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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Owle, post: 927537, member: 22004&quot;]The few coins I have seen bought or not bought, involved bringing in an expert who knew about the rare coin or note, and gave a fair estimate.&nbsp; That is the way it should be.&nbsp; These pawn shop buyers are not competant as coin graders or valuers--but this does wonders for their credibility where I am sure that they did not call the expert in the past but gave the desperate seller 10 cents on the dollar as most pawn shops do.&nbsp; There was a case where a fellow came in with a one of a kind rare note, I think going back to the 1700&#039;s.&nbsp; Rick called the classic Americana expert in who said the item would bring big, big money at auction.&nbsp; Rick said he had to sell it to him because he had gone to all the trouble of bringing in the expert.&nbsp; I felt bad for the guy who was getting more money than he expected, but a lot less than the note was worth very likely.&nbsp; All of us have had the experience of the critical analysis or the hard-nosed buyer, who will not take no for an answer. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would like to see a similar show addressing the selling of jewelry to several buyers in the trade.&nbsp; This is going on big time and I am sure the sellers of heirloom jewelry are not getting the right percentage of melt. I have seen the refiner&#039;s ads aimed at high volume coin and gold buyers, and I would like to see people get top dollar for their jewelry.&nbsp; You could do an undercover operation, checking out the full range of prices offered for jewelry at various shops.&nbsp; Of course, the pawn shops tend to offer a lot less than the coin shops.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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