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<p>[QUOTE="TheMont, post: 2478640, member: 80121"]Update on fellow Vietnam Vet and helping his wife and two kids dispose of his coin "accumulation." I brought the ten boxes to our coin club "Trade Fair" a semi-annual event for club members to buy, sell or trade their excess, double, unwanted, etc. coins. I collected over $2,500 for Jim's family, the only problem was most didn't want a coin(s) they just dropped money into the box. I had to talk them into taking something. One member owns a coin shop, so he sat next to me and helped me price out anything a member wanted to buy. He even bought stuff that I know he didn't need.</p><p><br /></p><p>I admit I had personal reasons to get them to take something- the ten boxes were heavy and I didn't want to have to bring them home again. Marie encouraged me to get the members to take coins they may like/need.</p><p><br /></p><p>So there are good people out there willing to help, they just need to know that the person they're helping is really legit. I'll bring the last two boxes to next month's meeting and probably encourage the YN members to "dig in", I'm sure there will be people still just dropping money into the box without taking anything, so all should balance out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheMont, post: 2478640, member: 80121"]Update on fellow Vietnam Vet and helping his wife and two kids dispose of his coin "accumulation." I brought the ten boxes to our coin club "Trade Fair" a semi-annual event for club members to buy, sell or trade their excess, double, unwanted, etc. coins. I collected over $2,500 for Jim's family, the only problem was most didn't want a coin(s) they just dropped money into the box. I had to talk them into taking something. One member owns a coin shop, so he sat next to me and helped me price out anything a member wanted to buy. He even bought stuff that I know he didn't need. I admit I had personal reasons to get them to take something- the ten boxes were heavy and I didn't want to have to bring them home again. Marie encouraged me to get the members to take coins they may like/need. So there are good people out there willing to help, they just need to know that the person they're helping is really legit. I'll bring the last two boxes to next month's meeting and probably encourage the YN members to "dig in", I'm sure there will be people still just dropping money into the box without taking anything, so all should balance out.[/QUOTE]
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