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<p>[QUOTE="TaborTot22, post: 1677736, member: 39398"]A friend of mine inherited a coin collection from his mother. He asked me to come over and help give him an idea of what he had and what it was worth. I was amazed when I showed up! He had a pool table and two card tables FULL of various US/foreign coins/bills/proof sets/silver rounds/bar/etc. We didn't finish but I'm guessing he had $12,000-15,000 worth of coins/bills. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I spent about 3 hours helping him inventory his collection and when I left, he told me to take what I wanted and give him a price. I picked up a tube of 1942P war nickels, a tube of silver Roosies, 13 silver Kennedy Halves and about 13 silver Washington quarters. I offered him near melt value for all the coins and he then GREATLY discounted it because of the help I gave him and told me to give him $140! I told him that that wasn't a fair price for him and he said, "It's ok. I appreciate your help." <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I will probably help him more in the near future and, if I can, I'll buy more from him (at normal value, that is).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TaborTot22, post: 1677736, member: 39398"]A friend of mine inherited a coin collection from his mother. He asked me to come over and help give him an idea of what he had and what it was worth. I was amazed when I showed up! He had a pool table and two card tables FULL of various US/foreign coins/bills/proof sets/silver rounds/bar/etc. We didn't finish but I'm guessing he had $12,000-15,000 worth of coins/bills. Anyway, I spent about 3 hours helping him inventory his collection and when I left, he told me to take what I wanted and give him a price. I picked up a tube of 1942P war nickels, a tube of silver Roosies, 13 silver Kennedy Halves and about 13 silver Washington quarters. I offered him near melt value for all the coins and he then GREATLY discounted it because of the help I gave him and told me to give him $140! I told him that that wasn't a fair price for him and he said, "It's ok. I appreciate your help." :) I will probably help him more in the near future and, if I can, I'll buy more from him (at normal value, that is).[/QUOTE]
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