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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1351231, member: 18157&quot;]You very well may be right, but I have just one question...<i><b>&quot;What if you&#039;re wrong?&quot;</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re right, you pay 25% more for the bullion that you would normally have...OK, I&#039;ll admit...that hurts. However, let&#039;s face it...just about ANY coin series you collect will garner a premium over what you can sell them for. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even if you go to the auction houses like Heritage or TeleTrade, you&#039;re still paying a 15% &quot;Buyer&#039;s Fee&quot;...and that&#039;s for the coins that make the auction. Remember, the Auction Houses pick over the best coins before they&#039;re listed. Additionally, the Auction Houses are &quot;Seller Agents&quot;, not &quot;Buyer Agents&quot;. They bid on their own auctions to drive the prices up for the Sellers. That adds at least another 10% on to the price of the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unless you&#039;re in the &quot;Inner Circle&quot;, you&#039;re paying a 25% premium for picked-over coins...and let&#039;s face it, once you&#039;re gone what does it matter. At least when you buy directly from the Mint you get an honest coin (sometimes good, sometimes bad) at an honest price...OH! ...and did I mention...&quot;no chance for counterfeits!&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>I was at the Baltimore coin show a while back and this guy (this &quot;Dealer&quot;) was showing me a raw 1919-D Mercury dime he claimed as MS65 FSB and was trying to get me to give him Big $$$. I admit, there&#039;s a lot about coins I don&#039;t know...but I know a FSB Merc when I see one...and 90% FSB != 100% FSB.</p><p><br /></p><p>You REALLY have to know a lot about coins to survive and CT is a great place to learn! For a beginner (or even someone just a step higher like me), buying directly from the US Mint isn&#039;t a bad way to go. I buy coins to enjoy them, then pass them along. I don&#039;t have any illusions of immortality. US Mint coins are fine for that...(imho).</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b><font size="5">...and I LOVE to gamble on my LADIES!!!</font></b></i>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/pignouf-vintageposter-lesourire_cr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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