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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 24164, member: 112"]In my entire life - I have met only only one dealer who used anything BUT the Greysheet - for buying or selling. The one who did not - used Coin Prices - and he used it buying and selling.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in all cases - dealers use a buy/sell spread. For a dealer to dealer transaction - it may be as Nd says 10% over ASK for selling and 10% under bid for buying. But when a dealer is selling to or buying from a collector - that number typically jumps to 15 - 20% - each way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also - I suspect that the reason for your recent experience with the 1895-O was because the dealers all saw you going from table to table. When they see someone doing that - they are reluctant to make an offer unless they have reason to think it may be accepted. That's why they wanted to know what the best price you had been offered was.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 24164, member: 112"]In my entire life - I have met only only one dealer who used anything BUT the Greysheet - for buying or selling. The one who did not - used Coin Prices - and he used it buying and selling. But in all cases - dealers use a buy/sell spread. For a dealer to dealer transaction - it may be as Nd says 10% over ASK for selling and 10% under bid for buying. But when a dealer is selling to or buying from a collector - that number typically jumps to 15 - 20% - each way. Also - I suspect that the reason for your recent experience with the 1895-O was because the dealers all saw you going from table to table. When they see someone doing that - they are reluctant to make an offer unless they have reason to think it may be accepted. That's why they wanted to know what the best price you had been offered was.[/QUOTE]
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