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<p>[QUOTE="The Half Dime, post: 25361449, member: 153164"]I do agree that the line is fuzzy. The point I come from, mostly, is that they claim that their "wholesale prices" are a mere fraction of the Greysheet, which is world-renowned as a wholesale price guide (or the CPG minus 20-30%, which is what I do). With their coins on approval, there are likely people who keep the coins, and I don't believe they would have the time to charge someone's credit card for the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, after watching a video on YouTube from Silver Seeker about him selling silver to pawn shops, I wouldn't sell it to them either. I would go to an LCS, especially one about 35 miles south of me.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you got some good albums, Barney! I know that some of the ones I listen to, while not connecting directly to numismatics, definitely fit the tune for different days and times, such as the Saturday night before a coin club meeting. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know if you're addressing me in particular, but I try not to be an expert on everything. I can grade coins decently, mainly cents, nickels, and coins like Morgan dollars that have the fancy rims (would reeded rims be the right word?). I know very little about grading gold coins, and any info about them is greatly appreciated if you have some that you can grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've unfortunately done that on some coins before. Not only that, but once, I fell flat into the pond at my local canning facility (not literally, but you would want to prepare your nose if you're within 3 miles of it) by buying a 1959 Argentina peso as a dollar coin at the bank, thinking it was silver, and it was not at all. Even if someone accepted me as an expert, I wouldn't want to be known as that, due to the fact that you can never learn everything in numismatics.</p><p>Another thing is buying Buffalo nickels for 60-75 cents at a flea market, until I discovered an LCS up north who's selling them for 33 cents each. It took me a long time to find that I was paying more than I could, but I'm glad I got the experience. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Half Dime, post: 25361449, member: 153164"]I do agree that the line is fuzzy. The point I come from, mostly, is that they claim that their "wholesale prices" are a mere fraction of the Greysheet, which is world-renowned as a wholesale price guide (or the CPG minus 20-30%, which is what I do). With their coins on approval, there are likely people who keep the coins, and I don't believe they would have the time to charge someone's credit card for the coins. Also, after watching a video on YouTube from Silver Seeker about him selling silver to pawn shops, I wouldn't sell it to them either. I would go to an LCS, especially one about 35 miles south of me. I hope you got some good albums, Barney! I know that some of the ones I listen to, while not connecting directly to numismatics, definitely fit the tune for different days and times, such as the Saturday night before a coin club meeting. ;) I don't know if you're addressing me in particular, but I try not to be an expert on everything. I can grade coins decently, mainly cents, nickels, and coins like Morgan dollars that have the fancy rims (would reeded rims be the right word?). I know very little about grading gold coins, and any info about them is greatly appreciated if you have some that you can grade. I've unfortunately done that on some coins before. Not only that, but once, I fell flat into the pond at my local canning facility (not literally, but you would want to prepare your nose if you're within 3 miles of it) by buying a 1959 Argentina peso as a dollar coin at the bank, thinking it was silver, and it was not at all. Even if someone accepted me as an expert, I wouldn't want to be known as that, due to the fact that you can never learn everything in numismatics. Another thing is buying Buffalo nickels for 60-75 cents at a flea market, until I discovered an LCS up north who's selling them for 33 cents each. It took me a long time to find that I was paying more than I could, but I'm glad I got the experience. :)[/QUOTE]
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