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Message:: [QUOTE="Da Vinchi, post: 9952, member: 996"]I recently purchased a good bit of older coins from an older Lady. This is my first non-dealer purchase. I met the lady at an antique show. I overheard her mention that she wanted to sell her coins. I gave her my phone number and asked her to call me if she was indeed interested in selling them. I met up with her and looked at her coins. I offered her a little more than twice the face value of all the coins. No big Key dates stuck out. Most dates were 30-40's few older.  She took very good care of the coins! No cleaning, just sealed up nicely in an old jar. She was very happy because a local dealer told her they were worth little and he barely offered her twice the face value. In total the face value was approx. 200.00 - 250.00 $30-50.00 In mercury dimes,  Fine to VF a couple AU. $20.00 In Morgan dollars,  Fine to Au(2-1921) (1 - MS60 or better 1881CC- Which I purchased already for $150.00) $20.00 In Peace Dollars    Fine to Au $30-50.00 In Kennedy Halves 64 and older, Most @AU or just under AU $40.00 In Roosevelt's,  Most @AU or just under AU $20-40 In walking Liberty's, Fine to XF $10-20 In Franklins fine to Au My question is do you think that this was a fair deal for both parties? I felt pretty good about it. I offered her about $50-75, if not $100.00 more than the dealer. She was very happy with that. I know it's hard to tell without pics, I will definitely post pics when I get a camera.[/QUOTE]