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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 835291, member: 4552"]That was my main and probably my biggest mistake. At a flea market there is this dealer that mainly sells coins. He USED to just dump coins in large bins. US coins in one or two bins. Foreign coins in another one. One standard price for all US coins was $1 per coin unless you purchased many then the price went down. Over a period of time I purchased many Mercury Dimes from this guy and since I usually purchased many, the price went down, down, down from that $1 per coin to about sometimes 0.65 each. </p><p>In that US coin bin I found such coins as a 42/41, 21, 21D, 26S and many, many others. </p><p>Eventually I gave this dealer a copy of Numismedia with all the coin prices. Also told him how most coin dealers used 2x2's for each coin. </p><p>Now all his coins are priced accordingly to many coin listings and that means for me too. </p><p>Called open mouth, insert foot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 835291, member: 4552"]That was my main and probably my biggest mistake. At a flea market there is this dealer that mainly sells coins. He USED to just dump coins in large bins. US coins in one or two bins. Foreign coins in another one. One standard price for all US coins was $1 per coin unless you purchased many then the price went down. Over a period of time I purchased many Mercury Dimes from this guy and since I usually purchased many, the price went down, down, down from that $1 per coin to about sometimes 0.65 each. In that US coin bin I found such coins as a 42/41, 21, 21D, 26S and many, many others. Eventually I gave this dealer a copy of Numismedia with all the coin prices. Also told him how most coin dealers used 2x2's for each coin. Now all his coins are priced accordingly to many coin listings and that means for me too. Called open mouth, insert foot.[/QUOTE]
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