you are letting others know you are in the market for the type of coin. Sort of like announcing your &quot;want list&quot; but instead of a want list you are saying you want one or two nice VF20 or better Capped Bust Halves, preferably 1820-36. This enables others to say they will be able to sell you a coin you want. Many people get their collections not by going out and just buying when they see the one they want, but by allowing dealers and others to know to reach out to them when the dealer or other person has a coin you might like to have. Each of those 1820-36 coins of this series (with exceptions of overdates) runs 42 in the 2012 Blue Book (ostensibly dealer&#039;s price), and 65 in EF40, with jumps to 150 in AU50. You can also start either looking at Coin Prices mag or other references to get the dealer&#039;s costs and what the regular markups are for a coin like this. But without looking at anything else initially, I might presume that a good healthy markup could get a VF coin for about 50 to 65, or a EF coin for about 72 to about 130. That may be right or wrong depending on the availability of the coins in that condition. But if it is wrong, you will find out soon enough, and you still will have started networking for your coins, and if it is right, you will be pleasantly surprised to have a coin you like for a price you can live with down the road.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this wasn&#039;t overly long for you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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