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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7286882, member: 19463&quot;]I decided a few months ago that I would try the &#039;other&#039; method again even though it has not always worked out for me in the past.&nbsp; I started going through my coins (actually their photos) selecting ones that no longer bring me joy.&nbsp; After that, I looked at those coins themselves and discovered that I am not a good photographer because I put back half of the ones I had selected as better looking than they were photogenic.&nbsp; The difference between my joy-free coins and Joe&#039;s is that there is a long line of people with money hoping against hope that he will set free a coin they want.&nbsp; I suspect that Joe&#039;s ten worst coins would be as good as my ten best but I&#039;m not talking about disposing of my ten (or thousand) best but the other end.&nbsp; In fact there are quite a few people here who show coins regularly that are not as nice (attractive, high grade, interesting etc.) as my joy-free selections but many of them will not be buying my coins since they are not uncleaned or unidentified and they believe that I would not be disposing of anything worth having.&nbsp; That is a hard part for me.&nbsp; How can I advise you to purchase a coin from my cast-offs when I have been quite open about saying that they are not joy-bringers?&nbsp; If the coins I have found expendable are better than the eBay low enders but lack the thrill of a lottery ticket, neither of us will be happy with the deal.&nbsp; I know I have a few coins a few people here want but those are the ones that you will have to talk to my grandson about and hope they were not the ones on my eyes when I reached the Stygian shore.&nbsp; (Yes, you can take them with you.)&nbsp; It will be interesting to see the long term effect the current boon has on the market.&nbsp; Will it increase demand for all ancient coins or only the Joe-grade beauties?&nbsp; A long and steep rise in prices will have an effect driving low end collectors out of the&nbsp; hobby altogether.&nbsp; Their absence will have no effect on the market for the Joe-grade cast-offs but lessen the market for mine.&nbsp; I no longer bother looking a certain sellers&#039; lists since it is a proven waste of time.&nbsp; I doubt I am the only one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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