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<p>[QUOTE="Prime Mover, post: 1547209, member: 38783"]It all depends on how much time you want to spend to try to get a better return.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have a lot of time and want to deal with the hassle, you could list them individually on eBay. You might make a few bucks, but there's been a lot of posts lately about the horrible returns from eBay once all the fees and shipping are paid. You can go judge your possibilities by browsing eBay's completed listings for the same dimes you have, and you'll get a real quick picture of what return you'll get (again, keep in mind ebay fees and shipping).</p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO you got at least a fair, decent deal with the dealer for a little over melt for your quarters. I think the current melt is 25x face value. One of the local dealers here is paying 20-22x depending on the coins. Again, going back to time vs. return, you might have made out better financially (how much no one knows exactly) if you went through them individually for sale, but you got a quick $10k in hand, which you can't argue about.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also encourage the B/S/T section if you want to offload them. Most folks here are good about fair pricing - people are trying to complete collections and may need the exact coins you have, and others are looking at large lots of junk silver for keeping as bullion (I fall into the latter). Also, if you're looking at expanding your collection you'll find a lot of folks willing to trade so you could get a much "better" return on your dimes by trading for more pieces of your collection that way. I personally do a lot of that since I'm coin rich, and cash poor... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Prime Mover, post: 1547209, member: 38783"]It all depends on how much time you want to spend to try to get a better return. If you have a lot of time and want to deal with the hassle, you could list them individually on eBay. You might make a few bucks, but there's been a lot of posts lately about the horrible returns from eBay once all the fees and shipping are paid. You can go judge your possibilities by browsing eBay's completed listings for the same dimes you have, and you'll get a real quick picture of what return you'll get (again, keep in mind ebay fees and shipping). IMHO you got at least a fair, decent deal with the dealer for a little over melt for your quarters. I think the current melt is 25x face value. One of the local dealers here is paying 20-22x depending on the coins. Again, going back to time vs. return, you might have made out better financially (how much no one knows exactly) if you went through them individually for sale, but you got a quick $10k in hand, which you can't argue about. I also encourage the B/S/T section if you want to offload them. Most folks here are good about fair pricing - people are trying to complete collections and may need the exact coins you have, and others are looking at large lots of junk silver for keeping as bullion (I fall into the latter). Also, if you're looking at expanding your collection you'll find a lot of folks willing to trade so you could get a much "better" return on your dimes by trading for more pieces of your collection that way. I personally do a lot of that since I'm coin rich, and cash poor... :)[/QUOTE]
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